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Here Comes A New RESIDENT EVIL Film!!

Published at:  Jul 02, 2009 10:05:01 AM CDT


Merrick here...


We'd previously heard Paul W.S. Anderson was cobbling together a script for the next RESIDENT EVIL film. Now sources for Shock Till You Drop have revealed the subtitle of the project to that site, and offered its target release date.

Well, we've just learned from a studio insider that Sony is looking to get Resident Evil: Afterlife into theaters by September 17, 2010. That's according to an internal memo circulating through the offices there.


...says THIS ARTICLE at STYD.

Shock Till You Drop also indicates the franchise's action will now move to Tokyo, as suggested by the conclusion of the last film. No word on who'll be directing this time around (the last installment was directed by HIGHLANDER's Russell Mulcahy), although Milla Jovovich seems to be implying another reprise of her role HERE.






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  • Jul 02, 2009 10:07:17 AM CDT

    FIRST!

    by wolfman nards

    And who cares about this franchise!?

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  • Jul 02, 2009 10:07:46 AM CDT

    Don't know if cobbling is the right word..

    by blackmantis

    ...more like excreting, as his work is usually shit.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 10:07:54 AM CDT

    Super

    by slone13

    These get better with each sequel. I'm serious. The first is the worst.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 10:08:05 AM CDT

    SECOND!

    by wolfman nards

    I FUCKING RULE!

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  • Jul 02, 2009 10:08:20 AM CDT

    Dammit.

    by wolfman nards

    I fail. Hard.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 10:08:34 AM CDT

    Well honk my hooter!

    by herbwestaustin

  • Jul 02, 2009 10:08:50 AM CDT

    Will Milla be joining us on this TB?

    by telf

    It's so sweet when she does...

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  • Jul 02, 2009 10:09:19 AM CDT

    One of the first few!

    by pigdog

    Does that count?

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  • Jul 02, 2009 10:10:23 AM CDT

    wait for it....

    by thinboyslim.

    merrick's about to report that The Game (stupid name) has been cast as BA in The A-Team

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  • Jul 02, 2009 10:13:36 AM CDT

    Is this trying to compete with the Saw franchise?

    by sithdan

    For the most unwanted sequels?

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  • Jul 02, 2009 10:15:20 AM CDT

    I think milla's forgotten us.

    by shermdawg

    It's been awhile since I've seen "her" post. Seriously though, I wish they'd just ice this one. Reboot as Biohazard in a few years, and be more in line with the game's mythology...but since the games are supposedly getting rebooted, I doubt that'll ever happen now. Which is a shame. Oh, and one more thing...

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  • Jul 02, 2009 10:17:11 AM CDT

    DO NOT DO THIS JENSEN!!!

    by shermdawg

    It's been rumored for years they've been wanting to cast him as Leon. I hope he turns it down, he's deserves better than this crap.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 10:18:58 AM CDT

    Leave this dead beaten horse alone.

    by motoko kusanagi

  • Jul 02, 2009 10:19:21 AM CDT

    Another one...

    by mr.ftw

    Unlike so many others I liked the first one and thought the story could have existed along side what was happening in the varrious games since RE: 0 through Nemisis all take place within the span of a few days. The second one was complete garbage. It was cool the actually introduced a game character with Jill but she was just the same as the Milla character and they both stole time away from each other and there was no development for either. And that horrible Nemisis costume that looked like it was a rejust from a live actio TMNT sequal sucked. The 3rd one was hit and miss, all of the Umbrella Corp stuff was really cool but the Milla character developing psycich powers wtf? If they were going to continue this franchise each instalment should have had a new lead like the games did with them possible converging in the last one. I wouldn't mind another RE movie but I don't want another with Milla and that character.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 10:20:07 AM CDT

    Remake Resident Evill..

    by boggycreekbeast

    yeah, I said it.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 10:20:54 AM CDT

    It's about time!

    by rev_skarekroe

    I was just thinking today, what this world needs is more Resident Evil movies.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 10:26:04 AM CDT

    YAWWWWWWWWWWNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

    by supercowbell5thecowbellhasspoken

    YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

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  • Jul 02, 2009 10:26:42 AM CDT

    Scriptgirl scooped this last week Merrick

    by brock landers baby

    Like fuck she did.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 10:27:24 AM CDT

    I support this simply as a WPA style work program...

    by flickapoo

    ...for Milla Jovovich. Not only is she cool, but my wife thinks she's hot...and I support and encourage that in any way I can.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 10:28:04 AM CDT

    I'm going to do my best Darth Vader impersonation here

    by deusexmachina

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • Jul 02, 2009 10:30:40 AM CDT

    IT'S A FORMULA: Small budget w/decent returns.

    by mennen

    This is how it works people. Don't be shocked.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 10:36:03 AM CDT

    I'm happy with this

    by walkenlives

    As long as Paul Anderson is kept busy with properties I have no care for, he won't be ruining franchises that I truly love.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 10:38:30 AM CDT

    maybe this one won't suck zombie balls

    by alienindisguise

    because the others sure have.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 10:43:48 AM CDT

    Yeah, why not.

    by stuntcock mike

  • Jul 02, 2009 10:44:33 AM CDT

    WHY???

    by kafka07

    Seriously, why the fuck continue this franchise?

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  • Jul 02, 2009 10:50:51 AM CDT

    THE MILLION MILLA MARCH

    by mullah omar

    Is that the logical follow-up after the way the previous film ended? An army of Millas bringing down the bad guys?

