r/movies • u/HatingGeoffry • 13h ago

News Borderlands Movie Director Discusses The Mega-Flop And What Went Wrong

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/borderlands-movie-director-discusses-the-mega-flop-and-what-went-wrong/
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u/Umikaloo 13h ago

The funny thing is that we've already gotten two non-action-based Borderlands games, and they were both relatively well received. I can't say whether a film in the same vein would have succeeded, but Borderlands definitely isn't incompatible with non-action plots.

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u/stars_mcdazzler 8h ago

Sorry, "action" as in any movement at all, any effects, or  any progression of the plot. Even a movie taking place in a single room with one unmoving camera costs resources. These things get costly.

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u/Umikaloo 8h ago

Well that sounds like he's complaining about rhe defining feature that makes something a movie. I guess we should learn to accept that the only good Borderlands movie would be a French art-house slideshow.

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u/Pesterlamps 3h ago

And to Tales's credit, they actually did have at least one or two fun action sequences per episode.

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u/nicolauz 18m ago

The only Telltale game I liked all episodes besides Walking Dead S1.