Eli Roth’s adaptation of first-person shooter Borderlands had a fan event this week that left the majority underwhelmed.
I don’t normally pay attention to reviews, but I had a feeling this was coming. When they released that one minute clip a while back, it didn’t feel right, or even funny. One of the biggest pointers towards its lack of quality was the piss “joke” in the trailer. As one of the quotes mentions, it may just come off as a poor man’s Guardians of the Galaxy.
This should not have been a surprise in the wake of Kevin Hart being cast as Roland. In what world did that make sense?
Not going to lie, I still plan on going to see it. Borderlands 2 is in no small part responsible for me and my partner being together and it holds a special place in my heart. If it’s bad, I’m sure we’ll have a laugh at how bad it is, and if it’s good, we’ll have a laugh at how good it is. Fun time either way I figure.
As a fellow BL2 diehard, I knew it was going to be bad the moment they cast Kevin Hart as Roland. I’ll just wait for a torrent and laugh at yet another video game movie flop
It did this production no favors for it’s released to be scheduled so soon AFTER the second best television video game adaptation in FALLOUT, the comparisons will be merciless and brutal
Now I’m curious, what’s your first best television video game adaptation? (My guess is Castlevania, but also I can’t really think of any others right now.)
Arcane (also starring the fabulous Ella Purnell)
Oh cool, I’ll have to check it out.
Arcane is perfection… Ignore the base material. Just enjoy the show
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Yea it looks tone deaf to what the original was. Stop casting Kevin hartd in things. It’s like that south park rob shnieder joke.
I think he’s having a midlife crisis and just wants to be cool.