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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[–] polonius-rex@kbin.run 21 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

Poop jokes

it creates symmetry when paired with the pee joke from the trailer
honestly this is the part that feels most on brand for the game

This fight looks like I choreographed it

atlas had better fight choreography, and 90% of that movie was arguing with siri

[–] all-knight-party@kbin.run 9 points 5 months ago

Yeah, I hope people don't mistake bad comedy for letting the games down. The games probably got a laugh out of me once every 75 jokes.

[–] HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

NO MR TORGUE!!!!

I don't have the right rant to express my displeasure at this, someone wanna help me out??

EXPLOSIONS!!!!!

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Yeah the jokes bring entirely unfunny of the one part that feels fitting.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

See its not that the poop jokes are bad its that there's only one damn joke and they keep recycling it. Like the poop jokes were rarely funny in the games (I'm secure enough to admit that I laughed at more than a few...) but at least there was a variety. This is the same damn one as in trailer #1. What kind of person can't write two "claptrap shitting bullets" jokes???