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

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I always wished a Batman movie would do that. Imagine going into it and realizing you have no idea who Batman is. That would be fun.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A villain POV where you see Batman dismantling the organization until the very end would be amazing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Hell yeah.
Just remake The Usual Suspects with Batman instead of Kyser Sosey.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

It’d be fun to make it halfway through the movie to reveal Bruce Wayne is a worthless playboy, and have Barry Allen show up and explain to the current Batman “I’m here to correct a mistake. In my timeline, that drunkard over there is Batman.” “I’m sorry, what?”

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

but then you can’t promote george clooney in all the marketing to draw people in.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

They didnt promote him in the last one. So it's not too far fetched.