"Resident Evil: Extinction" Official Trailer Online!

[ElderPredator]

Hey everybody,

The official trailer has just been released for the upcoming "Resident Evil: Extinction" and I have to honestly say that this looks like the best installment of all three.The action look amazing, great storyline, badass zombie dogs, crows and monsters. Awesome! Did I mention that Milla looks hotter than hell?

Link: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809697875/video/3488428/

What do you all think? :cool:

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[ilovemovies]

Looks pretty cool. But I'm still pissed that Jill's not back.

[X-Nightcrawler]

Holy crap. Clones? Return to the Hive? Crows? Tyrants?

THIS SHIT IS AWESOME!

Man, did they twist the universe around. And I'm loving it. Shame about Jill, though. Can't wait.

[ScaryFreak1827]

This movie looks awesome! Claire, Carlos and (from what I've heard) Wesker! Plus I'm so glad they've brought the crows into the film and other crazy monsters. Can't wait:D

[APzombie]

this one, like the previous two looks... profoundly stupid.

[gyro_44]

Looks ok. I'm still appalled that they brought back Mike Epps' character, who should have been met a horrible death in Apocalypse. The guy is a step below Jar Jar Binks in the comic relief department.

I'm a big RE fan (the games I mean), and as far as the movies are concerned, I thought the first was pretty good and the second was pathetic.

I like the infected crows. And forgive me, but which game was Tyrant in? The original?

[pablo_super1!]

Originally posted by gyro_44
Looks ok. I'm still appalled that they brought back Mike Epps' character, who should have been met a horrible death in Apocalypse. The guy is a step below Jar Jar Binks in the comic relief department.


:eek:
How can you say that I found him hilarious in apocalypse and IMO apocalypse needed some comic relief and no one is lower than JAR JAR Binks.

Anyway I think it looks awesome, Like a cool fun action movie, I would've loved if they had brought Jill back they say its explained in the comic why she doesn't return but I haven't read it so, I'll have to pick it up. I think it looks great. I'll be seeing it in theaters no DVD for me but I'll probably buy the pack they'll probably release with all 3 films. oh and
THE TYRANT LOOKS AWESOME

[EVILxxx]

I love the description for the rating!
Rated R for non-stop violence. Nice.

[CuatroDiablos]

This looks like utter shit...I am a real RE fan.

[X-Nightcrawler]

Originally posted by gyro_44
Looks ok. I'm still appalled that they brought back Mike Epps' character, who should have been met a horrible death in Apocalypse. The guy is a step below Jar Jar Binks in the comic relief department.

I'm a big RE fan (the games I mean), and as far as the movies are concerned, I thought the first was pretty good and the second was pathetic.

I like the infected crows. And forgive me, but which game was Tyrant in? The original? There were 'tyrants' in 1, 2, and 3 (does Nemesis qualify as a Tyrant?).

And yeah, but it looks like Epps is gon' get bit from that trailer. Hopefully he dies. And yeah, it's retarded that he's back and Jill isn't.

But who cares, that trailer looks awesome.

[gyro_44]

Originally posted by pablo_super1!
:eek:
How can you say that I found him hilarious in apocalypse and IMO apocalypse needed some comic relief and no one is lower than JAR JAR Binks. [/B]
I would beg to differ...

The movie didn't need the comic relief, I was laughing throughout for different reasons.

[gyro_44]

Originally posted by X-Nightcrawler
There were 'tyrants' in 1, 2, and 3 (does Nemesis qualify as a Tyrant?).
I see... yes, I'm sure Nemesis does qualify.

[jolanar]

Looks good. That teaser trailer they released a few months back had me real worried.

[Dirtyfrog]

Originally posted by gyro_44
Looks ok. I'm still appalled that they brought back Mike Epps' character, who should have been met a horrible death in Apocalypse.

Well your wish might come true in Extinction .... I wonder if he'll survive the scene @ 1:15 in the trailer :D

Personally , I don't dislike him but beside his character , there was never a comic relief in the whole Resident Evil universe. He just doesn't belong in there.

[Cronos]

really looking forward to this one, looks like it'll be a lot of fun

[FLAME_ON]

Originally posted by EVILxxx
I love the description for the rating!
Rated R for non-stop violence. Nice.

Haha that truly is greatness... And even though the sheer thought of the second one makes me want to break my own fingers; that description alone will get my ass in the theater.

