The book of eli fallout 3 the something awful forums. Yep, thats pretty much all the good things that i can say about it. Dec 09, 2015 fallout 4 came out a couple of weeks ago, and while its perhaps a bit of a departure from previous entries, its still a fun game about traipsing around the wasteland and fighting mutants. Book of eli had pretty good atmosphere and envronments, but denzel was basically postapocalyptic neo, which kinda took me out of the film. Top 10 games like fallout new vegas games better than. What are the closest movies we have to a fallout film.
Jan 15, 2010 the book of eli continues hollywoods obsession with postapocalyptic tales, and in many ways feels like it belongs in the same world as the road with its ashladen wastelands and crazed cannibals. New vegas, the film follows a courier named eli, played by denzel washington, who is also on a journey to deliver a mysterious item to. As eli tries to determine who the family can trust, he learns the nightmare of the compoundand his fathers experimentmight not be over. Almost everything that takes in that movie is things that take place in the game. Does anyone else think the book of eli looks exactly like. Jan 16, 2010 i didnt have plans to go see the book of eli, even though the trailer made it look like fallout 3. Bodeens highly anticipated, thrilling sequel that will keep readers on the edge of their seats. More importantly, it felt like a fully realized world. I mean, the book of eli did have good acting, a great cast, nice aesthetics, fun action sequences, and a tolerable storyline. This is largely due to the book of elis muted colors, which are similar to fallout 3s graphics. New vegas did for people who like gambling, and fallout 4 probably will. Nov 12, 2015 from here, eli s fate interweaves with the town in a way that might remind fallout fans of the settlements theyve influenced in the capital and commonwealth wastelands.
Fallout 4 movie character builds eli from the book of. And he doesnt have a fast travel system to help him. The book gives insight into elis family life after, which is a little psychotic given what they went through together things go horribly wrong wen the family is stalked by an unknown source, giving an unsettling feeling from beginning to end. Fallout 3 the fallout of eli by brynner agassi, mazedude. Can you guys recommend any books that are similar to the fallout setting or story. The last man on earth 2015 fallout s premise is a grim look at the potential aftermath of nuclear war, but lets be honest, many of us like to play the game like complete idiots. Dec 21, 2017 10 postapocalyptic movies to watch if you love fallout. What are the closest movies we have to a fallout film screenprism. Find books like fallout from the worlds largest community of readers. While not quite as edge of yourseat as the compound, the fallout touches on the aftermath of eli s life, after he and his family escape from their underground prison. The world of the book of eli looks as if it was pulled straight out of the post apocalyptic universe created by bethesda, with extremely similar. Eli had been such an interesting character, but it felt like the fallout was a regression of his character. The book of eli should be considered the official fallout movie until a sanctioned one is finally made.
This is a simple reshade preset there will be a more detailed enb preset later on to give the game a complete different look. All shots were done with console commands and vanilla fallout. Still, the movie looks and feels alot like it could be dropped directly into the fallout world. Unfortunately for us, and fortunately for him, other. The book of eli is loosely based on someones play through of fallout 3. Once you have, you will understand why so many people are comparing it to fallout 3. Over a year in the making, book of eli mod comes to fallout 4. The book of eli is a film by the hughes brothers dead presidents, menace to society about a man who is left to protect the word of god from a lost world. A postnuclear setting combined with 50s cheesiness. The road 2009 next is the road 2009 starring viggo mortensen. The dreary reality of a postapocalyptic town many hollywood movies like zombieland, the book of eli, 2012 and the road have shown us what can. A bodeen this book was the sequel to the compound, were the billionaire father of a family stages a fake apocalypse, and forces his family too like in a gantic compound underground for six years believing that they were the only survivors of a nuclear war.
Oct 26, 2015 7 postapocalyptic movies to watch before you play fallout 4. It aims to reproduce the look of the moovie the book of eli. The environment felt so bleakly realistic, like what it would actually be like in a postapocalyptic world. The holey machete totally not the machete from book of eli. Denzel washington is a man on a mission in the book of eli. After an extinction level event occurs in the united states, all is lost including religion.
Let me first state my praises for the first of the series, the compound is a rich and well thought out story with wonderful characters, which kept me and every one of my teenage boys spellbound. Additionally, both are about one man traveling across a postnuclear war america. Or does the movie the book of eli resemble fallout so much. This movie has many parallels to the fallout video games, in particular fallout 3.
First, the war is undeniably blamed on faith, well people dont just burn all bibles for no reason. Oct 16, 2015 its a good book about a merc taking a mother and her son to his father. Jul 25, 2009 if you havent seen the trailer yet for the book of eli, you really should watch the hd video below. Without this film there would probably be no fallout nor the book of eli. Its bleak stills look like they are pulled straight from the fallout universe. The book of eli 2010 denzel washington stars as eli in a film set 30 years after nuclear blasts ravage america, wandering the shattered west coast battling savage raiders using his trusty shotgun and handtohand combat skills.
And a lot of people want this bookpeople who act like. Youtube the book of eli trailer hd looks like fallout 3. Jun 11, 2010 stylistically, it reminds me of a game i like. I did sort of like the arguments and tension between eli and eddy, but nothing was ever really resolved in a way i could get behind. Now whether youre an old fan of the franchise or you just picked up your first fallout game last week, you already know. The characters in the fallout were disappointing as well. The fallout is still a wonderful psychological thriller that will play with your head. A clever script and a compelling visual strategy make the book of eli a superior postapocalyptic specimen.
