Brian Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 The 8 x 1 hour episode season will be helmed by Andrew Dabb (Supernatural), Bronwen Hughes (The Walking Dead, The Journey Is the Destination) will direct the first two episodes. — NX (@NXOnNetflix) August 27, 2020 Quote The Netflix series will tell its new story across two timelines. In the first, 14-year-old sisters Jade and Billie Wesker are moved to New Raccoon City. A manufactured, corporate town, forced on them right as adolescence is in full swing. But the more time they spend there, the more they come to realize that the town is more than it seems and their father may be concealing dark secrets. Secrets that could destroy the world. The second, more than a decade into the future sees less than 15 million people left on Earth. And more than 6 billion monsters — people and animals infected with the T-virus. Jade, now 30, struggles to survive in this new world, while the secrets from her past — about her sister, her father and herself — continue to haunt her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Netflix usually good, live action Resident Evil usually bad. It's a toss up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodporne Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Well, it's Netflix, so it's not like I'm not gonna put in the effort of clicking on it to see if it's dreadful or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Can't be worse than the movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dre801 Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 I dislike all the films and see that this probably can't be much worse. Hell, the CGI movies are more watchable than those damn films. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexy_shapiro Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 The portion with the two 14 year old girls is gonna be Stranger Things with zombies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heydude93 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 It sounds like more of the same to me, but hopefully it doesn't suck. I still kinda wish we got a series of that pilot that was never picked up. Arklay: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Netflix casts Lance Reddick as Wesker in live-action Resident Evil series | PC Gamer WWW.PCGAMER.COM More cast members were announced, but without specific roles attached. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Lance Reddick as Wesker is kind of brilliant. And RE works far better as a TV series but after The Walking Dead and the upcoming The Last of Us and on and on haven't we had enough zombie stuff for awhile? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 6 minutes ago, Greatoneshere said: Lance Reddick as Wesker is kind of brilliant. And RE works far better as a TV series but after The Walking Dead and the upcoming The Last of Us and on and on haven't we had enough zombie stuff for awhile? Those are serious zombie things, RE is silly Zombie stuff (if they even stick to zombie stuff) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 They should get the actors that did the cinematic for the original RE on the playstation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Keyser_Soze said: Those are serious zombie things, RE is silly Zombie stuff (if they even stick to zombie stuff) Indeed, and we have plenty of that too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternallDarkness Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 7 hours ago, Spawn_of_Apathy said: They should get the actors that did the cinematic for the original RE on the playstation. better they should get the writers of the original playstation game to do the dialogue! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 15 hours ago, EternallDarkness said: better they should get the writers of the original playstation game to do the dialogue! we can get an episode title “master of unlocking things” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dre801 Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 I think Lance Reddick is awesome, but . .Wesker? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 On 6/11/2021 at 6:31 PM, EternallDarkness said: better they should get the writers of the original playstation game to do the dialogue! I would say that is possibly blamed on translation / localization not necessarily the writing. Remember they changed a lot of that stuff in REmake. For instance, it's the inferior version because they got rid of "Itchy Tasty" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkStar189 Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 I think the guy looks like a great Wesker. Rest of the cast pictured.... ehhhh have to wait and see I guess. I don't look at them and think cast of Resident Evil. But I'll wait for a trailer at least to see what they come up with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 On 6/12/2021 at 10:55 PM, DarkStar189 said: I think the guy looks like a great Wesker. Rest of the cast pictured.... ehhhh have to wait and see I guess. I don't look at them and think cast of Resident Evil. But I'll wait for a trailer at least to see what they come up with. Wesker’s Angels 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Check the salty guy in the comments who wants a white Wesker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 3 hours ago, Spawn_of_Apathy said: Wesker’s Angels I should point out that two of them are 16. I have no idea what story is being told here, but it must take place in a highschool, right? I'm assuming we've got either flashbacks or younger sisters, but the hair on Adeline Rudolph and Siena Agudong matches so well it screams flashbacks. I mean, this is Resident Evil, so we could also be looking at clones. EDIT: Blah, I didn't realize there was already a synopsis for this series out. So it's a 16 year time jump with Wesker's family from before all hell broke loose to afterward. Yeah, I can get behind that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ort Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Resident Evil has to be one of the easiest video game series to translate to film and yet they always manage to completely fuck it up in every way conceivable. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 July 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Well, hopefully this is better than the recently released one-off movie, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City. That was pretty bad. This looks nothing like an adaptation of the games either, given the time jump, etc. I don't get why it's hard to make an RE live action adaptation, this will be the third time lol. It looks good in general potentially but not a good RE adaptation, it feels like they mostly slapped on the RE label onto it. I guess we have the four RE CG movies at least, those are fun and take place within the storyline of the games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 14 minutes ago, Greatoneshere said: Well, hopefully this is better than the recently released one-off movie, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City. That was pretty bad. This looks nothing like an adaptation of the games either, given the time jump, etc. I don't get why it's hard to make an RE live action adaptation, this will be the third time lol. It looks good in general potentially but not a good RE adaptation, it feels like they mostly slapped on the RE label onto it. I guess we have the four RE CG movies at least, those are fun and take place within the storyline of the games. I dunno, this looks better than any Resident Evil movie. I'll give it a shot I don't think it really matters how close it follows RE at this point. RE is all over the place as it is. Also, with Lance Reddick you can't lose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 1 minute ago, Keyser_Soze said: I dunno, this looks better than any Resident Evil movie. I'll give it a shot I don't think it really matters how close it follows RE at this point. RE is all over the place as it is. It's about the characters and the ridiculous zombie journeys they go on throughout the game series. Leon, Claire, Chris, and the rest. To not even have them is lame. The original few games could be adapted quite well so long as they strike the right tone. This just looks like well made zombie teaser trailer, it doesn't look or feel like RE much except some hints of Umbrella Corp and corporate satire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phaseknox Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 I think that it looks cool. