Netflix's Resident Evil Was a Disaster [WolfeWatch]

[@alexinator-hh5fe]

I'm glad John released this review so I can hear about the Dumpster fire without actually having to watch the show

[@cookiescream1993]

I can affirm that this is a blessing. The show isn't even a "so bad it's good." Just some interesting themes on paper that fell apart with terrible scene direction and pacing.

[@mimifisher3406]

not all superheroes wear capes- thanks John

[@exhalestardust]

Same. I heard how bad it was and didn’t even bother. I wanted to wait for someone to review it that I liked.

[@jacobbio]

I actually enjoyed watching it, I was always interested in what would happen next. I never played the first resident evil games though

[@tonypeppermint5329]

Yeah.

[@potaterjim]

"Alright so here's this character, he's a lead scientist at umbrella and has a daughter, he pretty much invented the virus in question and even infected himself by accident, and he is at odds with the rest of the company" "Oh you mean doctor Birki-" "That's right, Albert Wesker."

[@blackadder5346]

It hurts even to say

[@jeremysmetana8583]

"Alright so here's this character, he's a lead scientist at umbrella and has a daughter, he pretty much invented the virus in question and even infected himself by accident, and he is at odds with the rest of the company" "Sounds like a fascinating character!" "Yeah, but don't worry, because the show is all about his irritating, spiteful, unlikeable daughter."

[@lotusinn3]

Lmao

[@potaterjim]

@@jeremysmetana8583 "What does she talk about?" "Zootopia porn"

[@bananaempijama]

😂😂😂 so accurate

[@lobodesade6780]

I love the part where Blade showed up! That scene was amazing!

[@Trojanpige]

I thought that was Wesley Snipe at first 😂

[@lemuntpicard7482]

I though it was Gay Blade from the Eric Andre Show!

[@MkFilipe2]

@@Trojanpige Wesker Snipes

[@nobody2996]

Ya gotta love how Future Jade basically puts her family and entire community in danger because... She can't wait a couple of hours for her experiments to be approved and go through proper saftey procedures. Usually there's a ticking clock element or overall pressure that makes the scientist character make a rushed, dangerous decision because they can't afford to wait. But no, she just has less patience than a five year old on christmas eve and sneaks a zombie onto the ship without anyone's knowledge.

[@tonypeppermint5329]

God damj.

[@Currentlyfreezing]

She would've died in Alien.

[@Elly-z7q]

I know right and i love how Jade watched a zombie break out of restraints not a few days and decided not to get better restraints then the frayed rope she simply had placed around its hands

[@everyonedesires7344]

Character development and even a good character making is almost a myth now.

[@Pragabond]

@@everyonedesires7344 If you think that you're somehow laser focused on all the worst media all the time. 90% of everything has always sucked these days or in the ol days

[@scarletburdette7662]

I never understand why producers, when making a show/movie based off a game, has to make the story completely different and have all new characters. Like, I would think already having literally all the work done for you, (plot, characters, etc.) would make it the easiest job ever. I understand not making a carbon copy of the original but come on. It's all there for them! Great video, John! Looking forward to more!

[@Tekh09]

The script honestly probably had nothing to do with Resident Evil to begin with, some money men just went YEAH SLAP RESIDENT EVIL ON THAT FOR SOME BRAND RECOGNITION and they had to crowbar in game references as a concession.

[@DragonMaiden77]

Probably because the writers/producers think they can do a better job than the video game story. Seeing as how a lot of big name studios tend to shoot down anything actually creative, I tend to disagree though.

[@MollyHJohns]

Buying rights to an established franchise to then make their own show on top of it is standard practice to get money quickly. It's not about making content, it's about generating money.

[@TheeMonkeMan]

@@MollyHJohns it's not going to though. People who don't know the franchise probably won't watch it cause they're not interested and think they might have to see the movies or the games to understand. And people that do know the franchise won't cause they see how much of a piece of shit it is.

[@bepis1305]

I’m guessing they want to make a new show but can’t take risks, so they go for something with a built-in audience. Idk tho

[@SirCoffeebotESQ]

I just wanna point out that Jade's actress was also in the most recent Charlie's Angels and the LEAD in the godawful Forspoken. This woman can't stop stacking in the Ls.

[@Spectrum0122]

bro fr she needs a new agent cuz these scripts are unsalvagable hahah

[@LostOneOmega]

Like the girl from recent Disney projects... Idk her name. She was Falcon, Willow, Solo...

[@yunogasai1594]

Wait what that was her in forspoken?

[@ahmedAli-in5cy]

she also stared in a movie where period blood is power or something. I kid u not its called (Run Sweetheart Run)

[@roramoya]

What sucks is she seems like a decent enough actress, like with the right director she could be really good in her roles. But good acting can only do so much when the writing and scene direction have failed twice over

[@Kathling1997]

The review, the sass, the editing and everything is just super addicting. Please make more WolfeWatch

[@farramichel8023]

My thoughts exactly.

[@user-os7ec4dm8x]

Ah, but is it addictive?

[@pillowswoah]

I'm so glad you suffered through this twice so I didn't have to suffer at all. Bless WolfeWatch.