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  • Jul 02, 2009 10:50:52 AM CDT

    P.W.S. Andersons wife gotta eat!

    by skimn

    Besides Revlon, or whoever, who hires Jovovich, besides her husband?

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  • Jul 02, 2009 10:52:10 AM CDT

    Bad movies, but kinda guilty pleasures...

    by harryblackpotter

    P W Anderson is a total hack and he knows it. Bad writer, bad director, bad everything really...but I kinda like his B movie Res Evil movies - or maybe I've got the hots for his missus Milla...but they should now reboot and get a real director in and make it scary and hardcore like the original game.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 10:52:41 AM CDT

    I'm not against this at all.

    by sailor rip

    They're fun movies not to be taken too seriously.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 10:53:23 AM CDT

    RESIDENT EVIL 4

    by louisse

    The actual game was epic. Superb storyline, it has this awesome james bond kind of guy in the lead with a sweet teenage chick. Even though it sounds terribly cliche, it was really not(that much). Certainly not let dickhead Anderson take the directors chair for that. I know people who make better farts then he makes film. Also pretty sure you guys do too! Wait, what I think I'm saying is everyones fart on this world is better then his filmmaking

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  • Jul 02, 2009 10:53:53 AM CDT

    Cool

    by forsakyn

    As stated by some others here, the Resident Evil films are just dumb fun. So I look forward to another installment. And Milla better be reprising her role.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 10:53:56 AM CDT

    Can't they keep that shithead away from RE?

    by ev1ldead

    I would love to see a good RE movie, but with Anderson involved that will never happen.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 10:54:27 AM CDT

    Oh, and Milla

    by forsakyn

    You left your panties at my place again. I'll put them with the others.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 10:57:49 AM CDT

    Bring Russell Mulcahy back!

    by johnryder

    I think the third one was the best. It was not perfect but it was clear that Mulcahy's approach was far superior to the shity second one. The first one was way too steril for my taste. The third one felt like I don't know... something I can connect to. Maybe it was just me.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 10:58:57 AM CDT

    Oh good, another vehicle for his "wife"

    by photoboy

    Why are they even called Resident Evil when they bear no similarity to the games? The best one was the second because Sienna Guillory looked and acted a lot like Jill and the character was actually from the games. Of course they made sure they killed her off for the sequel because she was overshadowing Jovovich. I can't believe they hired Big Teeth Larter for Claire Redfield....

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  • Jul 02, 2009 10:59:33 AM CDT

    I finally played RESIDENT EVIL 4 and was sorta...

    by flickapoo

    ...disappointed. I guess it was too hyped as one of the best games ever...thought it was a little dull...and clunky. Finally got busy with other things and never finished...

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  • Jul 02, 2009 10:59:39 AM CDT

    The last good Resident Evil movie

    by skimn

    was the CGI animated feature that came out as a bridge to the RE5 game.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 11:00:25 AM CDT

    JUST MAKE AN R-RATED CGI MOVIE SET IN RACOON CITY FOR FUCK SAKES

    by charlesthomasmathews1978

    The live action movies have been a complete failure on every level while the CGI movie Degeneration started off decent but turned to shit before the first act. Take the first three games and make a one off CGI movie based on that. It's all I want from this series.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 11:03:30 AM CDT

    RE$ DID NOT HAVE A "SUPERB STORYLINE".

    by shermdawg

    It was the worst of the series, story-wise by far. Great game,yet horrible addition to the mythology.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 11:03:45 AM CDT

    The series has gotten better/different with each installment

    by tall_boy66

    The first one is kinda meh, has it's moments but not that great. The second one, either intentional or not, is hilarious. Pure camp but VERY entertaining. And the third one was genuniely good and different. And the direction was very good looking (I loved the "shoot the zombie in the face but IT'S A MIRROR AND IT'S RIGHT BEHIND HIM!") So, yeah, I'm a huge RE geek and this is WAYYYY different than the series, but at least it doesn't just mindlessly sequelize itself each time, it actually changes things around.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 11:03:50 AM CDT

    4, not $

    by shermdawg

  • Jul 02, 2009 11:04:51 AM CDT

    GOD HELP US ALL

    by fassbinder79

  • Jul 02, 2009 11:07:41 AM CDT

    Also: CAPCOM can NOT make a faithful RE movie WORTH A SHIT

    by tall_boy66

    Proof? Watch "Resident Evil: Degeneration". It's a PG-13 for fuck's sake, and it had the same crew that made the games AND IT WAS WORSE THAN THE LIVE ACTION MOVIES. Seriously, it's pretty damn bad, meaningless if it has Leon and Claire Redfield's voices or not. (Claire basically just did the "protect Shelly" plotline from RE2 in the movie.) The cutscenes for the games are way more violent. The game was supposed to tie in RE5, but I played every second of RE5 and I'll be damned if there's ANYTHING even remotely related to the game. So everytime someone bitches how "Oh, this series takes a piss on the games and Capcom should do it best", pleae, go watch "Degeneration" and know that they can fuck this up even worse.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 11:16:50 AM CDT

    i enjoy these movies

    by melvin_pelvis

    they're not Children of Men deep and profound or Dawn of the Dead glicky but they're entertaining

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  • Jul 02, 2009 11:18:34 AM CDT