[MisterTwister]

Jill not returning aside (What the fuck!?) This looks fucking awesome. Can't wait.

[bigred760]

Originally posted by ElderPredator
. . . and I have to honestly say that this looks like the best installment of all three.

That's not saying much.

It looks alright, but I still don't have high hopes for it. I think it looks like another rental for me.

[God of War]

Being a huge fan of the gaming franchise, I will watch it like the first two. But I don't have much in the way of high hopes. Rated R for non-stop violence won't help it much, either. But it still looks like a lot of fun. I'm a sucker for any halfway decent zombie flick. :)

Thanks for the info, Elder and the new trailers.

[Shockwave]

It cant be worse then the last one.


Im glad to see soemthings from the first one are returning. Was that little girl the Red Queen?

[ElderPredator]

Originally posted by God of War


Thanks for the info, Elder and the new trailers.

No problem dude, it does look great. I love that we return back to the hive in the film. Excellent!

[XCoRyX]

Looks fan-fucking tastic. Don't care what the bashers say,this should be just as fun and solid as the first two.

[KillaMyers]

I thought everyone would be interested to know that there's a brand new "Red Band" trailer on the official site. It's fucking awesome, and there's more blood & gore in this 3 minute trailer than the first 2 films combined!

Link - http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/residentevilextinction/

To gain access when it asks for age verification type this in:D

George
Bush
07/06/1946
20500


BTW: The actual rating discription is strong horror violence throughout and some nudity, which sounds alot better to me.

[ElderPredator]

Originally posted by KillaMyers
I thought everyone would be interested to know that there's a brand new "Red Band" trailer on the official site. It's fucking awesome, and there's more blood & gore in this 3 minute trailer than the first 2 films combined!

Link - http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/residentevilextinction/

To gain access when it asks for age verification type this in:D

George
Bush
07/06/1946
20500


BTW: The actual rating discription is strong horror violence throughout and some nudity, which sounds alot better to me.

Thank you kind sir. I hate that age verification bullshit cause I don't live in the States.

[gyro_44]

I don't live in the States either, so thanks for that.

Now that was a good trailer! But....



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Is that not Ali Larter getting pecked to death by those infected crows? So I wouldn't put my money on her surviving... or, thankfully, Mike Epps.

[JackassFan]

Wow, that trailer kicks ass. Maybe this movie won't be so bad, after all..

[NuclearMisfit]

Looks pretty decent even with Paul Andersons shitty involvement. Everybody is excited about Crows and Tyrants I got a name for you that is gonna be in this movie. ALBERT MOTHERFUCKING WESKER!

[KillaMyers]

Originally posted by gyro_44
I don't live in the States either, so thanks for that.

Now that was a good trailer! But....



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Is that not Ali Larter getting pecked to death by those infected crows? So I wouldn't put my money on her surviving... or, thankfully, Mike Epps.

Nope that's not Ali Larter, if you look closely it's actually the blonde girl who sees the crows on top of the truck.

Looks pretty decent even with Paul Andersons shitty involvement.

Now I'm an unashamed big fan of Anderson's films, BUT I'm not above admitting that he's not a very good writer. However, I spoke with Devin over at CHUD, he told me Anderson's script for this was suprisingly well-written and very entertaining.

[Superplasmatron]

i can't wait this looks great.

[KillaMyers]

The Red Band trailer has now been YouTubed!

Link - http://youtube.com/watch?v=qiAzMUstSts

[smok3h]

Originally posted by NuclearMisfit
Looks pretty decent even with Paul Andersons shitty involvement. Everybody is excited about Crows and Tyrants I got a name for you that is gonna be in this movie. ALBERT MOTHERFUCKING WESKER!
that and the tyrant have me excited to see this movie. I thought the first RE was alright, but I hate hate hate hate HATE the second movie, it is soooo bad. I don't know though, I really hate what Paul Anderson has done with these movies and the storyline. Had he been more faithful to the source material, there was potential for some seriously good story and not some bullshit like he has come up with. But I digress, I will give this movie a chance, despite my hatred for the second one. And yeah, i've played through and beaten all the RE games.

Did I mention I hate Paul Anderson? He's worse then Uwe Boll.

[teenkiller]

I admit this second trailer looks slightly better than I had been giving the movie credit for but I still can't believe it has gotten people as hyped up as it did. However maybe if I EXPECT it to be a disappointment this time I'll be able to have more fun with it. Unlike Apocalypse. Well thats all for now GOoD JOURNEY my fellow schmoes.

