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Kaubocks posted:the pre-sequel musical intro is, in my opinion, by FAR the weakest of all of them. that music is just not the right choice at all, but the game was made by 2K Australia and The Vines are Australian so The Borderlands trailers have been all fancy and musical too. Not all of them knocked it out of the park, but I think this one for Borderlands 2 is pretty decent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdeN-WFeWHQ
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As much as poo poo like NewU stations are kinda plot-holey and maybe not canon, they would go a long way towards explaining how gleefully and hilariously suicidal Borderlands bandits are. I mean, gently caress it, if I could get instantly and painlessly rebuilt for like 35 dollars, I'd probably slap on a mask, grab an axe, and hop on an exploding barrel to be slingshotted at a launching rocket too. Why the gently caress not? 
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The bandit situation on Pandora reminds me a lot of Bulletstorm (which surprisingly came out a whole year before Borderlands did). Bulletstorm at least acknowledges that their bandits are violent because they're completely and totally hosed; Stygia was a resort planet with force fields keeping out the radiation and carnivorous native critters but the whole place was built/operated by forced slave labor. The prisoners had to disable the shields to revolt, resulting in monster attacks and deadly radiation. They're pretty much the only people left and they're absolutely screwed with barely any chance to create a generation to succeed them, so it turned into Lisa-style violent nihilistic banditry. Oh and then the protagonists show up. I think a lot of what Gearbox does with Borderlands and its world is the same way TF2 kind of did its meta-narrative; start with an excuse to shoot people, build on that later. That was absolutely Borderlands 1. Who knows what future games will have?
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There's a Borderlands film that's been announced. I like the aesthetic of the series but still... http://www.slashfilm.com/borderlands-movie/
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sleepy.eyes posted:There's a Borderlands film that's been announced. I like the aesthetic of the series but still... I'm sorry, but there is almost no chance this isn't a complete bomb.
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Mar 10, 2016 22:24
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sleepy.eyes posted:There's a Borderlands film that's been announced. I like the aesthetic of the series but still... "It’s based on the RPG/first-person shooter combo game that follows a group of stranded colonists on an alien planet that has been left for dead, and is slowly moving closer to the sun, sparking the rise of horrifying creatures to wreak havoc on those left behind." ????????????? Is this the plot to the borderlands games?????
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Panzer Skank posted:"It’s based on the RPG/first-person shooter combo game that follows a group of stranded colonists on an alien planet that has been left for dead, and is slowly moving closer to the sun, sparking the rise of horrifying creatures to wreak havoc on those left behind." I didn't know that Vin Diesel was gonna be in this movie. 
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Kaubocks posted:the pre-sequel musical intro is, in my opinion, by FAR the weakest of all of them. that music is just not the right choice at all, but the game was made by 2K Australia and The Vines are Australian so In the case of episode 1, I'd say they knock it out of the stratosphere and into the park
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Panzer Skank posted:"It’s based on the RPG/first-person shooter combo game that follows a group of stranded colonists on an alien planet that has been left for dead, and is slowly moving closer to the sun, sparking the rise of horrifying creatures to wreak havoc on those left behind." I guess it is in the same way you have that friend who's not good at explaining the plot of films and makes it out to be a different film. I mean from what I've played and read (Yeah this LP got me into the series) Pandora is kinda been abandoned by most sane people and it has long 'summers' where it's orbit is closer to the sun and most Pandora creatures come out of hibernation at that time so it's not wrong.... But it does make it sound like the planet is actually going to go into the sun and burn up while monsters kill everybody left behind like some horror film. To be honest they could take the TftB approach to the story and have a bunch of new characters do their own thing with series favourites poping up here and there but you just know that's not what's going to happen at all.
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Klaus88 posted:I didn't know that Vin Diesel was gonna be in this movie. My first thought exactly. At absolute best, I see this as being a weird mash up of Deadpool, Pitch Black and a little Fury Road. Absolute best case, that, and no way will it be anything close to it. I'm that guy who hates movies and expects the worst from them.
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Panzer Skank posted:"It’s based on the RPG/first-person shooter combo game that follows a group of stranded colonists on an alien planet that has been left for dead, and is slowly moving closer to the sun, sparking the rise of horrifying creatures to wreak havoc on those left behind." I've never heard anything about Pandora drifting towards the sun and there's never been any hints at all that skags and rakks and all the other nasties of Pandora haven't just always been there. What the hell. If it's live action, it'll be trash since half the charm of the games are the art style. If it's not live action, it'll still be trash since the other half of the charm is finding sweet loot with your friends and blowing things up with it.
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Panzer Skank posted:"It’s based on the RPG/first-person shooter combo game that follows a group of stranded colonists on an alien planet that has been left for dead, and is slowly moving closer to the sun, sparking the rise of horrifying creatures to wreak havoc on those left behind." Well, it's Hollywood, so A) they have no creativity of their own anymore, and B) they love destroying popular franchises in order to make a quick buck. The name alone will get idiots to pay to see it.
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FeralWraith posted:The name alone will get idiots to pay to see it. Kaubocks posted:I'm an idiot. 
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Mar 11, 2016 01:27
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Pandora is basically just Gotham without Batman and more murder anyway.
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RareAcumen posted:Pandora is basically just Gotham without Batman and more murder anyway. And more people having a good time without that kill joy batman around anyway.