    Also #2: Anderson should just steal Wesker's dialouge from RE5

    by tall_boy66

    "Look at this: One. Big. Happy. Family." "A new Genesis is at hand, and I will be the creator!" "Wesker: The Human Race requires JUDGMENT!!! Chris: You're going to judge us? Do you get all your ideas from comic book villains?" "Natural selection leaves the survivors stronger and better! Humans have escaped this winnowing for far too long!" "Chri: Give it up Wesker! There's no one left to help you!Wesker: I don't need help from anyone!" *punches the wall so hard he fucking dents it* "I should have killed you years ago!" "Six billion cries of agony will with birth the new balance." "CHHHRRRRIIIISSSSSSSS!!" Ser.ously, all of Wesker's lines should just be quotes from RE5, even if they don't match with the scenes at all. It'd be way cool.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 11:20:08 AM CDT

    Hopefully Nimrod Antal directs this as well

    by series7

    He is hope for the future. Poor Russell Mulcahy, oh how the mighty have fallen. John Lithgow was a fucking Bad Ass in Ricochet.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 11:27:20 AM CDT

    Crazy talk

    by mr.ftw

    FlickaPoo: RE4 is one of the greatest games of all time! It had tons of atmosphere and totally retooled game play. It was great the first time but the new control system on the Wii made it better and then the Seperate ways min game featuring Ada on the PS2 ver was awesome. It just kept getting better and better.
    Shermdawg: The story for RE4 was awesome too, it kept a familiar feel to it without rehashing the same plot points from 0-3 and it made Leon in to a complete bad ass.
    Tall_Boy66: The connection between Degeneration and RE5 was the orginazation Clair worked for setting the stage for what Chris was doing in Africa.


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  • Jul 02, 2009 11:28:34 AM CDT

    This was fucked from jump street

    by dancetothebeatofthelivingdead

    When the first one came ut and had nothing to do with/no resemblance to the game the series was already lost on me. I saw the second one and there was nothing there to provoke me to watch the third, (although I have heard that the third was not awful.) To keep this going on is just a step under ho-hum, and one step beyond yawn. Now, if they actually just threw out all the past movies and released a Resident Evil movie that resembled the first game and moved on from there, I might open my eyes long enough to take notice, otherwise, don't care. Someone up top did bring a good point up in stating that they should keep making these just to keep Anderson busy and away from things that anyone gives a shit about. The games, well the original few games, have a really cool mythology and could be good movies with some, wait for it...character development. Although I am, and a lot of you are, sick to death of zombie movies, one that's done right is still viable. In short, this movie will blow.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 11:32:53 AM CDT

    Love RESIDENT EVIL

    by thusspakespymunk

    The series is good, old-fashioned mad-scientist Saturday afternoon at-the-movies FUN, and anyone who can't see that I think is just biased beyond words.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 11:41:41 AM CDT

    No, it wasn't awesome. At all.

    by shermdawg

    It ditched the expected followup to Code:Veronica and the mythology of the series in favor of a goofy side story that really didn't do much to move the series ahead other than to introduce the new "zombies", which was a horrible move given what came of it in RE5. Also, Leon was shoehorned into a story that didn't fit his character. They should've used Carlos, or someone else. No way a rookie cop should be the lone government agent sent to rescue the president's daughter within six years. Leon was just used to get Ada in there, and after everything was said and done, nothing had progressed for either of the two. And now that the series is supposedly gonna get rebooted, we'll never find out what the future holds for Ms.Wong after Wesker died.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 11:46:06 AM CDT

    The movies are ok to me

    by hopeless

    But I loved the games.Now I want to see a movie based on the first game Im kinda bored with the movies made so far.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 11:46:29 AM CDT

    saw the first one...shit

    by theexterminator

    second one....i skipped. saw the third and thought it was decent

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  • Jul 02, 2009 11:50:58 AM CDT

    I like the RE4-5 "fast zombies"

    by tall_boy66

    Okay, they're technically alien parasites, but whatever, it's way tense. The slow ones are way tense too, but you could pick a few off as they just stood there and did nothing. The fast ones are just like "Ahhh!! It's eating me!!" in a second.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 11:54:15 AM CDT

    But it went too far in RE5...

    by shermdawg

    ...with them riding motorcycles and shit. They need to work fast zombies in, but keep them dumb. I don't want them riding vehicles and shooting. That's moving too far away from what the series is about.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 11:56:27 AM CDT

    Still think it should be called Army of Alice

    by moviegimp

    The third one wasn't great but the ending showed there could be an interesting forth. I think her clone army should be called the army of Alice. It just sounds like a fun or funny title.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 11:57:26 AM CDT

    Only way I care

    by agentcross

    Is if they added the Leon S Kennedy character.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 12:00:34 PM CDT

    YAY!

    by megabeth

    I have enjoyed all of the Resident Evil movies. Yes it isn't Shakespeare, but let's face facts, it's a Zombie franchise. What do you expect? I never played the video game so I don't know where they supposedly went wrong. I say there can never be too many Milla J movies.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 12:00:41 PM CDT

    The second one was awesome!

    by spandau belly

    Found the first one underwhelming, loved part two for its ambitious crappiness, haven't seen part three yet.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 12:01:43 PM CDT

    here comes PWSA to fuck up another great franchise

    by stalkeye

    Again!! And Sherm, for what it's worth RE5 was one of the more enjoyable games of the year.African "Zombies" riding cycles and shit.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 12:04:43 PM CDT

    Good for them

    by bass ackwards

    They've found a meal ticket, if we're lucky, Anderson is content living off this franchise alone and doesn't bother trying to taint any other projects for the remainder of his career.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 12:11:46 PM CDT