[@awkwardtenshi27]

my thoughts exactly. I did NOT want to sit through this mess.

[@gaiasguardian205]

The second time was just to see WHEN the plot lines actually kicked in.

[@ScrambledAndBenedict]

So I got two major questions for this series. So, if they wanted to write Wesker as this completely different character, one who doesn't look, act, or sound like Wesker, why did they change Albert Wesker? There were no less than 13 canonical Weskers in Project W, and we only ever saw Alex and Albert: they could have done whatever they wanted with any one of those other Weskers, done a wholly contained side-story that compliments the story in the games, and then have Albert Wesker show up in the final episode as like a cliffhanger or something. They could have wholly justified their use of original characters, had their Wesker AND the canonical Wesker, and actually given some interesting behind-the-scenes info about how Umbrella worked if they actually gave a shit. Why do they always go the "global apocalypse" scenario for adaptations of Resident Evil? The global zombie apocalypse is a horse that was ridden to death, zombified, and then ridden to death again. None of the games ever dealt with a global apocalypse, and that was one of the biggest things that made them both scary and interesting: it was scary that this shit was just... happening behind closed doors and under the streets while most people didn't even know, and it was interesting because it always gave the characters a reason to move forward. Also, true story: Alice was created for the Resident Evil movies for no reason other than to make a wish fulfillment character for Milla Jovovich because Paul W.S. Anderson wanted to get in her pants. I'm actually being serious.

[@jdksdj11]

My biggest question with this show is: Why the CEO of Umbrella shot her own son when in games Umbrella has a couple of methods to cure T-Virus.

[@RobRIPDG]

Pretty much all the others died, as well as there being a Wesker programe was fucking stupid. Not as stupid as this series

[@lilbunnyfoofuug3887]

Yeah I have had the same questions over and over again... I hate Paul W.S. Anderson.... What a hack he is... Only thing he ever made that I somewhat enjoyed was event horizon but even that wasn't as good as it could have been if he didn't play it so safe

[@Blurredborderlines]

Well apparently that worked out, so much for MeToo

[@Mike_Dubayou]

Are you just now learning about male feminists?

[@really1337]

This was interesting. I tend to believe the theory that this series was originally written as something not resident evil, but when Netflix secured the right, they changed and stitched RE into it. It would explain all the weird and odd parts in the story that feel like artifacts from a previous script.

[@r3dr4te963]

So like "10 Cloverfield Lane" and "Coloverfield Paradox", original scripts that are inserted into existing IP.

[@kukuhimanputraraharja8084]

@@r3dr4te963 ugh, the original cloverfield found footage movie was a golden relic. but the 'sequels' are just not in the same genre/niche.

[@PolnocneGranie]

To be fair 10CL isn't bad :)

[@OllieX123]

Maybe they thought the script itself wasn’t strong enough to pull in audiences so slap a known franchise label on it and see if that works.

[@r3dr4te963]

@@PolnocneGranie It can be standalone movie without the cloverfield settings. Heck, rumors said Abrams put the name in there so people know/remember about the original one.

[@LangstonDev]

This was well written, well edited, and genuinely funny. I hope we get many more episodes of WolfeWatch and it doesn't end up like someone who helps Jade and has a backstory.

[@redacted8008]

The comedic timing is perfect. "Remember that Mad Max guy?" _cuts to mad max guy getting his head blown off_

[@Gigitheefrenchie]

Lmfao

[@mr.patriotjol]

i think PornHub can make a better Resident Evil movie than whomever made this garbage\.

[@buckschneider7973]

Ur not serious right?

[@murrygondwana7260]

This review is 1 year old and I am just now learning Netflix created a Resident Evil show.

[@thecatseighthlife7218]

This show sounds so bad but hearing Bert say "I don't like you. You're not nice to me." made me legitimately chuckle.

[@ffordegroupie4931]

Bert needed to be the lead character.

[@gabrielandjavierpinales3689]

Imagine the original voice actor of Wesker voices Bert. I think it would sound hilarious as well.

[@poorlymadeproduction]

theres a nugget of a fun idea there

[@jonathanexcalibur5268]

I love that Bert speaks from the heart. He has no filter.

[@impkid204]

The fact that this was green lit was more shocking than it getting cancelled after one season.

[@Needler13]

Because it has all the woke tropes that Hollywood loves atm. They love it, nobody else does

[@resistantzero66]

@@Needler13 “meat is murder” super obvious one right there

[@bigfitts]

@@Needler13 just say it has people of color in it and you don't like your shows with a lot of people of color in it. Woke is y'all's new term that y'all use instead of saying the racist stuff that you want to use

[@dvforever]

@@bigfitts People of color have a ton of shows and media catering to them. Resident Evil was a video game franchise created by Japanese developers starring mostly white American characters fighting zombies. It's not a franchise about pushing diversity/multiculturalism. It's just a horror franchise about zombies. Authenticity to the source material is important but not for the producers of this show who push their own agendas. The source material is irrelevant to them. Let's put in black actors to play white characters and call it a day. We did a good job! We're heroes for diversity!

