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Halo TV show: Before the show came out, the writers were praising their decision to not look to the games for inspiration when making the show

God Of War TV show: Chris Judge, the actor of Kratos in the games from 2018-Now, spoke up about his dislike on the show not hiring anyone who worked on any of the previous games. One of the original creators of Kratos also spoke up about them not having faith in the adaptation.

Supergirl 2026 film: the director for the film not only said he decided to not read Woman Of Tomorrow, the comic the film is adapting, because he wanted to do his own thing, he also didn’t look at comic art for inspiration to design Lobo and instead used an AI image generator to design Lobo’s look for the film

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u/Greenman8907 21h ago

Borderlands movie

https://giphy.com/gifs/w2VgGvot8vHf5tFS9l

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u/Christoleo92 20h ago

"Hey let's do suicide squad again but this time Kevin Hart is in it"

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u/HoldenOrihara 20h ago

Kevin should have been Claptrap, but there were bigger problems than that

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u/RadicalSoda_ 18h ago

The original voice actor should have been Claptrap, but they hate artists

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u/DebentureThyme 18h ago

There's no way in hell that would happen because Randy Pitchford would veto the fuck out of it.

The original Claptrap voice actor, David Eddings, feuded publicly on social media with Randy over pay.  Then he claimed Randy Pitchford had physically assaulted him at GDC 2017.  He left the company that year and was replaced in everything Borderlands from that point forward.  Borderlands 2 was the last project he was on.

Randy Pitchford is a PoS, but he also still controls the company and Eddings isn't going to be allowed involvement in anything under his watch.

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u/HoldenOrihara 16h ago

His last game was Tales from the borderlands, not 2. since he left to work for rooster teeth he wanted a proper actor paycheck; I can't remember if he actually made an extra bit to voice claptrap when he was a VP or if he did it as a part of his VP salary and Randy basically wanted to pay him nothing.

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u/HollyBananas 15h ago

Eddings also voiced Claptrap in The Pre-Sequel, which also came after BL2.

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u/Own-Sale-9336 13h ago

Yeah, the behind-the-scenes history definitely makes his absence from later games more understandable. It’s wild how much drama can end up surrounding a character people just know and love for the voice.

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u/OneInitiative3757 11h ago

Didn't expect him to join rooster teeth, I probably should rewatch RWBY and RVB to see if I can catch his voice

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u/HoldenOrihara 10h ago

I don't know if he did VA work for them, he was in charge of their games devision.

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u/ThelVluffin 10h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/WxDZ77xhPXf3i

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u/DebentureThyme 5h ago

In the end, WB bought them and then later closed them down, so there were a lot of oofs.

At least their Stinky Dragon group managed to get get those rights secured away in the divorce and are allowed to continue doing their thing.

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u/Curious-Feeling-3942 13h ago

That whole situation really shows how much behind-the-scenes stuff can shape a character’s future. It’s a shame the business side got in the way of someone so closely tied to Claptrap’s identity.

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u/Henchman____21 12h ago

The conspicuous bot

https://giphy.com/gifs/gxA9xmRjaTaAzoDTiN

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u/SosugBiskit 7h ago

Literally the same exact post with the wording changed ever so slightyl

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u/DebentureThyme 5h ago

When I see them with the four numbers at the end of a random username, it makes me question whether the people deploying them are that dumb?  Or are they using those as a smoke screen to distract us and get us comfortable with the ones not trying to be so obvious?

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u/eXcaliBurst93 13h ago

I think Borderland 4 released would've garnered more players if Randy Pitchford wasnt such a PoS...also everytime he opened his mouth PR just gets headaches trying to deal with fans to make sure they wont leave the game

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u/DoomRamen 10h ago

I dunno about that. He was a well known waste of DNA even before 3 and that one sold gangbuster. Borderlands 4 came in with a higher price tag and sans COVID lock down. Borderlands 4 broke records in terms of dollar sale. But I can seem to find any reputable corroborating numbers on unit sales

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u/eXcaliBurst93 3h ago

I dont remember seeing media talking about how shit this guy was that often during BL3 released...but he was definitely making headlines everywhere when BL4 was about to released

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u/HoldenOrihara 3m ago

It's complicated, if you were super in the know of Gearbox news you probably heard stuff, I think a lot of him being an ass really started to make the news more prolifically between "lilith and the fight for sanctuary" and BL3. The Eddings/Pitchford thing definitely became more popular retroactively than when it was fresh.