[God of War]

Some screen caps, curtesy of MOI :D

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[God of War]

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[God of War]

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[God of War]

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[Shockwave]

While the writing may not prove to be any better then the last one, the directing and special effects look a hell of alot more polished.

Im hoping for something that riivals the first one ( 6/10).

[FatSakHead]

Resident Evil 7/10
Resident Evil Apocalypse 4/10

I can't believe people are hyping this up as if it were a new Star Wars movie. Given Anderson's track record I expect mediocrity at best. The new trailer didn't do much to change my mind, it still looks bland.

[crodger]

First one was watchable and the second one was shite. However, this trailer does make me want to see the movie, which I no doubt will. And no doubt I will be disappointed.

[HHH123007]

Wow. That looks beyond awful.

1. I just saw the entire movie.

2. That has nothing to do with Resident Evil.

3. This is bound to make $70 million +.

[Criminal Rock]

Dude, Mia Jovovich...

I'll see it just for her.

[teenkiller]

Originally posted by Tai Mai Jew
Dude, Mia Jovovich...

I'll see it just for her.

You do realize her name is MILLA right? I see you also have her listed as your favorite movie. Ha ha. Well thats all for now GOoD JOURNEY my fellow schmoes.

[NuclearMisfit]

Anyone thinking theres some elements of a prequel in this movie? Like them returning to the hive? Id like to see what happens before Alice wakes up in that shower like she did in the first flick.

Id see anything with Milla Jovovich after all my precious is my Blue Lagoon dvd.

[Nomein]

Originally posted by FatSakHead
Resident Evil 7/10
Resident Evil Apocalypse 4/10

I can't believe people are hyping this up as if it were a new Star Wars movie. Given Anderson's track record I expect mediocrity at best. The new trailer didn't do much to change my mind, it still looks bland.

Do we really now how involved Paul WS Anderson is involved beyond writing it?

[Nomein]

Originally posted by HHH123007
Wow. That looks beyond awful.

1. I just saw the entire movie.

2. That has nothing to do with Resident Evil.

3. This is bound to make $70 million +.

Im confused, you just saw the whole movie, it has nothing to with RE, and you think it will make over 70 mil?

what are you trying to say?

[Criminal Rock]

Originally posted by teenkiller
You do realize her name is MILLA right? I see you also have her listed as your favorite movie. Ha ha. Well thats all for now GOoD JOURNEY my fellow schmoes.

yeah, yeah, yeah... It was late. I don't care how words are spelt when I'm tired. Get off deez nuts.

[Jig Saw 123]

This movie looks like absolute shit...

[Nomein]

Ive seen shit, its browner, defenetly less entertaining.

[Shockwave]

So far, each trailer to a RE movie has turned out to be better then the actual movie,

Im hoping this breaks the trend.

[X-Nightcrawler]

Originally posted by NuclearMisfit
Anyone thinking theres some elements of a prequel in this movie? Like them returning to the hive? Id like to see what happens before Alice wakes up in that shower like she did in the first flick.

Id see anything with Milla Jovovich after all my precious is my Blue Lagoon dvd. I'm assuming there are going to be scenes with the Alice clones in the Hive, or flashbacks.

I can't wait to see Alice in the laser room. Most memorable horror scene in a while.

[syxxpac]

Great. So Anderson's rescinding on his high horse "artistic" position and incorporating things from the game that he didn't think were good enough for his "vision" the first time around, AND using game character likenesses which he bastardized and/or deleted from his story for the same reason. So basically, his whole changing of the mythology that he was so gung ho for served no practical purpose whatsoever.

I can see nothing has changed. Fuck this movie, even if it does look better than Apocalypse (not exactly saying much).

I just hope it downloads fast.

[teenkiller]

Originally posted by syxxpac
Great. So Anderson's rescinding on his high horse "artistic" position and incorporating things from the game that he didn't think were good enough for his "vision" the first time around, AND using game character likenesses which he bastardized and/or deleted from his story for the same reason. So basically, his whole changing of the mythology that he was so gung ho for served no practical purpose whatsoever.

I can see nothing has changed. Fuck this movie, even if it does look better than Apocalypse (not exactly saying much).

I just hope it downloads fast.

