{"id":249129,"date":"2024-07-30T05:53:38","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T05:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/30\/final-borderlands-movie-trailer-sparks-further-concern-as-fans-brand-it-an-insult\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:13:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:13:38","slug":"final-borderlands-movie-trailer-sparks-further-concern-as-fans-brand-it-an-insult","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/30\/final-borderlands-movie-trailer-sparks-further-concern-as-fans-brand-it-an-insult\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Borderlands movie trailer sparks further concern as fans brand it an \u2018insult\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/readwrite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GTRKKqubsAA8aFA-e1722250178500-900x507.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>With less than two weeks to go before Lionsgate shares its Borderlands film with the world, fans are still not convinced.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/readwrite.com\/borderlands-movie-trailer-shows-loyalty-to-video-game-series-bringing-chaos-and-characters-to-life\/\">final trailer for the Borderlands film was released last Wednesday<\/a> (July 24) and all hopes and dreams of it being a stellar game to film adaptation appear to have been crushed for many.<\/p>\n<p>The responses to the last insight (before it hits the big screen) into the Eli Roth-directed film are pretty scathing, with user Grant Gabel having said: \u201cWhat if you just didn\u2019t release this and we all agreed to never talk about this again?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><noscript><iframe title=\"Borderlands (2024) Final Trailer \u2013 Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Jack Black\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Icnysn53neU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Another commenter, called Dread Jaws, wrote: \u201cMan, how does it look worse with every ad?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A user called Stri06 described it as being an \u201cinsult to the Borderlands fans. No Borderlands movie is much better than having this abomination\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>People have then gone on to pick apart the editing, casting choices, and script, with fans predicting the movie to be a major flop. If so, this would be a huge contrast to the success of the action role-playing video game franchise which first began in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>Borderlands\u2019 most well-known characters are played by some huge stars like Kevin Hart, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Cate Blanchett. But even that might not be enough to appease the audience.<\/p>\n<h2>The Borderlands rating continues to confuse fans of the game<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s not just the trailers that have left a sour taste in mouths, but the film age rating too.<\/p>\n<p>The franchise is known for its signature crude humor and gory violence, with all the mainline games in the series having an M rating. This means they\u2019re suitable for mature audiences of 17 or over.<\/p>\n<p>However, the upcoming film debut has received a<a href=\"https:\/\/readwrite.com\/the-borderlands-movie-has-received-a-rating-and-fans-are-perplexed\/\"> PG-13 rating from the Movie Picture Association<\/a> which has left fans even more concerned as it seems a far cry from the Borderlands they\u2019re used to.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Featured Image: Lionsgate<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/readwrite.com\/final-borderlands-movie-trailer-branded-an-insult\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] With less than two weeks to go before Lionsgate shares its Borderlands film with the world, fans are still not convinced. 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