Are the movies canon?

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Are the movies canon?

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No, as Ark have said- the only movie that is canon is Degeneration as it occurs between RE 4 and 5. The other ones stand on their own.
 
It's actually a term used to say a game/book/movie follows the storyline of said franchise. The movies (Besides Degeneration) are not canon, which means it has nothing to do with the story of the Resident Evil franchise.
 
well if you wanna make the first two movies canon you might be able to making apocalypes the third game and the first one the first game. though the first movie has no relations to the game other than the company name of umbrella
 
I guess you could if you put time into it.
Resident evil 2 (Movie) would make a great game tbh. I dibb carlos.
 
Spike, you're a smartass. :D I voted no, because they are abominations. Spike knows how I feel about them. This really shouldn't even have been a poll lol. It's fact that they aren't, except for Degeneration.
 
NiteKrawler;40319 said:
Spike, you're a smartass. :D I voted no, because they are abominations. Spike knows how I feel about them. This really shouldn't even have been a poll lol. It's fact that they aren't, except for Degeneration.
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I know how much you love Paul 'W.S.' Anderson.:) j/k.:)

As great as Degeneration was, for being canon, and having good voice actors, it still had alot of stuff in it that was questionable, which goes with the idea that RE is such a unique game expierience that it can't be duplicated in a movie....
 
Usually, I consider 'canon' to be whatever events occur in the context of the original medium. In other words- 'Resident Evil' is first and foremost the games, lol. But that was a good point Spike, aha. Very clever. :p
 
Spike991;40256 said:
I voted yes, because they are canon, in the RE movie universe. RE games have a completely different canon, and same for the novels, the three just don't share a canon.:)
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Well the 5 Perry novels follow the game to the details... ;) so,comparing to the abominations (movies) they are canon (with the games)
 
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