If that is the case then Anderson must really be out of ideas. How else can you explain rehashing rejected ideas that you didn't like the first time around? Well thats all for now GOoD JOURNEY my fellow schmoes.

[Nomein]

Originally posted by Shockwave
So far, each trailer to a RE movie has turned out to be better then the actual movie,

Im hoping this breaks the trend.

good point.

[Nomein]

Originally posted by syxxpac
Great. So Anderson's rescinding on his high horse "artistic" position and incorporating things from the game that he didn't think were good enough for his "vision" the first time around, AND using game character likenesses which he bastardized and/or deleted from his story for the same reason. So basically, his whole changing of the mythology that he was so gung ho for served no practical purpose whatsoever.

I can see nothing has changed. Fuck this movie, even if it does look better than Apocalypse (not exactly saying much).

I just hope it downloads fast.

On would think you worshiped the Resident Evil Franchise. I do believe the George Romero script for the original was better, but oh well we got another movie, Things from games were always incorporated into the movie, even to a point a certain helicopter scene in apocalypse that resembles a Code Veronica FMV almost exacly.

This movie, is spending alot of time in the blistering hot sun, which seems to be getting a similar "feel" to the RE5 preview.

You guys complain about Paul Anderson, I wish Uwo Boll directed this movie so you guys would really have something to cry about.

[NuclearMisfit]

Originally posted by Nomein
On would think you worshiped the Resident Evil Franchise. I do believe the George Romero script for the original was better, but oh well we got another movie, Things from games were always incorporated into the movie, even to a point a certain helicopter scene in apocalypse that resembles a Code Veronica FMV almost exacly.

This movie, is spending alot of time in the blistering hot sun, which seems to be getting a similar "feel" to the RE5 preview.

You guys complain about Paul Anderson, I wish Uwo Boll directed this movie so you guys would really have something to cry about.


I understand the 2nd movie was directed by someone else and written by Paul Anderson but to be honest with you the only thing I thought Paul Anderson has done right when regarding video game movies is Mortal Kombat. No need to remind me about the abomination that is Uwe Boll. Uwe Boll is the ultimate video game antichrist.

I will probably buy a ticket to this flick anyways bacause they are starting to get into the first and second video game with the characters ie: Chris, Wesker, Claire

[X-Nightcrawler]

Whuh?

What's that got to do with anything? I adore the RE movies and love the games but if I was a hardcore RE fan (like I'm a hardcore SH fan), it might be different. I completely understand why people would get pissed at Anderson's bizarre take on the game that's compltely different (albeit for me, just as fun) while claiming to stay true to them. He doesnt't let himself be liked by the RE fanbase and he really is continuing to step farther and farther from the source material.

Apocalypse was somewhat similar to the city RE games except for superpowered main character saving everyone, down to visuals, character designs, some shot-by-shot replications of classic scenes (like the shot of the riot helmet reflecting a zombie) but it's still easy to understand why at core it's a completely different thing pretending to be another, or trying to fool fans into thinking it's their gem (omg u guys but it has teh nemesis!!).

And let's not bring up Uwe Boll here. Just because the franchise could have AIDS doesn't mean it's okay to have syphillis (to paraphrase syxxpac :D).

[Shockwave]

Originally posted by Nomein

You guys complain about Paul Anderson, I wish Uwo Boll directed this movie so you guys would really have something to cry about.

RE2 could have passed for a Boll movie. So could AVP.

Anderson has gotten worse with each movie hes done. That makes me fucking FEAR for this movie.

[travisvornoff]

i liked the first two but for some reason im on the fence with this one. i looks good but then i looks like too much at the same time. very thunderdome, which is good. ill see it and im holding out hope.

[syxxpac]

Originally posted by X-Nightcrawler
Whuh?

What's that got to do with anything? I adore the RE movies and love the games but if I was a hardcore RE fan (like I'm a hardcore SH fan), it might be different. I completely understand why people would get pissed at Anderson's bizarre take on the game that's compltely different (albeit for me, just as fun) while claiming to stay true to them. He doesnt't let himself be liked by the RE fanbase and he really is continuing to step farther and farther from the source material.

Apocalypse was somewhat similar to the city RE games except for superpowered main character saving everyone, down to visuals, character designs, some shot-by-shot replications of classic scenes (like the shot of the riot helmet reflecting a zombie) but it's still easy to understand why at core it's a completely different thing pretending to be another, or trying to fool fans into thinking it's their gem (omg u guys but it has teh nemesis!!).

