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minus-squareXeroxCool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54·2 days ago“It was a clear case of a cult game failing to find a broader audience.” The non-gamers assumed it was about the game. The gamers knew it wasn’t about the game. It failed to find any audience. And a decade too late.
minus-squareMercuri@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 day agoWhat a BS excuse. That’s like saying the Dragon Ball movie did bad because it’s a cult show that failed to find a broader audience.
minus-squareBruceTwarzen@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 day agoI’ll never understand the ego that is required to take a beloved ip and go: never read it never played it, don’t wanna know anything about it, here is what I think it should be. Even if it’s good somehow, it’s not what anyone wanted.
minus-squareXeroxCool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoMr. Krabs leans into the mic, unprompted, “money!”
minus-squareArtyom@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoHe says, implying all Borderlands fans watched or even wanted this movie in the first place.
minus-squarescutiger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 days agoBy this, they mean “We made a bad movie, and for some strange reason people didn’t want to see it. We’re confused.”
“It was a clear case of a cult game failing to find a broader audience.”
The non-gamers assumed it was about the game. The gamers knew it wasn’t about the game. It failed to find any audience. And a decade too late.
What a BS excuse. That’s like saying the Dragon Ball movie did bad because it’s a cult show that failed to find a broader audience.
I’ll never understand the ego that is required to take a beloved ip and go: never read it never played it, don’t wanna know anything about it, here is what I think it should be. Even if it’s good somehow, it’s not what anyone wanted.
Mr. Krabs leans into the mic, unprompted, “money!”
He says, implying all Borderlands fans watched or even wanted this movie in the first place.
By this, they mean “We made a bad movie, and for some strange reason people didn’t want to see it. We’re confused.”