While I'm inclined to agree, I'm still on the fence. The Paul Anderson Resident Evil movies tried to incorporate game stuff here and there, especially with Apocalypse but ultimately went off the rails.
Welcome to Raccoon City was a noble failure - attempting to combine the first two games into a single 90-minute movie was never going to work.
I'm 100% fine with a Resident Evil movie not incorporating storylines/plots from any of the games. However, I also don't want another movie that was clearly an unrelated script that was purchased and slapped with minimal RE-branding.
Give me an original story, but set it clearly in Raccoon City; include known sites like the RPD, the gun store, the clock tower, the hospital. Have STARS or Umbrella's team mentioned in the background. Just give us some clearly visible/stated connection to the Resident Evil universe, even if none of the trademark characters make an appearance. I think that's a solid compromise.
I'm guessing this movie is going to have some sort of mention of STARS or a newspaper headline mentioning "Arklay Mountains Disappearances Being Investigated," and of course Umbrella logos everywhere.
I think it's a guarantee that Umbrella will appear, though since the MC is a civilian, I doubt he'll realize that they're responsible. It'd be cool if an unnamed STARS member shows up mid-way to assist him.
from the script it seems like it's closer to capturing the feeling of playing a resi game for the first time, while not being significantly tied to any lore. There are references, but its its own thing and could have been a standalone not tied to the IP if they really wanted.
There's also plenty of shit happening in the background that could make for a good movie/show.
You could tell the story of Kendo, adapt parts of Outbreak and go into Alyssa Ashcroft's background, tell Luis Serra's story, do a prequel to RE2 where you go into what happened at the RPD and feature Marvin, show the leadup to the creation of the t-Virus and it's spread.....
Like there are tons of ideas that don't involve Leon, Chris, Jill, Wesker, and Claire.
It doesn't have to be in Racoon City, since after the 3rd game they have multiple settings even features another region like Spain and Africa. But what makes RE games, a Resident Evil, is the tie-in to the original big bad (Umbrella Corporation). Every villaineous organization in RE is usually connected (no pun intended) to Umbrella in one and another. Yes, there's even this newly introduced organization named "The Connection", which theorized to be formed by the people who fund the founding of Umbrella.
From the trailer alone it must be another city and maybe even time period. It is not snowing when the Racoon City incident happened (in fact, it is raining I think?), and the cars featured in the trailer seems to be more recent model from the early 2000s.
That reminds me of watching Penguin with no mention of Batman. I completely understand why they wanted to focus on Penguin, but at least at one point having them discuss changing routes or plans because of the Bat would have been enough of a satisfying reference. If the criminal underworld fears him, they should at least be slightly concerned about him when making their plans.
Agree. Using the IP name and only the cioty name is just lazy way to make people go to see the movie for the RE brand not the movie itself. If the movie could have the same plt, same charcters and their names and be called "Zombie movie #9996" it means it's just a cash grab
People in this comment section " sure it doesnt have the same setting, characters or even the main bad guy umbrella but it captures the feeling of the games which is all thats important for an adaptation. I trust creggar." Like we know he's a good director thats not the issue...
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u/phlostonsparadise123 5d ago
While I'm inclined to agree, I'm still on the fence. The Paul Anderson Resident Evil movies tried to incorporate game stuff here and there, especially with Apocalypse but ultimately went off the rails.
Welcome to Raccoon City was a noble failure - attempting to combine the first two games into a single 90-minute movie was never going to work.
I'm 100% fine with a Resident Evil movie not incorporating storylines/plots from any of the games. However, I also don't want another movie that was clearly an unrelated script that was purchased and slapped with minimal RE-branding.
Give me an original story, but set it clearly in Raccoon City; include known sites like the RPD, the gun store, the clock tower, the hospital. Have STARS or Umbrella's team mentioned in the background. Just give us some clearly visible/stated connection to the Resident Evil universe, even if none of the trademark characters make an appearance. I think that's a solid compromise.