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  • kescusay@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Never having played Borderlands… is the game actually this unapologetically stupid? I chuckled at a few bits in the trailer, but I felt bad for doing it.

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      9 months ago

      The humor in the games is definitely “stupid” but not as cringe as this movie looks.

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        9 months ago

        No, it’s exactly as cringe as this movie looks. There’s a horse called Butt-Stallion in the games.

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          9 months ago

          Yeah but in context it’s actually pretty hilarious. Handsome Jack’s monologues made borderlands 2 for me. Such a great villain.

    • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldOPM
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      9 months ago

      It is definitely a stupid game, but this feels a lot like it fan fiction written by someone’s nephew.

    • Lath@kbin.social
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      9 months ago

      Yes. Humour is dumb. Some jokes work, some jokes don’t. Not everyone agrees on which ones are funny.

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      9 months ago

      Borderlands 1 is stupid and fun, Borderlands 2 is stupid and fun with more flamboyant characters, Borderlands The Pre-Sequel is like Borderlands 2 but Australian and shorter, Borderlands 3 is too stupid and annoying to be much fun with a shitload of influence humor in it.

      I will gladly recommend playing B1 and B2, and if you want more B2 get TPS.

      B3 is just annoying.

      B2 is my favourite in the series

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    9 months ago

    Looks like it’ll be a fun popcorn movie. Not expecting it to be faithful to the source material.

    Just counting my lucky stars they didn’t cast The Rock as Kreig.

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      9 months ago

      I have been equally pessimistic and excited about this dumpster fire from the earliest rumors. I think this movie will be bad, and won’t be any less fun for it. as long as they answer one question best asked by mister torgue flexington: explosions?

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        9 months ago

        DID I HEAR SOMEONE ASK #$@!NG EXPLOSIONS?!? THAT IS THE ANSWER. THE QUESTION IS ¥π&@ING WHEN?!?*

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        9 months ago

        oh if they have someone playing Torgue I’ll watch it with mouth agape. I don’t know who could pull it off though.

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        9 months ago

        Who would they even get to play Torgue? Like honestly? Because from the main casting choices, it would probably be someone like Kyle Gass or Michael Cera.

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    9 months ago

    Couldn’t have picked a worse game to try and make a movie out of. From the looks of it, they aren’t trying very hard either.

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    9 months ago

    I absolutely love the game. I’m going to watch this movie with very low expectations and I think I’ll be happy.

    • Son_of_dad@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      Not a single human in existence looks like the characters in Borderlands. This whole thing is silly, Borderlands isn’t a masterpiece of story and character development

    • simple@lemm.ee
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      9 months ago

      Even Jack Black as claptrap is just really bizarre casting. I will definitely not get over kevin hart’s casting though. They hired a short comedian to play the role of the serious military guy character.

  • Zahille7@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Is it bad that I’m scared/worried to watch the trailer based on the comments I’m this thread alone?

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        9 months ago

        I watched it. I wish I hadn’t. But now I definitely know I’m not going to watch this until it hits a streaming service that I’m subbed to. Maybe.

  • banazir@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    I’m not even all that familiar with the games, but the casting seems really off.

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    9 months ago

    So, this is what a 2 year delay worth of studio interference, poor audience testing, and aimlessly hopeful reshoots gets us. The only thing surprising is that it’s not a WB product about to be shelved.

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    9 months ago

    The lack of overly vulgar dialogue in the trailer really solidified my lack of expectations. Not that I really need that level of vulgarity to enjoy a movie but I mean, is it really borderland without it?

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      9 months ago

      I mean isn’t it basically a really violent PG-13 movie? Like the most they say is shit or asshole, and Mr. Torgue literally has a censor surgically installed into him so he can’t say fuck.

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    9 months ago

    It really looks like they wanted this made in the vein of a Guardians of the Galaxy movie. I guess if you start with Borderlands and try to come up with an existing movie property that’s in the same ballpark, that kinda seems like a reasonable target?

    Problem is, none of the actors look like they are having fun. I think this is going to land somewhere between the Suicide Squads, and not closer to the one you’d want it to.

  • adaveinthelife@lemmy.ca
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    9 months ago

    I don’t understand anyone who would choose to watch this instead of playing borderlands, given they’re a fan of the game. Who is this for?