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Netflix’s Resident Evil live-action TV show takes us to New Raccoon City todayZombies are now zeroes
Zombies are now zeroes
Capcom’s survival horror granddaddy of a seriesResident Evilis hitting the small screen today, with the arrival of Netflix’s live-action TV adaptation. It’s not spoiling anything to say thatAlbert Wesker is back, but this time he’s bringing his family along for those bioweapon hijinks he’s known for. It wouldn’t be Resi without some zombie dogs jumping through windows either, as you’ll see in the trailer below.
Resident Evil | Not All Dogs Are Friendly | NetflixResident Evil’s Netflix adaptation just had to squeeze those zombie dogs in there somewhere.Watch on YouTube
Resident Evil | Not All Dogs Are Friendly | Netflix
I don’t know what to make of the whole thing. Its showrunner, Supernatural’s Andrew Dabb, has gone on record with Netflix’s winkingly namedTudumsite to sell the connections to the Resident Evil games. Interestingly, Dabb insists that the show weaves into the game series rather than the prior movie franchise. He got into the series withResident Evil 3as a kid, then went back to play the earlier games, so he’s a fan from back in the day.
“Basically, the year the game worked out, that’s when things happened,” Dabb said. “So for example, this show is set in 2022, which means the events ofResident Evil Villagehappened a year ago in our [timeline]… Now they haven’t bled into our story yet, but they may down the road. But Raccoon City was blown up in ’98. It fits that chronology.”
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been anticipating this show since it was firstannouncedtwo years ago. Fingers crossed there’s more to it than just hitting familiar beats from the classics, and that it’s quite a bit better than the animatedInfinite Darknessseries that came out (also on Netflix) last year.
Resident Evil is streaming onNetflixfrom today, July 14th. Maybe in season two we’ll see it tie-in with some of the upcomingResident Evil Village DLC?