    I concur. Remake Resident Evil!!

    by stalkeye

    This time ditch Uncle paulie and his non acting baby mama.That Bloke orginally wanted the first RE movie to have a PG-13 rating......PG-13?!? are you effin kidding me?Atleast Sony pictures had the balls to say fuck no otherwise, we'll be seeing kung-fu fighting zombies getting shot with rubber bullets.to be honest, i liked the first two RE movies..but as a guilty pleasure. (y'know like those cheesy japanese action flicks.)But that's enough as the fucker droppped the ball on the third which was nothing more than mad max meets day of the dead.And Wesker only makes an all too brief appearance?Albert-fucking-Wesker, the coolest villian in the RE series has been ruduced to being some 3rd rate Umbrella CEO.Man, Paul must have jeebsus on his side..him and Uwe Bollocks.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 12:12:07 PM CDT

    Milla is an awesome action hero

    by guntermonkey

    Great screen presence. I say bring on more RE! The other films were fun, escapist romps--I'm happy to hear Milla is involved in the next one.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 12:19:51 PM CDT

    RE5 was still a far cry from what RE was.

    by shermdawg

    And having Jill revealed to be dead (via flashback) and the revelation she ain't all in one game, is piss poor writing. Why couldn't they set up that plot point in this and carry it on in another title? Also, Chris, after three games, is still as uncharismatic and fucking paper thin as ever. I hate how characters like Ada, Sheva, show so much potential, yet they keep using generic action guy as the lead.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 12:33:52 PM CDT

    Paul W.S. Anderson is crap

    by baaba_pappa

    Can't do characters, films all his shit in shaky cam, and didn't even try to make a spooky RE movie. Twat.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 12:36:04 PM CDT

    who gives a shit.....

    by itsjust_notcool_anymore_baby

    Do they still even make the games? I remember seeing Resident Evil 2 a few years ago. That movie was a fucking snoooozzzzzze fest. And wasn't the last RE movie pg-13? PLEASE. I still stick with George when I wanna see my zombies on screen.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 12:42:33 PM CDT

    Do they really expect....

    by itsjust_notcool_anymore_baby

    people to be excited about this? Honestly. Just one more $$$equel for the fire...

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  • Jul 02, 2009 12:46:43 PM CDT

    3rd movie had the CRATE OF ENDLESS ZOMBIES

    by turketron_2

    Remember when they opened that container and there were like a zillion "enhanced" zombies inside? WTF!

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  • Jul 02, 2009 12:54:25 PM CDT

    FINALLY... A new Resident Evil movie!

    by jaws8u

    What's that? There have already been 2 sequels... but the first one wasn't any good... Well, at least Mila Jovovich avoided making two awful sequels... She didn't! That explains a lot. I had wondered what happened to her.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 12:55:47 PM CDT

    HATED the first, enjoyed the second and third

    by mefrog

    for all their unintended cheesiness and camp, I thought the second and third were solid entertainment. I'll see a fourth.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 12:57:18 PM CDT

    In fact..FUCK YOU ANDERSON!!!

    by baaba_pappa

    Stick that shaky camera of yours way up your areshole and stop making movies.

    I'm a laid back guy but the fact he makes a career out of rubbish for the easilly amused is criminal

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  • Jul 02, 2009 12:58:46 PM CDT

    arsehole I mean.

    by baaba_pappa

    Fuck you anderson, you're so shit, you make me do typos!!!

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  • Jul 02, 2009 1:17:41 PM CDT

    Limitations of a moderately talented artist...

    by henry fool

    PWSA just needs to stop writing. Seriously. He isn't a writer and has no business pretending to be one. His scripts are crap and he's completely butchered any shot this franchise had of becoming good. He lives in a world of delusion if h ereally thinks his writing is good enough to cut on anything His characters have no arc, his set pieces are tame rip offs of better genre films.

    I don't think he's a bad director at all. In spite of what Harry said about Solider, I liked it. Event Horizon had a lame script but was fun to watch visually. Shopping was a pretty cool little indie thriller. And the original Mortal Kombat movie is one of the few game adaptations to capture the spirit of the game on which it was based.

    Paul needs to hire some good writers on his projects and quit trying to shoulder it by himself. His writing just has no poetry to it. To write good genre stories, you've got to have a poetic quality. Quentin Tarantino, Joss Whedon, Ronald D. Moore, Bryan Fuller, Brian K. Vaughn, Jane Espenson, Christopher Nolan. These writers are all a cut above in the field of genre storytelling because there is a grace and rhythm to their work that blends in with their considerable gifts as storytellers. To be a good genre story writer, you have to have a connection with language and mythology. Paul W.S. Anderson is more of a guy who comes up with cool ideas than a real screenwriter.

    It's a shame, too. Because he's got some visual flare as a director. I'd love to see what he'd do with a Castlevania movie if he could get Bryan Fuller to write it. He really needs to acknowledge his limitations as an artist. He's certainly no Uwe Boll. Paul actually does have some talent. Just not on the page.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 1:24:21 PM CDT

    They should make one on a naval ship

    by thepilgrim

    A band of survivors have taken refuge on a uninhabited island near cuba. The living dead are starting to die off of some mutated version of the aids virus. Worst part is it's airborn. These islanders send a naval ships to states every 6 months to get more food supplies and provisions. Shit goes bad someone who gets infected with the airborn disease. Not bitten- gets back on the ship. It causes madness and violence, not flesh craving or eating desire, and the skin starts to decay fast. The ships coming home.

