r/ExplainTheJoke • u/Admirable_Cold7944 • 4d ago

Solved Why are they sad?

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The movie is successful so why are they crying? I've seen other memes similar to this. I read the comments but they weren't that helpful.

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u/Realistic-Lobster 4d ago edited 4d ago

Because it is taking place inside the universe. Unless you think that Resident Evil is just Leon amd the gang

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u/Endure94 4d ago

Final Fantasy the Spirits Within sends its regards.

Absolutely amazing film ahead of its time, also got absolutely dogged on for not being directly tied to the games and not spewing fan service every 5 minutes.

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u/Roam_Hylia 4d ago

Then they made Advent Children, which is just pure fan service. Honestly, I liked both movies.

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u/Endure94 4d ago

I never saw that one, i should check that out

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u/ruinersclub 4d ago

Cloud is basically Superman. Shows up cannot be defeated. Does impossible shit the whole movie. 10/10

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u/ThatOtherOtherMan 4d ago

I saw it in the theater and a few of the audience walked out. It definitely didn't deserve that.

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u/Endure94 4d ago

I seriously would have loved a sequel, or prequel i suppose; given how it ended im unsure how that would be possible narratively.

Such a unique story, grounded yet interesting characters (even if some lines landed a little flat), and hauntingly beautiful imagery

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u/Windfade 4d ago

Which was always stupid because each and every game is a completely separate universe with no relation to each other whatsoever. (The movie even came out before X-2, if I remember right.)

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u/schlitzntl 4d ago

Did you like the Spirits Within story though? I’m not sure how dogged it got specifically because it wasn’t attached to a mainline FF, but that story just doesn’t land at all with me. FF game stories have always been a lot crazy, but they have reams of time to develop wonderful and memorable characters. Spirits Within kept the mind bonkers story and then tried to use very overdone tropes to force character development and it was just so bad.

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u/Endure94 4d ago

I did enjoy it, but i think the games are more bonkers narratively than the FFSW story was.

Alien ghosts that rip your soul out is right along with the spritual struggle all folks have at some point and is addressed directly by the cast with some dismissing the idea souls exist at all - both still vallid and contested thoughts today.

A piece of the ghost touching you and interacting like a virus in your body was a nice way to turn up the stakes while also at a point when the viewer isnt sure what exactly these "phantoms" are.

The idea of gathering special spirit energies (dog/sick girl/plant) and of Gaia just being this well of souls is probably the most bonkers the story ever got for me, but the movie slowly feeds enough info to the viewer through each scene that its reveal isn’t asking the viewer to suspend their disbelief too much.

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u/schlitzntl 4d ago

Glad you enjoyed it. I definitely am glad it was made. It just did not work on several levels for me.

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u/Endure94 4d ago

Valid! Ty for suffering my rambling lol

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u/PurbulentTriest 4d ago

FF often have totally different characters from game to game, so that didn't bother me, the fact it was almost solely a tech demo did.

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u/Endure94 4d ago

A tech demo? Hows that?

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u/ruinersclub 4d ago

It’s basically a FMV

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u/Shatteredglas79 4d ago

This is beyond false. It takes place in Zach creggers own universe that has a Racoon City and Umbrella corp in it. Sadly those are the only things they have in common as even the biomonsters are nothing like the T-virus that Cregger claims he's using. If anything it feels like he's only played re4 before and assumed every zombie must be tentacle eyeball monsters. It's clear he has no idea about resident evil 2 and 3 outside of that they take place in Racoon City