Games

32511 readers

2445 users here now

Welcome to the largest gaming community on Lemmy! Discussion for all kinds of games. Video games, tabletop games, card games etc.

Weekly Threads:

What Are You Playing?

The Weekly Discussion Topic

Rules:

Submissions have to be related to games
No bigotry or harassment, be civil
No excessive self-promotion
Stay on-topic; no memes, funny videos, giveaways, reposts, or low-effort posts
Mark Spoilers and NSFW
No linking to piracy

More information about the community rules can be found here.

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

241

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

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

89 comments fedilink hide all child comments

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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Close, but they genuinely think video games are a lesser medium than movies. So of course they don't take this movie, or our standards seriously.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think some game developers think like this too, that's why they try to turn their games into movies, either directly or by making their games more "cinematic".

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

In my opinion, not all cinematic games are trying to be movies, some do it right and preserve the essence of what game is, about others we probably not hear too much except for how bad they turn out to be

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

At least it's not still just Uwe Boll making adaptations.