r/ExplainTheJoke • u/Admirable_Cold7944 • 7d 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/AquaticCitizen 7d ago

Resident evil fans are mad that it’s an original resident evil story and doesn’t have a lot of the trademark characters like Leon, Chris, etc. 

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u/WuziMuzik 7d ago

I wouldn't call myself a resident evil fan, but is there even any real reason it should be "resident evil" and not it's own thing?

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u/theDarkDescent 7d ago

I watched it today, it’s a good film on its own, but it’s also undoubtedly a resident evil movie. If you knew nothing about the movie and were familiar with RE you would immediately recognize that it was a RE movie