They are making a new Resident Evil Live Action Theatrical Movie?!

[Samtemdo8]

And NOT by Paul W.S. Anderson?!


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident_Evil_(2021_film)

And its gonna be tackling both Resident Evil 1 AND 2 at the same time with Chris, Leon, Jill, Claire, Ada, Wesker, and the rest?!!

What the hell is going on here?!

 

[XsjadoBlayde]

After the quality of the last few live-action films, the only way is up, surely.

 

[Samtemdo8]

After the quality of the last few live-action films, the only way is up, surely.

Holy Shit an actress playing Lisa Trevor is listed in the Casting

https://residentevil.fandom.com/wiki/Lisa_Trevor

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

After the quality of the last few live-action films, the only way is up, surely.

It's always been nothing but up for Resident Evil.

 

[BrawlMan]

And NOT by Paul W.S. Anderson?!


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident_Evil_(2021_film)

And its gonna be tackling both Resident Evil 1 AND 2 at the same time with Chris, Leon, Jill, Claire, Ada, Wesker, and the rest?!!

What the hell is going on here?!

This is old news. The escapists put up that new 5 months ago. I still thank you anyway; I am excited. Get ready to hear Movie Bob about how this movie sucks and is not as good as the Paul W.S Anderson movies, because the Resident Evil games stories "always sucked".

Resident Evil Getting 'Faithful' Origin Story Movie Set in 1998 Raccoon City

Constantin Film, Capcom, and Johannes Roberts are creating a new Resident Evil movie origin story reboot set in 1998 in Raccoon City.

www.google.com

 

[happyninja42]

I've never understood the appeal of the RE franchise. It's a series of janky video games (at least the first few that I am even remotely familiar with, before I stopped giving any fucks about the series, that I already didn't give many fucks for), made to parody the horrible zombie movies of the previous era, and they have some of the most cringy dialogue and writing I've ever seen in any video game. And then the movies, lose even more in the translation BACK to film, and somehow this is unacceptable.

I just...it's all a shitty Jill Sandwich, who cares? Yes, the movies are bad, so is the source material, so why get in a twist about it? Just enjoy the schlock.

 

[BrawlMan]

I've never understood the appeal of the RE franchise. It's a series of janky video games (at least the first few that I am even remotely familiar with, before I stopped giving any fucks about the series, that I already didn't give many fucks for), made to parody the horrible zombie movies of the previous era, and they have some of the most cringy dialogue and writing I've ever seen in any video game. And then the movies, lose even more in the translation BACK to film, and somehow this is unacceptable.

I just...it's all a shitty Jill Sandwich, who cares? Yes, the movies are bad, so is the source material, so why get in a twist about it? Just enjoy the schlock.

The reason I and many others care is because Paul WS Anderson didn't. He might have somewhat cared with the first three movies, but after that point it was just him and an easy paycheck for his wife. The difference being the games have good schlock, and the movies are all bad and boring schlock. As far as I'm concerned, Resident Evil does have some good story moments, character moments, and scary moments. Plenty of the third point. It depends on what game you're talking about.

 

[Agema]

The reason I and many others care is because Paul WS Anderson didn't. He might have somewhat cared with the first three movies, but after that point it was just him and an easy paycheck for his wife. The difference being the games have good schlock in the movies are all bad and boring schlock.

Kudos to the two of them for still being married, mind. About 20 years seems pretty good by Hollywood standards.

I sort of like the fact he just unpretentiously bashes out baseline grade action flicks that make enough profit to keep him employed. Even the particularly shit ones usually end up in the black, and that's a kind of talent.

 

[BrawlMan]

Kudos to the two of them for still being married, mind. About 20 years seems pretty good by Hollywood standards.

I sort of like the fact he just unpretentiously bashes out baseline grade action flicks that make enough profit to keep him employed. Even the particularly shit ones usually end up in the black, and that's a kind of talent.

I would throw more respect for them, but too bad two stunt people died help making their shitty movie, and one lost a limb. The third never got any compensation. That's less Paul and Mila's fault, and more so the movie studio/industry, but it still rubs me wrong. The only films of his I like are Mortal Kombat (1995), Event Horizon, and Death Race (2008). The 2nd movie on the list is a better Doom movie than either Doom films, and Death Race (2008) is the best live action Twisted Metal film ever made. The only thing I hate about Death Race (2008) is the gunmetal gray color palette. It's stinks of late 2000s film trends.

 

[Agema]

I would throw more respect for them, but too bad two stunt people died help making their shitty movie, and one lost a limb. The third never got any compensation. That's less Paul and Mila's fault, and more so the movie studio/industry, but it still rubs me wrong. The only films of his I like are Mortal Kombat (1995), Event Horizon, and Death Race (2008). The 2nd movie on the list is a better Doom movie than either Doom films, and Death Race (2008) is the best live action Twisted Metal film ever made. The only thing I hate about Death Race (2008) is the gunmetal gray color palette. It's stinks of late 2000s film trends.

