RE: Damnation vs. RE: Retribution

Mcghie wrote:

I never knew it was a Remake, who was the original director ?

The Thing from Another World (1951), directed by Howard Hawks and Christian Nyby.

Mcghie wrote:

the ring, the grudge

Those were amazing movies in their own right. If the most avid fan of classic movies can give them a chance, so can you: [link]

Spike991 wrote:

Friday The 13th(I liked it)

I'm actually a huge Friday the 13th fan (I actually have a Friday the 13th shirt on right now) but I just couldn't like that one. I mean, I liked the Halloween remake. It was great. The Friday remake just felt like a dull slasher made for the sake of being a slasher.

Mass Distraction wrote:

I'm actually a huge Friday the 13th fan (I actually have a Friday the 13th shirt on right now) but I just couldn't like that one. I mean, I liked the Halloween remake. It was great. The Friday remake just felt like a dull slasher made for the sake of being a slasher.

Whats wrong with a fun Slasher film? thats pretty much what they always were.

I hate the stupid Halloween remake.

Spike991 wrote:

Mass Distraction wrote:

I'm actually a huge Friday the 13th fan (I actually have a Friday the 13th shirt on right now) but I just couldn't like that one. I mean, I liked the Halloween remake. It was great. The Friday remake just felt like a dull slasher made for the sake of being a slasher.

Whats wrong with a fun Slasher film? thats pretty much what they always were.

I hate the stupid Halloween remake.

Same, Rob Zombies career should end.

weskersbarber wrote:

Spike991 wrote:

Mass Distraction wrote:

I'm actually a huge Friday the 13th fan (I actually have a Friday the 13th shirt on right now) but I just couldn't like that one. I mean, I liked the Halloween remake. It was great. The Friday remake just felt like a dull slasher made for the sake of being a slasher.

Whats wrong with a fun Slasher film? thats pretty much what they always were.

I hate the stupid Halloween remake.

Same, Rob Zombies career should end.

I didn't like any of his movies. Devil's Rejects, House Of A Thousand Corpses or whatever and that jacked up Halloween remake.

Spike991 wrote:

Mass Distraction wrote:

I'm actually a huge Friday the 13th fan (I actually have a Friday the 13th shirt on right now) but I just couldn't like that one. I mean, I liked the Halloween remake. It was great. The Friday remake just felt like a dull slasher made for the sake of being a slasher.

Whats wrong with a fun Slasher film? thats pretty much what they always were.

True but I think the biggest flaw, for me at least, in the movie was that they crammed way too much in one movie. Of course it didn't completely follow the original story (remakes rarely do) but they shoved like 3-4 of the first movies' plot into that one.

I guess that's why I liked the Halloween remake. It had story and suspense. It only used the premise of the first movie too.

Mcghie wrote:

@Mass - I did give them a chance and nope, original is best on that one
Some people like it, some dont, I'm a seasoned Asian horror movie fan and am open minded but the jap's win on this one

The Japanese version could win, sure, but as James said in the video the remakes are still great horror movies.

Btw, as you are a fan of japanese horror have you seen the Forbidden Siren and Dead Rising movies?

Mcghie wrote:

It is REALLY hard to find a download for it though so in that sense its a rare film outside Japan.

I managed to get it on my computer Wasn't easy, though.

Yeah, the DR movie didn't look too amazing but I'll give it a chance and check it out when I have time. I already have it on my hard drive.

This is an official film, though. It was in the 360 limited edition of DR2.

Speaking of fan films, I'm really waiting for the Sonic movie. The same guys previously made a MegaMan movie based on the first game and it was pretty good.

oh hai guize im totally antipatin Retribution so much, gotz2be best movie ever. it got that one chick with supa powaz and she so much beeta than clairebear and leonz. leonz is so week he cant even punch boulderz like chriss and alice.

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Mass Distraction wrote:

True but I think the biggest flaw, for me at least, in the movie was that they crammed way too much in one movie. Of course it didn't completely follow the original story (remakes rarely do) but they shoved like 3-4 of the first movies' plot into that one.

Haha, yeah that's pretty much exactly what they did.

As his mother was the first, then Jason was in the second with the potato sack, and didn' get his trademark goalie mask til the 3rd.

No offence but all true Resident Evil fans will be more excited for Damnation. Possible accurance of BILLY! 8D I am interested in seeing the new live action movie just to see how Anderson screws the series up this time. The actress playing Ada looks good through, definately unsure about Leon and Barry. I just hope Damnation isn't all about Leon, he seems to be the star of many resident evil games/movies, yeah he is awesome. We get it. What about Carlos(nobody really cares) Barry or ARK! I would loooove to see Ark return with his witty dialogue 8D

Chelichan wrote:

No offence but all true Resident Evil fans will be more excited for Damnation.

You wanna know something? I hated Degeneration. It was full of crap, and anything new brought up was quickly dismissed and the entire thing was basically pointless. The cure for the T-virus you say? Nope, they were all destroyed. What's this? A new company? WilPharma? Nope, they were bought out by Tricell. They weren't even mentioned in RE5, so in the end, who really cares? It does nothing to progress the story at all other than "Shit happened." Leon was out of character, he gave a character an entire lecture on where to shoot zombies instead of just saying "Shoot them in the head." The music was terrible, I really don't want to see any more Angela, and everyone's shoulders are more broad than Nemesis himself. Oh and have you noticed some of the character model's hands? They're stiff and are in one position the entire time. When a zombie gets up, same hand position, when a bystander pounds on a glass door, same hand position, you think they would have done a better job in animation, but everyone seems so stiff except for when Leon takes off his jacket. Have you noticed Leon? The way he stands? His back is straight like he doesn't care about anything, he's totally unaware of his surroundings. In RE4 he was always crouched over and looking around. Even the way he stands is out of character.

