Resident Evil: Apocalypse

[Guest FrigidSoul]

Very short preview to the sequel was on a DVD my father brought home

 

Here's the movie's official website

[Nighthawk 0]

Yeah, there was a teaser (same one that's on the site) on the Once Upon A Time In Mexico dvd.

 

I will see this movie, I'm glad to see gore make a comeback. First movie was fun, if unchallenging. I'm fine with that.

[Guest FrigidSoul]

Ya, that's the DVD I was speaking of. Which might I add pretty much sucked until the major battle pay-off.

 

I wouldn't mind seeing some sort of sequel with Depp and Banderas working together as Depp got badass at the end with his...um..."disability"

[Ravenbomb 0]

Really? I thought OUaTiM was the best of the three.

[Nighthawk 0]

I like El Mariachi the best, but it was number 2 for me. Big Depp fan though, that probably had something to do with it.

[Ravenbomb 0]

I have Mariachi as 2. Also really good, but Sands puts OUaTiM ahead of it

[Mole 0]

Blah, the first one was alright.

 

I'll see the second, just on DVD though.

[NoCalMike 0]

Have they released a full length theatrical trailer yet or is it still just the teaser?

[Youth N Asia 0]

I like the idea of starting out in the middle of town and fighting out better than the idea in the first one

[dubq 0]

Wicked. They filmed the whole thing up here in Toronto. A few of us tried to get on as extras [ie: dead bodies] but alas our attempts were futile.

[Guest FrigidSoul]

They're not sticking too closely to the Videogame storyline. If they had a few zombies would have escaped and caught people drifting out about the outskirts of town which slowly raises their numbers, then they go storming into town.

 

I don't know if I like the idea of people buying over the counter beauty lotion that leads to being a zombie.

 

I also noticed Natasha Henstridge is in this and dressed up as Jill.

[Ravenbomb 0]

I don't think the teaser has a whole lot to do with the actual plot of the movie

[dubq 0]

They're not sticking too closely to the Videogame storyline. If they had a few zombies would have escaped and caught people drifting out about the outskirts of town which slowly raises their numbers, then they go storming into town.

 

I don't know if I like the idea of people buying over the counter beauty lotion that leads to being a zombie.

 

I also noticed Natasha Henstridge is in this and dressed up as Jill.

It's not supposed to be with the videogame's timeline, in the first place.

 

And the teaser is just that.. a teaser to tell you that the movie is coming. I don't think the "regenterate" idea has anything to do with the actul movie's plot [which is Milla's group trying to escape Racoon City, whilst battling Nemesis].

 

..and it's not Henstridge, it's Sienna Guillory [she was in the Time Machine].

[NoCalMike 0]

They're not sticking too closely to the Videogame storyline. If they had a few zombies would have escaped and caught people drifting out about the outskirts of town which slowly raises their numbers, then they go storming into town.

 

I don't know if I like the idea of people buying over the counter beauty lotion that leads to being a zombie.

 

I also noticed Natasha Henstridge is in this and dressed up as Jill.

It's not supposed to be with the videogame's timeline, in the first place.

 

And the teaser is just that.. a teaser to tell you that the movie is coming. I don't think the "regenterate" idea has anything to do with the actul movie's plot [which is Milla's group trying to escape Racoon City, whilst battling Nemesis].

 

..and it's not Henstridge, it's Sienna Guillory [she was in the Time Machine].

Wasn't she also Lee-Loo in The 5th Element........(MultiPass)

[dubq 0]

They're not sticking too closely to the Videogame storyline. If they had a few zombies would have escaped and caught people drifting out about the outskirts of town which slowly raises their numbers, then they go storming into town.

 

I don't know if I like the idea of people buying over the counter beauty lotion that leads to being a zombie.

 

I also noticed Natasha Henstridge is in this and dressed up as Jill.

It's not supposed to be with the videogame's timeline, in the first place.

 

And the teaser is just that.. a teaser to tell you that the movie is coming. I don't think the "regenterate" idea has anything to do with the actul movie's plot [which is Milla's group trying to escape Racoon City, whilst battling Nemesis].

 

..and it's not Henstridge, it's Sienna Guillory [she was in the Time Machine].

Wasn't she also Lee-Loo in The 5th Element........(MultiPass)

Milla was, yes. I was talking about the comment about the actress playing Jill, though.

[2GOLD 0]

The only thing I truly liked about RE was slow zombies. God, how I miss that. Unlike DotD which looks like the zombies have been turned into track stars and suddenly have the ability to kip up like Shawn Michaels on Acid.

 

This one has potential, lots of potential in fact. It looks like it will be dark and gloom in some parts, which is very positive.

 

It just seems like Part 1 of the video game series was ignored and now Anderson is including some of the more popular characters. Hopefully it gets to three and Chris and Wesker show up.

 

I might go see it, but if I see Mila doing wire fu then screw the theater and direct to DVD.

[NoCalMike 0]

I prefer slow zombies. The only reason I liked the fast zombies in 28 Days Later is because they weren't the living dead, they were infected with the "rage virus" and slowly walking after your prey, does not convey a "fit of rage" very well......lol

[NoCalMike 0]

I like Resident Evil, I mean I thought it was entertaining, and I abso-freakin'-lutely liked the ending, which sets up part two so well. If Milla starts out by running into a gun & ammo shop, I may have to stand up and applaud.

[MarvinisaLunatic 0]

One of the best things I liked about RE was the music, and its awfully hard to believe that I could like something that Marilyn Manson was involved with.

 

The whole talk about Zombies reminded me that RE 4 for the Gamecube wont have Zombies at all, but it looks awesome.