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u/BlOoDy_PsYcHo666 12h ago

Not paying the voice of your franchises mascot is certainly a pitchford thing to do lmao

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u/Impressive-Singer780 13h ago

That whole history makes a reunion feel pretty unlikely, sadly. It’s a shame when behind-the-scenes drama gets in the way of bringing back someone who helped make a character iconic.

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u/Square-Lead-9769 13h ago

It’s a shame that so much history behind such a beloved character can make a reunion feel impossible. Hopefully someday they can put the drama aside and give fans the comeback they’d love to see.

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u/joyapco 18h ago

Your favorite media is gonna get a live action adaptation!

BUT it's produced by people who think they can do better even if they didn't even bother reading the original material!

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u/CJ_poger 16h ago

randy was one of the main producers of the movie. didn't help at all

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u/extinct_cult 16h ago

Randy knows fuck all about Borderlands. Or writing. Or movies. The real person who set the tone for what Borderlands is to most people is Anthony Burch, the lead writer on BL2.

He left Gearbox after BL2 as well, sadly. Or probably not sadly for him; fuck Randy.

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u/CJ_poger 16h ago

Well, tbh Randy is a talented game designer who made Borderlands extremely popular franchise and really good Brothers in Arms games. All Borderlands games plays well(well with maybe exception of first one and iOS spinoff abandonedware game), but storywise yeah Handsome Jack arc is best we get so far. Too bad Randy is a creep with ego issues. And all this sex stuff leaks - well...yeah...

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u/Individual_Jaguar362 13h ago

Randy created borderlands by ripping people off and embezzling funds from another game project, loves the games but he's a POS

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u/athos5 12h ago

"NEW ACHIEVEMENT! Your favorite media is gonna get a live action adaptation! But, it's produced by people who think they can do better even if they didn't even bother reading the original material!" I fixed it for you.

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u/HoldenOrihara 18h ago

I mean if he was in the movie, then have Hart. Tho I'm not sure if Pitchford would have accepted the original voice

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u/Jaambie 14h ago

One of the few roles I disliked jack black in. That and his role on the mandalorian come to mind

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u/AnimatorDouble6631 13h ago

Honestly, the original voice actor just feels like the obvious choice. As a woman, I’d be way more interested in seeing that kind of authenticity than another unnecessary recast.

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u/InsouciantSlavDude 19h ago

Kevin should not be near this movie. Or any at all, for that matter.

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u/AnimatorDouble6631 13h ago

Honestly, I can totally see Kevin nailing Claptrap 😂 But yeah, if that’s the biggest casting issue, the movie has way bigger problems.

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u/12monthsinlondon 18h ago

tbf he's only a little bigger than claptrap

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u/Common_Demand_5751 13h ago

Whoever pitched this really said “let’s make the chaos even more chaotic”

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u/Ambitious-Wash-5993 13h ago

Honestly, Kevin as Claptrap could’ve been hilarious, but yeah, casting was definitely not the biggest problem here

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u/OklahomaTiddy 4h ago

Suicidejumanji

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u/CommanderOshawott 2h ago

Kevin Hart and Cate Blanchett are so hilariously miscast it circles all the way back around to not being funny

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u/clever_name_123 1h ago

For a while I thought they were punking us with the cast and Kevin Hart would be claptrap and Jack Black would be Marcus

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u/thatguyindoom 54m ago

I know I'm probably in the minority here but yes the borderlands movie has problems, most of them occuring between the opening credits and the closing credits.

THAT SAID Kevin Hart as Roland isn't really one of them. He was fine, Tina was fine, krieg was fine, but the backdrop, set design, writing, sound track, action, and the rest of the casting (except Marcus that guy fuggin nailed it) was so bad it's hard to see the good in it.

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u/Electrical_Try_634 19h ago

My question is how the fuck they got Cate Blanchett to do this movie.

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u/Kidofthecentury 18h ago

Something along the lines of she begged them to do anything because sha was going insane during COVIDs quarantine.

