Hey everyone, Ryan here with some “late” news. The teaser trailer for RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION has made its way online now, and I have to say, it looks god awful.
This trilogy has been one of the worst bastardizations of a video game franchise ever. The first RESIDENT EVIL was a good adaptation, nothing more. It was not a great film nor a terrible one, but it served its purpose. RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE was just the opposite of what the first film was. APOCALYPSE blew hard. The acting was terrible compared to the first, and having Milla Jovovich’s character become super-hero-like was just plain stupid.
Now the third one is on its way. Since when did Resident Evil take place in Las Vegas? Hell, when did Resident Evil have a desert in it? I know I have not played many of the games, but my brother has and I know I never saw him running around in a desert. How hard is it for filmmakers to stay true to original material? These people have the rights to the game/storyline, yet they decide to not stay true to what the game developers first created?
Turning a video game into a movie should be a no-brainer. The storyline is already there, the characters are already there, and the fanbase is already there. There’s not much one could do to mess that up unless they changed the first two items in that list.
For all those filmmakers out there that have the rights to video game franchises, listen up: DO NOT SCREW AROUND WITH THE STORYLINE! Make the movie like the video game. Although SILENT HILL wasn’t the greatest movie out there, at least it felt like a video game at times and at least stayed somewhat true to the storyline. Hell, even DOOM was better than the second RESIDENT EVIL.
Here is the YouTube version of the EXTINCTION trailer, but if you want to see it with better quality, head on over to Apple.com
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