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  • It was awesome, included most of the main characters from the original game, plus many of the villains, including Hunters and the giant snake. And it was set in a MANSION! Why oh why was that not made?? Bah!

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  • Jul 02, 2009 1:26:56 PM CDT

    Resident Evil really needs a movie reboot!

    by theyreflockingthisway

    Set it in the old mansion with the cast of Chris, Jill, Barry, Rebecca and Wesker. It doesn't have to be a re-telling of the game's story completely but be creative with it like they did with the Resident Evil re-make. The whole Lisa Trevor sub-plot was really interesting and eerie.

    I'm sorry but Resident Evil isn't about this Alice character, it doesn't have brightly lit futuristic labs and it certainly isn't set in a world where 95% of the population has been wiped out and everywhere has turned to desert.

    We want to see dark eerie isolated places (the mansion, Rockfort island, old villages in the middle of nowhere), great characters (especially the rivalry between Chris and Wesker, the Ashford Twins and Leon and Krauser) and make the labs dark, dirty and primitive looking - seriously it's much more effective!

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  • Jul 02, 2009 1:27:45 PM CDT

    See, I agree about Mortal Kombat

    by baaba_pappa

    and he didn't shake the camera around. The action scenes were a lot of fun.

    Maybe the visual flair he once had has gone, I don't know. He doesn't seem very good at capturing emotion either. At the end of the day though he's making money for peddling shite so I'm sure artistry means little to him, and he's happy to get away with it for as long as he can.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 1:30:03 PM CDT

    Milla!! MEEEEEEEEELLLLLAAAAAHHH!!

    by chromedome

  • Jul 02, 2009 1:31:12 PM CDT

    theyreflockingthisway

    by baaba_pappa

    100% percent agreed there.

    Anyway, isn't Resident Evil basically when boiled down about being vunerable? Alice can kung fu fight nemesis. Anderson just does not understand RE at all.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 1:42:03 PM CDT

    Wasn't Mink

    by series7

    Making a Mortal Kombat film?

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  • Jul 02, 2009 1:42:31 PM CDT

    My only gripe with RE5

    by stalkeye

    No, it wasn't the so called "racism" as some towncryers made it out to be, but the fact that the AI was unreliable (Sheeva) and how the build up between Chris and Wesker had a unsatisfying conclusion. Yeah, the jill being "dead" subplot was uncalled for as it did nothing for the storyarc.Wesker, came off as a james Bond villian and the fight scenes with music (Winds of Madness) was all too inspired by the Matrix films. Also there's Chris punching a giant boulder....???!!??anyway, despite it's flaws, RE5 served as an interesting final chapter and the ending song was unforgetable.I'm still kicking ass in Versus mode via xbox live. Great game!

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  • Jul 02, 2009 1:43:45 PM CDT

    Enough Already

    by norm3

    I quit after #2.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 1:44:22 PM CDT

    The game stories are awful to begin with

    by dapper swindler

    Not much you can do to make them worse.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 2:01:13 PM CDT

    Yay.

    by mattmanreturns

  • Jul 02, 2009 2:01:37 PM CDT

    When is that Toe Jam and Earl movie coming out?

    by series7

    Or Uniracers the ultimate challage show?

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  • Jul 02, 2009 2:02:13 PM CDT

    The most UNSUCCESSFUL movie franchise in history

    by sheepshagger

    Surely.
    Who watches this shit?

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  • Jul 02, 2009 2:03:42 PM CDT

    Rate it R and have an army of naked Alices

    by turketron_2

    fighting zombies and tyrants for the 90 minute duration, and it'll be an awesome movie. For the DVD release, every DVD and Blu Ray purchase comes with a free fleshlight.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 2:14:33 PM CDT

    street fighter legend of chun li: worst vg film. watch it.

    by damien chowder

  • Jul 02, 2009 2:15:39 PM CDT

    I liked Resident Evil

    by larry sellers

    But 2 was awful. 3 was not nearly as bad but that's mostly because of the setting. The first film could've easily been a decent standalone film. It had the right elements. Creepy monsters, a story set beneath the mansion, a poorly concocted mystery/twist but at least it tried...and it wasn't quite SuperAlice yet. It was one of the better video game adaptations to be sure, equipped with some nice camera angles that the games are known for. But 2 and 3 are wayyyy over the top. Give me Dog Soldiers or Cube with zombies. That's all the game is. Romero's script was terrible but at least it didnt enter Matrix rip-off territory like Apocalypse & Extinction. Get rid of Alice and introduce some interesting leads. The game lacks intelligent characterizations but at least they're entertaining and not fucking invincible like Alice.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 2:29:07 PM CDT

    lol @ the crate bit

    by theexterminator

    yeah that was funny as fuck

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  • Jul 02, 2009 2:34:31 PM CDT

    It's depressing...

    by foxthebloodied

    ...that the best they could do with the RE series was let PWSA make a Mary Sue fanfic starring his girlfriend. Someone just needs to hijack this and make a RE4 movie without Jojovich.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 3:13:20 PM CDT

    That's an insult to the word 'cobbling'

    by robertbaron

  • Jul 02, 2009 3:29:37 PM CDT

    What if...

    by cellar door

    Milla chaneled her Joan of Arc character from that movie and mushed it together with some full-body copious nudity? I mean she wears those stupid shorts with the one long pants leg clipped on so why not just go bonkerz naked? She's crazy beautiful and these movies are boring now...a little kookoo Joan and some eastern Euro female full frontal nudity never hurt anyone and might even bring about world peace.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 4:06:28 PM CDT