[dubq 0]

The only thing I truly liked about RE was slow zombies. God, how I miss that. Unlike DotD which looks like the zombies have been turned into track stars and suddenly have the ability to kip up like Shawn Michaels on Acid.

Actually, if you've seen the new trailer in theatres, you'll notice that some zombies run, and some limp, some simply stagger and walk. This is not unlike the Resident Evil series as I believe in RE: Nemesis they introduced zombies that move faster alongside the "regular" zombies. As well as in Resident Evil Remake [ie: RE1 on Gamecube] we had the Crimson Head zombies that were pretty much berzerkers... I'm a zombie freak, myself, so I can appreciate the heirarchy of zombies, and if DotD2004 did this [as I'm thinking] then I'm all over it, remake or not.

[dubq 0]

I prefer slow zombies. The only reason I liked the fast zombies in 28 Days Later is because they weren't the living dead, they were infected with the "rage virus" and slowly walking after your prey, does not convey a "fit of rage" very well......lol

Totally agree. I try explaining this to people who shit on the movie, but a lot of them don't seem to get it. *sigh*

[Ripper 0]

I prefer the faster zombies myself. I just don't find myself frightened by something I could get away from if I walked very fast.

[Nighthawk 0]

You're right. Their strength is in numbers. It's the way you feel like yes, you can get away, but there's just more and more until you're overwhelmed, that's what's scary about them.

[Ripper 0]

You know that scene in Austin Powers when Austin runs over the guy with the steam roller and the guy just keeps standing there screaming when he had plenty of time to move?

 

Thats what I see in the "slow zombie vs. perfectly fast human" movies. I have no problem with the "bursted through the wall and grabbed someone from behind" movies, but in the "I'll stand here and scream about seeing a zombie and let all of them limp over to me" I get annoyed.

 

I mean, for a zombie movie to be good to me, i need to look at it and say "Yeah...I would have died there." 28 Days later....they would've gotten me. Running Zombies stand a chance. Limpy the Hungry Zombie and his friends...not to scary.

[Youth N Asia 0]

Slow zombies work cause of their overwhelming numbers. Sure the human can run away from them for a while...but eventually they'll run out of gas or get backed into a corner, and then they're in deep...I like the slow zombies

[2GOLD 0]

My situation with the zombies is simply.

 

Freshly dead: Yes, they can still move reasonable well but should not be sprinting

Dead for hours: Not as fast, starting to get weaker and slow

Out of the ground: No speed, just primal instinct to eat warm flesh

 

I can appreciate it like that, I have no problem with that. I have a problem when even the out of ground ones are Carl freakin Lewis.

 

Also, 28 Days later was not zombies. Awesome movie but they were not zombies. Humans infected with a virus which was simply rage. If you are in a fit of rage, you better be running or that is one pathetic fit of rage.

 

I'm fine with most things in DotD, but the zombies leaping to their feet? No, that is inexcusable.

 

The other advantage of slow zombies is the relative factor. When you see a zombie running at you, what is there to think about? You shoot and it's dead. But if it's slow moving and you recognize the face....are you sure you could pull that trigger? Are you sure your mind won't play tricks on you and alter their appearance as they get closer?

 

Slow zombies give the illusion you can escape and believing you can escape when you can't is more scary than a situation where you know you can't escape. Well, imo anyway.

 

Romero showed a good reason why his zombies weren't fast movers. It took the people awhile to rise from the dead. Kinda like a person who has been in a coma for a long time, the muscles are going to be weak and with lack of blood flow and nerves not firing anything but basic information to the parts then the body has no way to really communicate the need or want to speed up.

[dubq 0]

I'm fine with most things in DotD, but the zombies leaping to their feet? No, that is inexcusable.

 

True, but, this is more than a remake. I think, by the looks of the trailer, that a lot of this movie has been rewritten, including the reason for the "zombies." So, for all we know, they've written a "virus" scenario into this in order to explain it. Today's mainstream audience is less than likely to just sit back and accept a "well, they're just the living dead because we say so" type of thing than people like us are.

 

Romero showed a good reason why his zombies weren't fast movers.

 

I'm not quite sure about this. There were a few fast movers in some of Romero's flicks. The first one that comes to mind is the first undead that appears in the original Night of the Living Dead. I mean, the guy chased after Barbara and had enough presence of mind to pick up a brick and smash the car window.

[2GOLD 0]

Today's mainstream audience is less than likely to just sit back and accept a "well, they're just the living dead because we say so" type of thing than people like us are.

 

Point taken. I'm fine as long as I don't see a zombie doing a backflip or some kind of leaping crap. They want to run, fine and dandy. I won't like it but I can excuse that.

 

I'm not quite sure about this. There were a few fast movers in some of Romero's flicks. The first one that comes to mind is the first undead that appears in the original Night of the Living Dead. I mean, the guy chased after Barbara and had enough presence of mind to pick up a brick and smash the car window.

 

You mean the guy who killed her brother? I wasn't even sure that guy was a zombie! He just seemed like a pissed off groundskeeper at times and he was more stumbling down a hill than anything. I tried to ask him about that once and he wasn't even sure what he was. I might have to watch it again.

 

Plus, I'm more referring to Dawn of the Dead since if the zombies had any REAL instinct beyond basic then that one zombie who took the gun would have shot out the window to get to them.

[NoCalMike 0]

I don't think the Dawn of the Dead remake is being written as a sequel either.

[dubq 0]

I don't think the Dawn of the Dead remake is being written as a sequel either.

I don't think so either. But even still, the movie looks like a complete rewrite. The only similar aspects I've noticed from the trailer are the zombies and a shopping mall, and that's about it.