As a long-time player and fan of Borderlands, I was "terrified" by the trailer. Despite being an obviously big budget production, it tried entirely too hard to give off a campy, fan-produced, cosplay vibe. If you've got enough money for that cast, the fans can reasonably expect better production values. I'm still baffled about why they didn't produce an animated feature film instead.
Not even keeping consistent voice talent for Claptrap made it feel like the movie would be full of missed opportunities–as if it were written by people who'd read about Borderlands but never actually played the games. 😞 If the trailer had been made by actual fans with just iPhones and cosplay, it would probably have been better.
Obviously the Borderlands film to make would be Tiny Tinas Wonderland- Cheese Puff of Destiny. Animated. Same voice acting or at minimum Ashly B. as Tiny Tina. Guaranteed at least 70% on the tomato meter. I'm chuckling just from remembering my joyful playthrough of that game.
I think animated was such missed opportunity. The cell shaded, comic-book style is definitely stand-out. Keeping the original voice talent would be the dream, but I would be happy if they had just gone the animated route. Plenty of interest in more mature animated productions these days as well, could've gotten more people in the door at the very least.
As a long-time player and fan of Borderlands, I was "terrified" by the trailer. Despite being an obviously big budget production, it tried entirely too hard to give off a campy, fan-produced, cosplay vibe. If you've got enough money for that cast, the fans can reasonably expect better production values. I'm still baffled about why they didn't produce an animated feature film instead.
Not even keeping consistent voice talent for Claptrap made it feel like the movie would be full of missed opportunities–as if it were written by people who'd read about Borderlands but never actually played the games. 😞 If the trailer had been made by actual fans with just iPhones and cosplay, it would probably have been better.
Obviously the Borderlands film to make would be Tiny Tinas Wonderland- Cheese Puff of Destiny. Animated. Same voice acting or at minimum Ashly B. as Tiny Tina. Guaranteed at least 70% on the tomato meter. I'm chuckling just from remembering my joyful playthrough of that game.
I think animated was such missed opportunity. The cell shaded, comic-book style is definitely stand-out. Keeping the original voice talent would be the dream, but I would be happy if they had just gone the animated route. Plenty of interest in more mature animated productions these days as well, could've gotten more people in the door at the very least.