    FIRST TWO = AWESOME........THIRD = DUD.....

    by gibsonusa returns

    The first RE was completely awesome in the same kind of way as Mortal Kombat 1. Second was awesome too.
    The third one was so disappointing....wandering around the desert? The whole aesthetic changed. RE1&2 played in front of glossy, high-tech environments....suddenly with the third we get lots of sand. It just messed it up.
    I hope they can bring back the feel, the scare, and the humor of the first one.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 4:10:48 PM CDT

    Stalkeye

    by oceanic86

    The first Resident Evil movie *was* rated PG-13.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 4:14:18 PM CDT

    and get JOHN WOO to direct...

    by gibsonusa returns

    I think Milla would enjoy spinning with two guns at zombies.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 4:46:51 PM CDT

    Part 1

    by hollywoodplant

    The 1st one was good. Or at least a good start. But the 2nd felt like just an average action movie, and I hated the 3rd.

    Part 1 had a good overall feel of the game. I swore they would of made the 2nd one better?

    But hey I did catch the Street Fighter TLOCL.. God, that was bad.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 4:48:16 PM CDT

    Re: RESIDENT EVIL 4

    by armageddonproductions

    Really? You guys prefer the ultra-clunky control system in RE 1-3/Code Veronica/Outbreak over the retooled controls in 4? Not to mention, the great stand-alone storyline, the epic boss battles, the variety of weapons, etc.? You enjoy how the controls and camera switch if you walk from one side of a room to the other? If they're retooling the previous games to fit 4's and 5's gameplay (and graphics), I'll be the first in line.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 5:06:50 PM CDT

    They'll get progressively worse till a reboot happens.

    by outlawsdelejos

    THAT'S the formula.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 5:08:23 PM CDT

    they should make a resident evil movie...

    by itsjust_notcool_anymore_baby

    about neverland ranch...

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  • Jul 02, 2009 5:11:38 PM CDT

    Part 3 was loads of fun

    by s0nicdeathmonkey

    part 1 and 2...not so much. I look forward to 4 because 3 was just ludicrously entertaining.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 5:12:10 PM CDT

    Proof that RE movies suck...

    by itsjust_notcool_anymore_baby

    ...they have the nerve to cast fucking Mike Epps in it....Mike Epps...The man doesn't have a place in the RE universe let alone the entertainment industry.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 5:12:39 PM CDT

    MIKE EPPS

    by itsjust_notcool_anymore_baby

  • Jul 02, 2009 5:27:51 PM CDT

    The best part of the entire series....

    by gibsonusa returns

    Was the laserbeam room in RE1 where those two guys were trapped inside. IMO that's the picture of the franchise...the computer setting traps for the soldiers....almost like a reverse-Rambo....that was awesome.

    They need to go back to that. RE3 was just zombies in the desert...boring.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 5:32:31 PM CDT

    YES!!!

    by dolmes

    Can't wait.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 5:45:23 PM CDT

    NO

    by beniffer

  • Jul 02, 2009 5:46:54 PM CDT

    MAYBE SOW!!

    by gibsonusa returns

    Now I get to make another post correcting my spelling error!

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  • Jul 02, 2009 6:03:30 PM CDT

    ok RE films arent great but

    by palewook

    i can't stop watching Jovovich.

    make another with her and you got my money yet again.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 6:23:14 PM CDT

    BECAUSE WE ASKED FOR IT!!

    by viewer 3

    I've heard just about every excuse for these awful movies."Well at least the fans of the games like them."Um, no. We don't."Well at least we get to see Mila again, she's hawt."Seriously, if that's the reason why you go to the movies, then go get fucking laid and let the grownups talk."Well they're not made for 'grownups', they're not trying to win Oscars, they're just trying to be good ol' fashioned mindless zombie action! The cheesiness of the action and the face-hidingly bad dialog only adds to its old-school charm!"Right. People who say things like that are the ones who will be perfectly satisfied if absolutely nothing original in cinema is released ever again, for as long as they live. As long as they have their same, tired, old-fashioned, unoriginal explosions and gore, they're good. You can still make a "mindless action movie with zombies" without awful dialog and ridiculously cheesy action and event-logic. It's true. It CAN be done. And it's not even that difficult. The idiots in charge of movies like these simply refuse to do it. They make the conscious effort not to stray from their formula of heavy-metal-music-with-half-naked-female-kicking-ass-while-doing-things-that-make-absolutely-no-sense. I'm not asking movies like these to be all serious and win Academy Awards. But is it really too much to ask simply want a LITTLE originality and meaning to my mindless action? Is it? I'd like to think it isn't.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 6:30:39 PM CDT

    ArmageddonProductions

    by viewer 3

    I'm with you on that one. I'm usually not one for changing a formula if I have such great memories with it, and I wasn't too thrilled when I heard about the changes for RE:4. But playing it made me a believer. I wouldn't mind them eventually going back to the old formula for maybe one game, if for no other reason than to pay homage to itself. Personally I'd love to eventually play an old-school style RE game with today's technology and updated mechanics. But I definitely prefer the new style, it's hard to imagine how anyone wouldn't.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 7:02:01 PM CDT

    I could care less about the movie or the games ...

    by itchy

    but if the movie shows us Milla's beaver and a five minute scene of her getting bukakked by a horde of zombies, I'll be forking over my $10.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 7:23:24 PM CDT

    The more time Paul spends on this franchise...

    by neosamurai85

    the less he spends doing other things... Can we get a Postal II as well?

