Half in the Bag: Borderlands

"Oh my, Lilith just whispered in my ear we need a multiple movie story-arc of Lilith: Super Hero Demon." They tried something like that for TV with "Darklight" in 2004. It was awful.

Manuel Johnen

I played and finished this game in 2009 (I think). But all I can recall is Claptrap and the color-associated rarity of the weapon drops. I recall that orange was the rarest. Or maybe not. Oh well.

andrew

Do you think she can be the new Doug with Limu Emu?

TheSingingBush

Yeah...BORDERLANDS looks really generic and by-the-numbers, not at all as smart, clever, or feminist as Blanchett, Curtis, and Roth allege it is. While I can't blame Cate Blanchett for going for the dollars (while TAR might have been a big awards play, I doubt it did much for her bank account), I can think of a number of characters she'd have better luck with both creatively and commercially if she played them.

Timothy Liebe

Well, half-awesome, half-Eggsbenedict Englishmuffin!

Timothy Liebe

I only know Lilith from the documentary True Blood and the carpet definitely matched the pubes

TheSingingBush

I almost saw this movie on $8 Tuesday’s but after watching the review I decided to pass. Also, appreciate the subtle support for Lakefront Brewing. They’re not amazing but still do good stuff.

David S

It was such a good flick. It was weird and edgy, but still had substance and heart. I used to break it out at parties without telling people anything about it and the reactions were always priceless. It was fun to watch people go from "wtf is this is" to "that was a great movie!" over the course of a couple hours 😅

Carl Watkins

Sorry, I see how that was ambiguous at the time. It was more of a "fuck yeah" than an "oh, shit..." I hope we can agree that the original Street Fighter was amazingly campy :)

Neil Peart, Lord of Drums

Turbo kid is always playing in the back of my mind

Allison PM

I feel like Cate Blanchett and Jamie Lee Curtis are iconically gay women crushes. So maybe that’s what they were going for. I’ll end up watching it on streaming next week. I’ll just watch the mash ups of Cate Blanchett talking about how much she hates leaf blowers until then.

Allison PM

Lilith being Adam's first wife is Jewish lore. Lilith is mentioned in the Christian Bible in the prophets. I think it's kind of like with the giants in Genesis. They're only mentioned in a sentence or two but ultimately not really important to the whole story. Oh my, Lilith just whispered in my ear we need a multiple movie story-arc of Lilith: Super Hero Demon. And it's not even night where I am! *metallic horror screech*

Marvin Falz

I believe Lilith Sternin-Crane (recurring character in Cheers and Frasier) was named after Lilith the night-demon.

Marvin Falz

There is no shit time to get drunk

Becki

Not to be a "WELL AKCHUALLY" nerd here, but "Lilith" was actually a kind of ancient Mesopotamian entity/legend that existed before Christianity. ReligionForBreakfast has a great video about it on YouTube. "It's called The Origins of Lilith". *retreats back into my mom's basement*

Amanda B.

@26.11 behind the scenes hart crying at wrap on curtis, being comforted by greenblatt, then curtis - this can't be real right?!? wtf

ben stewart

lol, indeed it's from the book, good eye!

Tadeo D'Oria

Holy shit your profile pic is from the TNG cats book right?!? I have that on my coffee table! It's my favorite thing. I text my friends pictures from it all the time. During final exams I always text Worf cat jumping into battle shouting "today is a good day to die!"

Neil Peart, Lord of Drums

But that would be awesome.

Neil Peart, Lord of Drums

I forgot this dumb movie was being made.

CriscoDiscoDuck

They must’ve thought Hela was lightning that could strike twice.

Clancy Bundy

The worse part of how generic and unoriginal this movie looks, is that one of the main reasons why the original Borderlands was such a success was its unique art style, and they didn't even try to emulate that look.

Tadeo D'Oria

Please do.

THE_GnomeChomskee

When they revealed the casting my joke was: so what’s next: Benedict Cumberbatch and Anthony Hopkins in the Fast and the Furious?

THE_GnomeChomskee

Odd that they didn't mention Five Nights at Freddy's and compared it to this

Zoran Basic

I'm not much of a gamer but I did play Telltale Games' standalone videogame 'Tales From The Borderlands' (a choose-your-adventure type game so easy even Mike could play it) and so I was familiar with the world of this movie going in. And while watching it, I kept thinking about how that game had a much better and more compelling plot than this movie. Still, I thought this movie was better than 'Madame Web' and light-years better than 'The Exorcist Believer' so it's not the worst recent movie. It actually seemed so much like a Made-For-NetFlix movie that it should've premiered there.

