NinetyForChill: The #Podcast - Resident Evil: Welcome to Subtle Paul W.S. Anderson

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Episode 63: Resident Evil: Welcome to Subtle Paul W.S. Anderson (Adaptation vs. Action).

Resident Evil: Welcome to Subtle Paul W.S. Anderson

April 12, 2022

Cool Movies Darth addresses Sony's most important feature of Winter 2021, "Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City". You may dispute this claim, but "Spider-Man: No Way Home" was really a Disney movie. Reimagining narrative video games and creating an action-packed, minimal scare versions of Universal Picture's horror icons has been Sony's bread and butter since 2002. After 20 years of this, it is time to start repainting their established IP.

Allow me to get out of third-person. Happy Prof. Shurtleff of Illinois Central College? I (CM Darth) will try not to make so much light of violent death in this summation. This is my declaration of changing perspective. 

From what I had gathered from YouTube channels, the general consensus is that this feature was a disappointment. Many "critics"/video game fans felt that most of the actors were miscast, primarily for not looking enough like the video game's characters. There were also complaints about how the feature decided to shove the first three video games into one feature. Then you have Leon S. Kennedy serving as comic relief which seemed blasphemous to the video game fans.

The first issue, I guess I can see, but we recently had Mark Walberg and Tom Holland portraying the leads of "Uncharted". As for shoving three games into one film, two of the games take place at the same time (2 and 3). As for Resi 1, is a haunted house movie going to impress anyone?

Leon being a klutz might insult fans of "Resident Evil 4", but some character in this film needs a hero's journey arc. Every other character being a bad ass works for a video game with little exposition, but everyone being the same in a film can be dull. If you do not have unique gimmicks for each character (Like "Street Fighter"), why would we care about any character's fate.

In the end, I am hoping for a sequel. This flick is competent enough and a nice change from the in your face 3D action that Paul W.S. Anderson's "Resident Evil" series overly relied on. "Welcome to Raccoon City" is a faithful game adaptation. How often do we get that?

Time has seemingly been hard to manage for me recently. As of this post, I have yet to watch a movie this month. I really wanted to return to Ally's Accessories Shop on Etsy's Trash Feature Revue with "Gothika", but living constantly exhausted is something I got to quit? Anyhow, there seems to be a loyal fanbase for the Halle Berry feature. Want to chat about it? Send an email to russthebus07@gmail.com.

There was not a guest this week. I do not want to leave you with a mere 15 minutes of content, so I have compiled a bonus episode of Sylvester Stallone's most memorable movies from the 80s, not featuring the characters of Rambo or Rocky. With that said, sixty six point six percent of the films are worth watching. The other thirty three point three percent is "Over the Top".

This bonus episode goes back to 1988 HBO after 7pm. His films with the Cannon Group ("Cobra" and "Over the Top") serve as an excellent summation of the fun that studio provided neglectful Baby Boomer and their children. And NinetyForChill.com will dedicate itself to show why you should never overlook a Rutger Hauer feature, so "Nighthawks" makes this trifecta of Sly.

This bonus episode was broken down from a previous episode of the podcast (Episode 14: Rocky and His Cinematic Liver Shots). All of the films from that podcast spoke about are memorable with the exception of "Escape Plan: The Extractors". If there is one feature that I want people to consider revisiting, it is "Judge Dredd". Fun as a kid, so if you look back fondly on "Batman: Forever", maybe this comic book movie demands a reassessment.

Or you can just go for maximum fun (and Reagan's Fascism) with 1986's "Cobra".

Follow me on Twitter @catbusruss. If you want to be on the show, contact me on Twitter or send an email to russthebus07@gmail.com. All we need is a theme, movie, director, or actor and a focus on sub 100-minute material. As long as the credits start before the 1:39:59 mark on the runtime bar, the movie qualifies.