Making it 17+, changing cast and visuals don’t count. Let’s say it’s live action with heavy CGI. What would be here for the main attraction, the plot, the cast of characters?
Like the game, my movie would have 4 new vault hunters, with a supporting cast of returning characters. Perhaps each would have found a respective vault which lead to a piece of a key which they all need to work together to combine and open the mega vault.
Lean a little less into humor, add a touch of seriousness, not cast little funny Kevin to play strong serious Roland.
And obviously set it up for a sequel and a prequel.
I was literally talking about this with my fiancee and I agree with you. The Borderlands movie should have been Borderlands 4 and been a direct continuation of the games, then the next game is just borderlands 5.
It would have been on theme for the franchise.
As soon as I saw Kevin Hart casted for Roland I knew it was a corporate cash grab. I liked his standup when I was like 12 but I honestly can’t name an acting role I’ve liked him in.
Well, first off, I’d make it a Space Western.
And inspirational.
I’d let Nathan Fillion star in it.
All jokes aside, Borderlands was perfectly fine as a video game. There was hardly a need for a movie and even if there was, I’d only have people associated who have more than the total average of hours into the game. If you haven’t played The Pre-Sequel for more than 200 hours, you have no business here.
If you haven’t played The Pre-Sequel for more than 200 hours, you have no business here.
Why did you use the worst game in the series as an example?
Because if you truly love the series you will have also played TPS a lot. You can’t just keep playing 2 and then saying you’re a huge fan. That would make you a huge fan of Borderlands 2.
That’s some gatekeeping bullshit. I’m a huge fan of several games in the series (1, 2, Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands, and Tales From the Borderlands). You can’t tell me I’m not a “true” fan just because I didn’t like every game with a Borderlands logo on it. That’s akin to saying someone isn’t a true Zelda fan if they don’t love the Zelda CDI games
You may not have liked it but at least you played it… Right?
I played TPS. The low gravity was an awful mechanic and the humour writing was extremely unfunny. I never finished it.
I didn’t bother playing the 3rd game because I heard the writing hadn’t improved much.
But again, none of this matters. You don’t need to play every game in a franchise to be a fan of the series. That’s just gatekeeping.
Do the borderlands comic series, but make it a TV show instead of a movie.
Also dump all the A-list celebrities. Nobody needs Cate Blanchett, Jack Black 🖕, or Kevin Hart in a series that already has established voices for their characters.
Why vitriol towards jack black more than the others? (Genuine question.)
He killed Tenacious D mid-tour in an act of dick-riding for Donald Trump, while campaigning for Biden.
Also Borderlands is shit, and his role as the voice of Claptrap took the spot of two talented voice actors who have already played the character across multiple games.
Oh no, that sucks. Wait… he was campaigning for Biden but cancelled his tour to benefit Trump? Intentionally?
his partner on stage made a joke about his birthday wish being that next time the trump shooter doesn’t miss, and jack cancelled the tour over that. its debatable if this was actually intended to be in service of trump or if jack is just really against assassinations but the end result is that trump benefitted and the duo Tenacious D is no longer doing thier tour
it was supposed to point out we don’t want political violence, but you know what, Trump’s been spewing hate for 20 years at least, and someone followed his advice. boo fucking hoo, don’t talk shit if you can’t take it. I stand with Kyle and not pandering shit, stand up for what you believe in. dick move by black.
He was in a tough situation. We need to remember the extent of right wing vitriol and hate. Anyone who speaks out against Trump gets death threats. Their concerts would have had protestors outside. Continuing the tour could have been a safety risk for their fans. I’m not saying cancelling everything was the right move, but it’s not as simple as “dick riding for Donald Trump.”
I’d make it a TV series. If it’s doing well for Fallout, it shouldn’t be hard for Borderlands to be a show. Because with something as big as Borderlands, it’s not a good idea to compact all of that into one entire film. It’s got to be a chain of events in an episodic format.
People could say “oh change this or that” but this isn’t just a bad borderlands movie, it’s a really bad movie in general. It’s college student level work(the college students are business majors) The whole concept failed from top to bottom.
Improving? Scrap the whole thing and start over. You end up with a better movie simply by rerolling the same odds.
