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Hip Hop Hooray: Paul W.S. Anderson to

Man, you can almost taste the excitement. There is going to be another live-action Resident Evil movie, and Paul W.S. Anderson is "probably" going to write it! Can I hear you say Ho? Now Ho, Ho! Now Ho, Ho, Ho. 

NOW SCREAM!

That's right folks, according in an interview with the Sunday Sun (the newspaper? The celestial being?) Paul W.S. Anderson is "...writing an adaptation of the LONG GOOD FRIDAY right now, set in present-day Miami. Then I will probably write Resident Evil 4."

The man is clearly on fire. Although he put the Long Good Friday in all caps (meaning excitement), he put Resident Evil 4 in italics (meaning professional excitement). With this information alone, I'm already willing to bet that Resident Evil 4 will be the greatest movie in the series, and by default become the greatest movie of all time. Hey, Resident Evil: Extinction couldn't hold the title forever. 

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Coldbrand's Avatar
Coldbrand at 10/19/2008 20:57
I really, really enjoyed the first movie. I haven't seen the others though. I'd say along with Mortal Kombat it was the only good video game movie I'd ever seen.
Grimhound's Avatar
Grimhound at 10/19/2008 20:59
Every movie he makes is just an excuse to divulge in his cheap snuff fantasies. Boo, I say. Booo. He's worse than Uwe Boll.
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MrSadistic at 10/19/2008 21:04
Every time I see or hear people saying they liked the first movie, I just want to face palm. It's one of the worst video game-to-movie adaptations ever. I hope in a decade or so, someone smart comes along and decides to give the series an obligatory reboot. And none of that "voodoo, parasite/alien" zombie crap either.
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar
Jonathan Holmes at 10/19/2008 21:06
Hip Hop Hooray!

Ho!

Hey!

Ho!
B-Radicate's Avatar
B-Radicate at 10/19/2008 21:12
I hope he means an actual adaptation of RE4 and not just the fourth RE movie. One would be amazing and actually good. The other would be complete and utter shit.
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moshakirby at 10/19/2008 21:14
Uhm, can seomeone please tell me exactly how much sarcasm is in this post?

Preferabley as a percentage of words that are used in a sarcastic sentance/words that aren't.

Thanks
aborto thefetus's Avatar
aborto thefetus at 10/19/2008 21:18
I would prefer it if he stopped raping my favorite videogame series.
Foshi's Avatar
Foshi at 10/19/2008 21:29
Ugh, why do we need more of this drivel? I had to sit through three of these because my friends just insisted each new one would be better than the last. They were all horrible.
Matlox's Avatar
Matlox at 10/19/2008 21:38
@moshakirby

100%
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killias2 at 10/19/2008 22:02
Oh man. Just terrible.
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The Grudge at 10/19/2008 22:05
Las plagas!!!

I for one always hope these movies will be great and not suck, and of coarse my hopes get snuffed out like a fat person blowing candles out on a cake that ceases to exist moments after.
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Jonathan Holmes at 10/19/2008 22:14
@ The Grudge- I don't think this movie will have anything to do with the game called RE4. Of course we can't be certain because the movie hasn't been written yet, but word on the street is this film is planned to be a straight follow up the RE:Extinction, which would mean it's all about Alice a bunch of her clones attacking Wesker in his hidden Umbrella hideout underneath Tokyo.

Sounds awesome, huh? It's like everything you love about RE wrapped into one movie, except with less of everything that you love about RE, and more of the crap you could give a rats ass about.

@ Everyone else- Funk Dat
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dontstaylong at 10/19/2008 22:15
i love the resident evil movies because they're totally awful. they're *supposed* to be bad, aren't they? i hope so.
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Trevor McGee at 10/19/2008 22:16
@ MrSadistic

Actually, the first Resident Evil movie wasn't bad. I, too, thought it was decent. I didn't like the fact that it wasn't actually based off the the games, but I did like the fact that the first one was set up in a way that it did not interfere with the storyline of the games in anyway. The first movie could have easily been turned into a canon story arch in the Resident Evil video games. So in that sense, I thought it was actually good.

However, after that it went down hill and completely destroyed that possibility. Alice was interacting with Jill, Carlos became a close ally to Alice as opposed to Jill, no Clair until the third movie and she's completely unlike her video game counter part, no Chris Redfield at all nor mention of him. Also, Wesker was a chubby faced cooperate/business suit wearing schmuck and not the cheesy bad ass that he's supposed to be. Nemesis was the best part of the movie on account of how awesome he looked, though it sucked that he didn't have his tentacles nor did he ever really run as far as I can remember. Plus, they did the typical thing a movie would do and have him turn good before his death, lame.
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ShadokatRegn at 10/19/2008 22:27
I see what you did thar...
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kadosho at 10/19/2008 22:36
Honestly I actually enjoy the direction they take the ongoing series in the film adaptation. It doesn't rely on everything the series has done, it goes from an insiders perspective (something the series hasn't touched yet).
Plus it pays enough homage, that other zombie related films actually learn from.

