The First Borderlands Movie Clip Looks Like An SNL Skit ( kotaku.com )

Today, during IGN Live, we got our first real look at the Borderlands movie, and folks, I’m not sure this is going to be very good.

Based on the popular looter shooters developed by Gearbox and published by 2K Games, Borderlands was first announced all the way back in 2020. The movie is being directed by Eli Roth and has been in production hell for years now. But finally, our long national nightmare is almost over as Borderlands arrives in theaters on August 9. Sadly, I’m not sure its going to be worth the wait based on a scene released earlier today during IGN Live’s Day 1 showcase.

In the new scene, we see Roland (Kevin Hart), Lilith (Cate Blanchett), Tiny Tina (Ariana Greenblatt), Kireg (Florian Munteanu), and Claptrap (voice by Jack Black) in a dark underground facility filled with boxes and not many lights. It’s hard to see what’s happening.

This is supposed to be an action-packed sequence from a major motion picture, but it feels more like a pre-recorded skit from a so-so episode of Saturday Night Live. Enemies get shot and just fall down with no blood or gore, characters move around slowly even though this is meant to be a fast-paced sequence, and all of this is done to generic music that you’ll forget about the moment the scene ends.

Kecessa ,

Link to the trailer

https://youtu.be/lU_NKNZljoQ

polonius-rex ,

"from the producer of uncharted, spider-man and venom"

i feel like i can guess which version of spider-man

Kecessa ,

What's funny is that when the producer is mentioned in trailers I always think "Ok so the director is an unknown person and they're the one who has the most influence so it must not be great..."

HeavyRaptor ,

It's okay. I played Borderlands 3 with voices off, only sfx/background sounds/music. I'm sure I can do the same with this. Maybe turn picture off too while I'm at it.

PM_ME_YOUR_ZOD_RUNES ,

Hollywood always fucks up movies based on games. I'm not expecting much from this movie.

MeatsOfRage ,

I think we're past this now, we've had a number of good (or at the very least enjoyable) adaptations now, Sonic, Mario, Pikachu. Werewolves Within was really good though no one has heard of the game. And of course TV has been knocking it out of the park, Last of Us, Fallout, Cyberpunk, Castlevania, League of Legends, hell I'd even throw in Twisted Metal. Even stuff about people who play games like Gran Turismo and Players were really good. We also have things that considered bad at the time are being reclaimed like Mortal Kombat

Borderlands is (by the looks of it) just an IP dump which isn't exclusive to video games.

TachyonTele ,

The clip doesn't make any sense. Cate Blanchett is shooting people standing up, then she's suddenly inside of a box? When does she gets in the box, why is she suddenly in that box? She doesn't get out of the box either. She's teleported from there box to somewhere else. But now she has a flamethrower.

polonius-rex ,

Yeah I had the exact same confusion, so I watched it again and she gets tackled into the box, then stands up from inside it.

If this was all in one continuous shot, it would probably be kind of funny. Quite why directors are still making the exact mistakes called out by a 9 minute youtube video 9 years ago is beyond me.

So it looks like bad editing is another thing to get excited about.

andrew_bidlaw ,
@andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works avatar

Original Doom movie's getting a sequel? Idk at what stage they are, but it's probably the best they have at the moment.

Blackmist ,

I didn't even like the game, so the chance of this appealing to me is less than zero.

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