The fifth film is tentatively titled Resident Evil: Begins, and would apparently follow
[Via Kotaku]
Rumor: Sony plans to follow Resident Evil: Afterlife with reboot Resident Evil: Begins
by David Hinkle 
on Sep 9th 2009 11:15PM
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The fifth film is tentatively titled Resident Evil: Begins, and would apparently follow
[Via Kotaku]
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Posted: Sep 9th 2009 11:19PM Special Agent Steve said
So, what happens if Afterlife fails miserably?
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Posted: Sep 10th 2009 12:11AM The Blank Mage Returns said
You know, I love RE3, it was a huge part of my childhood, but I also noticed at a very young age that the place was designed by a crazed Rude Goldberg. For instance.
Racoon City had, for some odd reason, an automated statue with a place for a compass which also doubled as a switch for electrified water spouts to protect a book which - when given to the statue - turned and opened to reveal... a car battery. They had gates controlled by clocks that functioned only when gems were inserted, and those gems were for some reason kept in locked boxes in the police station. The bell tower could only be rung by correctly aligning three different clocks in three different portraits using three different colored rocks.
I'd keep going, but I think I've made my point. But yeah, don't make fun of Resident Evil 3.
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Racoon City had, for some odd reason, an automated statue with a place for a compass which also doubled as a switch for electrified water spouts to protect a book which - when given to the statue - turned and opened to reveal... a car battery. They had gates controlled by clocks that functioned only when gems were inserted, and those gems were for some reason kept in locked boxes in the police station. The bell tower could only be rung by correctly aligning three different clocks in three different portraits using three different colored rocks.
I'd keep going, but I think I've made my point. But yeah, don't make fun of Resident Evil 3.
Posted: Sep 10th 2009 12:25AM The Blank Mage Returns said
Oh, wait, did you mean the movie or the game? 'Cause that would have been a pretty good movie, too.
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Posted: Sep 10th 2009 12:36AM Mmmmz said
If it fails they can point to the reboot as a good thing and a time to get things right. If it succeeds they can point to it being a good thing because interest is rejuvenated for the new take.
If the Batman series could get away with it, what 3 or 4 times, I'm sure they can get away with it with RE. After all, those fans are more scary to deal with than RE ones. RE movie fans that is...
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If the Batman series could get away with it, what 3 or 4 times, I'm sure they can get away with it with RE. After all, those fans are more scary to deal with than RE ones. RE movie fans that is...
Posted: Sep 10th 2009 12:40AM WiredKnight said
Oh, yes, I was referring to RE3 the movie failing miserably. I'd take any of the games over any of the movies any day.
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Posted: Sep 10th 2009 1:13AM (Unverified) said
If you call $147 Million worldwide failing miserably, I hate to see what it takes to be a success in your eyes....
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Posted: Sep 10th 2009 4:48AM WiredKnight said
@Fargus
Money's great, but did you actually watch a movie?
Yes, it was a failure.
Oh, I'm sorry, yes they were successful in making money off of a god-awful train-wreck of a movie, effectively cheating RE fans who still had reasonable expectations for even a halfway decent RE film.
Also, $147 million? You think that's really successful? Even such gems as Ace Ventura 2, Constantine, and even Kindergarten Cop earned more than that.
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Money's great, but did you actually watch a movie?
Yes, it was a failure.
Oh, I'm sorry, yes they were successful in making money off of a god-awful train-wreck of a movie, effectively cheating RE fans who still had reasonable expectations for even a halfway decent RE film.
Also, $147 million? You think that's really successful? Even such gems as Ace Ventura 2, Constantine, and even Kindergarten Cop earned more than that.
Posted: Sep 9th 2009 11:28PM Brother Unit No 4 said
Reboots are the new thing in Hollywood.
Hulk got a reboot.
Star Trek got a reboot.
Superman may get one.
Fantastic Four is getting one.
The question is why would they use the plot of the first film?
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Hulk got a reboot.
Star Trek got a reboot.
Superman may get one.
Fantastic Four is getting one.
The question is why would they use the plot of the first film?
Posted: Sep 9th 2009 11:45PM ArchiGamer said
I think Michael would rather be blown up into little pieces.
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Posted: Sep 9th 2009 11:51PM Vegeta has a ps3 said
"Transformers needs a reboot.
Michael Bay needs to be shot."
Oh this, fucking this. Transformers 2 was such a goddamn travesty. I'd really like someone who actually has respect for the franchise to attempt a Transformers film.
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Michael Bay needs to be shot."
Oh this, fucking this. Transformers 2 was such a goddamn travesty. I'd really like someone who actually has respect for the franchise to attempt a Transformers film.
Posted: Sep 9th 2009 11:57PM HighFiveJesus said
at rells009
WHAT?
they just had a superman movie and fantastic 4 movies not less than 4 years ago or so. they just had those reboots.
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WHAT?
they just had a superman movie and fantastic 4 movies not less than 4 years ago or so. they just had those reboots.