[@bigfitts]

@@dvforever do not try to school me on Resident Evil I've been playing it since the original when I was 10 years old. The color of the character don't matter. The problem with the show is they didn't follow none of the plot lines of the video game or use the characters correctly. As I said to the other dude. Woke is y'all's new way of saying racial slurs and you know it. Because you don't have the balls enough to say how you really feel.

[@kropotkinnie]

Whenever we come back to John's face after viewing clips of the show we get the safe room ambience, which is extremely apt lmfao

[@NatalleeK]

The bad show can't get us in here

[@markvasquez879]

The classic harshly critical resident evil review no one expected, but that we deserved. Thank you John. Night made lol

[@shawnycruickshank8895]

I think even someone who is unfamiliar with the Resident Evil games or even the original films would still know that this is unrelated to the original lore. It’s an absolute mess and the flip flop between times is infuriating. I’m glad you did a review from the perspective of someone who loves the games, John!

[@gojousimp9436]

Speaking as said unfamiliar person, I agree completely

[@sethwood1676]

That was my biggest complaint of it. The show was ok at best but, the timeline jumping around really destroyed it for me. It didn't need the teen drama as much as I loved all of the Alberts. Another thing that really bothered me is the mc making the same dumb mistakes that were extremely traumatic to her.

[@williammcdonough4701]

I’m 100% certain that this was originally a different post apocalyptic show, But it was so bad that they knew, Netflix, No one would watch it, and it would get so many bad reviews that they just added the resident evil name to it

[@victorialynn666]

It didn't even feel like Resident Evil it felt like a weird high school drama show with zombies and little hints of resident evil references ? The main character got bailed out all the time and then just gets everyone killed. It felt like they were like hey here's one little Easter egg to remind you your watching Resident Evil..

[@floatingdisembodiedhead8975]

Couldn't have said it better myself.

[@victorialynn666]

@@floatingdisembodiedhead8975 it was just a total let down for me.

[@floatingdisembodiedhead8975]

@@victorialynn666 yup John has a point. Why can't they just adapt the original game into a series instead of making it harder for themselves with new unlikable characters.

[@victorialynn666]

@@floatingdisembodiedhead8975 honestly I don't get it either. You have characters that people love and back stories and everything why not use it. I feel like people are just trying to hard to put their own spin on things .

[@floatingdisembodiedhead8975]

@@victorialynn666 yup. Many writers today I feel like are just hacks who wants their quick 15 minutes of infamy. Their way of achieving those are apparently writing lazy hackneyed twist and edgy unlikable characters. What ever happens to serving the story instead of tacking their own bullshit into the story.

[@MilkPlus1962]

I hope this continues to be a series. John’s commentary and personality is just suited for these kinds of videos!

[@MiraCassandre]

So true, so perfect for him!

[@markdodd4559]

Sadly. Resident Evil got cancelled. (Thank GOD) So John will have to find something else.

[@SilentiumCivis]

George Orwell's 1984: "Everything will be re-written"

[@l.p.5703]

In episode 2, After Jade jumped 50 feet into a crowd of zombies and was rescued by a guy in a car, I really wanted him to turn around and say, “I’m Claire, Claire Redfield. I came to find my brother Chris.”

[@lilbunnyfoofuug3887]

That would have been more entertaining.

[@belalalalal363]

LOL

[@MistaShawn]

Wait, why would the guy say he's Claire? If anything he would be Chris looking for Claire. But I understand what you're saying and I agree.

[@jasonvoorhees7288]

​@@MistaShawnBecause of all the gender/race swapping.

[@AtalarezaAngga]

and considering this is netflix Claife will be gay

[@hoobslice]

Lance was definitely the best actor in the show. He played like 3 different characters and nailed them all, and also gave the best performance just in general.

[@ffordegroupie4931]

His acting ability was wasted on a bad show. He was also outclassing everybody else around him, including the Evelyn lady and his awful daughters.

[@ec1185]

I was blown away by his performance. I remember pausing the show in the latter episodes just to process the brilliance he was serving. Absolutely phenomenal job by Lance Reddick, may he rest in peace.

[@bjrnhalfhand2258]

Yeah but he's a terrible choice to play Albert Wesker.

[@_YourFlyIsOpen]

Unfortunately he was horribly miscast. He is no Albert Wesker.

[@hecgarcia4]

This video is so well made ! The resident evil music edited in the background is so good !

[@stealywheelyautomobiley7565]

one of the series' worst issues is that NONE of the villains seem like they're meant to be taken seriously

[@ustaz_abu_jan]

What do u expect from woke culture? they're trying to reverse everything

[@stealywheelyautomobiley7565]

@@ustaz_abu_jan this has nothing to do with woke culture but i cant tell if your comment is satire or not based on your name

[@ffordegroupie4931]

@@stealywheelyautomobiley7565 Race-swapping characters and unlikable unsympathetic selfish female "heroes" IS woke culture, man.

[@freshglizzy3763]

The trope of powerful, intimidating characters talking like Chloe from LiS will never, ever, not be the worst writing practice to come out of the last decade

[@asuspiciousavocado3317]

More like ever.

