Post-apocalyptic settings hold a perennial allure. Whether it is our innate instinct for survival that makes imagining such scenarios so compelling or simply a fascination with destruction, desolate and dilapidated downtowns have become prevalent depictions on screen. Amazon Prime’s new series Fallout, the latest show adapted from a video game, is another addition to this venerable backdrop, seamlessly blending a dystopian future with the timeless appeal of mid-century aesthetics.

Fallout marries two favorites of moviegoers: the sleek, post-war mid-century design aesthetic and the bleak, dystopian wasteland of a post-apocalyptic civilization. This world is replete with radiation-afflicted mutants, roaming robots, and newly emerged factions of survivors vying for control over remnant resources.