Apr 16, 2011 all footage except blast was shot in fallout. There are a few clues that indicate nuclear war, like the large bomb craters the. Suggestion i never see this get mentioned at all and i am here pretty much every day, but the book of eli is the damned near closest thing to a fallout movie that is aesthetically close to what the games look and feel like. That games main quest was very, very poorly cobbled together. The book should have been about geoengineering and eli should have been heading west to give the geoengineering stuff to someone there who could then build something to set off yellowstone park aka the largest volcano in the states and one. Second, the preservationists view the bible as just another important historical book, which theyll value exactly like any other ancient mythology. Also, this one is dependent upon you reading the first book. The trailers made the book of eli look like fallout.
Maybe some details were changed, such as the reason why people were trying to kill eli. The book of eli sees denzel washington wander across postapocalyptic american in order to take a book to a safe location. Jun 14, 2010 a clever script and a compelling visual strategy make the book of eli a superior postapocalyptic specimen. Please dont get me wrong im not praising fallout 3 for the strength of its writing. The book should have been about geoengineering and eli should have been heading west to give the geoengineering stuff to someone there who could then build something to set off yellowstone park aka the largest volcano in the states and one of the largest on earth, thereby fixing the ozone with the sulfur it deposits in the atmosphere. The book of eli continues hollywoods obsession with postapocalyptic tales, and in many ways feels like it belongs in the same world as the road with its ashladen wastelands and crazed cannibals. Denzel portrays the title character of eli, a mysterious man who walks around around a destroyed world carrying a book he believes can save humanity. The film plays as more of a sidestory take on the fallout environment with. Its a lot like fallout but with a higher grade of tech, for instance a lot of people can access a net remotely through their brain and there is a artificial afterlife that is like a giant server bank. Its a good book about a merc taking a mother and her son to his father. If you like fallout and a goofy anime sentimentality, check it out.
New vegas, check out this list of games like fnv that are better in their own way. A lone wanderer travels the wastes, carrying with him the secret to restoring a postapocalyptic world to its former splendor, and a vast assortment of killing implements, all of which he wields with unerring accuracy. Apr 22, 2010 like postapocalyptic type stories about a mans struggle to survive after a nuclear war. May 14, 2016 if you are a fallout fan losing hope in the possibility of a true fallout game ever being made, the book of eli is one of the best compromises available. The fallout games are rife with references to postapocalypsethemed stories, movies and fiction so calling the book of eli fallout the movie is like calling fallout, mad max the video game. The fallout has the perfect title for the content inside, for there was quite a fallout happening after the first book.
Bodeens books, but i did love the compound and was especially excited to hear about the fallout. Looks pretty bad ass to me, but then again, i am a fan of fallout 3 and denzel anyway. I am sad to say i really didnt like this book much at all. Nov 14, 20 the characters in the fallout were disappointing as well. The setting of fallout drew some inspiration from harlan ellisons a boy and his dog, in particular the vaults, the ghouls, and the weird blending of 1950s culture with a postapocalyptic wasteland. Short machinima based on the film the book of eli, hope you enjoy. I felt like i missed a lot of nuances because it had been several years since reading the compound.
Here i offer you my depiction of eli from the book of eli. Plus, they decided to ripoff some excellent source material, which is better than ripping off something like transformers 2, which must have been written by someone who. The book of eli is a decent postapocalypse film largely devoid of the destroyed landmarks porn that often affects this genre, feeling more like an eastwoodera western set in the world of fallout 3, with heavy overtones of walter millers a canticle for leibowitz and suggestions of bradburys fahrenheit 451. The book of eli should be considered the official fallout. Jan 15, 2010 the trailer looks like a fallout movie. The machete can be found on anyone that normally spawns with the chinese officer sword, but its quite rare. If you are a fallout fan losing hope in the possibility of a true fallout game ever being made, the book of eli is one of the best compromises available the road 2009 next is the road 2009 starring viggo mortensen. Are there any good books that are like the fallout series. In the fallout, the book takes place above the ground. Gary oldman oozing grime or it essentially looking like a fallout 3 sidequest with. Also six string samurai 1998 and damnation alley 1977. During the whole movie it looked like the climate was pretty hot, dry, and harsh, thus the ever constant need for water replenishment. Guys running around on a desolated landscape in fedora hats, you cant get any closer than that. Yet the motivations differ with fallout 3s protagonist looking for his father while the book of eli s titular character is trying to deliver a book.
And a lot of people want this bookpeople who act like fallout raiders. Looking for fallout like post apocalyptic movies to pass. Especially when everytime he kills somebody he searches them to see what they have. The love of eli a dystopic reshade at fallout 4 nexus. The book of eli is watchable mostly for superficial reasons such as denzel. The book of eli is, for good or ill, a perfect, complete knockoff of fallout 3 the video game. Like postapocalyptic type stories about a mans struggle to survive after a nuclear war. For fallout 3 on the xbox 360, a gamefaqs message board topic titled fallout 3 vs. I didnt have plans to go see the book of eli, even though the trailer made it look like fallout 3.