The drama around Superman reminds me that in September next year we're getting the third Resident Evil reboot in five years, and it's exactly the same kind of "polarizing auteur who kinda fell off vs massively overhyped Reddit director" dynamic. Even if the trailer looks mid as fuck people will desperately try to hype it up.

Capcom's problem is that their characters are huge Mary Sues and nothing bad ever happens to them. The reason Alice could sell both action badass and vulnerable horror protag was that she could and did get seriously hurt.

Resident Evil absolutely BTFOs its corny as fuck, unintentionally hilarious written source material. Yet two decades later there are still people crying for a "faithful" adaptation.