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  • Jul 02, 2009 7:27:15 PM CDT

    The conclusion of the last film???

    by filmcans

    I could've sworn they were all going to drive to Alaska at the end. Someone refresh my memory...

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  • Jul 02, 2009 7:36:41 PM CDT

    Sherm, I thought the Jill revelation in RE5 worked emotionally

    by tall_boy66

    I guess I just like the voice actress, but when she said "don't you trust your partner?" I thought it worked very well. And I felt for Jill just because she's been the player's digital avatar for, like, 3 games (if you count Umbrella Chronicles) so you already have an emotional attachment to her walking in, and I've never seen a "boss fight" in a game where you have to actually beg the "boss" character to not kill you, that was interesting. Yes, it was the worst twist ever because they're constantly teasing Jill-is-not-dead the entire game. I think the game earned it in it's length to have her dead/not dead in one game. You have to play for, like, 8 hours still you see Jill alive again so she's "dead" for quite some time. Bad setup, somewhat awkwardly written, but a good emotional pay off when you save her in the end. (I will admit to just flat-out shooting her to death when the fight started, so maybe I'm not as emotionally attached to Jill as I think.)

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  • Jul 02, 2009 7:43:35 PM CDT

    Why are you here?

    by oldnewbie

    Do any of you like the films? Do any of you like Milla? From the video, Milla seems to be one of the few truly nice people in the business, graciously taking a fan pic, talking about her young child, and just being gracious. And on the site where the video is from all the posts are positive and all seem eager to see a new Resident Evil film. Here, all I read are complaints, put downs, and just general obnoxiousness. I have never played the game (too old for games, boys) and so I have no issues with game Vs movie. Is that what gets all your panties in a twist?? The movies ain't the game?? Just like the books ain't the movie?? Go away and leave this board if you don't like the topic, movie, person, etc.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 8:11:35 PM CDT

    milla jovovich

    by amy chasing

    hahahahaha

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  • Jul 02, 2009 8:34:21 PM CDT

    They should make a video game out of this

    by lockesbrokenleg

    Oh wait, they did. Shit.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 8:34:55 PM CDT

    Great Casting on II

    by johnian

    Sienna Guillory was a foxy little minx as Jill Valentine.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 9:43:17 PM CDT

    Oldnewbie - the average videogame age player is 33

    by tall_boy66

    That too old for ya? You in your 40s?

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  • Jul 02, 2009 10:13:19 PM CDT

    I'm fine with another one

    by the_ritty

    just cuz the last one was such a setup..enough of these Matrix Reloaded style "middle parts"...movies need to have a point to existing nowadays, enough of this already. Make a good one that ENDS this series...please!

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  • Jul 02, 2009 10:37:21 PM CDT

    If the average videogame player is 33

    by amy chasing

    then Oldnewbie must be 70+ to be too old for games. In which case I'm surprised they typed all they did, arthritis considering.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 10:46:10 PM CDT

    gross

    by mitortilla

    they need to remove his moviemaking license.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 10:52:41 PM CDT

    Milla's partial-nude scenes in RE have yet to be done sexy

    by gibsonusa returns

    I dont know why some of you seem to be looking forward to more. Remember her scene in the second one? She was in chamber with swishing water...hardly flattering for a skin-showing scene...

    I watch the RE series for the soldier vs. computer traps....almost like a popcorn horror type of Skynet.

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  • Jul 02, 2009 10:52:49 PM CDT

    Well, I like the frist three....

    by jaka

    ...but didn't LOVE any of them. Interesting that she's back, I wonder if she's staring or passing the torch? I seem to remember reading an interview with her where she said she was happy to have a trilogy under her belt, but thought that she was done with those films. ??

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  • Jul 03, 2009 1:13:03 AM CDT

    Yeah... Resident Evil 4...

    by milla jovovich

    I don't even remember giving that interview. I was tripping my nuts off that night. But, yeah, hey, Resident Evil 4, bitches.

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  • Jul 03, 2009 1:15:13 AM CDT

    Gamecube or PS2 version?

    by gibsonusa returns

  • Jul 03, 2009 1:21:35 AM CDT

    It is depressing that Nemesis was formed from a nerd.

    by gibsonusa returns

    It's Anakin/Vader all over again.

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  • Jul 03, 2009 2:01:35 AM CDT

    Yes, yes...

    by docpazuzu

    ...but will it have ZOMBIE CROWS?

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  • Jul 03, 2009 2:38:12 AM CDT

    lol i totally forgot about the zombie birds

    by gibsonusa returns

    In fact I virtually do not remember RE3 whatsoever even though I saw it opening dayy. I have zero memory of how that movie ended.
    I remember 1&2 easily...so in my mind the series is still at that point. RE3 is like Back to the Future III, tossed into a new (dirt filled) environment like huh?

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  • Jul 03, 2009 2:41:06 AM CDT

    Hey, Zombie Crows are straight outta the game

    by tall_boy66

    They're irritating as fuck too. Don't say this series isn't true to the source if they toss in the Zombie Crows.

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  • Jul 03, 2009 2:56:31 AM CDT

    Tokyo Gore Police this will not be

    by seth gecko

    That frigging masterpiece will be tainted by Anderson's penchant for taking the 'kick' out of kick arse. PWS makes very entertaining films and is far better than he gets credit for. However he waters everything down. Event Horizon had the makings of a balls out classic but got smashed by his ridculous homage to 'Don't Look Now' and lack of backbone in the crew gone mad scenes which were utterly horrific. HAd he got that part right it would be one of the great space horror films. His cast for that film was incredible.

