So I picked this up a couple days ago...

I know I've stated before how I can't resist a bargain but it may have bit me in the ass this time. So I wanted RE: Extinction on blu-ray so I went to Best Buy . It was 26.99 while the trilogy was 58.99 on sale down from 69.99. So I figured why not. I do like the first one for some reason and I thought Apocalypse was ok. Extinction, however is even more disappointing. It just went too far into left field and had the least to do with the games. Considering I already have the fist two flicks on DVD already I feel somewhat violated. It's solely my fault but the disconnection from the games irked me more than it ever had before. So in Extinction we have Claire Redfield who is leading a convoy of survivors (?) and then they meet up with Alice (Milla "gets naked in every movie" Jovovich) who developed telekinetic abilities (?!) at the end of RE2. Then there's the Tyrant, who finally makes it into an RE movie. I thought he'd be...bigger. And that's it. The only ties to the games are Claire, Tyrant, and Umbrella. Oh, and Carlos is still around. Now like I said I liked the first flick, which means I was able to look past all Hollywood-ization of the games. But this newest flick just takes it too far. There's no explanation as to what Claire has to do with anything. No mention of Chris Redfield or Leon or anything else. It makes me wonder what could have been if George Romero had his way with the franchise. His script for the first RE movie is on the net and I plan on reading it just out of sheer curiosity. I can only speculate as to how good it really is considering that Land of the Dead fell slightly short of my expectations. If there is a fourth RE film, I hope it's seriously re-invented in the same dramatic way that RE4 did for the games.