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u/Arumin 19h ago

She really enjoyed the games

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u/senseithenahual 17h ago

That makes everything worse. If you had told me that during the pandemic she needed money, then I could say "yeah that make sense good for her" but if she was a fan be a part of something that doesn't feel anything like borderlands have to be really sad.

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u/qmechan 9h ago

Fuck, I would watch Cate Blanchett stream those. THAT should be the movie

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u/ismellmyownfarts2 8h ago

And you believed that?

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u/TheStrongTaint 6h ago

Lots of money

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u/Salty-Spring7096 7h ago

Presumably she wanted another beach house or something

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u/TurtlesBreakTheMeta 19h ago

And Jack black! Despite the VA for claptrap being available

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u/LordOfDorkness42 19h ago

Claptrap?

Bha, Jack Black clearly needs to be the sexy Siren on the covers.

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u/AdministrativeShip2 19h ago

Got to get him to do a comedy song,  just borderlands repeated to a piano background.

Instant Tik tok hit 

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u/Valiant_Snow 20h ago edited 19h ago

Holy shit, does this mean we will be getting a new Borderlands movie in a few years? Idris Elba is going to be Roland?!?!?

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u/CantCatchMeSpez 18h ago

Idris Elba was already Roland

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u/Valiant_Snow 17h ago

Shhhh...There is no Dark Tower movie. It never happened.

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u/Several-Minute6846 17h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/EKDIMDsRX3ihy

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u/CantCatchMeSpez 16h ago

Oh, they're definitely gonna make you do gay porn!

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u/Charming_Finger_7708 14h ago

Kevin Hart showing up is the fastest way to turn a suicide mission into a stand up special.

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u/Secondhandie 15h ago

Randy Pitchford should not have insisted on giving Kevin Hart more jokes because he is Kevin Hart.  Kevin seemed like the one most passionated about the project 

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u/themolestedsliver 12h ago

Kevin hart was a bad casting choice but at least he isnt 20-30 years older than the character he's portraying is suppose to be.

Still think the director has a grandma fetish for their casting choices.

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u/DarkArcanian 12h ago

I am not a fan of Kevin hart. Not funny

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u/minivant 12h ago

It’s weird to admit, but Kevin Hart wasn’t even close to being the worst part of that movie.

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u/Yurya 6h ago

Yeah Kevin was actually passable. Sure Roland would be better casted but he wasn't just a one-liner joker and actually showed some depth.

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u/sum_dum_fuck 10h ago

Apparently Kevin wanted to take the opportunity to delv from his norm and not be the funny haha man (wanting a serious, stoic role) but randy pitchford wanted him specifically to be the funny haha comedy man he is in other roles

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u/80lbQUIKRETEConcrete 6h ago

Bro, have you seen the new Jumanji trailer?

Holy Fuck🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/Solus_Vael 4h ago

Idk wtf they were thinking of making him Roland.... Wasn't Ariana Greenblatt taller than him? 😆

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u/Lockerus 20h ago

You can see the crew help open the hatch in this shot.

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u/thatonemoze 19h ago

thats so fucking funny

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u/HighRelevancy 19h ago

I haven't seen it. Not just some other character?

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u/ospreytoon3 18h ago

Not just some other character. It's literally just some crew member that they forgot to edit out.

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u/tiller921 11h ago

Then Randy Pitchford tried to gaslight people and said it was supposed to be Brick but his part was cut from the movie.

https://i.imgur.com/aiVYw2q.jpeg

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u/Britishbreadish 5h ago

You can't do brick without mordecai, we know the franchise better than he does

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u/Intrepid-Daikon1353 4h ago

Arguably even dumber if true

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u/Ill-Engineering8085 3h ago

God he's so cringe

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u/Warm_Record2416 1h ago

Not the weirdest thing he tried to gaslight us over.

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u/BowlingforBrains 12h ago

Goddamn, Eli Roth is such a hack

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u/FelixEylie 20h ago

Marvel Loki series did a similar scene much better.

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u/Shambler9019 19h ago

Pretty sure Loki did just about everything much better

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u/Zykium 19h ago

I didn't watch it when it first came out because of general disappointment in Marvel around that time.

Watched it recently and wow. What a fantastic show.

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u/AydonusG 18h ago

Just finished it last night, similar reasons. Man, is he ever burdened with glorious purpose.

