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You Can't Kill What's Already Dead

By TK | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (7)

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So, in a move that surprises no one, but should anger everyone, there will be another entry into the Resident Evil franchise. The newest film, Resident Evil: Afterlife, did well at the box office last weekend, hauling in $27 million simoleons, despite being, well, fucking stupid.

In an interview with Vulture, star Milla Jovovich said, “This new Resident Evil is the first one to ever open at number one worldwide. It’s the biggest movie in the franchise… So we’re definitely going to make another one.”

Of course you are. Listen Leeloo, I love you as much as the next red-blooded human being, but you need to STOP. THIS. SHIT. The movies are on a steadily plummeting spiral, getting more and more nonsensical, and despite the gosh-golly effects and the cliffhanger endings, they are still not good.

But wait! There’s more!

Jovovich claims the next entry will be “a more interactive process,” and that husband/director/writer/producer/asshole Paul W.S. Anderson will likely seek out fan interaction and ideas. Great. On the one hand, the ideas can’t get much fucking stupider. On the other hand, the concept of soliciting ideas from th morons who actually liked the last few movies is equally terrifying.

This series needs to die. It needed to die three movies ago. It’s already dead inside. It just needs to learn to lie down. Unfortunately, that does not appear to be its destiny.

Balls.

(source: Slashfilm)









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Comments

haterz gonna hate.

Posted by: gp at September 14, 2010 9:15 AM

Yes, TK?

Oh.

Nevermind.

'balls

Posted by: Kballs at September 14, 2010 9:28 AM

gp beat me to it. The fourth was the best one so far (mediocre, not bad or horrible). I get it, game purists: the film plays hard and fast with your beloved game series. You didn't hear me bitching when the Silent Hill film pissed on the smoldering remains of my dying franchise. No. I accepted it was a film adaptation (a decent one until that wackadoo ending) of a video game that needed to turn into a linear narrative. Deal with it.

And I get it, anti-video game adapters. Film logic is very different from video game logic. You don't get a gazillion lives in the movies. You can't have an unstoppable superhero stripped of her powers still be totally unstoppable. Press the reset button in your brain when necessary and go for the ride.

Would you rather Vampires Su...the accursed film become a franchise because it debuted so high? Would you? I'll take my decent mainstream horror where I can get it.

Posted by: Robert at September 14, 2010 9:30 AM

Mathematical proof that you can't kill the Resident Evil franchise:

Given: This franchise all about zombies.
Given: Zombies can't die as they are already dead.
1. Substitute more zombies into "franchise"
2. These zombies are all about zombies.
3. I.E. This franchise cannot die.
4. Next Title-- Resident Evil: Meta Zombie

QED

Posted by: BWeaves at September 14, 2010 10:06 AM

Yes! Resident Evil rocks!

Posted by: Lex at September 14, 2010 11:40 AM

Oh I loved Silent Hill, Robert. Though I never played the videogame so...yeah. It was always playing on some movie channel when I had cable and I'd watch it every single time. It had a stupid ending, yes, but I thought the atmosphere was just brilliant and the monsters quite terrifying. I'll gladly watch it over and over again.

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