And let's not bring up Uwe Boll here. Just because the franchise could have AIDS doesn't mean it's okay to have syphillis (to paraphrase syxxpac :D).

Someone break out the Bollinger '61, I have been officially PARAPHRASED for the first time in my illustrious career as a professional Colorful Personality (TM)! Shit yeah, son. That's what I'm talkin' 'bout. WOOOOOOO!

But yeah. What he said.

[X-Nightcrawler]

Originally posted by syxxpac
Someone break out the Bollinger '61, I have been officially PARAPHRASED for the first time in my illustrious career as a professional Colorful Personality (TM)! Shit yeah, son. That's what I'm talkin' 'bout. WOOOOOOO!

But yeah. What he said. Woo!

. . . now, where's that money you promised?

[syxxpac]

Originally posted by X-Nightcrawler
. . . now, where's that money you promised?

Hey, you signed a silence clause, therefore it's a breach of contract. NO money for you!

[Nomein]

Originally posted by X-Nightcrawler
Whuh?

What's that got to do with anything? I adore the RE movies and love the games but if I was a hardcore RE fan (like I'm a hardcore SH fan), it might be different. I completely understand why people would get pissed at Anderson's bizarre take on the game that's compltely different (albeit for me, just as fun) while claiming to stay true to them. He doesnt't let himself be liked by the RE fanbase and he really is continuing to step farther and farther from the source material.

Apocalypse was somewhat similar to the city RE games except for superpowered main character saving everyone, down to visuals, character designs, some shot-by-shot replications of classic scenes (like the shot of the riot helmet reflecting a zombie) but it's still easy to understand why at core it's a completely different thing pretending to be another, or trying to fool fans into thinking it's their gem (omg u guys but it has teh nemesis!!).

And let's not bring up Uwe Boll here. Just because the franchise could have AIDS doesn't mean it's okay to have syphillis (to paraphrase syxxpac :D).

Well thats kind of my point, except instead of hardcore I mentioned worshipping. If youre that fervent about the franchise chances are youll never be satisfied with a hollywood movie. Im not a fan of Silent Hill but I know alot of fans of Silent Hill did not like the movie.

forgive me for mentioning the videogame-to-movie anti-christ, but it is a point, even if it is an obivous one.

Games (with story), and books have that in common, The movie usually never lives up to it, because you have to invest time and effort into a good game, theres a personal connection, when you dont find that connection in the movie theres usually disapointed.

About AvP, it may have been flawed, but guess what, Predator was never a smart/deep movie, and Alien though a great franchise had decline to the point of practically no return. Perhaps both series should have been left alone, yet, I dont have too much to complain about, as an Alien fan, I think the film was full of subtle homages that I did enjoy.

aannnd, I do remember it was on this site that I read James Cameron saying he liked AvP and thought he ranked it 3rd in the franchise, much to the interviewers suprise.

[Nomein]

Originally posted by Shockwave
RE2 could have passed for a Boll movie. So could AVP.

Anderson has gotten worse with each movie hes done. That makes me fucking FEAR for this movie.

you know ive never seen an uwe boll movie.

I think of RE2, along the lines of Spawn, theyre easy to insult, but these movies were big budgeted hollywood movies that were invested in a Director whos never been a Director.

You kind of expect amatur results, and the guy probably was pulled apart by Producers and Paul Anderson, and god knows who else. I know if I was in that spot it would be extremely difficult to make a good movie, since im sure nobody would take me seriously.

[castlesave]

i think i would rank AVP 3rd in tha alien series too, now that i look at it.

[Shockwave]

Originally posted by Nomein
you know ive never seen an uwe boll movie.

I think of RE2, along the lines of Spawn, theyre easy to insult, but these movies were big budgeted hollywood movies that were invested in a Director whos never been a Director.

You kind of expect amatur results, and the guy probably was pulled apart by Producers and Paul Anderson, and god knows who else. I know if I was in that spot it would be extremely difficult to make a good movie, since im sure nobody would take me seriously.

The biggest problems of AVP and RE2 were the shit writing and script.

I get what your saying, but it doesnt improve the movies any. :)

[X-Nightcrawler]

Originally posted by Nomein
Well thats kind of my point, except instead of hardcore I mentioned worshipping. If youre that fervent about the franchise chances are youll never be satisfied with a hollywood movie. Im not a fan of Silent Hill but I know alot of fans of Silent Hill did not like the movie.