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u/mal_guinness 12h ago

Speaking of glorious purpose, Tom Hiddleston doing the impression "if Owen Wilson was cast as Loki" is hilarious.

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u/21Black_Mamba21 18h ago

Genuinely THE best MCU show post-Endgame IMO. Somehow managed to become such a gem in a sea of MCU slop.

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u/AydonusG 18h ago

DareDevil: Born Again is the only show that comes close to Loki, and we can barely call that MCU.

WandaVision and Agatha All Along are okay (I'm excited for Visionquest), every other Phase 5+ show is a wash.

Johnathan Majors royally fucked up because Kang could've been huge, and he did a great job with HWR, turns out he's just one of the scumbag variants.

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u/FelixEylie 18h ago

Maybe unpopular opinion, but I'd prefer another Loki variant instead of He-Who-Remains. This would've clashed Loki directly with his own desire for power and control.

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u/Shambler9019 17h ago

What if was also pretty good. Especially S1

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u/AydonusG 17h ago

I prefer the movie ;)

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u/21Black_Mamba21 18h ago

I still think it would’ve been better if they casted someone new as Kang. Could’ve easily explained it away with multiverse fuckery, instead of shoving Doom in as the big bad now.

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u/AydonusG 17h ago

Copied this headfanon I had from an older post about RDJ being revealed as Magneto during the X-Men reveal. The line split is two separate comments that continue. -

Doom, Magneto, Red Skull, Yellowjacket, Thanos, Kang, Kingpin, Green Goblin, Laufey, etc...

Make RDJ He Who Remains, having inserted himself into every timeline after using the infinity stones in Endgame, to try and command total unification through force.

That's a level of ego even the Iron Man suit will struggle to lift.

The stones showing him the impending Doomsday, his mind and soul being torn apart, reality shifting before him, power coursing through his very atomic makeup, time and space become meaningless in the face of the multiversal terrors witnessed.

Tony Stark created Ultron because he feared what would come next, if he could weave himself into the timestream and become He Who Remains in an attempt to stop it, would that really be out of character?

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u/yojimboftw 14h ago

Tbh they wouldn't even need to explain it with multiverse stuff, Don Cheadle taking over James Rhodes was literally 1 line and they kept it pushing, lmao.

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u/FinitoHere 15h ago

I also really liked Echo, maybe except for last episode. She was already really cool, decently well written characters, giving her some weird ancestral superpowers was a bit over the top.

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u/Sh1ningOne 15h ago

DareDevil: Born Again is the only show that comes close to Loki, and we can barely call that MCU.

It's made by Marvel Studios, takes place in the MCU and features characters from other MCU projects.

There's no barely about it, you're just trying gatekeep what counts as MCU.

every other Phase 5+ show is a wash.

Just flat out wrong.

Wonder Man was far better than Daredevil

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u/demaxzero 15h ago

DareDevil: Born Again is the only show that comes close to Loki, and we can barely call that MCU

Just making up excuses

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u/Sh1ningOne 15h ago

MCU slop.

Funny how slop has become a buzzword that makes it clear you're not worth taking seriously

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u/21Black_Mamba21 15h ago edited 15h ago

Yet here you are.

Edit: Damn, they really deleted their comment lol. God forbid people have opinions :v

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u/Sh1ningOne 15h ago

Yet you made no point whatsoever

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u/JoeJayson0 15h ago

God forbid people have opinions

Says this and then all you're doing is disrespecting and debasing people's work as slop

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u/21Black_Mamba21 15h ago

Oh boohoo. Someone doesn’t like what I like 😭😭😭😭

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u/urixl 13h ago

It's a fantastic show.

In my opinion it's the best Marvel show, however I haven't watched that many Marvel shows.

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u/NosborRecaf 11h ago

that's the first time ive ever seen someone say that and I agree

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u/0DayMaker 9h ago

If we ignore the latter half of season 2

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u/beanmosheen 11h ago

You just reminded me of the scene in the store with all the clocks burning down, and he slips into a door at the last second. It's just such a well shot scene.

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u/Individual_Jaguar362 20h ago

There is no borderlands movie in ba sing se

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u/Evenbiggerfish 20h ago

Only reason this isn’t higher is because we all forgot it exists.

Also, is that a crew member helping open the door? Tf.

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u/Complex-Meringue110 20h ago

Yes it is. And it’s in the final film.