[@vivil2533]

@@asuspiciousavocado3317 don't underestimate the idiocy of the future. "So far" would be the appropriate phrase.

[@ffordegroupie4931]

LOL you are hella right. It makes them so lame and try hard

[@mixedcuts1895]

The most baffling thing about the Netflix adaptation is that they had every resource available to them to get this right. They made Resident Evil as a TV show so they could have faithfully adapted the first and second game over multiple episodes for the first season. The budget for the show seemed to be pretty good as the visual effects work / cinematography / set design seemed to rival anything you can see in the theaters at the moment. They also had a massive platform to gain a large audience. It is just a bad case of hubris where the writers think they can do better. I also watched every episode. It's truly shocking that someone approved these scripts.

[@rovenablack128]

Ooh, I'm excited for this Wolfewatch and I'm hoping it's gonna be a series

[@laurentiusmcmxcv]

It's a bloody funny format. Also can't wait for more.

[@CapucineNighly]

This would brighten my days watching more of Wolfwatch. I just hope John's sanity ain't gonna go down the shitter for our entertainment.

[@Zeftilldeath8878]

I doubt it will happen. A lot of editing went into this, whereas John playing a video game with little editing will easily get 200,000 views.

[@requiem1123]

He has another channel named "Wolfewatch". I don't know why he didn't just put it there.

[@JohnWolfe]

@@requiem1123 I uploaded this video talking about it months ago kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKrHiK2hic6iprs

[@CrocvsGator]

According to an interview with a VFX coordinator on First Aid Spray Podcast, the season 2 plot was going to have game characters, like Chris Redfield, and would be more faithful to the games in general, whilst killing off oc characters from the first season....which raises question of why they just didn't start with the Season 2 scripts for Season 1.

[@gaiasguardian205]

Because favors were owed of the creators of season 1. Bet.

[@CrocvsGator]

@@gaiasguardian205 I mean, it was still the same people on both seasons at that point. It just seems their plan was "Introduce controversial oc characters in season 1, kill them off in season 2 and replace them with canon characters" Now that's not necessarily unheard of, there's a precedent for an Alpha Team or decoy protagonist that gets killed and replaced with the Beta Team. So that seems what the showrunners/writers wanted to do, and Netflix is typically hands off on production oversight. It's just, when one does that trick, it's supposed to be for a portion of an episode, maybe two episodes at best. Not an entire season. Because the people who didn't like the decoy protagonist won't want to wade through the first season for the real protagonist, and the people who did like the decoy protagonist won't be happy they were killed off. Now there are exceptions, I don't want to spoil things but I can think of several examples. If you want to know, I'll put them in a spoiler comment down below.

[@gaiasguardian205]

@@CrocvsGator Might be the same people working on it, but not the same list of boxes to tic off for approval. What those boxes were, or who they were for I surely do not know, but the approval process for shows is a clown circuit.

[@tadpolegaming4510]

@@gaiasguardian205 you know what those boxes were, but you're afraid to say it

[@gaiasguardian205]

@@tadpolegaming4510 You're right, the boxes are; the contract stipulations boiled down to a " ____ my ____ or I'll ____ your ____ !" type situation.

[@1untamedbrain]

Just give us the damn STARS team fighting Umbrella zombies and monsters. Why can't we have Jill, Claire, Leon, Chris and Ada? Just give them to us, for the love of all that's holy!

[@starparodier91]

Thank you for your service, John. I honestly can’t believe I didn’t know this existed as a huge RE fan. I think my friends that work at Capcom have kept this from me on purpose for my sanity and I’m thankful.

[@LangstonDev]

I didn't know this existed, either, until this video popped up. Probably for the better, this seems like the only tolerable way to have consumed it 😂

[@yorak13]

Me neither. I thought this was gonna be about the recent movie but to my surprise, it’s a Netflix show! 😨

[@WineAndGames]

This was incredible lol. I love how even though it was more of a scripted video it felt so natural, just like listening to your commentary when you play a game. So well done, and I can't wait for more! (Also thank you for watching this (twice) so I never have to)

[@crimson634]

Something good that the Resident Evil show did is making me appreciate the Resident Evil Anderson movies (Alice).

[@bambiwatsonart]

When you know the next half an hour will be entertaining af

[@meanboss14]

you could have asked me a hundred times how badly i thought this show was gonna go and i would have never guessed it would be This Bad

[@Hyaxel]

U have my respect man!!! After finishing first episode I had no courage to start second episode… it was horrible!!! Specially when they keep dangling in present and flashback story.

[@kenjutsukata1o1]

One of the more baffling parts to me was their motivation for these OCs as the main protagonist/antagonist. Usually when they do something like this it's because they wanted women for the main characters, but Resident Evil is a relatively rare example of a franchise that has featured strong female characters from the very beginning. The very first game featured a woman as one of the two playable characters, as did most of the others. Characters like Claire, Jill, Ada, Rebecca, Sheva, etc. They had some solid lady villains as well. So what was their motivation? Why use OCs? Why make their own, completely bullshit plot? I really, really don't understand.