DonMac

I love video games but I think Borderlands was a poor choice to be made into a film. It's been years since I played either of the first 2 games, but I remember them being pretty thin on plot. You could say the same for League of Legends/Arcane(which was fantastic), but even the setting for Borderlands isn't that interesting or novel. That's before you even get into the director being out of his element and the miscasting. This is what happens when an studio executive sees some piece of media (comic book, novel, game, etc.) sell 10s of millions of copies and wants a piece of the pie without understanding what made that media successful in the first place or how it could be successfully adapted for film.

John D

In recent interviews she said that the reason she did Borderlands was because they approached her during the COVID lockdown and said yes because she was depressed and wanted to get out of the house 😅

Carl Watkins

Eli Roth was a poor choice for this movie. They should have got the people that made Turbo Kid or Psycho Goreman to do Borderlands.

Carl Watkins

I played the first Borderlands. I remember thinking it was fine back then. I can't think of any good videogame movies except the recent Mario. The Last of Us series was excellent, regardless of whether you played the game (I played it for a couple of hours when it came out and hated it, so I basically didn't play it). The Fallout show was pretty good as its own thing, but, as a fan of the series, it completely fucked the lore and made a joke out of the world built by the games. Still, very well done show for someone who isn't bothered by or doesn't know that, which was reflected in the reviews. It doesn't seem like critics are panning things just because they're based on games. Mario, TLoU, and Fallout were all highly rated and did extremely well. So, with all the videogame adaptations that have come out over the decades, which ones were actually good aside from those listed? The only other two I can think of are 1992's Street Fighter and then Mortal Kombat soon after, for all the wrong reasons except Raul Julia's insane performance in the former.

Neil Peart, Lord of Drums

can't wait to hear this one!

Tom McGraw

Awwww shit time to get drunk! Wait I'm already drunk. Time to get drunker! Wait I was planning on that too. Well I'll post again once I black out and forget about this comment!

Neil Peart, Lord of Drums

"I just want my kids back"

Neil Peart, Lord of Drums

Kevin Hart should get into politics and/or the Newhart reboot. He's a guy who has a narrative which is attached to an agenda of good. Next time, just stick to the "dynamic character" narrative and gain 2% on RT.

Bill Wilson

I guess Cate Blanchett was intrigued by the idea to play an action movie character for once. Just for the fun of it. They probably showed her Guardians of the Galaxy and said "Wouldn't it be fun to do that?". This movie is like Jazz music. Everyone involved probably had way more fun than anyone in the audience.

GirouxFan

Don't know if you watched the video in its entirety, but they do acknowledge that newer adaptations like "The last of us" and "Fallout" managed to get mainstream in terms of quality and production. On the other hand, they also recognise that many games are basically interactive movies, especially when it comes to writing. The movie discussed is bad for reasons having nothing to do with it being a video game adaptation.

Bill Wilson

Can’t wait for video game nerd, Rich Evans, to chime in & say what the movie did wrong compared to the game.

2Dumb4College

Becki

I already dislike the games, can't wait to hear what you guys have to say about the movie.

Marco Cabibbo

RELEASE THE ROTH CUT!!!

Adam Atom Ant

I had no idea Eli Roth was involved with this at all. I expected better from him than 7% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Adam Atom Ant

Well, let me tell you one thing... "Madame Web" is anything BUT generically bad. It is "Battlefield Earth"-bad... Everybody should check it out on Netflix.

Manuel Johnen

Congrats on being one of the few who have seen this movie! That's amazing! Wow! Can I haves your autrogaphs? Pleez?

AshesBoomstick

This is my favorite thumbnail

Rhea

This is the best Guardians of the Galaxy sequel I've ever seen! Chris Pratt has never looked better. The red wig is a weird choice though.

RG

this is the closest I plan on getting to actually watching the movie

David Keefner

As a huge fan of the game franchise..I cant wait to watch this lmfao. I hope Rich or Jack are in it to give some insight since they’re gamers.

Matthew Ocean

I miss my wife

Hunter Clifton Mann