When I started playing Fallout games back in ’97, I also read through a bunch of postapocalyptic novels. But I skipped “Boy and his Dog” somehow.
Lately, though, I stumbled upon analysis of the movie on YouTube, most likely because I watched a few Fallout 1997 retrospectives from people that discover the original games only now. And after a few minutes of the analysis, I had to watch it.
It’s a terrible movie, so I’m not surprised by the fact that no one ever quoted it. It starts with a gang of bandits raping and killing a random woman, and it doesn’t get any better.
But I can see how entire Fallout sprang from that movie, with peaceful songs accompanying the most brutal scenes. Even the loading screen from Fallout is, and I’m sorry to say it, from a pornographic movie The Boy watches in a theater for a can of sardines.
The Boy is 18 years old, and all he cares about it getting laid. He uses a telepatic connection with his Dog to find women in the Wasteland. And the Dog uses him to aquire food, as with its telepatic abilities, it also lost ability to hunt.
“Rovers” are Raiders. “Down Under” are the Vaults. “Over the Hill” is Eden.
Speaking of Vaults, Down Under is where “We Happy Few” got its inspiration from, most likely. This, and sending people “to the Farm” for infringements. And I guess “Elder’s Proclamation” also influenced Silo.
As I mentioned, the movie is badly acted. The only role worth mentioning is Susanne Benton.
The suggestive ending is… fitting. Basically, after Vic’s girlfriend tried to use him in a failed coup attempt at the vault, and trying to manipulate Vic one time too many, she’s killed and fed to Blood 😱