[@ffordegroupie4931]

they can't even used diversity as an excuse bc two of those ladies are Asian and one is black. I think the new OCs are self-inserts for the writers, bc those strong ladies you mention aren't selfish, stupid, unlikable people. They are all cool and likable in their own ways and usually badass, so they're unrelatable to modern Hollywood writers.

[@Pragabond]

@@ffordegroupie4931 To be fair Ada 100% falls under the selfish and unlikable categories. She just makes up for it by being competent and Jade is just a perpetual and unstoppable fuck up. I have no idea why Jade keeps running into the most insane situations when she seems to be less competent than most 12 year olds. Like ma'am look at your track record you are not good at this. Starting from the first episode she literally gets her arm cut because she has her sleeves rolled up to look cool I guess? Like dude you know any blood will draw the zombies cover the fuck up that's so basic. And she nearly dies from it and I'm half hoping she DOES because she sucks. All they really had to do to fix her is just make her competent but always push herself past her abilities. She's a constant problem for everyone around her and puts people in danger but its not because she's a shithead and fucks up the most basic things its because she's good at what she does but overconfident and flies too close to the sun. Typical RE scientist shit honestly.

[@marsinvader9078]

It's probably one of the many cases where the writers make no attempt to adapt the source material because its from a video game, therefore it's inherently inferior to anything they can write themselves and not worth more than a skimming of the series's wikipedia article

[@EtchaSketch444]

Iwouldn't be surprised if it was intended to be a unique original ip that Netflix had no faith in, so slapped the Resident Evil IP on it for brand recognition hoping that'd help draw people in.

[@adamsransom]

I think there's a perception among the people steering these projects that "people who have played the game don't want to see the same story again, and people who didn't play the game obviously have no interest. So we need to do something DIFFERENT". My big frustration with the RE series was that Jade got out of every bad situation by luck or convenient plot device, rather than her own aptitude. It just killed any tension for me, because her plot armour was super obvious. Great vid tho! I was looking forward to seeing your reaction as soon as I spotted this title on Netflix. You put together a really entertaining review.

[@sloppyjoe5263]

Totally agree with your first paragraph

[@marsinvader9078]

I don't get it, a swat team split up in a mansion of scifi horror trying to survive the many death traps and human experiments gone wrong. Even if it wasn't a 1/1 adaption how is that not an incredibly juicy script waiting to happen??

[@ZombrexFiend]

​@marsinvader9078 They want to put agendas into everything. Once I saw teens, bullies, and even finding out who was casted for Wesker. Completely stopped watching because already knew the crap to come.

[@marsinvader9078]

@@ZombrexFiend The hardest part (speaking as a young neo liberal who's opinions became more nuanced as an adult) is that liberal people that I talk to complain about this stuff too, its an embarrassment for them because their views are so misrepresented. It makes me wonder, is this a demoralization campaign not meant to profit at all, or is this the product of out of touch corporate execs who think this stuff is profitable based on focus group testing that assumes 100 twitter bot comments speak for everyone? In any case I can see the pendulum swinging back on both sides based on who I talk to so I don't let it bother me.

[@ZombrexFiend]

@marsinvader9078 Just doesn't add up to what was the agenda in the first place or what was the story they were trying to get out of completely adding and changing whatever they wanted of the well established lore they were given. This could have just been their self input or a poor attempt to please newer generations while completely disregarding the older. It was just edgy and cringe all round.

[@ollie_last]

From the backing music to your tone of voice, this parody is so accurate 2:19 Thanks for the great and funny review!

[@ThePauseMenuVlog]

I love this format of video. Whatever you want to do John do it. If this is what you enjoy doing and editing I'm good with it

[@davidbellod4656]

THANK YOU JOHN. Now I get to know what I "missed" without losing any more time than I did by watching only the first episode. Hell, if season 2 didn't get cancelled, I think I would have much rather listened to you tell us about it than even take a second to open up Netflix.

[@frjcde9392]

I watched the show until that zootopia porn comment and switched it off. Such a weird comment For a show clearly geared toward teenagers lol.

[@ewanedwards6822]

I'm glad to see Lance carried his role as Wesker decently well once the plot twist gave it a lot more sense. But I think the initial vibe going in honestly makes me ask why Lance wasn't playing birkin instead?

[@kohtan13kumi]

The "rodents of unusual size" cutaway got me right in the gut!

[@Mant111]

I had for the longest time the feeling that I had already watched this, and then it dawned on me: this had Batwoman vibes all over. From the camp, to the unlinkeable protagonist, to the "villain" girl opposite who never amounts to anything.

[@dantesinporno]

I reckon you also couldn't even force yourself to give a single shit about anything happening. Perhaps the most significant parallel to Batwoman imaginable.

[@vicious12394]

Gotta love the wilhelm scream at 18:12

[@_theindustrialpark]

okay but i absolutely love this format of video, the editing is amazing, i really can’t wait to see more like this in the future

[@squidward8125]

"okay but" what

[@charondusk5608]

Honestly, the ONLY saving grace this entire dumpster fire had was Lance and the whole "clone" twist. The guy is a brilliant actor and we got four of him, even if only for a short while, all with completely different personalities and ALL acted well, AND one was pretty close to being how Wesker SHOULD be, something none of the movies/series have successfully done yet? If the Wesker clones had been the main protags, we potentially could've had a good series. Instead, we got.... *urgh* Jade.

