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[edit] Game/Film Deviations

I notice my discusion entry here has been deleted, so I can only presume that someone disagreed. However aren't we suposed to respond to discusion and decide whether any changes are a good idea rather than flat out silencing it? Maybe I missed a reply before it was removed, I don't know and its rather frustrating. I was basicly asking whether the article would have use of a section that high lights the masive contridictions and diversions from its game source. Its not as if I blazed in and started mindlessly altering the article, and to have my input removed like this is realy annoying. So, a short list of game/film deviations? Yes, No? Why? UnknownSquid 01:20, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

  • Thanks for the links to the ResEvil films, they were useful to base the table on and makes it more consistant with other articles. I've started a bit, may add more latter (wish the short list i put here in discusion wasn't removed, woulda helped). Anyone feel free to correct and add stuff. (What am I saying, this is wiki, duh...) UnknownSquid 00:39, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
  • 0_o Its gone again...and no mention of the deleteion here. If someone disagrees with what I'm saying I soding wish you'd at least say so. I didn't spend an hour on that just for it to be anoymously deleted. Thank you very much! Fine, whatever. I'm not going to try to write that out again. This has been a big waste of time. -_- UnknownSquid 01:55, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Plot

Could someone please expand the plot section to maybe two or three paragraphs. Of course it should not be too long, but right now it is only a couple of lines. So if anyone has good knowledge of what the film's plot is about, then please edit that section! thx.Comitmanto 09:41, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Not adviceable, at least not until the movie comes out. This way we can tell which pieces of info are BS (ones without source) and once the movie comes out (hopefully) enough people have seen it so they can recognise made up information for themselves. This is the reason why I deleted any unsourced info relating to the plot a while back. -TheHande 19:50, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
I'd help..but I haven't seen it yet.. - EmeZxX 10:02, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
Its out in Aussie now. I have expanded it, though I read up on the net a little to refresh my memory of all the details. It is all correct though. Valet5 14:17, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] American Release

One part of this article says it gets released on December 8th, then another part says it's been delayed. Will this movie be in theaters Friday or not?


I've not heard anything about it after Dec. 8th. It's quite irritating. The S 00:05, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hitomi

"Hitomi" was the guy in yellow who fought Helena. "Hitomi" couldn't have fit with any other character. Zack fought with Max. -- Casiyoda 19:27, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Wait, am I misunderstanding you? Your saying hitomi is a guy? Er, No. No she's not... (edit) I apologise. I see what you were saying. For the film makers to change the genders of characters is really takeing the piss in my oppinion. --UnknownSquid 12:31, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Critical Reception

Shouldn't there be a critique response or 'audience reception' section? Although I didn't watch the movie itself, I saw the trailer which I thought was terrible and absolutely abysmal - at first I thought the movie was just a lame excuse to capitalise on the lucrative DOA series...I was hoping to find more on what critics said about it but IT WASN'T THERE!! T_T

I find it funny how people form such strong opinions on movies they've never seen. I don't know why there's no critical receptions section. The fact the film has only had a theatrical release in a few countries might be the reason. -TheHande 07:53, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Heh. I've watched it and it deserved all the bad rep it's got. Believe me. --Dez26 20:41, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
I've also seen the film and my views on it are pretty much the opposite. I am aware that the film received a lot of accusations of being a Charlie's Angels rip-off but I for one don't see the resemblance and furthermore any such info is useless without reliable sources. I'm not against putting up a Critical Reaction or just a generic Reaction section as long as its not used as an excuse to rant about the movie. I'm living proof that some people liked the film, but I'm just not notable enough for Wikipedia. -TheHande 07:49, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
I have to disagree too. Sure, it's formulaic and heavily indebted to Charlie's Angels and Mortal Combat (the first film), but so what? The action is only average (good at parts). It is silly, but not incoherent. However, best part of the movie for me was its pace. DOA keeps going forward. That is something where many low-budget action movies fail. I don't see why this movie should have a bad rep. ... As to critical reception section; yeah, there should be one Flambergius 15:48, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Errors section?

I think an errors section is a bit much. This is a highly fictional pulpish movie based on a video game.

To wit: the Land Before Time article doesn't have an "errors" section, detailing how in fact dinosaurs cannot talk, or form strong-cross species emotional attachments, or save the entire dinosaur village from destruction in just under two hours. Detruncate 11:12, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

  • The sections: Game differences and references, Trivia and Errors were split into their separate sections to make the info therein more accessible. I can see why you might want it removed, in fact, it only has only one entry and it's a rather non-notable piece of trivia that it might be better at home at IMDb, hmm... okay, I'll remove it. -TheHande 06:16, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Plot

Woohaa! At one point the plot section was too small and now, apparently, it's too big. I may rewrite it if I have the time. -TheHande 06:20, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Game references and differences

Could this section please be remade in the style of Resident Evil (film) and Resident Evil: Apocalypse so it doesn't get marked again as Trivia. -TheHande 15:04, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Additionally I think this is a good section to have because people are alway curious how the film differs from its source-material. The Godfather has a similar section though it is written in the form of paragraphs rather than bullet-points or boxes, the idea is the same. -TheHande 06:45, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Plot... again.

I tried to abbreviate and devide the plot section so it would seem a little more clear. I'm not sure if it's still a bit long, but I tried my best. Anyone who can do better is welcome to try. -TheHande 15:28, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Okay? It still says there's too much info in the plot section (!?!). Well I cut it down to what I think was the most essential parts of the plot. At this point we'd have to start cutting out entire sections on supporting characters and stuff to make it any shorter. Could someone specify what's wrong with it? -TheHande 06:47, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:DOA ayane kasumi.JPG

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:DOA donovan christie helena tina.JPG

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[edit] Release?

This movie dodged the theatres in my country and I had to wait for the DVD before I got to see it. Is there a particular reason why it seemed to only get theatrical release in English-speaking countries? And if there is could someone put it on the article because this just right out puzzles me. -TheHande (talk) 17:07, 5 January 2008 (UTC)