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First time for Borderlands at the cinema. After 6 video games dedicated to the Borderlands universe, the first film dedicated to the vault hunters arrives.

The film is directed by Eli Roth and the main actors include names such as: Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart and Jack Black.

The plot features Lilith, a skilled bounty assassin, who, hired by the "Atlas" corporation, must find Tina, the kidnapped daughter of the corporation's president.

Roland, officer of the Crimson Lance, accused of the kidnapping of Tina and Krieg the psycho, as strong as he is crazy are the other protagonists of the story. Which between adventures, fights, action and explosions, will lead our heroes to unite for a common purpose.

After this little introduction, I move on to my personal opinion on the film: the film itself is just enough. The story is rather linear and obvious. It lacks twists and everything goes exactly as expected.

The characters aren't bad, Claptrap for example was made very well and doesn't make you regret the one seen in the video game, but for the others nothing exciting.

In my opinion the problems don't end here. Although I recognize that it is not easy to transpose the Borderlands video games to the cinema, I believe more could have been done on some aspects, such as: showing elemental weapons that are characteristic of the game, using the various special powers that distinguish the vault hunters, but above all I would have preferred a film with completely new characters, set in the Borderlands universe.

In fact, in my opinion, using high-sounding names from the saga such as: Lilith, Roland, Tiny Tina and so on, leads to comparisons that are difficult to bear and fans of the game end up panning the film before it even comes out.

A new story would have allowed the introduction of new characters, to be made canonical in subsequent video game titles. As was done for "Tales from the borderlands".

In conclusion, the film is a limited sufficiency, supported by some characters such as Claptrap. The settings aren't bad, but the plot is flawed on all sides and the fights don't resemble the video game in the slightest.

If you want to see it, go ahead, but this film adds nothing new to the Borderlands universe.

Good vision.

Eighth television series dedicated to the narrative universe of Lupine III.

It is a prequel series that narrates the adventures of Lupine during his adolescence.

The series was released in 2022 (to celebrate 50 years since the release of the first Lupine III television series) and has only six episodes, 25 minutes each.

Lupine Zero is set in Japan in the 1960s and briefly tells us about the vicissitudes of a still adolescent Lupine III, his first meeting with Jigen Dausuke and the complicated relationship with his family of thieves.

Some characters are also introduced in the series for the first time, such as Yoko, who will be the female protagonist.

The series itself isn't bad: short, dynamic and well drawn. The characters are fun and the episodes are pretty funny.

On the other hand, however, the series is perhaps too short, the plot told in just six episodes seems prolonged. There is no time to adequately delve into the situations and characters, and this flaw is very evident.

It also doesn't add much to the story of Lupine III, making the series seem a bit pointless... a simple spin-off to be easily sold to hardcore fans.

Furthermore, in my opinion there are also some continuity errors in the characters' stories. But being a franchise with over 50 years of history and hundreds of episodes, there may be some inconsistencies.

Personally, I do not advise against this series nor do I highly recommend it.

In short, it is an end in itself, but overall it is quite enjoyable.

Good vision.

"Lupin III farewell to Nostradamus" is the fifth movie dedicated to our beloved gentleman thief, successor of the movie "The Fuma conspiracy".

In this film, set in the late nineties, Lupin returns to wear his iconic red jacket, in an action-packed adventure.

Personally I found this film very enjoyable and compelling.

The drawings are of excellent quality, expressive and well made, they perfectly convey the emotions of the characters.

The plot is very linear, simple, but well told. Packed with eco-involving action scenes.

In this film we are presented with a classic Lupin, in search of money and riches, but always faithful to his principles. Maybe not as ruthless as in other situations, but the film maintains a rather adult tone.

I highly recommend this film to all fans and beyond. It doesn't have a very high rating and you don't expect much, but it personally surprised me positively.

Pleasant, action-packed and never predictable.

I conclude with a personal thought: I often read in the various reviews continuous comparisons to the film "Lupin III the Castle of Cagliostro", directed by the master of Japanese animation Hayao Miyazaki.

Personally I find it a wonderful movie and one of my absolute favorites, but it is not the right yardstick to judge the various Lupin III films and series.

Miyazaki is a great director, but it is well known that his Lupin is very different from that of Monkey Punch (creator of Lupin III). So I find it wrong to judge some films as bad, just because Lupin is not like in "the castle of Cagliostro"... which is beautiful, but 90% of the time Lupin is represented differently, as Miyazaki's is a personal interpretation of the director, approved by Monkey Punch, but not shared.

Thanks for your attention and enjoy your viewing.