For those interested, Javier Milei made a speech at the UN today. A summary:
1) He called the UN “useless” and said it “only serves to feed a caste of parasites.” He said its original purpose of defending sovereignty and resolving conflicts peacefully has been broken.
2) He naturally discussed the Falklands. He said the UN “looked the other way” on the dispute, that resolutions have no consequences, and that Argentina won’t wait for the UN. He asked the UK to resume negotiations, including about natural resources. He rejected self-determination for the islanders.
3) He aligned Argentina unambiguously with the West, specifically naming the USA and Israel.
4) He called out the UN remaining silent on Islamic terrorism and genocides of Christians in Africa.
5) He said the UN’s COVID lockdown recommendations were an “experiment in social control disguised as science” and said it “generated a genocide.”
6) He wants unrestricted AI development and said Argentina wishes to be at the forefront of that revolution and NOT subject to heavy international regulation.
If you like or dislike what he said, that's on Mr. Milei, not me. I'm just reporting.
Technically, he never implied it would be based around a game nor the T-Virus. Cregger said many times it's an homage to the game's environments and feel. I believe he captured some of the ridiculous aspects and bizarres of the games into a wonderful play.
Because the only things Resident Evil about it are the name, Raccoon City, and the presence of Umbrella Corp. The virus itself doesn’t even exist in the games. It’s somewhat similar to Las Plagas from RE4 and Uroboros, but it’s still fundamentally different because it’s parasitic and spreads through the parasite rather than through bites like in the movie.
Overall, it feels like they borrowed the name and setting, then changed almost everything else. If you removed the Resident Evil references, the story would still work almost exactly the same. That’s why I feel like they could’ve just given it a different name instead of using the RE IP. It was actually a decent horror movie on its own—it just didn’t need to be Resident Evil.