Which isnt that surprising when you remember that its writer, gary whitta, is a former game journalist and editor of pc gamer and a boss of mine. The book of eli 29 07 2009 as i just finished playing fallout 3, i decided to make a post about this upcoming denzel washington and gary oldman movie called the book of eli. What are the closest movies we have to a fallout film screenprism. This movie has many parallels to the fallout video games, in particular fallout 3 2008. Its still a frequently played series, and the newest title, fallout 4. 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. In the fallout, the book takes place above the ground. Youtube the book of eli trailer hd looks like fallout 3. I was just looking to see if anyone could make them, thanks.
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. I really enjoyed this piece, and wow, it brought a lot to the table. Without this film there would probably be no fallout nor the book of eli. Second, the preservationists view the bible as just another important historical book, which theyll value exactly like any other ancient mythology. Interesting timing with the actual the road movie coming out right before this one did. Looks pretty bad ass to me, but then again, i am a fan of fallout 3 and denzel anyway. With denzel washington, mila kunis, ray stevenson, gary oldman. The book of eli fallout 3 the something awful forums. While i am legend might only be 34 of a decent filmthe theatrical ending is badyou can see the proper ending on the home. 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.
Also, paradise lost shows up at the end of the page. Does anyone else think the book of eli looks exactly like. All shots were done with console commands and vanilla fallout. If you havent seen the trailer yet for the book of eli, you really should watch the hd video below.
Im currently interested in building a character that is similar to him in the movie. Oct 16, 2015 its a good book about a merc taking a mother and her son to his father. Almost everything that takes in that movie is things that take place in the game. The war in the book of eli was an event that occurred 30 years prior to the current day events in the movie. Book of eli style weapons posted in fallout 3 mod requests. Jan 16, 2010 i didnt have plans to go see the book of eli, even though the trailer made it look like fallout 3. Jul 25, 2009 if you havent seen the trailer yet for the book of eli, you really should watch the hd video below. The first and most surface level reason is because i feel like dead money is the hardest thing in fallout nv or maybe any fallout.
Or does the movie the book of eli resemble fallout so much. Oct 26, 2015 when it came out, more than a few gamers noticed how this films barren vision of a postapocalyptic america looked a lot like fallout 3. First, the war is undeniably blamed on faith, well people dont just burn all bibles for no reason. I mean, the book of eli did have good acting, a great cast, nice aesthetics, fun action sequences, and a tolerable storyline. 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. Yea, the main difference in fallout though, is that the real world timeline skewed from ours at the splitting of the atom with everything prior to that being the same history as ours, but afterwards diverging into a parallel, but ultimately slightly off version of our own. Jun 14, 2010 the book of eli is a standard postapocalypse action film in many ways youve got your desiccated wastelands, your nascent communities, your maniacal despots, your lone wanderers. I can say it really enhanced my love for postapocalyptic media and really really made the wait for fallout 4 much harder. Games like fallout 3by which i mean, the best games both draw on and feedback. Its a good book about a merc taking a mother and her son to his father. New vegas, the film follows a courier named eli, played by. The book of eli is a standard postapocalypse action film in many ways youve got your desiccated wastelands, your nascent communities, your. Very refreshing in a world of desolate bleakness the fallout 3 landscape, i mean.
Realizing eli is a literate man like himself, carnegie asks eli to stay, although making it clear that the offer is nonnegotiable. Please dont get me wrong im not praising fallout 3 for the strength of its writing. Just finished watching the book of eli movie for a second time. May 14, 2016 the book of eli fallout comparison from kotaku then, when you go and create a denzel washingtonlooking character in fallout 3, the similarities become even more evident. 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. Like postapocalyptic type stories about a mans struggle to survive after a nuclear war. The fallout series began in 1997, but it saw a resurgence in popularity with the release of fallout 3 in 2008. The challenges eli must face and the questions raised in the narrative are interesting to watch unfold and intriguing to ponder for oneself. 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.
That games main quest was very, very poorly cobbled together. This is largely due to the book of elis muted colors, which are similar to fallout 3s graphics. The story revolves around eli, a nomad in a postapocalyptic world, who is told by a voice to deliver his copy of a mysterious book to a safe. The world of the book of eli looks as if it was pulled straight out of the. Ok, so i saw the book of eli today, and its basically a fallout 3 movie plus some wierd bible. Once you have, you will understand why so many people are comparing it to fallout 3. I didnt really see how what the book turned out to be would, you know, fix the ozone.