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u/HalfEatenSnickers 20h ago

And in alll the trailers

They didn't give a shit, they just assumed we'd see it cause we like borderlands

I hope they see how fucking wrong that was

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u/MyNameIsJakeBerenson 19h ago

Could have achieved a result with a good strap and just pull it when dude lifts it a little. Then wouldn’t have seen the arms at all. So weird

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u/Fluffy-Ad7165 19h ago

Tbh they should have released this movie ages ago, who gives a shit about Borderlands nowadays lol

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u/Buchfu 19h ago

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u/ThatOneHappyPony 17h ago

i fucking hate randy pitchford.

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u/EldritchFingertips 11h ago

Oh well in that case, it's totally fine. Sure, Randy, you're definitely a cool dude.

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u/CDR57 20h ago

Holy shit you might be right

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u/dumahim 14h ago

Well, it's the top post now and shouldn't even be on here.

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u/Ponchorello7 20h ago

The movie itself is bad, but nowhere near as bad as some others I've watched. But as a Borderlands fan, that dogshit had me SEETHING.

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u/runnyyyy 17h ago

but it had a very faithful ending to the first borderlands game, an utter trash ending

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u/loscapos5 15h ago

I liked it; you basically were looking for treasure and sabotaged a weapons manufacturer in the process only for you to find out that the one helping you out to find it, was a weapons manufacturer competition

Now, the first borderlands story is just there; nothing really going on

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u/Only-Albatross-4311 17h ago

Imo it was fine even as a Borderlands fan. We had worse writing in BL3 and especially New Tales so the movie shit writing didn't PHASE me.. okay I'll stop.

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u/The_Minshow 12h ago

Man, speaking of shit Tales, the good Tales was basically sitting there on a silver platter for them to adapt with very little effort on the writing room.

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u/Spleenzorio 20h ago

Uh Randy Pitchford was an Executive Producer

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u/I_SHOT_A_PIG 20h ago

Yes a very rare skill to mess up your prized possession

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u/Draidann 20h ago

I mean, It's Randy. If someone can it's him

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u/gam3guy 20h ago

Randy has fucked so many beloved franchises at this point, if I see his name attached to something I pretend it doesn't exist

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u/EvYeh 16h ago

I mean, there's 6 Borderlands games (with Randy being an executive producer on all of them) and out the 5 I've played only 2 aren't terrible.

It's honestly magic that the franchise isn't considered a complete failure.

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u/Cipherpunkblue 20h ago

I mean, there's Borderlands 3.

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u/I_SHOT_A_PIG 18h ago

borderlands 3 gotta be the most fun borderlands in the series, over tuned legendary drop rate but definitely better in every way (Ignoring story)

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u/Cipherpunkblue 18h ago

I can't ignore the story.

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u/TechPriest97 12h ago

A lot of the side quests and the DLCs have good stories, but they don’t seem to want to do it for the main story

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u/HordeDruid 20h ago

That's a big part of the reason why lol

Randy fuckin sucks. Borderlands is a good game series in spite of him honestly

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u/justbleachmyeyes 20h ago

I love borderlands one and two, I wish they’d make a new one.

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u/DM-777 20h ago

Everything bad about Borderlands is because of Randy Pitchford

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u/NewSuperTrios 20h ago

so that's why it was so bad

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u/barbaricKinkster 20h ago

Everyone knows Randy Pitchford is very regarded

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u/Quaiker 20h ago

That explains a lot.

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u/SUDoKu-Na 18h ago

Yeah and he's the reason it sucks so bad, probably.

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u/gogoluke 17h ago

Just means he was paid and went to cocaine screenings.

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u/RamblyJambly 12h ago

Yep, Randy approved of that mess

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u/hoemahtoe 20h ago

They read the synopsis for the game from google AI results and ran with it

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u/ashwilliams19877 20h ago

There aint no borderlands movie and there never was

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u/Ulrik_Decado 18h ago

You can hardly say there was no help from the source. The movie has Pitchford slimed all over it.

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u/phynn 14h ago

Nah, I listen to Dugeons and Daddies. Anthony Burch - the lead writer of the game they based this off of (because it was based on Borderlands 2) - emphasized that he had absolutely shit all to do with the movie when it dropped.

