Borderlands, based on the video game of the same name, has found itself in hot water. Heavily scrutinized by film critics, the movie is now being called out for something else – a lack of credits.
Robbie Reid, a freelance senior rigger, says he was omitted from the credits of Borderlands. Not only that, but he was also left out on the IMDb website, which lists eight riggers, and Reid is not one of them. He reported that he worked on rigging one of the most notable characters from the franchise, Claptrap, for 5 months. He said on X, “This time 3 years ago I was rigging the CG asset of Claptrap for the Borderlands movie…I worked on him for 5 consecutive months. Neither I, nor the artist who modeled him (Who I worked with the entire time), got a credit for the film.’” Rigging is what provides a computer-generated model with a skeleton so that animators can alter to create the final image. Without the role that riggers play, along with Reid’s contributions, the character of Claptrap could not be conceived.
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Robbie Reid Says His Piece
Reid went on to detail his experience on X: “Up until this point I’ve been exceptionally lucky to have received a credit for every film I’ve worked on. It just stings that the one to finally break the streak was the last film I worked on at a studio…To those saying I dodged a bullet, artists should still get credit for work done no matter the quality of the film. It’s not a high bar to cross. I’m proud of the work our team did, and I thought the final product looked great.” Although very disappointed, he hopes that conditions will improve so that younger artists hoping to break into the industry can receive credit for their work. “…It’s harder for juniors and artists breaking into the industry to be left off the credits. It’s disheartening, and it also makes it harder to verify the work you did.”
It’s disheartening, and it also makes it harder to verify the work you did.
The game is extremely popular within the community, even pulling in A-list actresses such as Cate Blanchett, who starred in the 2024 adaptation. “The crazy asks are usually the things I gravitate towards; the things I could never conceive of. I think there also may have been a little Covid madness – I was spending a lot of time in the garden, using the chainsaw a little too freely… I bought a PS5 and we played each other.I got really absorbed in that world.”
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Borderlands is an action science-fiction movie based on a video game franchise, with space-western elements. The plot is described as: “Lilith, an infamous bounty hunter with a mysterious past, reluctantly returns to her home, Pandora, the most chaotic planet in the galaxy. Her mission is to find the missing daughter of Atlas, the universe’s most powerful S.O.B. Lilith forms an unexpected alliance with a ragtag team of misfits – Roland , a seasoned mercenary on a mission; Tiny Tina, a feral pre-teen demolitionist; Krieg, Tina’s muscle bound protector; Tannis, the oddball scientist who’s seen it all; and Claptrap, a wiseass robot. Together, these unlikely heroes must battle an alien species and dangerous bandits to uncover one of Pandora’s most explosive secrets. The fate of the universe could be in their hands — but they’ll be fighting for something more: each other.”
It is currently rated on Rotten Tomatoes with a score of 9%, originally 0%.
Borderlands is in theaters now.
Source: PC Gamer
Borderlands
A feature film based on the popular video game set on the abandoned fictional planet of Pandora where people search for a mysterious relic.
