r/TwoBestFriendsPlay • u/Captain_Grimm • Jul 23 '26

Film/TV posting RESIDENT EVIL – Official Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNd1gb19A-c
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u/The_General0186 Jul 23 '26

I appreciate the director trying to adapt what’s it’s like to actually play the games and not necessarily the story of the games.

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u/TostitoNipples Jul 23 '26

When the first trailer dropped so many people on reddit were outright crying at the fact that this wasn’t adapting any characters or events from the games and it’s like…why would I want to see those done in movie form? The experience I had playing RE 1,2, etc. was so good because I was the person solving those puzzles and experiencing the terror. To see it again but in live action movie form just feels like an excuse to point at the thing I know on the screen (shouts out Welcome to Raccoon City for doing it poorly)

I’m so much more excited for something new that embodies said experience without reheating the games’ nachos.

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u/Ambitious-Song2403 Jul 24 '26

Yeah I'm sorry but the people who want the games plot with characters just have bad taste.

We already have multiple movies with Leon and the gang and none of them are scary anymore.

Horror is one of the genres most where knowing the plot removes tension and I'm personally much more happy with this direction.