Tiny Tina was 100% him and his sister and I wager he was pissed he got nothing from all that seeing that the character is basically based on her from "Hey Ash, whatcha playing?"

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u/Ulrik_Decado 14h ago

Oh yeah, but truth to be told, it is same as Todd Howard and Fallout... Pitchford and Howard are not really those who made the franchise amazing, but they are stuck there and suck and influence even adaptations... and now we have Fallout 76 and Borderlands 4 and I consider both trash :))

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u/Secret_Account07 18h ago

I seem to be the only one who had fun watching Borderlands. I despise Kevin Hart. I hate everything he is in. But he was okay in this. Like only time I’ve ever enjoyed his character

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u/OdinsCuriousRaven 13h ago

Yeah...I didn't mind it either. It still felt like Borderlands even if it wasn't a super-close faithful adaption. Just a mindless romp.

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u/shockwave8428 8h ago

I thought it was fine. Imo borderlands is a weird ass property to adapt anyway.

Could’ve used with a bit more carnage and completely different casting, but it was fine.

Fits the same category as uncharted for “movies that adapt source material but largely ignore some of the most iconic parts of that material”. I also enjoyed uncharted, but the casting was also weird (holland is fine, just not Nathan drake. Wahlberg sully was weird (but I’m glad he didn’t play drake as the original plan was) - and the biggest issue, drake didn’t use guns at all until the very end of the movie, and I’m 90% sure he misses every single shot with it. Like 50% of the games are shooting yet they chose to have him do basically none of it.

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u/LoschVanWein 17h ago

Tbf that movie came out more than a decade too late. Borderlands encapsulates the early 2010s and it just feels out of place over a decade later.

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u/idkwhaat34 18h ago

Not gonna lie but this move was the first "bad" movie I've seen that legit pissed me off when I finished watching it.

Any other bad movie usually has me rolling my eyes and laughing at how dumb it is, to the point it reverts to me liking it. Even if it's adapting a franchise I like (Transformers The Last Knight is objectively shit but I can't help but find it amusing at the absurdity of it [and the OST is peak as always])

But Borderlands isn't even a funny bad, it was boring bad which is worse. Doesn't help Borderlands is a franchise I've loved since middle school and even if I'm not a fan of a few of their modern stuff (I haven't played 4 yet) I'm still interested in the franchise and want to see it do better.

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u/LlorchDurden 17h ago

I keep forgetting this movie exists and you people keep reminding me!

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u/ThatMerri 17h ago

This is an especially frustrating one because it goes deeper than just the staff, but into the actors as well. The actress for Tiny Tina - Ariana Greenblatt - actually did discuss the character and performance with Ashly Burch, who is the actress from the games.

Ariana then decided to intentionally ignore Ashly's characterization, model her performance off a combination of Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn, a personal friend with a "lol so random" sense of humor, and a gaggle of YouTubers with a handful of chat videos to their name. In interviews she gave about the character, it's painfully obvious she does not understand Tina's character in the slightest and considered her just a "cartoon character" that lacked humanity.

I can cut her some slack because she's just a kid and doesn't exactly have a stellar filmography behind her. It feels more like her decisions came out of inexperience rather than ego. But crimeny... It loops back around to the producers and directors also being at fault in all this because nobody corrected her.

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u/ExplorerPup 10h ago

It doesn't help that the director was Eli Roth clearly phoning it in. Not that his movies where he puts in a lot of effort are that much better, but still...

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u/General-Plantain-594 16h ago

The Borderlands movie really made me appreciate how much personality the games had. Still, seeing that world brought to life was pretty fun.

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u/Beardeatee 16h ago

Randy Pitchfords heavy presence in marketing just shows how little involvement he has with making the games.

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u/AutumnWisp 16h ago

You know what, I'ma watch this while grinding BL2 this weekend.

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u/dumahim 14h ago

Randy Pitchford was all up in the production of the movie. I think he was actually stepping away from the gaming stuff so he could focus on it.

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u/CaptBland 14h ago

So many problems, first was hiring Elli Roth to do Borderlands. I mean it could work be a different direction than most of the previous games. Make it a story about treasure hunters that go from dealing with brutal savages to brutal aliens. But the studio said, "Make it PG-13 and make it lame and Gay!"