Chances schmances. I know a lot of SH fans who didn't like the movie for real, comprehensible reasons. But I know MORE SH fans who hated it because of the most tarded possible reasons.

"Argh! Pyramid Head doesn't have its original role in the movie! Argh!"

What the fuck, you morons! Why are people so unwilling to accept changes in a title that's not supposed to be canon to begin with? I worship the Silent Hill series (ask Mr. Better-get-a-good-lawyer, there (syxxpac)!)

It's not like that. It's extremely easy to be satisfied with a movie if the changes it does are done right. I actually like many, many things in the Silent Hill movie far more than I liked in the games (I much preferred the parent figure to be a mother, and Dahlia's character is 10,000 times more likable and layered than the game's), and please don't say that means I'm not as big a fan of the game as I claim. It has nothing to do with it.

I'm just willing to accept certain changes. The movie never failed to convey the games' heart and soul. Shit like a character's gender or a puritan cult aren't the heart and soul of Silent Hill. And I can assure you that most SH fans agree with that. The ones who hated it did so either because they're completely retarded and don't like anything different to what they're familiar with ("omg wai is cheryl named sharon that's so gay lol") or have real reasons (the acting and dialogue sucks!) to do so. But very few will deny that the movie is pure Silent Hill.

However, "Paul Anderson's Resident Evil" (sounds awesome when said like that, don't it) failed to 'get' the heart and soul of the videogames and fucked it all over the place. Gans didn't. There's a huge difference.

I don't worship RE games like I do SH but I definitely like them on a totally mindless level, like them very much. But not enough to be pissed at how much it got changed around in the movie version (and it did) mainly because, well, I just don't care. They didn't bastardize anything I hold dear. I completely understand why RE fans (well, fans of the original RE mood) would want to piss on Anderson's soup.

[The Young Son]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v61/ChiefThunder/Movie%20Screens/RE3_11.jpg

I didn't know Jack Nicholson was in this movie! :D

By the way, this movie does not look like resident evil.

[syxxpac]

Originally posted by Nomein
Well thats kind of my point, except instead of hardcore I mentioned worshipping. If youre that fervent about the franchise chances are youll never be satisfied with a hollywood movie. Im not a fan of Silent Hill but I know alot of fans of Silent Hill did not like the movie.

Like X said, I wouldn't have minded changes that made sense. Not the entire mythology gutted and that godawful addition of the ultimate anti-RE-style character, Alice, and all the other stupid, unnecessary gimmicks that he felt RE needed for some reason, which basically translates to more bullet-time, Kung Fu, arcade style gun action with endless rounds of ammo, cheesy in-jokes and hard rock music. Essentially everything the games never sported and didn't pretend to. It's one thing to alter characters and entire storylines, but the look, feel and atmosphere as well? Fuck that shit.

Whatever happened to the games' taut silences, suspense, and survival horror (ie. LIMITED ammo, unstoppable creatures at every turn, and generally no escape)? The first movie got the last one right at least, but its zombies were pussies. And the novels by S.D. Perry took care of the characterization needs that the games didn't necessarily fulfill very well, I can readily yet reluctantly admit, much to X's pleasure, I'm sure, and BAM, you have all the ingredients for a faithful adaptation without needing to sacrifice your own stamp. Hell, I wrote my own three scripts based on the first three games and I had PLENTY of elbow room to write my own paced narrative, dialogue, keep characters alive longer, get rid of elements that made no sense cinematically, give more depth to the world beyond the games in more character-driven scenes, etc... Aside from the physical writing itself, it wasn't that hard to craft my own story BASED on the world I was adapting. But I did it within the confines of the rules of the RE universe, which is what one should logically do, when ADAPTING something with any sense of respect for the material, be it from games, books, comics, etc. etc. Anderson proved where he stands, especially with the last shitty movie, and quite frankly, I find it insulting to my intelligence that he claims he loves the RE series so much.

Then again, I've grown more and more alienated to the storyline that branched from Code: Veronica and onward, and blame Capcom almost as much as Anderson at this point for taking the series into an increasingly mindboggling nosedive, from a story point of view. The first three form a great trilogy, C:V started the Matrix-style action trend, no wonder Anderson got ideas...

