It would be redundant of me to go over the entire history of game-to-movie adaptations to prove to each of you mathematically why this movie will suck, but I find it interesting that film companies are demonstrating a new strategy to avoid a quick exit from theaters with this latestREfilm: completely changing the plot of the games to suit their own needs. Sure, the thing still has zombies, it’s got evil crows, and it has the obligatory phallocentric tentacle guy, but otherwise the whole thing resemblesMad Max 4as envisioned by a drunk George Romero.I don’t recall the parts of theResident Evilseries where we had to reconstitute our urine for the precious water it holds or dig a sand cave to protect our pale skin from the harsh sun, but I havealwaysbeen a proponent of adding a cage fight with a gigantic mongoloid.

It would be redundant of me to go over the entire history of game-to-movie adaptations to prove to each of you mathematically why this movie will suck, but I find it interesting that film companies are demonstrating a new strategy in order to avoid a quick exit from theaters with this latestREfilm: completely changing the plot of the games to suit their own needs. Sure, the thing still has zombies, it’s got evil crows, and it has the obligatory phallocentric tentacle guy, but otherwise the whole thing resemblesMad Max 4as envisioned by a drunk George Romero.

Superman, Elio, and Glordon all looking up

I don’t recall the parts of theResident Evilseries where we had to reconstitute our urine for the precious water it holds or dig a sand cave to protect our pale skin from the harsh sun, but I havealwaysbeen a proponent of adding a cage fight with a gigantic mongoloid.

Three characters walking through red water with a massive dinosaur looming over them in jurassic world rebirth next to a boy riding a black dragon in how to train your dragon

Steve, Garrett, and Henry standing on a bridge in front of a Woodland Mansion in A Minecraft Movie.

Five A Minecraft Movie characters standing in a blocky Minecraft forest with a dog.

A Minecraft Movie cast standing together in Minecraft

The Fantastic Four standing in front of a large blue four in Marvel’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps film.

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The Fantastic Four and Thunderbolts teams from Marvel

The fantastic four standing in front of a big blue four on a stage and a close up shot of superman with a serious expression