George Romero Resident Evil Remakes?

[the cure]

wouldnt it be awesome to have the RE movies be actually like the games, I dont know if you guys have seen this but, I found this clip online thought it was interesting,its the making of a old RE2 commercial directed by george romero

Making of

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmIOHQv5U1I

Commercial 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRtIO5eRjAg

Commercial 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vSlRrL689Y

[Darkmoon]

Yes, they have been seen. But before you decide George's version would be awesome, always read the disclaimer. Or in this case, his script.

http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/resident_evil_romero.html

It had...issues.

[alexdz]

I liked Romero's script better, as insane as it is it's still much better then the T-virus drying up rivers and crying Nemesis.

[Anders]

Yes, they have been seen. But before you decide George's version would be awesome, always read the disclaimer. Or in this case, his script.

http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/resident_evil_romero.html

It had...issues.

For those who'd rather NOT read all that... would you kindly (or else..!) provide a very short summary?

[Wrathborne]

Yes, they have been seen. But before you decide George's version would be awesome, always read the disclaimer. Or in this case, his script.

http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/resident_evil_romero.html

It had...issues.

This conversation is over. Darkmoon wins...Yeah the script IS better...but its still not very good.

[Wrathborne]

For those who'd rather NOT read all that... would you kindly (or else..!) provide a very short summary?

Its been a few years but....

Spoiler:

show spoiler

STARS is a military team that runs a town, Chris isn't a member but Jill is(Chris is also half Native American). He follows her and the team to the mansion they all get trapped in it.

Ada is a scientist that is saved by them, Brad gets bitten and has to be killed around the end of the script, Barry is Black(Which is kind of strange, but its Romero) and Wesker is saved by Barry early on so Wesker uses Barry as a slight henchman/partner to survive thew mansion monsters.

The Hunters are in it, but they are bionic monsters and partially bullet proof. Only way to stop them is to shoot out their joints.

Barry confronts Wesker at the Tyrant bit(Tyrant is frozen in a block of ice instead of the liquid confine ) The Tyrant starts to escape, Wesker kills Barry, and as Wesker tries to run through a door the Tyrant impales him and the electronic door slams shut decapitating him as well.

I couldn't really read the script all the way through as it kind of hurt to read. But it used the mansion setting quite well and it had the undead, undead dogs, spiders, Hunters(bionic and all, but still), and the Tyrant.

The characters at least all had some personality and motivation, even if they weren't that well written.

George made an honest attempt at trying to bring this games universe to life, even if his attempt wasn't that good. He at least understood the danger of the situation that all the characters were in as well as the importance of the BOW's as a special effect, rather than a gimmick.

[imacwesker]

It had...issues.

Of course, but which script doesn't?

As a script, I like Romero's more than Anderson's because Romero tries to honestly adapt RE in a movie, while Anderson just uses the RE's name popularity to push his own agenda.
So yes, some situation in Romero's script are grotesque, and the characters aren't so great... well, so are they in the videogame(s) too!
At least he uses the videogame characters names and locations, and follow the videogame storyline (Raccoon murders, Mansion, underground lab).
Even some key motivations from the game are in the script too (Barry "good" traitor, Wesker "bad" traitor).

I think that in the end, it is all about what one expect from a movie adapting a video game

[Anders]

Thanks, Wrathborne. Apart from the obvious weirdness, it doesn't sound that bad. As imacwesker said, at least he somewhat tried to adapt the game into a movie. You'd still have to take the movie for what it was, separated from the game canon. More like an alternate take.

But...

Spoiler:

show spoiler

...killing off Barry is just wrong.

[Wrathborne]

Of course, but which script doesn't?

Citizen Kane, Silence Of The Lambs, The Terminator, Psycho,...

[Rombie]

Aha... lol, oh well for some reason I'm still credited for that script. Good stuff.

---
This text orginiated from www.New-Blood.com, please check them
out for Resident Evil coverage.
---

Would have been better if I didn't misspell originated though. :p

One of the old RPD podcasts goes over the history of Romero's involvement in the movies (it's ultra long as Dot goes through the whole script afterward as I recall).

The worst thing about his whole involvement is that he knew the origins of the series were rooted in his films and was really keen about making a new zombie movie with them, which is where the commercials began it, but the people at Constantine Films started sending him information that didn't sound like they liked his direction.

In the end Capcom said he was "fired" (and this was only in an interview in a gaming magazine) but according to Romero, Constantine just stopped talking to him and so he just figured they'd stopped making the film. Had it been a US production company rather than a German one, I expect it probably would have ended up in the courts like when Romero was involved with The Mummy.

[Wrathborne]

Constantin Films is one of the worst fucking studios out there and shouldn't have been in business as long as they have been. These guys really just make shit films.

[alexdz]

Thanks, Wrathborne. Apart from the obvious weirdness, it doesn't sound that bad. As imacwesker said, at least he somewhat tried to adapt the game into a movie. You'd still have to take the movie for what it was, separated from the game canon. More like an alternate take.

But...

Spoiler:

show spoiler

...killing off Barry is just wrong.

I think Barry being black and calling Wesker "boss" all the time was much more wrong.

[Anders]

I think Barry being black and calling Wesker "boss" all the time was much more wrong.

Now what do you have against black people, huh?

[jimmyjoejangles]

I thought the script that was read on the dispatch was all right, i think it would have been much better then what we got. it was a little campy, but all good horror movies are.

[Humor Tumor]

The script itself wasn't too bad. As a stand alone film it would have done fairly well, much better than Anderson's.