{"id":1918504,"date":"2026-05-05T10:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T07:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1918504"},"modified":"2026-05-05T10:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T07:41:08","slug":"after-resident-evil-movie-trailer-sparks-complaints-loremaster-calls-for-calm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1918504","title":{"rendered":"After Resident Evil Movie Trailer Sparks Complaints, Loremaster Calls for Calm"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After last week’s Resident Evil movie trailer sparked complaints that it didn’t look enough like Resident Evil<\/a>, the series’ unofficial loremaster has said that fans should just accept the film for what it is \u2014 and enjoy the ride.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The internet’s reaction to Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil movie<\/a> trailer was decidedly mixed, with many suggesting the film looked like a generic horror movie, rather than a specific Resident Evil adaptation. “This looks more like a 28 Days Later spinoff than anything Resident Evil,” one fan claimed.<\/p>\n

While the trailer did include one hard-to-spot Resident Evil Easter egg<\/a>, its focus on an original character and a creepy-looking new enemy left many fans cold \u2014 even if Cregger had spoken previously about wanting to create his own take on the franchise<\/a>, with a deliberate focus on a new character so as to not simply retell a story fans were already familiar with<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Now, Resident Evil loremaster TheBatman \u2014 who IGN has featured previously for his exhaustive chronicling of the franchise’s story<\/a> \u2014 has called for calm, and pointed out that the movie appears to be no less canon than any of the other Resident Evil film adaptations over the years, such as the long-running Milla Jovovich series, or the more recent Welcome to Raccoon City reboot.<\/p>\n

“To be fair to Zach Cregger, he admitted early on that his movie would not abide to the strict storyline or canon to the games and the trailer certainly reinforces that,” TheBatman told IGN. “It is evident his focus is on recreating the feeling of being in a Resident Evil game or playing one for the first time rather than adapting any storyline. So, like the Paul Anderson films prior and the Netflix series, I think this is going to be a largely unrelated to any of the games.”<\/p>\n