The series is fantastic though, fallout 3 especially. 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. This is a simple reshade preset there will be a more detailed enb preset later on to give the game a complete different look. Dec 21, 2017 the fallout series began in 1997, but it saw a resurgence in popularity with the release of fallout 3 in 2008. Apr 22, 2010 books like the book of eli and fallout 3. The pictures arent perfect i think the sword would be more rustic and maybe have a jagged edge on the back, the pistol looks good, couldnt find good images of. Dont know if its already been done but i was looking for a book of eli style machete, shotgun, pistol and bow. Books similar to the legend of eli monpress the legend of. The holey machete its totally not the machete from book of eli youtube. The book of eli is a 2010 american postapocalyptic neo western action film directed by the hughes brothers, written by gary whitta, and starring denzel washington, gary oldman, mila kunis, ray stevenson, and jennifer beals. Jun 11, 2010 stylistically, it reminds me of a game i like.
The love of eli a dystopic reshade at fallout 4 nexus. The book of eli bts the look of eli 2010 denzel washington, mila kunis movie hd duration. Appart from the visuals in general such as highway overpasses, the look and feel of the wasteland and eli being the lone wanderer, we have the andale cannibals, raiders, and brotherhood scribes on alcatraz. What are the closest movies we have to a fallout film. In the end, however, the book of eli just makes me want to replay fallout 3.
But what caught the attention of many gamers at the time was the movies visuals and plot resembling fallout 3. In the game and this movie, there is a very similarlooking apocalyptic. And yet fallout 3 also gets better each time i return, because i arrive from a new, often unexpected, direction. While fallout doesnt have the same religious angle, both the protagonist of the game and the player himself experience a similar sense of wonder as they explore the irradiated wasteland. The fallout is still a wonderful psychological thriller that will play with your head. Set four years after the events of fallout 3, fallout. But you also never see any settlements which brings me to book of eli book of eli is much more like fallout because although its postapocalyptic, denzel washington still manages to survive pretty easily and there are birds and rodents he can hunt. And a lot of people want this bookpeople who act like fallout raiders. A postapocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across america in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind. A poster when eli is in the hotel room and sacaras.
More importantly, it felt like a fully realized world. Personally i like fallout 3 for the much better overall atmosphere and great quests that kept me immersed into the game. Book of eli style weapons fallout 3 mod requests the. The book of eli fallout comparison from kotaku then, when you go and create a denzel washingtonlooking character in fallout 3, the similarities become even more evident. 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. Are there any good books that are like the fallout. Mar 20, 2020 7 the book of eli among the 2010s postapocalyptic movies, the book of eli is rarely brought up these days as it barely left an impression and was quickly forgotten by the masses. 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. The story revolves around eli, a nomad in a postapocalyptic world, who is told by a voice to deliver his copy of a mysterious book to a safe location on the west. The weapon does about the same damage as an upgraded version as the unique chinese officer swords, and it has a regular blade mod, as well as a serrated, flame blade, and serrated flame blade.
The knife is seriously badass, allowing eli to fend off the attack from a chainsawwielding heathen even. No, the road a book that inspired fallout 3 was used as inspiration for elis wasteland. The pictures arent perfect i think the sword would be more rustic and maybe have a jagged edge on the back, the pistol looks good, couldnt find good. Contentsshow book sort order it was ordered alphabetically before by full book name, not abbreviation but that shows up as unsorted since the abbreviation is what displays on the page. After an extinction level event occurs in the united states, all is lost including religion. Jan 01, 2014 the fallout is still a wonderful psychological thriller that will play with your head. The holey machete totally not the machete from book of eli.
In this longawaited sequel to the compound, eli and his family can run but they cant hide. Jan 15, 2010 the trailer looks like a fallout movie. 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. I really enjoyed book of eli, and im actually currently playing through fallout 3 for my first time right now. It aims to reproduce the look of the moovie the book of eli. Its bleak stills look like they are pulled straight from the fallout universe. Its still a frequently played series, and the newest title, fallout 4, recently. That could very easily be because the majority of characters i play are high intelligence low strengthendurance characters and i normally invest in guns and energy instead of melee and unarmed. The book of eli is, for good or ill, a perfect, complete knockoff of fallout 3 the video game. For fallout 3 on the xbox 360, a gamefaqs message board topic titled why do people say the book of eli is the fallout movie.
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