I was surprised by the bad reviews for Event Horizon. It was in ways derivative (some shots are almost direct rip-offs of other films - the original Russian Solaris for instance) but it was very effective and stylish. Although critics were often sniffy about genre movies such as horror. I think Soldier was the last point Anderson had ambitions to make anything more than simplistic action trash off existing IP. It's odd that maybe his two most inventive and interesting movies bombed at the box office, but I think that might be why he ended up doing what he did. I think most his films are okay, in the sense of being flashy, uncomplicated, popcorn munchers. And I suppose one easy way to recognise he's a bit of a cut above as a B-movie director is to witness how inferior the later Resident Evil films he didn't direct are.

Death Race, I preferred the gleefully nihilistic comedy slaughter of the 70s B-movie original, although I think that sort of tone was completely out in the 2000s.

 

[BrawlMan]

And I suppose one easy way to recognise he's a bit of a cut above as a B-movie director is to witness how inferior the later Resident Evil films he didn't direct are.

He directed all of the live action films. Unless you're talking about 3 CGI films that came from Capcom themselves. All 3 of them are a 1000 times better than all of the WS Anderson films combined.

Death Race, I preferred the gleefully nihilistic comedy slaughter of the 70s B-movie original, although I think that sort of tone was completely out in the 2000s.

I saw the original Death Race once, but that's about it. I have no major love or hatred for it, but still has things that standout compared to in-name only remake and its sequels.

 

[Casual Shinji]

And its gonna be tackling both Resident Evil 1 AND 2 at the same time with Chris, Leon, Jill, Claire, Ada, Wesker, and the rest?!!

Oh that just fills me with so much confidence.

 

[Samtemdo8]

Oh that just fills me with so much confidence.

Well lets look at what we have in the games.

I've religiously played both games, Remake 1 and 2, and OG 2, and to be frank if this was a collection of cutscenes in a youtube video, at most they be like less then 2 hours because most of the things your doing in the games are mostly pure gameplay.

But still the one issue is how will this film trasition from Resident Evil 1 to Resident Evil 2 if its gonna be in one film?

I mean even the Anderson movies had 2 movies for the two plots.

Movie 1 was that Mansion and Underground Lab Facility.
Movie 2 was Zombie Apocalypse in Raccoon City.

 

[BrawlMan]

Well lets look at what we have in the games.

I've religiously played both games, Remake 1 and 2, and OG 2, and to be frank if this was a collection of cutscenes in a youtube video, at most they be like less then 2 hours because most of the things your doing in the games are mostly pure gameplay.

But still the one issue is how will this film trasition from Resident Evil 1 to Resident Evil 2 if its gonna be in one film?

I mean even the Anderson movies had 2 movies for the two plots.

Movie 1 was that Mansion and Underground Lab Facility.
Movie 2 was Zombie Apocalypse in Raccoon City.

Here you go:

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[Samtemdo8]

Here you go:

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In those videos I've seen there is still gameplay in between the cutscenes

Also you have to factor in these games, especially Resident Evil 1, that the plot is branching. Different events can happen each subsequent playthrough.

Like Jill is in the Jail Cell in Chris Playthrough, Barry is no where to be seen and Rebecca is alive for example, and many other variations of that.

So a movie would eliminate that branching story telling.

 

[BrawlMan]

So a movie would eliminate that branching story telling.

What I like about the videos I showed you is how seamless the transitioning and editing the guy did to make it more movie like.

As for the braching storytelling, that's always been a no brainer. When George A. Romero wrote the original script for the first RE film, it had none of the branching paths as seen in RE1. Hell, he got rid of most of the non-zombie monsters aside from the zombie dogs and sharks, if I remember correctly.

 

[Agema]

He directed all of the live action films. Unless you're talking about 3 CGI films that came from Capcom themselves. All 3 of them are a 1000 times better than all of the WS Anderson films combined.

We're both wrong. I just checked and he handed the directorial reins for 2 & 3 to someone else, but did 4, 5 & 6 himself.

 

[BrawlMan]

We're both wrong. I just checked and he handed the directorial reins for 2 & 3 to someone else, but did 4, 5 & 6 himself.

OK, but he still must have acted as producer for 2 & 3.

 

[Agema]

OK, but he still must have acted as producer for 2 & 3.

He did - and wrote them, too.

 

[BrawlMan]

He did - and wrote them, too.

So 2 & 3 are still his movies, he just was not in the director's chair this time. I use to have the first two, but sold them after realizing how boring they were.