Resident Evil (Netflix)

[Peter A]

Anyone watched it yet?

I get so sick of this franchise constantly going back to 1998. We probably have Raccoon City featured in something new every few years. But sometimes, this stuff isn't even canonical. And it's also not really new, per se. They're basically rehashing the same ideas, because Capcom are so money hungry.

Raccoon City met the end in the original RE3 game. That came out in 1999. If you recall, they had to destroy the city to stop the virus from reaching beyond the region. So like, ain't it about time for something different?

They're oversaturating this series, with all of these remakes as well. As if RE4 needs a remake...

 

[ctg]

Anyone watched it yet?

I binged it over two days and I liked it, as their own version of the Resident Evil. I, for one, didn't watch the movies, except the first one, and I've never played the games. Yet, due to the popularity I know the story.

While watching, I did do google searches on the characters and the events. Netflix did reference on them correctly, and they made sense that Umbrella Company were still in the business, even after the incidents, because it is their universe and has nothing to do with that, and as such their Dark Urban Fantasy works, especially as they show the monsters being the bosses. Some other series has avoided showing the danger and the carnage.

However, what I didn't like were the action sequences with the Umbrella operators and their endless clips of ammo. Having those things still going on in the production is just silly. Not talking about mounting them on drones and forgetting the rules of physics. Then again, it's a dark fantasy and has nothing to do with the hard SF.

If they really would want to explore the Resident Evil universe, they'd have to make the story totally their own and make their own exploration in it, while retaining the connection to the mother via the characters. And those connections are the pearls in this production.

I really liked them. So, if you'll watch it as a character driven story, it works. But if you'll watch it as a Resident Evil purist, you'll be somewhat disappointed.

 

[ctg]

I'm also surprised that they didn't make the story to explore the Village timeline, but instead opted to explore that aftermath of the first ones.

 

[Phyrebrat]

Pretty much a mess — but it has Lance Reddick in so I watched it all. I think it’s one success is to keep the two time line stories with the sisters clearly defined and demarcated from the present day.

 

[Mon0Zer0]

I struggled to get through the first episode, to be honest.

 

[ctg]

I struggled to get through the first episode, to be honest.

I don't blame you. It is confusing because they're drip feeding info and the clarity isn't the aim as there are quite a few issues that obfuscate things. With the Resident Evil, there is one rule and that is don't trust anyone. Not even the main characters until they've proven themselves. If you apply it, you can get to the end and find out that it actually applied to everyone. Nobody is never what they'll seem to be, and everyone has an agenda.

 

[Peter A]

I'm not woke, but I don't understand why they have Wesker black now. They did the same thing years ago with a different horror game character, called Edward Carnby, who is from the franchise named Alone in the Dark.

Christian Slater played him in the first movie, which had Tara Reid, and was a modest box office success. Then they made a sequel with Rick Yune in the part. But he is Korean.

Plus, as I said, the RE franchise keeps getting milked. RE4 for example, is a good game in general, but it has always been the most not RE, RE game ever. Even that lame RE6 resembles RE more than RE4 does.

Well, at least classic RE with zombies. After RE4, they seldomly used zombies anymore. The enemies in RE4 were farmers with parasites controlling their minds, and all you did was shoot and loot. It only got scary when the Regenerators show up. The rest is so repetitive. Yet after RE5 came out, nobody cared much for it. However, it's just like RE4, only you have optional co-op. So RE4 fans really ought to like 5 as well.

You would think so, anyway.

 

[Mon0Zer0]

I'm not woke, but I don't understand why they have Wesker black now.

It's almost like they didn't understand that Wesker was a stand-in for eugenics / supremacist beliefs.