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[Dr. Samuel Hayden]

Just another example of hollywood dipshits mercilessly violating an established IP.

 

[DonF]

borderlands has such a cool art direction and world building, I was hopeful that at least they would nail that. It could be a less dreadful and serious mad max and it would work. Missed opportunity

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Hollywood parasites have finally run out of existing film/TV/comic franchises to feed off of. Now it’s time to move on to video games. Let’s see how this works out for them!

 

[TheInfamousKira]

We're back to getting absurdist film adaptations of video game IPs which nail one aspect of the visuals and completely fuck up everything else?!

We really ARE getting back to the good days of gaming. Keeping on track, GTA6 should be crucified by legacy news and we should be getting a Bloodrayne reboot any time now.

Edit: there's even Mechanical Animal inspired Manson music out now. BLAST FROM THE PAST GAF BROS.

 

[AJUMP23]

Does Randy Pitchford do a magic trick in this movie?

 

[Mossybrew]

I was hoping we could get a dumb but fun popcorn flick out of this but it seems like it's a lot worse than that. Oh well.

 

[Nestersan]

I just feel sorry for Cate Blanchett, she's a great actress and shouldn't be in such trash.

Did they hold her at gunpoint ?

 

[danklord]

Why can't I escape the thought that Randy Pitchford deserves this?

 

[El Muerto]

Eli Roth was kicked off the movie a couple years ago. The directors, writers, and producers of the movie changed so much which is why it went to shit. Also it went from rated R to PG-13.

Did they hold her at gunpoint ?

She wanted to do it and do something different. https://www.vulture.com/article/cate-blanchett-borderlands-covid-madness.html

 

[thatJohann]

This thread's title is /r/titlegore material.

 

[Paasei]

Considering the games aren’t any good I never expected this to be a success, either.

 

[Thabass]

Funny, as in, hilariously bad.

 

[T4keD0wN]

Say what you want, but i think its neat that a movie stays faithful to its source material for a change.

 

[Fake]

Money laundry.

 

[semiconscious]

I get what you are saying but it's not always about money, it's about integrity. It's about the art.
Edit: damn that sounds pretentious as fuck but i stand to my point, lol.

agreed. but i'm guessing that, in this particular instance, cate blanchett felt that it was...

 

[Cyber_hunter026]

Went from this to this

What happun?!

 

[Robot Carnival]

Cate Blanchett and Jamie Lee Curtis are obviously wasted for this movie, but as long as they made bank, I highly doubt they really cares. it's not like this is some art movie project and the main focus would be their performance. and I'm sure Jack Black and Kevin Hart would have no issue with the movie's score. I did not and don't plan on watching this, but a friend of mine did out of morbid curiosity. came out of the theater and told me it's pretty shit and it's trying to do too much different things at the same time and end up being all crap.

 

[Spukc]

This makes actually want to see it…

Same

I fucking loved the ps3 version day 1

Diablo with guns

 

[Muay Ninja]

All critics agree Borderlands is a movie about 1 hour and 40 minutes TOO long.

FTFY.

 

[Camreezie]

It being awful is the biggest nod to the series they could have done. They did the series proud

 

[SJRB]

Don't be so mean and just give it a chance guys. A lot of people worked really hard on this!

 

[ComputerBlue]

Don't be so mean and just give it a chance guys. A lot of people worked really hard on this!

 

[ahtlas7]

Don't be so mean and just give it a chance guys. A lot of people worked really hard on this!

He should pay me to watch it then.

 

[AJUMP23]

Don't be so mean and just give it a chance guys. A lot of people worked really hard on this!

A lot of people work hard on a lot of things, that doesn't make it worth my investment.

I don't think anyone plays Borderlands for the plot, and it sounds like this movie ignored plot all together.

 

[Roni]

People should respond to this plea the same way the C-suite does when it's time to take pay cuts, refuse the bonus checks or not bump up their own salaries to keep people employed.

They should fucking laugh at it.

 

[Fake]

Don't be so mean and just give it a chance guys. A lot of people worked really hard on this!

They really work hard for making shit. I wonder what is his definition of 'work hard' for this retard. 1~2 year delay? Two weeks just for reshots?
Incompetence at best.

 

[adamsapple]

 

[Cyberpunkd]

I just feel sorry for Cate Blanchett, she's a great actress and shouldn't be in such trash.

She could have said no, I doubt she needs the money.

 

[amigastar]

She could have said no, I doubt she needs the money.

I think i've read it was because of Covid, she wanted to work again.

 

[DragonNCM]

Yep fancy that, a "shit game series" gets a shit movie. Was anyone expecting different though? With all the cringe in Borderlands its no surprise how awful a movie of it would be.

 

[marquimvfs]

I just feel sorry for Cate Blanchett, she's a great actress and shouldn't be in such trash.

I don't remember her doing anything good outside LOTR trilogy. But, yeah, she was amazing there.

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

blah blah blah

 

[YOU PC BRO?!]

Why can't I escape the thought that Randy Pitchford deserves this?

He does… the guy is completely insufferable.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

Her cunt is like a mile long. Need a fucking compass to navigate it.

 

[David Ricardo]

Don't be so mean and just give it a chance guys. A lot of people worked really hard on this!

They worked really hard on making a movie that would reprogram me to have the same values as them, instead of making a movie they thought I would like. They can go f themselves

 

[The Stig]

I played the shit out of the first 2 games and it was NOT for the story.

Anybody that thought a movie should be made from this particular franchise should be ashamed of themselves.

 

[Ozzie666]

Hollywood blaming fans for failures and begging fans to go see crap, because people worked hard on it.
Amazing.

Make something worth seeing, time is money and valuable.

 

[raul3d]

Fuck her…she could have turned the role down. Don’t feel bad for an actor or actress. They read the script. She made that bed, let her sleep in it.

 

[IAmRei]

I heard that gearbox once using sega money to create borderlands, and left sega to doom by not completing alien colonial marine in good way, and dragging too long development hell back then? I forgot where i read this though, but... If its real, is it karma to see this movie bombed hard way?