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  • Jul 03, 2009 3:02:06 AM CDT

    Milla is not sexy at all unless your into guys

    by lockesbrokenleg

  • Jul 03, 2009 3:59:31 AM CDT

    oceanic86

    by stalkeye

    the first Resident Evil was R rated, but in some parts felt like it was PG-13. (Not enough gore and too much emphasis on stylized violence.)I'm really hoping that Sony has the sense to reboot the franchise as the third one was fas less of a charm.That and we don't need to see the "further Adventures of Aliiiiccceee.."!! (No offense Milla, if that's really "you' XD )

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  • Jul 03, 2009 5:23:56 AM CDT

    I lvoe me some RE. I've enjoyed all three of them

    by col. tigh-fighter

    So....Yay! bring on the zombies

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  • Jul 03, 2009 6:12:43 AM CDT

    This needs a reboot

    by akiraone

    What they should do is give the Resident Evil franchise a makeover, along the lines of Casino Royale and Star Trek. Continuing the franchise on the same course it's been going on won't bring anything new to the series, it needs a new take. Considering they're remaking everything in sight why not this.

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  • Jul 03, 2009 7:27:41 AM CDT

    these films are NOT resident evil

    by squiddly

    Take umbrella away from the first film and you have no connection to the games. Why does this guy want videogame franchises then not use any characters or storylines, it makes no sense let him make his films without raping a beloved videogame name and let somebody who has an interest do them.

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  • Jul 03, 2009 7:27:57 AM CDT

    You can NEVER be too old for games

    by harryblackpotter

    Providing my hands aren't riddled with arthritis and my eyes don't have cataracts, I'll be playing video games until the day I die.

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  • Jul 03, 2009 9:23:47 AM CDT

    I really liked the first two Resident Evil movies

    by johnnyangel

    but the third one, not so much. The post apocalypse thing is so done.

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  • Jul 03, 2009 9:56:57 AM CDT

    Horrible

    by cthulu660

    The irony of these movies is that they're dragging down a video game franchise that is actually on the upswing (RE4 & RE5).

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  • Jul 03, 2009 12:12:14 PM CDT

    why did RE5 take a step back?

    by bouncy x

    i remember the biggest complaint of the game series was that you couldnt shoot and move at the same time. then RE4 apparently fixed that finally, but playing the RE5 demo i discovered they brought that back....why?

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  • Jul 03, 2009 1:31:11 PM CDT

    Can we get some Milla cameltoe this time?

    by scottindc

    Or just flash the Vaj. I'm not picky. And can someone explain how a douche like Anderson is laying pipe with that fiery goddess?

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  • Jul 03, 2009 8:06:47 PM CDT

    All of Anderson's films

    by mitortilla

    are Gay versions of event horizon, they should've stopped him at mortal kombat.

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  • Jul 03, 2009 10:01:27 PM CDT

    to get a cameltoe...

    by glenn_the_tool

    Milla needs to put on a few pounds. she has the body of a young boy.

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  • Jul 04, 2009 10:44:46 PM CDT

    Sweet!

    by the milf lover

    I'd actually prefer Milla to do a sequel to Ultraviolet, but I dont think it's gonna happen, so bring on ResEvil4!

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  • Jul 04, 2009 10:47:29 PM CDT

    and just for the record

    by the milf lover

    I've had a huge crush on Milla since before she was a big movie star, when she released her excellent album The Divine Comedy. I love her music! I think by that point the only movie I'd seen her in was Kuffs.

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  • Jul 05, 2009 1:29:55 AM CDT

    Only JOHN WOO can save us now...

    by gibsonusa returns

    Domestic gross
    RE1: $40 mil

    RE2: $51 mil

    RE3: $50 mil

    WooE4: $48749375893479375987573897598347

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  • Jul 05, 2009 2:13:22 PM CDT

    RE4 didn't fix it Bouncy X

    by johnno

    In that you couldn't move and shoot. In RE5 you still couldn't mov and shoot. What makes the whole thing bullshit is that progressively RE has been becoming a more and more action focused game. In which case they should've given us the ability to move and shoot and stop pretending that by not allowing us that ability it retains the 'survival horror' feeling. That's flat out bullshit because it doesn't, it just makes RE5 a frustrating action game with nothing remotely horrific in atmosphere to the previous games. They should just stop pretending that they're doing survival horror anymore and just make it more like gears of war like everybody wants. Apparently RE6 is going to copletely reinvent itself like RE4 did to the previous entries... can't wait to see what they pull out this time! And then go back and start from scratch 3 more times until we finally get something they're sticking with... And for the record Degeneration was a shitty movie! Anderson's movies do a far better job. I guess Capcom can't hold a candle to Square Enix, they should just let Square do a Devil May Cry CG movie!

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  • Jul 06, 2009 12:58:06 PM CDT

    3rd one was great

    by david cloverfield

    Post-apocalyse, Zombies, Superzombies, zombie crows, telekinesis, Alice clones (WTF?) monster scientist, Dead Vegas. Great stuff.

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  • Jul 06, 2009 1:00:59 PM CDT

    Racoon City and I am not talking about the wax

    by spiceybiscuit

    I have to agree, why not make it there? It is the best part of the Video game and isn't that what the movies are based on???

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