First off, I'm not a writer. I'm more of an idea guy. So here is my idea for a Fallout movie. I have seen a lot of fan made shorts on youtube and what not and they all try to focus on the action or violence or humor side of Fallout. But I have yet to see one focus on the more emotional side.

The story will be non-linear and will be kinda low key. The main story is a man is looking for his lost love. They were in a vault together and the vault opened up giving people the option to stay or go. They decided to go. They then struggled in the wasteland and ended up having to become stronger and smarter out there to survive. They had a couple of close calls, but they were able to make it for a while. Then one day his love tells him that she heard of place that is safe and has life blossoming in it (like the Oasis mission in FO3). She says she wants to go, but he doesn't want to leave for fear it will not be true. She then leaves one night without him. He stays back and makes due without her, but his love is too strong for her and decides to try and find this place. So his mission begins, he has to find her, he can't be without her a minute a longer. He faces several risks along the way, from raiders and super mutants to the harsh environment and shortage of food. He does ultimately make it to her. The film ends as he enters the town and sees a thriving civilization where there is order and peace and hope for the future. He then looks down the main road and there is an opening in the people and he sees his love. They make eye contact and smile. Then it fades to black. the end.

What do you think? It would be focused on the exploring and life in the wasteland as opposed to the action, but there will be intense bits of action sprinkled throughout.

Sounds like a good idea.

thank you very much. I wish i could write. i love this idea, plus i think its the more commercially viable option for a videogame movie. more often than not video game movies try to copy key traits from the games, and it almost never translates well to film. I think this could easily live and function in the fallout universe without messing anything up.

How are you planning on doing it, via the Geck, live action, animation, etc.

Indeed I'm intrigued.

I mean the plot is probably the oldest frigging plot in the world, but that doesn't mean anything, their is an infinite number of twists to make it memorable, the very fact that this is set in a fallout universe would make it memorable.

I would like to see how you pull this one off.

I'll stay tuned.

I would love to do it live action. I am working on fleshing out the story. i'm from Chattanooga, TN and there are a ton of great locations there and within two hours of there, from abandoned militray bases and abandoned nuclear power plants to abandoned train yards and abandoned baseball stadiums. one of my hobbies is Urban Exploring so the list of places i have found is huge. In my mind it has always been a journey from Chattanooga to Elkmont, which is a ghost town in the Smokies. I wish I could submit this to Bethesda and have them hire more talented writers to finish it out. I believe if they did it, they would respect my idea and my input into the movie. One of my friends and I have been making plans to do a proof on concept for it. But I didn't want to get slapped with a lawsuit from Bethesda! haha.

sounds interesting

I'd watch it..

As long as it ins't in 3-D.

I'd only watch it if it didn't take up my whole day.

Yes, it could be good. But the fact still remains that this is the most used plot line in freaking frigging [censored] history.
But there are alot of ways to make re used plots interesting. Mainly by starting it out as a re used plot and having it actually develop.
Especially with a twist ending. Instead of the utopia (that would be very hard to keep safe and maintain in the Fallout universe), have it turn out to be a slave outpost possibly run by the McGraths. And have that lead to the climix.

Seriously give me an original plot, the same plots have been happenign since the beggining of recorded human history.

but that defeats the whole point of the story. The fallout universe is by nature a very depressing place. It would be nice to have something work out for the best for someone.

I forgot to mention in my story, that it will flash back to memories he has of them together at different points of the story, usually when he sees a clue to her whereabouts. So he is having to figure out where she is and how to get there.

I didn't say not have it work out. But have him wipe out an entire main stream slave outpost one handedly before he finally gets her back.

If you want to be Dan the Downer, than your right, there is http://www.johnbayliss.co.uk/Writing/plot.htm. But from that one plot can stem an infinite number of choices(setting, time, characters)that can make the story original in it's own right. A man chasing after the woman he loves is one branch from the tree of "plot" and from it stem many other branches as you go about crafting the story. The one he is attempting to due has been done before, over and over. The man doesn't have to be chasing after a woman or women, the love he is searching for could be something else, like a tree. Or something more abstract, like acceptance in a world that hates ghouls. The fact that he is a man and is chasing after a women and they get together and live happily ever after is what I believe Galen is calling the "most used plot", and so your right by technicality, Galen is also right in that it has been done before.

Regardless, the fact that it is done in the Fallout Universe makes it original and renders all that I have said, moot.

thats too...hollywood. This won't be a guns blazing action film. Its not The Expendables, its more like Collateral or Fight Club. Very story driven, with a large focus on the emotions. I see it with good size bits of eerie quietness. An overall sense of dread and despair and loneliness with the only hope of getting away from that feeling is for him to find this utopia and his love.

Fight club wasn't just about emotions, it had plenty of other things. Which is what I mean, you don't have to have a fight scene a guns blazing, cool guys don't look at explosions scenario. It can be fueled by everything he's been through during the story. Aaaaaand I am absolutely terrible at explaining my thoughts.
Also, you were talking about flashbacks. It could be that he lost his memory some how and that he doesn't even know what he's searching for at first but is still driven by how he feels.

