It’s also a key reason that the Middle-earth of Prime Video’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power feels soWith peak Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon, The Wheel of Time, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, The Expanse, The Witcher, Silo, Foundation, and more, keeping up with the deluge, and discerning which ones are worth your time, is daunting. When we see the rips and stains in the rebels’ clothing we get a sense of the movement’s desperation, paralleled perfectly by the carefully bleached whites and pleated pants of the Imperial officers who opposeThe cleanliness of the robes that adorn elves like Elrond and Gil-galad should make for striking contrasts with the dirty and dented armor of Galadriel the warrior, but instead her armor looks practically unworn, even when she’s in the middle of a fight. And everyone’s costume tells a story in the Wasteland. Image: Lucasfilm
Prime Video’s Fallout is the latest series to join the vaunted handful of shows with wonderfully gross costumes. It’s a delicate little storytelling trick that helps clue us in to the importance of details in the series, like the writers and director tipping their hats as to what’s going to be important goingImage: Prime Video
Fallout’s a series that’s impressively aware of how important all of these facets are, and it wants you to be, too. The salt-washed stiffness of the cloaks from the Iron Islands in Game of Thrones or the splendid, precise uniforms of Empire in Foundation help us sink into their worlds and glean details that lesser shows either cram into exposition dumps or dispense of entirely. Careful consideration for the smallest details separates good shows from great ones.
