Resident Evil Netflix Series Is Actually Happening...

[happyninja42]

That's much truth as that is, the Resident Evil games are fun trash for the most part.

I didn't say they weren't fun trash, just that they are the video game equivalent of schlock b-movies. and that's fine. I personally don't like them, but I mean, until RE 7, the predominant thoughts that fans would state was how fun/goofy/insane the games were. They weren't like "omg they were so fucking terrifying!" it was "Jill Sandwich!" and other memes like that. I've lost count of how many times I've seen that X Gonna Give It To Ya giff online, and I don't even actively seek out RE stuff.

So yeah, the series has never taken itself too seriously, and neither have the fans. So I don't really see the problem with a campy, cheezy tv show. If they do it right, it could be a lot of fun.

Regarding the RE films. I genuinely liked the first one, as far as it being a decent adaptation of the game, which is itself and adaptation of a zombie film. So it's a very inception-y layering going on. I remember enjoying the nods to the game they put in there, and enjoyed it for the most part. I stopped watching after...whichever one had Alice do some Firebending and cook a flock of zombie crows.

 

[BrawlMan]

I didn't say they weren't fun trash, just that they are the video game equivalent of schlock b-movies. and that's fine.

For the record, I was agreeing with you.

So yeah, the series has never taken itself too seriously, and neither have the fans. So I don't really see the problem with a campy, cheezy tv show. If they do it right, it could be a lot of fun.

The problem is that the tv series is most likely bad schlock, just like the RE films. We have another zombie apoc wasteland that has been done over a billion times already. It's why I got tired of most things zombies by 2013. Especially if it was anything tv or film related. Had this premise been anything and not have the RE name, it would have been another straight to DVD zombie flick and no one would bat an eye. You can watch it of you want, but count me out. The premise is just another bad fan fic no ones was asking for.

Regarding the RE films. I genuinely liked the first one, as far as it being a decent adaptation of the game, which is itself and adaptation of a zombie film. So it's a very inception-y layering going on. I remember enjoying the nods to the game they put in there, and enjoyed it for the most part. I stopped watching after...whichever one had Alice do some Firebending and cook a flock of zombie crows.

The first was just okay, but even back then, I was not that enamored with it. It was humorous seeing mom scared of the show when we all saw it in theaters. She thought it was just an action film. I never seen her so scared in my life up to that point. And I already seen gory zombie movies before that point. Oh, and Alice became god mode sue. It's why I hate her so much!

They weren't like "omg they were so fucking terrifying!" it was "Jill Sandwich!" and other memes like that.

Despite being a goofy franchise, there are plenty of scary, creepy, or subtle moments. The CG backgrounds in the classic PS1 REs paint a picture and tell a story of what happened.

 

[Wintermute]

If it's as bad as 13 Reasons Why I'm in.

 

[Hawki]

I love how that clip in the first post calls it a TRASH series...as if RE hasn't been trash from the start.

The video game line is a parody adaptation of TRASH zombie films. And the film series is an adaptation of THAT adaptation of trash zombie films, and surprise surprise, they are trash.

So I mean really RE fans, the fuck were you expecting? Of course it's going to be trash, that's kind of baked into the foundation of the franchise.

The question is will it be GOOD trash or not? That remains to be seen.

Let's accept for the sake of argument that the games are trash. Why do adaptations of said "trash" constantly see the need to go in a post-apocalyptic direction?

The RE movies, while I enjoy them at the end of the day, stopped being adaptations after the second. This isn't a RE TV show, it's a show with RE character names. You could replace "Raccoon City" with "Badger Town," and "Wesker children" with "Whisker kids," and most people would think it was its own IP.

Anyway, I'm not too put off, but it's a weird trend that the series has had.

 

[happyninja42]

Let's accept for the sake of argument that the games are trash. Why do adaptations of said "trash" constantly see the need to go in a post-apocalyptic direction?

*shrugs* dunno? I mean that's how most zombie stories go. It's kind of the standard setting. it's called zombie apocalypse for a reason. It's far less terrifying if the infection is just in say Puxatahnee. I never played much of this series, but i watched someone play RE 2 a LOT back in the day. And I seem to recall even the game line expanded the infection to larger sections of the country/planet? But again, zombie plague, kind of standard operating procedure for it to be global.

 

[Houseman]

*shrugs* dunno? I mean that's how most zombie stories go. It's kind of the standard setting. it's called zombie apocalypse for a reason. It's far less terrifying if the infection is just in say Puxatahnee. I never played much of this series, but i watched someone play RE 2 a LOT back in the day. And I seem to recall even the game line expanded the infection to larger sections of the country/planet? But again, zombie plague, kind of standard operating procedure for it to be global.

RE4, 5, 6, and 7 didn't take place in post-apocalyptic settings. In those games, the zombie outbreaks were fairly localized while the rest of the world went on like normal.
The scales were bigger than a single town, but it was never a Mad Max type of situation.

 

[BrawlMan]

*shrugs* dunno? I mean that's how most zombie stories go. It's kind of the standard setting. it's called zombie apocalypse for a reason. It's far less terrifying if the infection is just in say Puxatahnee. I never played much of this series, but i watched someone play RE 2 a LOT back in the day. And I seem to recall even the game line expanded the infection to larger sections of the country/planet? But again, zombie plague, kind of standard operating procedure for it to be global.

RE1 - Mansion
RE2/3 - Raccoon City. Though you're only in it breifly and certain in-between areas in 2. 3 fixes these issues.
CV - Prison at Rockfort Island and later the Ashford Mansion.
Dead Aim - Casino Boat
RE4 - Village in Spain --> Castle (with labs) --> Harbor/Prison Islands (with underground labs).
RE5 - Shanty town somewhere in name an African country --> Village --> Industrial Area/Factory -->Mines/Temple --> Uneground lab --> Ship --> another Harbor/ Industrial Area --> Private Airport --> Plane --> Volcano.
RE6 - C Virus goes global.
RE7 - Southern Gothic Mansion --> Basement --> Swamps --> Abandoned Ship --> Back to Mansion.

 

[Hawki]

Others have pointed this out, but RE's never had a global outbreak. The closest was vague references in RE6 to a "global C-virus outbreak" or something, and bio-terrorism is a thing in the series itself, but it's never gone apocalyptic. And post-RE6, it seems to be scaling back.

Thing is, if you wanted to make an RE TV series, have it focus on the BSAA as they deal with BOWs of the week, plus political drama or something. It might be rote, but personally far better than what we're given here, at least as far as faithfulness to the source material goes. And if anything, it would be different from "zombies overran the world, a small group of heroes have to survive." I mean, I like(d) The Walking Dead, but not every zombie show has to follow its template.

 

[happyninja42]

Ok, so the game line hasn't had a global outbreak, but zombie films/tv shows do. So it doesn't surprise me that they increased the scale of the infection in the films. Because that's pretty typical.

 

[BrawlMan]

Because that's pretty typical.

That's the problem: it is so typical and expected that it's boring and blends in with all of the other shit.

 

[happyninja42]

That's the problem: it is so typical and expected that it's boring and blends in with all of the other shit.

I don't disagree, the question I was originally responding to was why do it.

 

[BrawlMan]

I don't disagree, the question I was originally responding to was why do it.

Because for every 5 good or decent shows, Netflix has about 1000 mediocre or shitty ones done by hacks with just as bad or worse talent than Anderson.