Forget Fallout, Netflix’s Returning Post-Apocalyptic Thriller Is A Weirder Sci-Fi Adaptation
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Like its original games, Prime Video's Fallout embraces the weird and the uncanny. However, Fallout is not the only post-apocalyptic thriller that progressively gets bizarre. Netflix is the streaming home of another strange but compelling dystopian adaptation that does not shy away from becoming incredibly imaginative while still staying hard-hitting and poignant.
The show in question, titled The Eternaut, is based on an acclaimed Argentine sci-fi comic by Héctor Germán Oesterheld and Francisco Solano López. Similar to Prime Video's Fallout, Netflix's The Eternaut modernizes its source material's setting and even adds original elements to its lore. Still, it stays true to its dystopian essence and weird sci-fi elements, explaining why it earned a positive reception.
The Eternaut is not a mainstream hit like Fallout. However, it performed well enough on Netflix to be renewed for another season, which is expected to premiere in 2027. While anticipating the release of Fallout's next installment, it seems like the perfect time to binge another ambitious post-apocalyptic TV show.
Fallout Is Great, But Netflix’s The Eternaut Is An Even More Unpredictable Post-Apocalyptic Thriller
Like almost every other post-apocalyptic TV show or movie out there, Netflix's The Eternaut begins with a world-ending disaster. A toxic snowfall kills anyone who comes in contact with it, forcing the survivors to remain trapped inside their homes. As one would expect, the Netflix sci-fi show then turns into a survival thriller where human factions start fighting against each other.
However, just when a viewer starts believing they have figured out the show's storytelling formula, it introduces an alien threat. It reveals that the snowfall was only the first step in a planned invasion. Weird alien bugs emerge and abduct humans, while the survivors struggle to find a way to evade the deadly threat.
A new level of the invasion is soon unlocked when even the giant bugs are revealed to be mere weapons for the overarching aliens. Soon, more and more humans find themselves in a trance-like state where they follow the alien force's command while the remaining few are left helpless. Before The Eternaut season 1's ending credits start rolling, the show even hints at the existence of interdimensional travel in its story.
Instead of merely being a story about survival, The Eternaut even subtly uses its alien invasion plot to draw commentary on how authoritarian powers maintain control over the masses through manipulation.
The Eternaut Will Unfortunately Not Last As Long As Fallout
Despite its early potential and the scope of its source material, The Eternaut is set to end its run with season 2. As Netflix has officially confirmed, The Eternaut will wrap its run with its upcoming installment even though it seemingly has a lot of narrative ground to cover.
The Netflix sci-fi thriller's new season was expected to premiere sometime in 2026. However, some behind-the-scene hiccups have slowed its production. Even after the delay, however, The Eternaut's return on Netflix remains more exciting than ever.
Given how The Eternaut only gets one more season to conclude its story, it is hard not to be a little concerned about whether it will have enough to deliver a satisfying coda. After season 1, it has barely scratched the surface of its source material. From the looks of it, however, The Eternaut season 2 might take some creative liberties to ensure that it delivers a well-rounded ending.
Regardless of how the Netflix show approaches its source material in its final season, it will hopefully keep embracing its weirdness and unpredictability like Fallout.
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The Eternaut
8/10
- Release Date
- April 30, 2025
- Network
- Netflix
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Dante Mastropierro
Maquinista
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Jorge Sesán
Maquinista 2
Survivors navigate a ravaged Buenos Aires after an alien attack in this adaptation of the famous 1950s Argentine comic strip.
- Directors
- Bruno Stagnaro
- Writers
- Ariel Staltari, Bruno Stagnaro, Gabriel Stagnaro
- Main Genre
- Drama
- Creator(s)
- Bruno Stagnaro
- Executive Producer(s)
- Analía Castro, Diego Copello, Laura Bruno, Martín M. Oesterheld, Micky Buyé, Ricardo Darín, Rodrigo Cala
- Producers
- Hugo Sigman, Leticia Cristi, Matías Mosteirín
- Seasons
- 1
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Fallout
8/10
- Release Date
- April 10, 2024
- Network
- Amazon Prime Video
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Lucy MacLean
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Aaron Moten
Maximus
Based on the hit video game series and set 200 years after an apocalypse, Fallout follows residents of luxury shelters as they re-enter a post-nuclear world. Confronted with a bizarre and violent landscape, the series explores the stark contrasts between their sheltered existence and the harsh realities of the outside universe.
- Directors
- Frederick E. O. Toye, Wayne Che Yip, Stephen Williams, Liz Friedlander, Jonathan Nolan, Daniel Gray Longino, Clare Kilner
- Writers
- Lisa Joy, Jonathan Nolan
- Main Genre
- Sci-Fi
- Creator(s)
- Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Graham Wagner
- Executive Producer(s)
- Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Graham Wagner, James Altman, Jonathan Nolan, Todd Howard, Lisa Joy, Athena Wickham, Frederick E. O. Toye
- Producers
- Andrea Knoll, Crystal Whelan, Gursimran Sandhu, Jake Bender, Skye Wathen, Zach Dunn, Halle Phillips, James W. Skotchdopole, Margot Lulick
- Seasons
- 2
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