I admit I'm actually curious where they can go next, especially after Extinction.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 10/19/2008 22:37
I get the feeling you're being sarcastic Mr. Holmes,
randombullseye's Avatar
randombullseye at 10/19/2008 22:55
And he's made/making a Castlevania film.

I had a big post written out, but who cares.
Kyousuke Nanbu's Avatar
Kyousuke Nanbu at 10/19/2008 22:56
I like Death Race and Event Horizon(both Paul W.S films) but his RE films where terrible, Alice turned into Mary Sue after awhile and it was just annoying not to mention all the shitty acting.

The RE films remains the only trilogy of films that I hated right from the start and yet I saw all of them in theater, I still haven't forgiven my brother for that.
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xSledgewick at 10/19/2008 23:03
I'm sickened by this news...

It's sad though, just by replacing that man's middle name with Thomas, we would have a wonderful, dark adaptation. Ugh.
NINE_X's Avatar
NINE_X at 10/19/2008 23:05
cannot express in words the amount of nerd rage i have.
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eternalplayer2345 at 10/19/2008 23:11
I lol'd at professional excitement good job sir!
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DR EGG at 10/19/2008 23:11
It's cool that Paul WS is making video game movies, but he should just call them something other than the original titles. Like the first RE movie should have been titled: Jump Kick The Dog, Alice!

RE2 should have been Jump Kick The World, Alice!

and RE3, everyone knows as It's the Third Movie so we're Killing Off Everyone and going Batshit Insane.

Just like Scream 3 and Jurassic Park 3. And Aliens 3 and Terminator 3.
aborto thefetus's Avatar
aborto thefetus at 10/19/2008 23:19
Holmes, your sarcasm is killing me.
Beat Fu's Avatar
Beat Fu at 10/20/2008 00:47
I was promised an RE4 movie based off of RE4 starring Jensen Ackles and I am still waiting.

Not with patience, mind you.

As for the current RE movies? First one was entertaining, second one was a kid with a handi-cam running around screaming alot, and the third was just inexplicable.
Aziel13's Avatar
Aziel13 at 10/20/2008 01:15
come again
no
seriously come again
FitzLik3AlG0r3's Avatar
FitzLik3AlG0r3 at 10/20/2008 02:18
Just going to be another bad videogame movie. Which is sad because of how much awesome they have to pull from with the RE universe.
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Gibbo at 10/20/2008 02:23
RE:Extinction made me want to cry. Hopefully Degeneration will be decent.
Ali D's Avatar
Ali D at 10/20/2008 05:41
Hang on, someone's letting him do the Long Good Friday?!? Jesus, nothing is sacred.
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar
Jonathan Holmes at 10/20/2008 06:18
@ Kyosuke- Deah Race? Really?

@ Aborto- I love you.
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Wolfy at 10/20/2008 08:57
I loved all the resident evils till dus far cant wait for the next one gonna be awesome
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CyanideBlues at 10/20/2008 09:38
Is "Resdendet" a pun I'm not getting?
elsteveo's Avatar
elsteveo at 10/20/2008 11:07
I didn't really like any of the RE movies. The last one was pretty bad
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king3vbo at 10/20/2008 12:06
A well done RE4 adaptation would be amazing, but it could/would never happen
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TrailerParkJesus at 10/20/2008 13:54
I don;t have an attachment to the RE games so I didn't really mind the movies. So I'm all right with another movie.
Iroquois Pliskin's Avatar
Iroquois Pliskin at 10/20/2008 16:33
"The man is clearly on fire."

Oh christ, i wish he was ACTUALLY on fire.

someone stab this cunt in the eyes before he can do any more damage.

his RE films were fucking TERRIBLE. The first one was ass, and they got progressively shittier with every installment.

it's like he was more concerned with awesome special effects, than he was with the source material, or actually making good MOVIES.

Now then...I honestly think at this point, he's worse than Uwe Boll. At least "In the name of the king" and "Postal" were good. How many good video game movies has Anderson made?
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GohanGVO at 10/25/2008 21:54
I liked the first movie. It felt close enough to 'Resident Evil' in terms of setting everything up, unleashing the cleanup crew (like 'RE3'), etc. Though I was disappointed by the lack of a true Tyrant and instead being stuck with the Licker.

But, the second one was pure shit. As soon as Alice got super powers and ran down the side of a building, I broke the fucking .MPEG in half (with my virtual SUPER POWERS). Also, Nemesis pulling a fucking face turn near the end? Suck my balls.

I did not even bother with the third one.

This will suck.
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