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 It's got dogs, lickers, zombies. Yup Resident Evil! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 @Greatoneshere I find that in these types of adaptions, of things of established stories, I feel like I'm more forgiving when they put an original spin on it rather than going with something familiar. Generally when they're adapting something from an established story, like Cowboy Bebop (which I still haven't seen because I figured it would just frustrate me) or even something considered good like Battle Angel, I just find that the original material is good enough and any change they make or take with the original material is kind of frustrating. Something like Halo, that fans are going nuts over (in a bad way), I think is working out fine. They certainly could have done some something familiar but then you have to deal with, what if they fuck it up? So if it's already doing its' own thing you kind of just have to accept it for what it is and whatever it is they make can be bad or good, but it doesn't have the baggage of having to be "accurate" Think of the success of the Sonic movie, that has nothing in common with anything Sonic except the character, and people seem to love it. I thought it was dumb. Sure this show could be about Chris and Jill and this and that but they have those CGI movies (which aren't good) if you want to see their tales. Like I mentioned the games are already kind of veering off course, with the exception of the end of Village, RE 7 and 8 are venturing into all new territory with all new villains and stuff like that. I mean this one appears to be in the UK which would fall in line with whatever was happening in Village (well sort of, but I mean if you really need to tie it down that's the way you'd go). In any case this one looks to be good at least from the two trailers that were released and I think it has enough commonalities to be a Resident Evil thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 29 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: @Greatoneshere I find that in these types of adaptions, of things of established stories, I feel like I'm more forgiving when they put an original spin on it rather than going with something familiar. Generally when they're adapting something from an established story, like Cowboy Bebop (which I still haven't seen because I figured it would just frustrate me) or even something considered good like Battle Angel, I just find that the original material is good enough and any change they make or take with the original material is kind of frustrating. Something like Halo, that fans are going nuts over (in a bad way), I think is working out fine. They certainly could have done some something familiar but then you have to deal with, what if they fuck it up? So if it's already doing its' own thing you kind of just have to accept it for what it is and whatever it is they make can be bad or good, but it doesn't have the baggage of having to be "accurate" Think of the success of the Sonic movie, that has nothing in common with anything Sonic except the character, and people seem to love it. I thought it was dumb. Sure this show could be about Chris and Jill and this and that but they have those CGI movies (which aren't good) if you want to see their tales. Like I mentioned the games are already kind of veering off course, with the exception of the end of Village, RE 7 and 8 are venturing into all new territory with all new villains and stuff like that. I mean this one appears to be in the UK which would fall in line with whatever was happening in Village (well sort of, but I mean if you really need to tie it down that's the way you'd go). In any case this one looks to be good at least from the two trailers that were released and I think it has enough commonalities to be a Resident Evil thing. I'm not sure how it's any different than adapting anything else, from Dune to Lord of the Rings. If you were getting a LOTR adaptation of the books but instead of starring Frodo, Sam, and the Fellowship Sauron instead wins and there's a time jump in the future where random non-LOTR characters do stuff, audiences would be livid. I'm not forgiving of that at all. Why even bother calling it RE then? Halo failed for not being closer to the games. Most adaptations fail when they are either too slavish to the original work or deviate too much, neither of which I like, but I prefer slavishness to slapping the name on something completely different. Name checking dogs, lickers, zombies doesn't make an RE adaptation a true RE adaptation. It's just another zombie show at that point. We'll see, the show could be good, but will it be a good RE adaptation? Cause that's what I'm here for, we're already flooded with generic zombie shit as is. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkStar189 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 Not really thrilled with whatever that trailer was, but its Resident Evil. I'm going to click on it and watch some regardless when it comes out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Keyser_Soze Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 This is out today. Time for me and @Greatoneshere to play Siskel and Ebert again. I'll be Siskel because he always had the correct opinions of course. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Vic20 Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 Where Lance Reddick goes, I follow! I'm not really a RE fan, but I guess I'm in for Wesker! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatoneshere Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 6 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said: This is out today. Time for me and @Greatoneshere to play Siskel and Ebert again. I'll be Siskel because he always had the correct opinions of course. I doubt I'll be watching, most of the reviewers I trust really did not like this. I have noticed you're pretty super easy on most stuff too. 'Resident Evil' Review: Netflix’s TV Adaptation Is a Biohazard That Should Be Avoided COLLIDER.COM 'Resident Evil' comes to Netflix on July 15. Resident Evil doesn't breathe new life into a franchise that won't die WWW.AVCLUB.COM Netflix's small-screen adaptation of the iconic survival horror games lacks, well, horror Netflix’s Resident Evil series could have been about superdad Albert Wesker. Instead it’s just boring WWW.POLYGON.COM Welcome to New Raccoon City’s downfall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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