[Mr.HyDe807]

No thnaks, ill catch it on tv/dvd/ but not seeing this in the movie.

Yeah, i was kinda piseed it didnt follow the video game story, but from what i saw in the first one, i enjoyed it. Now, the 2nd one?, i thought was pretty terrible, and not because it didnt follow the sotoryline. It was because it sucked!

This one looks much better regarding the trailer, but im gonna have to pass.

[WhatsInaName]

syxxpac, if your problem with 1st RE is that it deviated too much from the feel and atmosphere of the original games, what do you think of RE as a stand alone flick? I mean if it was titled whatever instead of Resident Evil, would you have liked it?

I'm not a huge fan of the games except for the first, and I really like the first RE movie. The dialogue may be flawed at times, but it has some pretty intense and memorable moments (the whole beginning, laser room and train).

Anderson may be disregarded as a script writer, but, imho, he's a good director. Very unfair to compare him to Boll.

I also enjoyed AVP alot. Cool creature designs, good action and generally good directing overcame the weak script for me. Again, I could totally forgive the break away from the original franchises. Would it have been a better movie if it was rated R and retained the more-horror-than-action atmosphere? As a horror movie fan I say 100%. But I still enjoyed it for what it was.

[Shockwave]

Originally posted by syxxpac

Whatever happened to the games' taut silences, suspense, and survival horror (ie. LIMITED ammo, unstoppable creatures at every turn, and generally no escape)?

Exactly.

The first one has aged better then i thought it would, but the second i loath more with each passing day.

Jill was just THROWN into the mix to please fans. She did nothing at all and could have easily been erased from that story. Same with Nemisis being made into a slow moving pussy without even having half the cool shit that he had in the game. Slap a hockey mask on him and call him Jason.

...oh yeah, and lets make Alice the strongest character IN THE CITY. Thatll really help the suspense. Each RE story has a different main character then the last one. Thats one trend they should have continued with the movies.

AVP was a train wreck in the form of a movie however. Some of the plot holes melted my brain, the Predators ALL SUCKED ASS, the human characters were an utter waste of my time(...bring in space marines, not scientists!) and its kid friendly attitude didnt help things one bit.

[syxxpac]

Originally posted by WhatsInaName
syxxpac, if your problem with 1st RE is that it deviated too much from the feel and atmosphere of the original games, what do you think of RE as a stand alone flick? I mean if it was titled whatever instead of Resident Evil, would you have liked it?

As a stand alone flick, I can enjoy it. It's essentially Ghosts Of Mars, Aliens and Cube's bastard child, so I like it for what it is and can separate the two worlds when I watch it. It's sleek, violent enough so I don't get bored, and has its moments, even if the characters are flat and uninteresting.

Anderson always likes to use the excuse that if you knew which characters are going to die, it wouldn't be scary, which is pure bullshit, plain and simple. In pretty much 90% of any horror movie out there, you can pinpoint 3/4 if not all the victims of the whole damn movie, especially slasher movies where the nature of the damn story is characters getting picked off one by one. The original Alien is the only movie I can think of at the moment that actually played the unpredictability up to suspenseful proportions - none of Anderson's works have, IMO. The guy just gets off on killing people, he's not interested in building up any character, because THAT would mean giving a sympathetic edge to one of his precious victims, and we can't have THAT, ohhhhh no.

But anyway, check out this hilarious quote from Paul's "Trademark" section at IMDB:

"Dialog and characters that transcend their video game origins, thus highlighting humanity's place in the universe."

http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons6/24.gif

[Nomein]

Before Resident Evil, what was the last comercially successful videogame to film adaptaion?

[syxxpac]

Originally posted by Nomein
Before Resident Evil, what was the last comercially successful videogame to film adaptaion?

Mortal Kombat, which actually did have dialogue and characters that transcended their video game origins, if that's the point you're trying to illustrate.

Problem is, Anderson didn't write it. The ones he DID write ie. Resident Evil... had about as much depth as Paris Hilton's talent pool.

Besides, "commercially successful" doesn't automatically translate to "good". If it did, Keanu Reeves would have multiple Oscars by now.

[Nomein]

Originally posted by syxxpac
Mortal Kombat, which actually did have dialogue and characters that transcended their video game origins, if that's the point you're trying to illustrate.

Problem is, Anderson didn't write it. The ones he DID write ie. Resident Evil... had about as much depth as Paris Hilton's talent pool.

