Fallout's Bellringers

 I'm thoroughly enjoying a rewatch Of Prime's superb sci-fi series Fallout.

Have you seen it?

It really has got everything I enjoy. The American Nineteen Fifties dream. The Apocalypse. Nuclear bunkers. Wastelands. Cowboys. Goody Two Shoes. Cyborgs, Ghouls and mutated monsters. The super-wholesome fifties American song book is fantastic too - did saccharin songs like that really appeal at the time?

Needless to say, albeit based on a video game, Fallout has a fabulous rich storyline. I'm inclined to say I like it more than Westworld! 

Anyways, a couple of fun observations. 

The Knight-carrying choppers of Fallout's Brotherhood of Steel .....

Recall the bulbous helicopters in the earlier animated New Captain Scarlet TV show, below.

(I've been to hundreds of car boots and never once found any New Captain Scarlet toys! Anyone own any?)

The Soviet satellite wreck in Fallout, location of the pivotal head scene, really made me think of ...

The dead astronaut and spacecraft on the poster for DeF-Con 4, an old film I'd like to see. Is it any good? 

It's the shapes that look similar to the Soviet wreck.

Finally, in Fallout, the anti-hero stroke bad guy is The Ghoul seen here, played so brilliantly by Waler Coggins.

The Ghoul is a zombie cowboy, who was once a big star of Westerns.

He brings to mind the much earlier Tex Hex from the 80's cartoon Bravestarr. I love his buffalo rider. I just can't think what it's called. Anyone got Bravestarr stuff?