Little Tina's New Origin in Frontier Gatherings and How It's Different from the Games

Spoilers ahead for the movie Borderlands.

Summary

• The
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  the film takes creative liberties with Tiny Tina's origin story and makes her the daughter of Atlas.
• Little Tina has an interesting genetic history that makes her valuable to Atlas.
• The
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  the film combines elements from several games into one story, reshaping characters like Tina to fit Lilith's narrative.

Despite director Eli Roth's action-comedy film adaptation Border areas Using best-selling video games as inspiration, the film takes huge liberties when it comes to Tiny Tina's origin. Performed by Ariana Greenblatt (Ahsoka), Tiny Tina is one of the most beloved characters in the franchiseits addition Border areas the film's characters are interesting – at least in theory. out the door Border areas debuting on the platform with a shocking 0%, earning a dismal Rotten Tomatoes score. Needless to say, Roth's film could do more harm than good to the fan-favorite characters.

Unlike other video game adaptations, Border areas recycles familiar characters but doesn't transfer the first game's plot to a cinematic skeleton. Lilith, played by Cate Blanchett, is a bounty hunter originally from the deadly Pandora. In the original game, Lilith is one of the four Vault Hunters – Lilith's Siren power Border areas the film is not exactly the same as the source material. But Lilith isn't the only character to be transformed for the silver screen. said that Border areas differences from video games are also evident in Tiny Tina's story.

Little Tina's Borderlands Origins Movie Explained

Tina is the Daughter of Atlas in the Borderlands Movie

In Roth Border areas movie, Tiny Tina is the daughter of Atlas (Edgar Ramirez) – a character who has no analogues in the video game. Like Handsome Jack, Atlas is a powerful corporate tycoon who hires Lilith to rescue Tina. On the planet Pandora, Lilith is met by the mysterious robot Claptrap (Jack Black), and together the two find Tina. Before Lilith can locate Tina, she is abducted from the facility by teenage con man Roland (Kevin Hart) and thug Krieg (Florian Muntianu), who serves as Tina's bodyguard. It becomes clear that Tina has no intention of rejoining Atlas.

Little Tina was genetically engineered with biological material from the Eridians…

When Lilith realizes that Atlas wants her daughter back against her will, the redheaded bounty hunter teams up with Roland and Krieg to fight Atlas' personal army, the Crimson Lance. The Border areas the film eventually reveals that Tiny Tina was genetically engineered with the biological material of the Eridians, an ancient species that once called Pandora home. In true villainous fashion, Atlas wants to use Tina's genetics to open the Vault contains lost and incredibly powerful technology. In Border areas' ends, the crew finally reaches the Vault – with surprising results.

How Borderlands Is Changing Little Tina's Video Game History

Tina was a Test Subject in the Borderlands Games

Demolition specialist introduced for the first time Border 2Tiny Tina has a very different history in the video game series. According to Gearbox games, Tina and her parents were sold to Hyperion — a maker of weapons and robots — and became a test subject for Handsome Jack's slug mutation experiments. Eventually, Tina's parents died as a result of the ordeal, but she managed to escape using a grenade she planted in her clothing. Freed from Hyperion's abuses, Tiny Tina decides to take revenge on Flesh-Stick, the “psycho” bandit who sold her family in the United States. Border areas games.

Why did Borderlands make Tina's origin so different?

The Borderlands Movie Tries To Reduce Elements From Multiple Games Into One Story

It's not clear why Eli Roth and his co-writers decided to change Tiny Tina's story so drastically. Border areas movie. Obviously, the film was never meant to adapt the source material one-on-one, instead Border areas video games. Trying to combine the many elements of Borderland into a single film, draft makes Lilith a more traditional chosen single style hero. That is, the other characters Border areas The film's cast, including Tina, was reshaped to fit the architecture of Lilith's story.

Border areas now showing in cinemas across the country.