Besides, "commercially successful" doesn't automatically translate to "good". If it did, Keanu Reeves would have multiple Oscars by now.

Now I agree with most of everones points, its troue about the heart of resident evil and all that.

Honestly I didnt know, and I looked it up, aparently Tomb Raider came out a year before RE and was successful, then MK. But Tomb Raider was a Pg-13 film with a 100+ million dollar budget.

Im not very good at judging writing, so ill give you that. And I do agree that comercially successful does not equal good. I also dont always think the Oscars are fair.

Vidogame to film adaptations were not remotelty respect or even worth anything untill Mortal Kombat, and RE.

This is my point, even though the movie sucks major balls in some areas, I give Paul Anderson respect for being part of the process that is making Videogame Movies, alot better. The bar is being raised everytime a "good" videogame movie comes out.

Plus taking out a videogame movie is hard enough, but giving it an R rating? (I think only SIlent Hill had that kind of balls.)

I guess my point is, even though I know better RE is my guilty pleasure and im trying to defend it.....

[FatSakHead]

Originally posted by syxxpac


Anderson always likes to use the excuse that if you knew which characters are going to die, it wouldn't be scary, which is pure bullshit, plain and simple.



I agree. Maybe when they adapted the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings novels they should have replaced Middle Earth and Hogwarts with Los Angeles and a space station with entirely new characters in futuristic marine uniforms. Because, everyone who read the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings books would know everything that was going to happen. What a lame excuse.

I mean, how do you take a concept like aliens and predators fighting each other and fuck it up? Anderson is a hack and IMO is no worse than Uwe Boll.

[X-Nightcrawler]

Originally posted by WhatsInaName
syxxpac, if your problem with 1st RE is that it deviated too much from the feel and atmosphere of the original games, what do you think of RE as a stand alone flick? I mean if it was titled whatever instead of Resident Evil, would you have liked it?

I'm not a huge fan of the games except for the first, and I really like the first RE movie. The dialogue may be flawed at times, but it has some pretty intense and memorable moments (the whole beginning, laser room and train).

Anderson may be disregarded as a script writer, but, imho, he's a good director. Very unfair to compare him to Boll.

I also enjoyed AVP alot. Cool creature designs, good action and generally good directing overcame the weak script for me. Again, I could totally forgive the break away from the original franchises. Would it have been a better movie if it was rated R and retained the more-horror-than-action atmosphere? As a horror movie fan I say 100%. But I still enjoyed it for what it was. Yay! I totally agree. On the AVP front too, that movie was awesome. It really is farfetched to compare him to Boll.

But if we learn anything from RE movie is that it's very funny in cute form! Behold! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKrtg4bIUVk)

"You lost your memories . . . you bitch."

[Nomein]

gald to see some people have pespective.

[Bourne101]

Looks pretty damn good. I loved Resident Evil and Resident Evil: Apocalypse was pretty entertaining. And the lazers are back!

[DaveyJoeG]

You don't have to be a fanatic of the video games to understand that this franchise is utter shit.

[Scarfather]

I had a good laugh at the blatant ripoff of Requiem for a Dream's trademark shot in the banner ad.

[Nomein]

Originally posted by Scarfather
I had a good laugh at the blatant ripoff of Requiem for a Dream's trademark shot in the banner ad.
youve been laughing for a few years then, cause thats been going on since at least the last one.

[X-Nightcrawler]

Originally posted by Scarfather
I had a good laugh at the blatant ripoff of Requiem for a Dream's trademark shot in the banner ad. Which one do you mean?

[Nomein]

Originally posted by X-Nightcrawler
Which one do you mean?

he means the close up on alices eye. In Requiem everytime they get high, theres a closeup of the persons eye dialating.

[X-Nightcrawler]

Originally posted by Nomein
he means the close up on alices eye. In Requiem everytime they get high, theres a closeup of the persons eye dialating. Oh.

That common shot is hardly Requiem's trademark.

[Bourne101]

That new 3 minute clip is mega badass! I'm starting to get excited for this now!

[pablo_super1!]

http://www.nbc.com/Video/residentevil.shtml

Here's the new clip its awesome but Spoilers


















It Looks like Freddy (ashanti) is gonna die.

[Shockwave]

Looking alot better then it should be!

Bet Alice arrives to save everyone(again) about five seconds after that clip ends.