Oh, and in response to what Yitt said: Just because something hasn't been done before in the Fallout setting doesn't make it original at all.
Hope this helps.

I always though it being the Downer Debbie. :ahhh:

@Galen

"Oh, and in response to what Yitt said: Just because something hasn't been done before in the Fallout setting doesn't make it original at all.
Hope this helps. "

Direct quote of you. Its more original than anything else since I dont know any love stories ina post-apocalyptic setting.

Also see my post and Ytt's post, technically every scenario has been in used one way or another it sthe differences in setting and plot etc.

Just like you also could not make an original plot. Technically.

Trust me. There are plenty of post apocalyptic love stories.
And you missed the point entirely: Just because something is in a new setting doesn't make it any more original unless you make it so.

Let me do this, I will actually take the time and effort to try and write the story out. I will make as detailed as possible without being boring. Then we can see what everyone thinks. Hopefully it wont be overly long or too short so that the main thrust is lost in the details or lack thereof. I really appreciate all the support you all have shown for this. I wasn't sure how it would go over, I have been working on this story in my head for awhile now, I think it functions nicely in the fallout universe, a different kind of tale from the wasteland.

Do you want any of us to help? I'm pretty interested.
And if you want it live action I'm sure some of us live relatively close to you.

Yeah I would love some feedback and ideas. Like I said before it's not an action movie. It's more of story driven drama. There will be moments of intense action and with a fairly gritty and intense feeling without it being too graphic to turn off potential audience members. The feeling of dread and abandonment is what covers the whole film. This kind of suspense that hangs over everything. It will bounce back and forth in time, from when they were in the vault together to when the decided to leave to the eventual leaving of the lady all sprinkled into the main story.. (did I previously mention anything about them coming from the vault?) there will of course be side stories that tie into together and into the larger main story, it can't be fallout with side quests. The ending and overall story stays the same. I really like my ending and story and I see no reason for it to change much if at all. Don't wanna sound like a [censored] on that, but that's my view.

For the record i live in NC and travel to TN constantly, for my son. So if we end up getting a story or script knocked out and people wanna team up and do it that would be awesome. Ibhave several folks from back home that want to help. Plus we have already scouted dozens of locations to film in.

Let me flesh out my story and ideas and then we can work of of them from there. I should be able to get it written in an afternoon. I think I have covered most everything I have envisioned for it though.

Well I don't really want to say where I'm from because I hate it here. But I'm close.

Awesome! Good deal. I'm gonna go to sleep, I think the light off of the iPod is keeping my wife up. I will post again tomorrow with hopefully everything done for a rough draft.

Style: Very quiet. There will be moments of intense action, one against a dozen type of gun fights. The main emphasis will be on the mans loneliness and desire to find his lost love. The scenes with him and the woman together will be the flashbacks and will be revealed at certain times within the story.

Story: A woman (Nevaeh [pronounced n?-VAY-?]) and man (Jacob) who grew up in a Vault are given the option to leave the vault. Tired of being locked up and eager to see what the world looks like the decide to leave. Not fully prepared for the challenges that face them in the Wasteland, the suffer greatky, but persevere but growing stronger and smarter together. They are no longer the pampered sheltered forms of themselves but strong and able. They live in constant fear but they have each other. Nevaeh is growing increasingly tired of the nomadic lifestyle, she wants to be in the world but with some degree of protection. Jacob is content living this way, he just happy being out of the vault. The dangers though are taking their toll on their relationship. While in a town getting supplies she overhears some people talking about a place that is paradise, where nature has survived and has created a lush environment where civilization has thrived. She comes to Jacob and tells of this place, but fearing its not real he says that they won't go. She begs and pleads with him, saying its got to be better than they way they are living now. He stands firms and says no. Time goes by and the rumor persists, every town someone is talking about it. She asks every time she finds out more info about it, yet he continues to refuse to go there. Then one night, while sleeping in an abandoned train, she has had enough, and leaves Jacob in the middle of the night. She leaves him a holotape saying that she loves him, but she wants to be safe and has gone off to find the utopia. He awakens, confused and terrified that she is gone. He searches all over the train to find her and can't find her. Distraught he comes back into the train and notices the holotape, he listens to it, and realizing he has lost the one person he has ever truly loved knows he has just one choice. To go find her. He prepares for the dangerous journey, getting all the weapons and ammo he can find, all the food he can carry. He doesn't know where he is going but is determined to get there. He talks to everyone he can to get info, some freely offer him the info, others want something from him, others want everything. Along the way comes across a wide range of people, from raiders and super mutant to cannibals and hippies, town after town, person after person, he is on a mission. Finally after going through hell and back he finds someone who saves him and takes him to the utopia. As he enters the town he is in shock, it had all been true, green trees, thriving farms, running clean water. There is law and order in this town. It is safe. As he is looking around, the crowd parts and he sees his love walking towards. She then notices him and they lock eyes, a feeling of love and relief wash over both them.

The End.


What do you all think?