Are the movies canon?

[strikesback5]

Are they officially canon?

 

[Zombie Enclave]

No, only Degeneration is. All the rest (Extinction, Apocalypse and the first one) Are all non-canonical and have their own story line.

 

[Trinity]

I agree.

 

[La Femme Fatale]

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.

 

[echoey]

Lol Okay I didnt even know what canon meant...
I presume you mean CGI effects lol

you americans.... some of you are so different to us brits.

 

[Zombie Enclave]

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.

 

[echoey]

ohh!!
I didnt realise lol... :/

oh well, dont even matter anyway. but cool thanks for telling me lol

 

[Zombie Enclave]

No problem.

 

[mastermind]

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

 

[Godammlover]

I guess you could if you put time into it.
Resident evil 2 (Movie) would make a great game tbh. I dibb carlos.

 

[Spike991]

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.

 

[Zombie Enclave]

I think he was saying "Are they official to the game storyline?"

 

[Spike991]

I think he was saying "Are they official to the game storyline?"

Yeah I know, but I just figured since it was pretty vague that I would point that out.

 

[Zombie Enclave]

Yup, it was, just like strikesback5.

 

[NiteKrawler]

Spike, you're a smartass. 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.

 

[Spike991]

Spike, you're a smartass. 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.

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....

 

[NiteKrawler]

*dies* How dare you speak those words!

 

[Zombie Enclave]

Lulz. I'll kill you guys for liking Paul Anderson's movies by the way. I can't BELIEVE you guys like the MK movies.

 

[La Femme Fatale]

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.

 

[Trinity]

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.

Well the 5 Perry novels follow the game to the details... so,comparing to the abominations (movies) they are canon (with the games)