Silo vs. Fallout: Exploring the similarities and differences between the sci-fi shows

Silo and Fallout are both series that belong to the science fiction drama genre. Created by Graham Yost, Silo is grounded in the trilogy of the same name authored by Hugh Howey which consists of Wool, Shift, and Dust.

The plot of the series takes place in a grim and bleak future where a group of people stay undergound in a huge Silo, which goes down to 144 floors. The people have to follow the rules and regulations underground. The series is available to watch on Apple TV+.

Set after catastrophic events, Fallout is grounded in a role playing, post apocalyptic video game. Available to watch on Amazon Prime Video, the series is about what happens after the nuclear Great War of 2077 between the US and China.

This results in resource wars and a retrofuturistic society. Surviors now live in vaults and are subjected to expereince. The movie tells the story of Lucy who leaves her vault to go to the devastated outside world in order to find her kidnapped father.

What are the similarities between Silo and Fallout ?

1) Both series are based in dystopian worlds

Both series show a devastated world | Image Source: AMC Studios and Amazon MGM Studios

The plot of both series' takes place in a dystopian world that is in the aftermath of an apocalypse. In both of the series', audiences can see the planet devastated by a catastrophic event. Characters in both series venture out into a world that is deemed unfit to live in by others.

2) Both series have characters who live in societies with strict rules

Both series have communities living in places with rules and regulations | Image Source: AMC Studios

As both series are set in a post apocalyptic world, the surviors stay in accomodations that have strict rules and regulations that they must follow. In Silo, the underground world had rules that were imposed on its residents.

Fallout sees survivors live in different vaults where there are rules and hiearchies along with people who experiment on the residents.

3) Both series dig deep into themes of survival

In both series characters step out in the post apocalyptic world | Image Source: AMC Studios and Amazon MGM Studios

In both the series', the characters explore into the devastated world. In Fallout, Lucy ventures out into the post apocalyptic Las Vegas and tries to survive while trying to find her abducted father. Silo also sees characters who try to leave the underground Silo to see the outside wasteland.

What are the differences between both films ?

1) Both series have different reasons behind their dystopian world

The dystopian world in Fallout is the result of a nuclear apocalyptic war called The Great War which happens in 2077 between the United States and China. The world finds itself devastated after the war which was fuelled by nuclear technology.

In Silo, the world has become a wasteland and the residents of the Silo are informed and made to believe that the world outside is toxic and poisonous. The humans are made to wear suits to stay protected from toxic fumes.

2) Both have different takes on technology in a post apocalyptic world

Fallout sees advanced technology | Image Source: Amazon MGM Studios

In Silo, technology hasn't advances as immensely as it did in Fallout after the apocalypse. The underground residents don't rely on technology as much and only have access to technology which is aging.

In Fallout, surviving humans have access to advance technology, weaponry, and armors. They rely on advanced techology as even after the war, humans continued to evolve technology.

3) Both differ in showing supernatural elements

Fallout introduces Ghoul | Image Source: Amazon MGM Studios

In Fallout, audiences see supernatural and fictional characters such as Ghouls, Mutants, and super Mutants. Silo showcases the real world and does not have supernatual aspects to the storyline.