Resident Evil is a video game.
If you want to do a video game adaptation of a beloved franchise, you need to do it right. The Resident Evil series is currently sitting at a 53% on the Tomatometer. If you thought this was going to be a situation where critics hate something but fans love it, you're wrong.
The audience scores for Resident Evil are terrible. I've never seen a show like that on the service. The audience score on the site is 22%, and it has a 3.4 on the site, both extremely low.
Resident Evil is a video game.
Jupiter's Legacy has a critic score of 42% and an audience score of 73%. The comedy has a critic and audience score. The show has a 50% critic score and a 75% audience score. One show that scored higher than the other is the Resident Evil series on the streaming service. I have not seen any other major series on the internet that came close to these scores.
What is happening?
We can't rule out a level of racist review bombing here. The four leads of the show are all actors and actresses of color, with the exception of Albert Wesker who is the best part of the show. There was a lot of attention paid to that, so I can't dismiss it as a contributing factor.
Resident Evil is a video game.
The show is terrible. This is a wholly original story that only pays cursory attention to the games, and it's not even a "stupid but fun" blockbuster like the Milla Jovovich movies. A lot of fans don't like the idea of Resident Evil trying to "reinvent itself for a younger audience"
If you don't like Resident Evil, then you're not a big fan. It isn't very good I liked the performances of Reddick and Nez, but the show is just a sci-fi/zombie show without any connection to the source material. Everyone watches Black Summer and Kingdom, but there are better zombie shows out there. I don't like the fact that Resident Evil season 1 ends on about five different cliffhangers without resolving anything, I am confident that it will get renewed for a second season, but it does not seem like a sure thing.
This is a missed opportunity. Resident Evil fans are the toughest of all of them. The fate of the show and how long it can stay in the top 10 will be known after this.
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