Posted: Sep 10th 2009 12:00AM WiredKnight said
And wasn't Batman Begins a reboot? Or does that just qualify as a prequel?
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Posted: Sep 9th 2009 11:29PM No Kill Tayler said
Maybe they'll follow the story of the game afterall?
(sans resident evil 5)
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(sans resident evil 5)
Posted: Sep 10th 2009 12:09AM Dr Perry Ulysses Cox said
Star Trek was a reboot by virtue of the time travel causing an alternate timeline to appear. It was a really cool way to do it because it's as if there's an alternate dimension instead of erasing any previous Star Trek history.
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Posted: Sep 10th 2009 12:13AM The Blank Mage Returns said
Yeah, it's justified denial of canon.
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Posted: Sep 9th 2009 11:50PM Vegeta has a ps3 said
I was recently watching I am Legend and during the scene where Will Smith is looking for his dog in the abandoned building, I was thinking that if they ever remade Resident Evil that's the way they should do it. Have like one or two characters trapped in some building filled with zombies and have it be creepy as hell.
Of course they won't do that and odds are the remake will be another, really stupid action film.
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Of course they won't do that and odds are the remake will be another, really stupid action film.
Posted: Sep 10th 2009 12:13AM Chibi Chaingun said
Like the first game. Crew locked in zombie mansion.
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Posted: Sep 10th 2009 12:15AM The Blank Mage Returns said
Zombies + Kung Fu = Do Not Want.
And while I'm on the topic.
Nemesis + Teary Moment of Humanity = Do Not Want.
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And while I'm on the topic.
Nemesis + Teary Moment of Humanity = Do Not Want.
Posted: Sep 10th 2009 2:20AM GuineaRabbit343 said
It took three tries, but with I Am Legend, they finally managed to make a decent movie version out of the original story.
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Posted: Sep 10th 2009 12:11AM GuineaRabbit343 said
Maybe this time they'll use the characters from the ACTUAL GAME in the movie, as opposed to characters and a story that had nothing to do with the game.
Also, hand the job to a real director this time, not to some no-talent horror director like Paul W. S. Anderson.
Maybe you can even get George Romero to do it the way he wanted to do it the first time around. But no, the stupid twit movie studio heads decided to go with Paul W. S. Anderson instead of a horror film legend like Romero.
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Also, hand the job to a real director this time, not to some no-talent horror director like Paul W. S. Anderson.
Maybe you can even get George Romero to do it the way he wanted to do it the first time around. But no, the stupid twit movie studio heads decided to go with Paul W. S. Anderson instead of a horror film legend like Romero.
Posted: Sep 10th 2009 12:15AM The Blank Mage Returns said
I think legends are expensive, Rabbit.
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Posted: Sep 10th 2009 12:37AM WiredKnight said
Jill Valentine and Claire Redfield don't count?
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Posted: Sep 10th 2009 2:15AM GuineaRabbit343 said
If I remember correctly, Jill wasn't included until the second movie. Claire wasn't included until the third. They were basically cardboard cut-outs intended to pay lip service and didn't resemble their original video game counterparts much at all.
And don't give me that shit about Sony not having the money to afford George Romero, who has done a lot of excellent films on what was basically an indie budget. George Romero had a good script already written that included the game's characters and story, but the Sony movie execs decided to go with a bland moviemaker (Paul W.S. Anderson) who promised them that he would churn out a bland horror movie that would appeal to the idiots that make up most of the general population. In other words, Hollywood as usual.
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And don't give me that shit about Sony not having the money to afford George Romero, who has done a lot of excellent films on what was basically an indie budget. George Romero had a good script already written that included the game's characters and story, but the Sony movie execs decided to go with a bland moviemaker (Paul W.S. Anderson) who promised them that he would churn out a bland horror movie that would appeal to the idiots that make up most of the general population. In other words, Hollywood as usual.
Posted: Sep 10th 2009 5:26PM WiredKnight said
Yea I thought you were referring to all the movies, not just the first one. I'm kind of okay with them not having actual game characters in the movies, it makes it easier to separate them, quarantine, if you will. Better that they make awful movies with original characters than ruin the stories of preexisting, well known characters.
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Posted: Sep 10th 2009 6:17AM (Unverified) said
She represents one of the main problems of the series.
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Posted: Sep 10th 2009 2:33AM (Unverified) said
It'd make far too much sense to go with the storyline of the games. I'd LOVE to see the first game made into a movie. Why is it so hard for producers to give fans EXACTLY what they want?
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Posted: Sep 10th 2009 3:37AM (Unverified) said
For the love of god, just stop why you're ahead.
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Posted: Sep 10th 2009 10:16AM Chibi Chaingun said
Ahead? Lol. At this point they have nothing to lose... All the RE gamers know to stay away from the movies already.
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Posted: Sep 10th 2009 8:15AM (Unverified) said
They should take a look at Degeneration. It was undeniably the best movie to carry the Resident Evil title, as it didn't change any of the already existing characters, and stuck to the established story. These movies just take the concept and recreate it with a few familiar names.
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