I tried to watch the movie again just last week and couldn't get passed an hour without being totally disgusted and almost feeling embarrassed, like if my parents came in the room and saw me watching porn.

I only hope that Damnation fixes the multitude of problems I had with the first one since I'm banking on the fact that this will inevitable make some ties with RE6. Unless of course the producers of the film feel too shy again and make another movie with no real point or direction.

Mercy wrote:

Unless of course the producers of the film feel too shy again and make another movie with no real point or direction.

To be honest I don't care if it has any point or ties to the main series. I just want it to be fun with the series' characters being themselves doing stuff within the actual RE universe. I still liked the original live action movie even if it didn't have any ties to the series. I really wish they had done it an actual spinoff instead of that "Alice > everyone else" crap.

Mass Distraction wrote:

Mercy wrote:

Unless of course the producers of the film feel too shy again and make another movie with no real point or direction.

To be honest I don't care if it has any point or ties to the main series. I just want it to be fun with the series' characters being themselves doing stuff within the actual RE universe. I still liked the original live action movie even if it didn't have any ties to the series. I really wish they had done it an actual spinoff instead of that "Alice > everyone else" crap.

Eh. I suppose you have valid points, but no matter what I still won't like any of the live action films. I think Alice is the only reason why I can't stand any of them.

Mercy wrote:

Mass Distraction wrote:

Mercy wrote:

Unless of course the producers of the film feel too shy again and make another movie with no real point or direction.

To be honest I don't care if it has any point or ties to the main series. I just want it to be fun with the series' characters being themselves doing stuff within the actual RE universe. I still liked the original live action movie even if it didn't have any ties to the series. I really wish they had done it an actual spinoff instead of that "Alice > everyone else" crap.

Eh. I suppose you have valid points, but no matter what I still won't like any of the live action films. I think Alice is the only reason why I can't stand any of them.

I personally liked things about Alice. Pre-Apocolypse ending. Like before she was making people bleed through monitors and that shit with the TK like in Extinction, I could do without that. Otherwise all through the first 2 I did like her.

I can't wait for either!
I love both stories in different ways lol
But, I guess I'm more excited for Damnation because it's a part of the game series and it can't be beat!

ChrisSherry wrote:

I'm more excited for Damnation because it's a part of the game series and it can't be beat!

Don't speak too soon. Degeneration really wasn't that great, and while we can hope this one is better, I got a feeling...

Spike991 wrote:

ChrisSherry wrote:

I'm more excited for Damnation because it's a part of the game series and it can't be beat!

Don't speak too soon. Degeneration really wasn't that great, and while we can hope this one is better, I got a feeling...

I personally loved it with the except of Angela, and Leon's total personality change from RE4 to D.

ChrisSherry wrote:

Spike991 wrote:

ChrisSherry wrote:

I'm more excited for Damnation because it's a part of the game series and it can't be beat!

Don't speak too soon. Degeneration really wasn't that great, and while we can hope this one is better, I got a feeling...

I personally loved it with the except of Angela, and Leon's total personality change from RE4 to D.

That's enough to warrant it not being so great.

But I mean inferior to even the first live action RE film. Not that there's anything wrong with the first Anderson film, as you know I luv that one, but just pointing out that while I think the story for the games is way better, even with the first film being part of that inferior story, I still find it way better for many reasons.

The music, visuals, etc.

I mean it's just a better movie. And a darn good RE movie too. Degeneration had some really awesome things going for it. Leon, Claire, T-virus, G-virus, Mercier and Court voicing their respective characters, and some cool visuals.

The music is something I thought was lacking. And just kind of a lame story....sort of. I mean here's something, that scene where Curtis is taking on that like army-squadron, with that generic guitar music in the background. Psh.

Spike991 wrote:

ChrisSherry wrote:

Spike991 wrote:

ChrisSherry wrote:

I'm more excited for Damnation because it's a part of the game series and it can't be beat!

Don't speak too soon. Degeneration really wasn't that great, and while we can hope this one is better, I got a feeling...

I personally loved it with the except of Angela, and Leon's total personality change from RE4 to D.

That's enough to warrant it not being so great.

But I mean inferior to even the first live action RE film. Not that there's anything wrong with the first Anderson film, as you know I luv that one, but just pointing out that while I think the story for the games is way better, even with the first film being part of that inferior story, I still find it way better for many reasons.

The music, visuals, etc.

I mean it's just a better movie. And a darn good RE movie too. Degeneration had some really awesome things going for it. Leon, Claire, T-virus, G-virus, Mercier and Court voicing their respective characters, and some cool visuals.

The music is something I thought was lacking. And just kind of a lame story....sort of. I mean here's something, that scene where Curtis is taking on that like army-squadron, with that generic guitar music in the background. Psh.

I don't know, I guess I was just excited to finally see Leon and Claire team up again.
It drew me into it.
there is always some kind of flaw in a movie lol