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I thought this series would blow so hard but all my fears went away after watching the first episode. I'll try to avoid spoilers the best I can, but the way they tackle the 3 plots that follow one character all with their own motivations I say was done very well. As a show it's very good, I have played a few Fallout games but never finished any of them, now I might. This show doesn't just appeal to fans, obviously the references for fan service is alive and well, but people that don't know the games very well can still enjoy it. If I had to squeak out one complaint is that the depiction of Wasteland looks more like just a plain old desert and not a landscape that underwent a nuclear blast (not a spoiler, the name says it all). It's not that it looks bad, it's just in the games you see the damage that was caused by the blasts even centuries later, in the show it just sand and sometimes trees. It just felt underwhelming to me. Other than that, it's a great show. I came in with very low expectations and was blown away. Definitely recommend.

James Gunn is such a talented storyteller, and this film is proof. The action is good, the story though admittedly pretty goofy is still a fun and very well told tale of expendable inmates that embark on a suicide mission to be rewarded with a reduced sentence. The highlight for me is the characters. This movie boast a colorful and likeable cast of characters, some notable ones are the needlessly brutal but hilarious Peacemaker, the unapologetically kind Ratcatcher, and the endlessly loveable but underused King Shark. Everyone knows that the original Suicide Squad was a soiled diaper piece of trash film, with boring characters and ridiculously awful writing, but this movie proves to be the exact opposite. The writing was great, the character development was phenomenal, and the action was awesome and well shot and was pretty graphic as well. This movie is awesome and is a must watch for people hoping for an actually good film from DC. If James Gunn's "DCU" projects are like this, then I see a bright future for DC fans.