Probably because that's the easiest thing for them to keep. That way they can show stills from the movie and all the fans will instantly recognize characters and think that the movie is sticking close to the source material.

What more do you want from them? They get the look of the character down quite well (except for Chris - I'll give you that) in my opinion. Especially Jill Valentine. That chick looked freakin amazing.

So you're saying we shouldn't watch Star Wars but so many times? It's the same thing.

Movies can do things games won't for now so we'd like to see our favorite games with a high budget behind their production, not something that shares the title and that's about it.

Also, I hate Jovavich. She hates me so it's only fair.

I'm with you for the most part on this except for the last 2 games which have suck the big moose knuckle. I like that Anderson is showing a different angle of the same events though.

I actually fully agree with you. I like video game adaptations to follow a different story than the game. They should be viewed as extensions of the video game world rather than direct adaptations.

For instance, the upcoming Uncharted movie. I don't want to see a direct adaptation that merely follows the story of Drake's Fortune or Among Thieves or Drake's Deception. I want a completely different story that I haven't seen before, that just brings in all the characters and elements that I love from the video game.

It's part of the reason I don't like the idea of a Heavy Rain movie adaptation either. Because from what I understand, they're wanting to just adapt that same story to the big screen. I don't want to see that. I already know that story. It was great in the video game, I don't need a movie to show me the same story again.