[@ec1185]

Lance Reddick was amazing as the Weskers. Damn I'm gonna miss seeing him in film and shows. Rest in peace Lance

[@scottbuck1572]

I was done when they killed the original Wesker off screen

[@tickledpickle5671]

This is actually what happens if Forspoken was a survival horror story. I mean, neither main character is likeable. Just sayin'

[@seliamila1005]

Also Wesker being black DOESN'T work because he's supposed to be the symbol of white supremacists/umbrella underlying mentality. Yes umbrella believe in eugenics, although they believe that the superior humans is not only white, and as much as they tried to deny it, Wesker is the living personification of the root of umbrella belief, he's the blonde haired blue eyed 'perfect' human made in a lab

[@Llucius1]

Yeah the Wesker plot with the teens drama is what I really enjoyed

[@Goblinduchess]

This screams "I have an idea for a zombie story." Netflix: "Perfect. But so we dont have to try..lets slap a big name on it even though it has nothing to do with the material and get some free advertising!" Classic!

[@Fuzzysea693]

The fact that Evelyn shot her own son in the face without a second thought is INSANE.

[@andrewvincent7299]

These cw writers just love making everyone into complete psychopaths. It's just a trend in general in media today. These weirdos seem to think badass means being a psycho

[@mattlombardi54]

The whole show was, awful mess they made with this one lol

[@DaciValt]

And out of all the characters it was her I was hoping would end up at least remotely decent but nope that was expecting too much.

[@Spectrum0122]

that was the best part of the show imo

[@cordulius49]

She was freeing him from the show

[@zombiewithrabies]

You saw the whole season TWICE? I couldn't get past the 3rd episode. Thank you for taking that bullet.

[@Dinosaurman34]

Why does the original Albert Wesker look like Blade?! That’s the coolest thing to come out of the whole dumpster fire

[@rosita3528]

The original Wesker was white with blonde hair, not black and bald. But it seems like people are scared to mention that. And there was no character called Jade or Billie in resident evil. Well, there was a Billy but he was a guy. This show was a pile of woke nonsense

[@danielpeckham5520]

​@@rosita3528Americans just love inserting black people everywhere for silly token reasons, not any good reason that adds to the story.

[@LuckyNeuron-ys8sy]

@@rosita3528tbh a race swap for wesker isn’t really a problem as long as is its done right. I mean look at Michael clarke Duncan as kingpin. The best kingpin in a shitty movie

[@LittJ]

Watching John react to this and give these heartfelt reactions and perfect sarcasm timing is so fun to see. Glad you did a breakdown of this!!

[@avidwriter2882]

Press 'F' to pay John respect for doing this for us.

[@mikey380sx]

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[@hypnotoad311]

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[@norouziman8748]

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[@lautaro1708]

You went through so much torture, my guy. That deserves a like and a sub

[@camilleg326]

This was a really fun video John! I hope you enjoyed making it and create more videos using this format 💗

[@PeskyRaven]

You watched it twice?! Make the therapy costs a business writeoff! But really, thanks John, wonderful video and always and thank you for protecting us from this.

[@buttermilkslam]

rest in peace, Lance. we’ll never get that bert spin-off

[@MirrorNothingFunny]

I managed to sit through the whole netflix series and I absolutely loved this video. You put a lot of my thoughts into words and put a smile on my face through the whole video. It was fun, hope to see more of this kind of content from you!

[@josephbassey1501]

You actually sat through the whole thing I think you have a think for torture Maybe sit thru a session of water boarding next time

[@MonteLight]

I genuinely love the writing of the original Resident Evil video games. The reason is because the characters are endearing. You want the best for them, no matter how B-movie the circumstances may be. That’s the ultimate secret to their success.

[@KOTEBANAROT]

Omg i had the same exact sentiment after watching the first two RE movies! My biggest problem w those was that the characters are completely unlikeable and seem to genuinely hate each other. Even game characters like Jill are written to be super aggressive and foul mouthed. Meanwhile, re1 with all that horrible dialogue and VA, still had characters caring about and looking after each other and i really cared about their safety in the end.

[@daianspahava8279]

The animated movies and the animated series on Netflix was done way better and it actually has the characters voiced by their game counterparts

[@aloevera420]

Loved the commentary. Very entertaining. Hope you do more of this, John :)

[@SoniCodaa]

It’s seems Hollywood has this hideous trend where they take massively successful gaming franchises and insist that they can write these compelling stories better than they were…only to shoot themselves in the foot. The same issue exists with the Halo series where they straight up named it Halo like they did with Resident Evil. The writing and the characters are all complete and served on a silver platter for the show runners. They just cannot leave it alone. Hollywood just has to prove that they, and only they can write a successful script… the success is already built in, they just need to adapt it for the screen. Otherwise, make it clear that it’s a spinoff or an alternate timeline. -I like this kind of content but in your style of criticism. Keep it up.

