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Thread: Borderlands ( August 2024)
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2024-02-25, 05:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Borderlands ( August 2024)
Thing is, he kinda doesn't.
Remember that Mister Torgue was from that one game where they had a writer, so although his lines are all goofy jokes they're not always simple lines, sometimes the joke is that what he's saying would normally be quite eloquent he's just shouting it with maximum commitment.
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2024-02-25, 07:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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2024-02-25, 09:48 PM (ISO 8601)
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I expected this to be bad from the very first casting announcement, however many years ago that was. Everything I have seen since has convinced me that I was right.
They managed to miscast pretty much every single character, with the possible exception of Krieg. Jamie Lee Curtis would at least make a great Tannis if she were 20ish years younger. Nobody else even comes close to good casting, although I at least understand why they would think of Jack Black for Claptrap.
But aside from bad casting, they appear to have also just picked characters at random to feature, instead of focusing on the characters from one game or the other. They don't appear to have captured the personalities of any of the characters all that well, nor does the humor style feel like authentic Borderlands to me. Also, it's a total crime that they didn't use "Ain't No Rest for the Wicked" in the trailer.
About the only good things I can say for this is that the costumes and set design look to be pretty on point. Shame those people's talents are going to be wasted on a movie that looks to have all the hallmarks of another bad video game adaptation.
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2024-03-12, 08:47 PM (ISO 8601)
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2024-03-14, 07:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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2024-03-14, 10:16 AM (ISO 8601)
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The actress they got for Tina is at least reasonably close - a 16-year old playing a supposed 13-year old. Krieg has the physicality, but you just know they're going to butcher his writing so it doesn't matter who plays Krieg without The Other Guy providing commentary.
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2024-03-14, 01:54 PM (ISO 8601)
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Hey, Jack Black as a quirky goofball you can't quite take seriously will never be a miscasting, and he absolutely has the vocal range to do the role justice. If you had to cast a big Hollywood name rather than just grabbing a good voice actor, Jack Black is the best choice you could have made. Claptrap is fine. Tina is also fine, and Krieg looks perfect (we'll see how well they do the much trickier job of characterizing him).
I think we all agree that Roland and Lilith are horrible, yeah. And I do question both the decision to put Tanith front and centre and the decision to cast Jamie Lee Curtis in the role, so I agree with you there.Avatar by the wonderful SubLimePie. Former avatar by Andraste.
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2024-03-20, 09:37 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Borderlands ( August 2024)
I personally find Jack Black grating, so I supposed as a voice for Claptrap they very much succeeded.
Tiny Tina seems solid. The actress has a cherubic face, it just remains to be seen if she can keep up the manic energy. Similar boat with the Kreig actor.
Kevin Hart as Roland is completely incorrect, and the other actresses just seem WAY too old for thier roles.
I dunno. I expect it to be a train wreck tbh. I might watch it when it comes to DVD.You can call me Sivarias or Siv.
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