Threadsident Readvil: Conversations (A thread for general discussion of Resi) RESURRECTION

[Peklo]

The clutter of "fine art" only increased on the premises after the RPD moved in as Chief Irons had been taking bribes from Umbrella for years and funding his personal art habit with those gains, thus leading to his collection overtaking the station. They do a lot of neat rationalizations of environmental design through him, like the scattered, confused dispersal of weapons and supplies around the station also being the direct result of his orders, as he'd planned to sabotage the survival efforts of his staff for his own murderous entertainment as the outbreak was spinning out of control and giving him the opportunity to kill without repercussions. It's about as solidly conceived as anything in the series is in narratively justifying its own concepts.

 

[Purple]

Much like the controversy of what Disney tried to pull on Robin Williams, the Umbrella corporation primarily pays its employees and, let's say "well-wishers" in a mix of candelabras, marble statues, and eagle medals.

 

[Ludendorkk]

I assume the people of Raccoon City are so used to slotting in bejeweled cups to open up doors that it doesn't even strike them as odd any more. Out of towners find it very strange

 

[Octopus Prime]

My other favourite part of the game is how Leon is constantly surprised to see a zombie; not startled or shocked, just a mildly confused “What the hell?” Every single time he sees that, yup, this corpse is walking around as well.

After the first dozen or so you’d think he’d be a bit more credulous

 

[ShakeWell]

"That explains the horrible things I've seen." Delivered with all the intensity of finding out your starting pitcher needs Tommy John after losing his 5th start in a row.

 

[YangusKhan]

Yo I think this looks dope. It's probably gonna be a mess because it seems like it's doing both RE1 and 2, but still.

 

[ASandoval]

It's hard to keep teenage me from being excited watching that, absolutely.

The cloying critic in the back of my brain also feels like this is doing what the Silent Hill movies did where they take iconography and aesthetics of the game but forget to actually make a good movie, but I figure at the very least I'll feel like this is the movie we should have gotten back in 2002, and that'll be enough for me.

 

[madhair60]

this looks very bad

 

[chud_666]

this looks very bad

I appreciate that is more faithful, but aside from that it looks like a SyFy movie

 

[Pajaro Pete]

stream "Malignant" the superior Resident Evil 2021 film!

 

[madhair60]

stream "Malignant" the superior Resident Evil 2021 film!

no.

 

[Pajaro Pete]

no.

Hmm... Yes.

 

[madhair60]

eh. ok

 

[Purple]

Why, of all possible songs?

 

[Voncaster]

Being a big RE fan, I'm definitely going to check this out.

Having covers or modified versions of famous songs in trailers has become a habit for Hollywood and its tiresome.

 

[ShakeWell]

stream "Malignant" the superior Resident Evil 2021 film!

That movie is utterly ridiculous and I enjoyed it because it leans in so hard in the final act, but... I don't really see the parallels with RE.

 

[Johnny Unusual]

That said, isn't James Wan like the only person who should be directing a Resident Evil film? I'm not even a HUGE fan but between his horror movies and Aquaman is the exact right ridiculous tone.

 

[Adrenaline]

Malignant is actually the first time his ridiculousness crossed over completely into his horror work. And... yeah, he could do an RE movie.

 

[Octopus Prime]

Not much time into it so far, but Evil Tonight just came out on Switch and is RE as shucks, except as a top-down pixelly game.

And also, as is appropriate for the genre; ammo is to be hoarded like precious gems because boy do enemies take a lot of knife wounds to die and even on the lower difficulties they hit real hard

 

[Pajaro Pete]

That movie is utterly ridiculous and I enjoyed it because it leans in so hard in the final act, but... I don't really see the parallels with RE.

it's got everything, a suspicious laboratory inexplicably located in an abandoned castle, a sewer level, monsters growing out of someone's head, a police station level, goofy action sequences

does it have zombies or like a virus, things that are very central to concept of resident evil?

...no?

 

[R.R. Bigman]

Five and half years late, I have started playing RE 7. This game is super, ultra, mega silly. Main character Ethan was seemingly designed by AI to be the most nothing player character possible. I assume he is also sectretly a bio weapon himself, which is the only explanation for his ability to reattach limbs with ease and survive knife stabs and chainsaws to everywhere on his body.

I quit after the garage fight, which was a lot to throw at someone an hour in.

 

[ShakeWell]

Five and half years late, I have started playing RE 7. This game is super, ultra, mega silly. Main character Ethan was seemingly designed by AI to be the most nothing player character possible. I assume he is also sectretly a bio weapon himself, which is the only explanation for his ability to reattach limbs with ease and survive knife stabs and chainsaws to everywhere on his body.

I quit after the garage fight, which was a lot to throw at someone an hour in.

Well, big spoilers, (like, no really, massive spoilers) for RE7 and Village, but if you want to know Ethan is, in fact, a bioweapon. He's a mold monster. When he dies in the attic, he is, in fact, dead, and reconsituted as a mold creature.

As for that fight, there is a trick to it: use the car. Get the car key, and use your car to run Jack over. It's honestly easier that the first fight with Mia in the attic.

In other news, since no one posted here since, the RE movie sucked ass. Has anyone watched the Netflix show yet?

 

[R.R. Bigman]

That spoiler is pretty cool. I’ve wanted something like that to happen in the series for a while. Turns out it already had!

For the garage fight, I did get in the car and ram the guy a bunch of times until he tore the roof off and took control of the car. That part did scare me, though it was a really elaborate failure state.

 

[ShakeWell]

For the garage fight, I did get in the car and ram the guy a bunch of times until he tore the roof off and took control of the car. That part did scare me, though it was a really elaborate failure state.

He's supposed to. He crashes the car into the wall and "dies," but you survive.

 

[Adrenaline]

In other news, since no one posted here since, the RE movie sucked ass. Has anyone watched the Netflix show yet?

I've heard it's not great but I would also watch Lance Reddick read a phone book

 

[chud_666]

I like it, but....
It's not very RE in a lot of sense. That's fine, as that recent movie proves that you can't just fill a movie with scenes from games. But at same time - why?

Def interesting, plus Reddick as previously mentioned

 

[R.R. Bigman]

Should I use the antique coins to buy the stuff in the trailer, or save them for later?

 

[chud_666]

More life is always good - so Steroids always my first choice
Stabilizer increases reload speed... eh
Magnum also good, but obv you won't get a ton of ammo for it

 

[ShakeWell]

Should I use the antique coins to buy the stuff in the trailer, or save them for later?

Buy stuff. Steroids first, and remember that using steroids not only gives you a health bump, but heals you to full, so if you're low on healing items, you might want to hang onto the steroids until you need a heal the first time after buying them.

 

[R.R. Bigman]

I had to choose between the lady who cut my arm off and was probably working for Umbrella, or a different lady who let me stay in her trailer while she was out. I chose to help Zoe, then she died two minutes later. Did I goof?

Also, is the house section over now? There was some stuff I missed back there!