[@125loopy]

It's not that they think they can do a better job writing. They think no one will come and watch the new thing if it has the same plot. It's so silly. Comic book fans and book fans come to watch live action remakes with the same plot all the time.

[@bananaempijama]

Last of Us is the sole exception of that. The rest, series or movies, are pure trash

[@RobbyEricksonMusic]

Exactly…

[@panzershock441]

@@125loopy Hollywood writers ABSOLUTELY think they can do it better. They never respect their source material, always dismiss it as less than their own work, and are always shocked when their work crashes and burns.

[@alejandroc7357]

@@panzershock441because god forbid these big companies allow the little guy to work on their property and actually put more heart into it. I feel like this is just a tax loop hole where they NEED a failed project to exist here and there

[@AnOldEnglishBloke]

I'm particularly sad that Lance Reddick signed up for this. He was brilliant in the Horizon Zero Dawn and Forbidden West games as Sylens. He also did a great job voice acting for Commander Zavala in the Destiny franchise.

[@conq1273]

I love him from Fringe but maybe he's being charitable with this project

[@AnOldEnglishBloke]

@@conq1273 We can hope. Lance is far better than this.

[@ffordegroupie4931]

He was the one good thing about this crappy show.

[@brianworden7022]

When you talked about a save the animals part my brain went to "I'm the CLIT commander!" from Jay and Silent Bob.

[@binkman71]

Supposedly back in the day when the first movie was being worked out, Capcom themselves told the filmmakers they could not do a 1 to 1 story. Capcom did not want the movie to simply be the video game filmed, they wanted something new that used the plot points from the game(s) but was different enough that fans wouldn't know what to expect. Capcom also felt that if the movie followed the game story exactly, it would hurt game sales since people would just watch the movie. I believe that is why, at least with the Milla Jovovich movies, it forgoes most of the source material in favor of original storylines using characters, monsters, and plot beats from the games.

[@eyesotherworldly]

This video has everything. Excellent editing. Sarcasm. Your glorious heavy metal hair (complimentary). Thank you for watching this twice so that none of us have to... without a lot of alcohol, at least.

[@BeatsByLJ]

i really can't get over how badly they butchered wesker in this he was so badass and genuinely menacing in the games, and was comedy relief while enacting his plans

[@celtictheknight]

I was literally rooting for anyone but Jade. Damn, seeing her get shot at the end was kind of a saving grace as well. This show was terrible in so many ways I can't even start listing. Your analysis was flawless, great video!

[@juanignaciobidegaray]

I didn't knew I wanted a Wolfewatch until just now, this was super fun!!! Thanks for all your work, John! Must not be easy to watch this crap twice!

[@theghostfacekza4549]

I don't understand why they made Jade wholly unlikeable and then make her pivotal for everything. She's a mini john wick, shes better than the head scientist, shes the most important person to everyone. She's supposed to be smart while actively showing us how she makes all the worst tactical, moral and scientific decisions. She's totally unrelatable, unlikeable and not resident evil. Also as someone who worked in security systems, the umbrella break in by 2 little girls is just entirely too much of a stretch. None of the tech or procedures for entry work like that

[@sincitygamer7649]

Thank you so much for this, John! I feel so validated in the things I took issue with lmao Jade is SUCH an unlikable "hero" it makes me furious to see anyone help her... This video was very well done!

[@fuzzy8593]

You hit the nail on the head about the writing being god awful. The sad thing is nearly everything else looks like it is in place, the lighting, mood, environment, tone, sets, etc… so close. Maddening

[@HAZARDOUS88]

John, this was an incredible video. More of this, please. An excellent format!!

[@killcycle0956]

This was awesome, john had absolutely great commentary and viewpoints. Glad I watched this and I hope we get to see more, love ya john.

[@bl8danjil]

Thank you for your sacrifice in watching this twice and giving us the gist of it.

[@saylosrelyks8645]

I don't see how John could do it i mean once is fine but twice makes him a trooper, Critical Drinker was right, no amount of alcohol would make it better.

[@CapucineNighly]

@@saylosrelyks8645 Not even being high on psychedelics will make this dumpster fire any better or any have sense.

[@kukuhimanputraraharja8084]

i'm sure this gave john some vietnam flashbacks of the war with his nemesis, HQ residential houses...

[@Daelyah]

@@saylosrelyks8645 Agreed. Side note, glad to see another Legacy of Kain fan!

[@asaffin1]

Bert's Olive Garden scene (and the clone scenes in general) were great, but I'd argue that the highlight of the entire series was Baxter's Hardboiled-style long take in the prison. Genuinely entertaining and fabulously choreographed and shot. The "real Wesker" scene, on the other hand, was kind of a letdown, because I don't think it was well choreographed or shot, and it came off as kind of goofy. I think his haircut wasn't doing him any favors there either. He looked more like a Blade cosplayer than anything.

[@johnrodriguez8203]

I actually really love this style of video and would love to see you do more like it, John. Thanks for the content!