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Klaus88 posted:And more people having a good time without that kill joy batman around anyway. Vaughn did spend a whole episode paralyzed. I guess that's just as likely in Gotham, though.
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Now that I think about it, a lot of Pandora's notable psychos wouldn't be out of place at Arkham. Bossanova alone would make a great Batman villain.
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Lumberjack Bonanza posted:Vaughn did spend a whole episode paralyzed. This is only because the thread consistently makes the wrong decision of not trusting our best frenemy Handsome Jack.
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Nervous posted:This is only because the thread consistently makes the wrong decision of not trusting our best frenemy Handsome Jack. We cannot hold back their tide of bad decisions.
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RareAcumen posted:Pandora is basically just Gotham without Batman and more murder anyway. Nervous posted:This is only because the thread consistently makes the wrong decision of not trusting our best frenemy Handsome Jack. Spoilers for Arkham Knight.
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Mar 11, 2016 06:30
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CATCH A RIDDDEEEEE I just...why would they kill scooter?! Why not claptrap?
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masam posted:CATCH A RIDDDEEEEE I just...why would they kill scooter?! Why not claptrap? I think this was explained earlier, but the voice actor of Scooter had cancer, and the Borderlands team decided to give the character a proper heroic sendoff. Or, I think that's how the thing goes. I was wrong about the Raisin Varner thing earlier in the thread.
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On the one hand: weird, derivative, and completely missing the premise and point plot On the other: LIVE ACTION SCOOTER.
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Cangelosi posted:I think this was explained earlier, but the voice actor of Scooter had cancer, and the Borderlands team decided to give the character a proper heroic sendoff. Oh. Well that makes the whole thing MUCH sadder. 
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Er, Scooter is voiced by this guy who, near as I can tell, is perfectly fine.
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CuwiKhons posted:Er, Scooter is voiced by this guy who, near as I can tell, is perfectly fine. actually he's got multiple sclerosis
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I think what's being referred to is that Mickey Neumann had a stroke between Borderlands 1 and 2. I don't know if that affected his ability to do the Scooter voice though.
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He's not dying of cancer at any rate.
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Kaubocks posted:actually he's got multiple sclerosis http://kotaku.com/5853740/at-age-29-a-game-developer-now-battles-back-from-a-stroke He was diagnosed with MS but it turned out he doesn't have it. He has a patent foramen ovale, a tunnel between his heart's chambers.
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Wiseblood posted:http://kotaku.com/5853740/at-age-29-a-game-developer-now-battles-back-from-a-stroke He mentions MS at one point in this article which implies to me he does, and this was written by him and is a more recent article than that one. Not that this is something I'm trying to argue about I was just under the impression that he wasn't in the best of health for whatever reason. 
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Fiona said that was the first of their casualties on their trip and the lack of Sasha in the current time stuff without an explanation like Vaughn is troubling me.
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SonicRulez posted:Fiona said that was the first of their casualties on their trip and the lack of Sasha in the current time stuff without an explanation like Vaughn is troubling me. Of the spacebound crew, I don't think we've seen Finch, Kroger, Gortys, Loaderbot, Jack, Sasha, or August in the present.
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Nervous posted:Of the spacebound crew, I don't think we've seen Finch, Kroger, Gortys, Loaderbot, Jack, Sasha, or August in the present. That's literally everyone except Rhys and Fiona. So that doesn't really tell us much.
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Waffleman_ posted:That's literally everyone except Rhys and Fiona. So that doesn't really tell us much. I think he means that if there are more casualties, there are plenty of other people who could bite it instead of Sasha, and that just because someone hasn't shown up in the "present", that doesn't mean much. Doubly so because we don't know who the stranger is. Maybe it's Vaughn! Or Sasha! Or Sasha sitting on Vaughn's shoulders! 
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Nervous posted:Of the spacebound crew, I don't think we've seen Finch, Kroger, Gortys, Loaderbot, Jack, Sasha, or August in the present. Rhys' eye isn't a different color in the present, so that's Jack accounted for. Finch, Kroger, and August are all villains so I get them not being there. Loaderbot is already on his last legs and I figure Gortys achieved her destiny. Yes that's all bullshit, but it was pretty easy for me to get why they would all be gone. I don't have that for Sasha.
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The Stranger looks a sight too tall to be either Sasha or Vaughn. Maybe it's Athena?
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Felinoid posted:Doubly so because we don't know who the stranger is. Maybe it's Vaughn! Or Sasha! Or Sasha sitting on Vaughn's shoulders! Ewwwww. I don't want to think of two people crammed into that suit. On Pandora? So sweaty. Gross.
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sleepy.eyes posted:The Stranger looks a sight too tall to be either Sasha or Vaughn. Maybe it's Athena? Unlikely. Unless the Stranger is really significantly in the future, we know Athena's a prisoner of Lilith right now. It can't be her.
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So the results of the vote should come as no surprise to anyone, but let's look at them anyway. Do we launch the satellite? Launch! - 43 Don't launch! - 3 ...I guess we do! What message are we going to leave as his epitaph, though? "See you, Space Cowboy..." - 4 "Hero, friend, and hero." - 0 "Best. Mechanic. Ever." - 0 "Catch a Ride!" - 37 A fitting send-off for a series regular. Godspeed, little buddy.
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This is probably the least surprising result of any of the votes so far. We may be goons, but we are not monsters.
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