I'm interested. I don't have particularly high hopes, but it could be ok or even good. I don't read too much into "the RE movie people are in charge" because that doesn't guarantee they will go the same way with it they did in the movies. They could. They likely will... but it is at least possible they've had another way they wanted to go with some aspect and this is their outlet for that idea.
And I don't discount it for "oh, zombies are so overused now" reasons because Pontypool. To everyone who slams on zombies for being cliche and "everything has been done with Zombies..." I say, "Pontypool. You are provably wrong. Go see Pontypool. There are obviously still brand new ways to tell a zombie story." Cliche might mean it isn't EASY to come up with an original zombie story... but it is obviously still possible.
Do I really think that Netflix Resident Evil will be good. No. Netflix is scrambling right now because Disney took their toys away and are making their own sandbox. Netflix has lost Marvel and Star Wars and will be greenlighting all sorts of crap to try and retain audience. And when you open up the floodgates you increase costs (which you unpopularly pass on to consumers) and decrease your standards. I think ANYTHING Netflix made or makes after Disney made their cancelation announcements stands a better chance of being bad than anything made before. And if Resident Evil on Netflix sucks, that will be the primary reason. So that's why my hopes aren't high for the series, but that mirrors expectations of anything Netflix is making now. But they are still going to have their successes. And RE could be one.
And I don't discount it for "oh, zombies are so overused now" reasons because Pontypool. To everyone who slams on zombies for being cliche and "everything has been done with Zombies..." I say, "Pontypool. You are provably wrong. Go see Pontypool. There are obviously still brand new ways to tell a zombie story." Cliche might mean it isn't EASY to come up with an original zombie story... but it is obviously still possible.
Do I really think that Netflix Resident Evil will be good. No. Netflix is scrambling right now because Disney took their toys away and are making their own sandbox. Netflix has lost Marvel and Star Wars and will be greenlighting all sorts of crap to try and retain audience. And when you open up the floodgates you increase costs (which you unpopularly pass on to consumers) and decrease your standards. I think ANYTHING Netflix made or makes after Disney made their cancelation announcements stands a better chance of being bad than anything made before. And if Resident Evil on Netflix sucks, that will be the primary reason. So that's why my hopes aren't high for the series, but that mirrors expectations of anything Netflix is making now. But they are still going to have their successes. And RE could be one.