[@haleymist09]

Thank you, John, for no midroll ads. 💜 Super funny video! I was not "bready" for that explanation.

[@Raven5431]

Sounds like it would be so much better as a backstory of HOW albert becomes so heartless.

[@TheFreshPrinceOfSaiyans]

I’ve been frothing at the mouth for more WolfeWatch, thanks John!

[@YourNotesEchoedFar]

This show feels like a very weird episode of Fringe at times, and that is saying something. 😂 Also, John, I just think it's really cool that you don't do mid-roll ads, and also how professional this video is for it being your first time? technically doing this kind of content?? You're hilarious as usual, and your editor is doing a fabulous job.

[@kropotkinnie]

I feel like the key to an RE show is one, working with the already existing ensemble of characters rather than adding in new ones, two, playing into the horror aspects rather than the action (most of the time), and three, actually allowing it to be campy rather than what these shows and movies have tried, which is a weirdass combo of seriousness and cheese that doesn't capture the charming aspects of the actual series. I genuinely think the sonic movies have done a surprisingly good job at finding a similar balance, and that RE would benefit from someone who (a) wants to pay real homage to the actual cast and (b) isn't afraid to embrace RE's campy form of story telling. Was talking to my friend and mentioned that Riverdale, despite being a god awful disaster show (we forced ourselves to watch, and despite being one of the most chaotically bad things ever it's so self aware that it's often absurdly fun to watch), sometimes feels like a better representation/adaptation of RE than RE's official films do. I'd love to see a team like that be given the series to play with, because with RE I think you have to either commit to being a small, focused horror story, or a big, stupid crazy fest, and either way you have to embrace the camp of the genre and be willing to be out there with it.

[@StyxDipped]

The fact that someone out there, probably with no clue about the games, no doubt loved this show hurts my heart.

[@PhilosophyofElivagar]

Imo the video game adaption of this show strayed too far from the original characters... didn't even mention Bert and his breaksticks

[@beatmeouttame]

​@@PhilosophyofElivagar Bert DLC when?

[@Graycata]

If it helps at all there is at least one person on this planet who unironically likes the movie "The Room"

[@Battlefield2021]

@@Graycata Oh hi Mark!

[@BusiMimmo]

That's because all of the movies inspired by videogames are bullshits

[@defiant_one77]

I died when it was episodes 2-6 “Raccoon Shitty”. Well done. My hat is off to you sir.

[@arunbiswas000]

I never watched the show but something about the Jade's bad dialogue delivery seemed familiar. Then I remembered playing the game Forespoken and guess who plays the lead in that?

[@iHaveTheDocuments]

Yup she's the lead in foreskin. Idk why they keep trying to force this cringe lord on us but it's over for her

[@CharlieA95]

Really love your take on TV Shows and Movies man. Please keep doing more of these. The immense amount of editing and time poured into these are not unnoticed and I appreciate you!

[@azalago]

I love listening to snarky, sarcastic John talking about how garbage something is. This review is amazing.

[@MrGrae333]

Yo man, I watched this series when it first came out and now I have a hobby of binge watching people shit on it and I've just ran across your video. Man, this shit had me cracking up like no other!

[@HenglishShogun]

So incredibly exhausted by the new age BOTTOM LINE acceptance of media writers wasting everyone’s time. I legit want to write my own script now. Love you for covering this John, can we have a “top 50 anything better than Resident Evil” countdown from you lolol

[@breezimckinney6909]

Capcom should have made this, imagine each season was based off each game, how amazing that would be

[@chrisgrimes1218]

Looks like wesker stayed in that volcano a little to long

[@xboobookittiex]

My favorite part of the show was the guest appearance by Blade.

[@Daelyah]

Yeah, but he didn't morb. For shame.

[@slsyams]

John it’s so nice to see you reviewing a show I’d love to hear your opinions on more and more things I can only express excitement ^^ it’s very funny and well put together and I love hearing your ideas about it!

[@thewritebrooke]

I fucking love these reviews! It's not just a "this sucks/this is awesome" review, you actually break everything down. It's also very entertaining to see those really bad clips (I'm sorry but WHY WITH THE DANCING???) and hear the context. Now I know if I which scenes to watch if I want to get creeped out or laugh. I'd love to see more of these! The ghost hunting reviews are so good too!

[@valerieespinosa190]

This was a phenomenal video! I have to appreciate you finishing this series because-- lord have mercy -- I could not.

[@gnkatsil]

Absolutely loved this! Thank you for saving me 8-9 hours of watching this travesty. ALSO - love your use of RE save room music for your narrations. It was perfect!

[@keeganhymer8467]

Holy Crap dude I remember you from back in the day when you had less than 10K followers. Congrats man!!

[@iiKrypton]

the editing with the way john is so sassy makes this so hilarious.

[@chadyoung9065]

That last bit about the zombie/zero thing had me laughing so hard I nearly pooped myself. No joke Thank you, Mr. Wolfe. Also, thanks for no mid-roll ads!

[@haganeelric98]

I was expecting Billy to end up saying "Itchy, tasty..."

[@OldSchoolRoomba]

honestly i don’t even know who this show was trying to target