Resident Evil [Netflix]

Netflix have released premiere date, synopsis and artwork for the series.

Hopefully it's better than the last movie that dropped.

Drops July 14th

Just saw the trailers and... sigh... This does not look up to much at all.

I'll reserve full judgement until it's out but predictably it looks like they're more focused on ticking the D&I boxes than actually delivering a decent series, unsurprising given it's Netflix we're talking about. The Netflix adaptation meme strikes again.

If this turns out to be good I'll be the first to metaphorically eat my hat.

So is the Teddy Bear going to be the new Red Queen? And if it's not evil, the woman with the eyebrows that it showed after definitely is.

2 teasers and 1trailer later and I'm still none the wiser as to why they've called this RE bar the obvious brand recognition benefit.

Looks like very tired post apocalyptic zombie fare, more Walking Dead than RE. They've fcked it up, haven't they?

That school scene was brilliant, how did they get him on board top actor

I enjoyed ep 1 after deciding this wasn't the RE i grew up with. Reddick school scene has me onboard with this new Wesker. Some dodgy acting but looking forward to the rest of the episodes after ep 1.

Watched the first episode. So do you think the Billie Eilish fan named Billie was partially inspired by Billie Eilish? 😃

It's not like the films, it's doing it's own thing and trying to stay more or less within the overall background set out in the games it's set after RE5 (maybe 6 but there's a definite reference to the events of 5) so it's not really contradicting anything already established and what it at first appears to contradict is explained by episode 7.

Just finished it it's fine for what it is probably a 6 out of 10 it was watchable throughout. The first 3 episodes felt like it was written for something else and then had RE tacked on afterwards but episode 4 on ties in more with the RE lore and there's a lot of easter eggs thrown in- but not always in a good way, episode 4 in particular has some nods to RE4. There's some lazy writing because it suits a plot point and rather than properly plan it out you're just supposed to accept it for example Umbrella labs has no security and no one responds to an alarm - but RE isn't unique in this regard.

There's some very ropey CGI at the start but I think they saved the budget for the end and the Zombies or Zeroes as they call them here don't feel true to the games they are neither the OG zombie or the Las Plagas Zombies.

I'd love to see it renewed I really enjoyed it , the guy playing Wesker is fantastic

Quite enjoyed that (love anything with "zombies") - wasn't great but wasn't the Day of the Dead show bad

Yeah it's very much Resident Evil in name(s) only. It was just okay imo. Passable. Some good moments, but a lot of things just set up to try heighten drama but which was quickly dismissed and ignored. A lot of things needlessly convoluted too. And the character of Baxter was just terrible.

Could have been better, but could have been worse.

Watched 2 episodes, i feel this is gonna be a chore to finish.

Finished it tonight and I have to say I liked it. Sure, could have been better but it is certainly way better than the reviews it's getting.

Unlikely to get a season 2 sadly.

The early episodes had promise, but then it just went to sh*t. Pure style over substance, and the style was pretty awful.

Lance Riddick did the best he could, but even him at his best couldn't counteract the godawful Umbrella woman and that stupid dance bit.

I don't think the show got a fair shake. It's not as bad as people made it out. I think it got review bombed.

There was a meme going around about a certain character who breaks out into a song (you'll know the one if you watched it) but in the context of the story there was a reason. But it just became a meme and people hated on it without adding its context. It feels like more people said its crap than those who actually watched it.

It has a 3.9 imdb rating. That's b movie of the week rating. It was better than that.

People are definitely taking that part out of context without having watched the show. That said, even with context I thought that bit was just bewildering.

I feel like the target audience for this show was for a younger crowd who maybe like to do Tiktok dances and the writers thought that bit would resonate.

I actually liked the performance that the Evelyn character gave (dumb dance scene aside), herself and Wesker were the only two characters who brought something to the table when they were on screen. The rest of the characters, the less said the better.

I blame this guy

I thought this show was absolute garbage and I couldn't even finish it.

Wesker and the Umbrella CEO were decent, everything else about it, from the plot to the dialogue, characters and actors was pretty awful.

For me it was probably on-par or even worse than the worst of the Anderson films, which vary from decent fun to atrocious on the quality scale.