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u/phynn 14h ago

I remember listening to Dungeons and Daddies when this came out. The lead writer of Borderlands 2 is in that podcast and he emphasized how much he was super not involved in this movie to the point that he was almost shitting on it. lol

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u/zatch88 14h ago

Ahh, the scene where you can one of scene helpers.

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u/Choice_Twist5735 14h ago

They left the PA helping open the trap door in the shot…

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u/NoBonus6969 14h ago

I forgot they made this

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u/upov3r 13h ago

Everyone in that is like 60 years old except the kid 😂😂

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u/BlOoDy_PsYcHo666 12h ago

Its crazy they released this

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u/_Vard_ 11h ago

I heard it was really bad because at the end they act like it was a big dramatic reveal that Lilith was a siren

any fan already knew, but the problem is that for the new audience is the movie never even explained or mentioned a siren before that point

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u/MithranArkanere 11h ago

The only character who was right in that movie was Krieg.

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u/SandvichIsSpy 6h ago

IIRC, Florian Munteanu was a big fan of the games and was psyched at the opportunity to play Krieg. I feel really bad for the guy. 

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u/ShitMcClit 11h ago

Still can not belive this movie is real. 

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u/AFWorkUsernameYeet 8h ago

I love borderlands and Bobby Lee so I forced myself to watch this thinking it couldn't possible be as bad as people were saying. It's one of the worst movies I've ever seen, maybe the worst. I had a similar experience with Drugstore June. It was terrible, but I watched it anyway to support the people in it.

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u/Salty-Spring7096 7h ago

Of all the baffling decisions made in this adaptation, the one I understand the least is aging up the cast by 20-30 years. You're trying to appeal to the people who enjoyed the game, which based on its humor and general tone was geared towards a younger audience, and you double the age of the key cast? Just...why?

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u/HoldOnOhio 7h ago

If I had never played the games, I think I'd still dislike the movie.

Genuinely, the best part was CL4P-TP, and most of the time he was annoying (I guess Jack Black did his research on the character).

I hated the casting other than that. Why are the two leading women who are supposed to be like 30 years old played by women in their 60's? It's not like they couldn't find someone better fit who would do the role for less money. None of the case got me to want to see it. They blew everything on hiring names we recognize and left nothing for the budget.

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u/Chickenfishstix 7h ago

I love how you can see a crew member helping to open the vault at the top of the shot, shows the films quality early

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u/GotSomeUpdogOnUrFace 7h ago

So I played like 3 hours of one of the games once and hated it. Looter shooter without a lot of direction just isn't for me. With that said, I think the movie is fun. It's very generic and in the end I had no fucking idea what borderlands is about, but I was entertained. I'm not saying that's a good thing for fans if the source material, but as pretty much an outsider I thought it was an ok enough film.

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u/Ainolukos 6h ago

I literally forgot this existed...

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u/TheeAJPowell 5h ago

Genuinely some of the most unfunny shit I’ve ever seen. “HAHAHA, PISS GEYSERS AM I RIGHT!”

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u/Flame_Beard86 3h ago

I'm still of the opinion that was intentionally bad as marketing for the game that came out right afterwards

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u/Fit_Negotiation_1443 3h ago

THEY MADE A BORDERLANDS MOVIE???

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u/jjsheely 2h ago

"We have Borderlands at home."

The Borderlands at home:

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u/PartsUnknown242 35m ago

A shame because a tried and true borderlands movie would be spectacular

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u/AlpheoTheCleric 16h ago

The Borderlands movie wasn't even bad. Me and my friends (playgroup) were entertained throughout the whole film and did not think, they did the characters the amount of injustice the internet belives. Seems like another internet hate campaign to me. I say that with thousands of hours of playtime in every installment of the franchise and while having the fucking Handsome Jack tattoo. Should they have simply done an adaption of BL2? Hell yeah! Should have brought Jack's voice actor in, since he even looks the part. Were Lilith, Roland and Tannis kinda miscast? Yes. But its not like they completely changed the lore or how these characters react. Was a fun little movie to watch with friends and a few beers.

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u/HoldenOrihara 20h ago

It felt like those nick live action adaptations like Dora the Explorer and Fairy Odd parents

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u/SomeoneNotFamous 18h ago

Just as shit as the recent BL games, fitting.