I've watched my son play a fair bit of Borderlands 2. I didn't really click with the story. For myself I've been playing (and loving) tales from the Borderlands. If they adapted that straight to the movies I think it would be pretty great.
Unlike TWD and GoT, Tales from the Bordelands is a game based on a game. But it is also a very story driven game with a pretty tight narrative. They could even base the character choices in the movie on the majority choices gamers have made while playing through the game.
I think basing the movie on the main-sequence games is more problematic, because RPGs don;t lend themselves well to movie adaptation IMO.
Either way, the world, the characters and the humour make for a good foundation. Just remains to be seen whether they can capture the essence of what makes Borderlands interesting in a movie. Could have, and perhaps should have, been considered for turning into a TV series instead though.
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