Resident Evil Degeneration: BitTorrent Blockbuster
Written by Ernesto on December 08, 2008‘Resident Evil: Degeneration’ is the first CG animation film inspired by the popular video game. Although it skips most US theaters and is scheduled to be released on DVD no sooner than late December, it has been downloaded on BitTorrent close to a million times already - in just four days.
‘Resident Evil: Degeneration‘, or ‘Biohazard: Degeneration’ as it’s known in Japan, will never become a blockbuster film, simply because it is only set for release in a few movie theaters. On the Internet, however, its popularity exceeds all expectations.
The film, produced by Hiroyuki Kobayashi, is set for a Sony Pictures DVD release in the USA on December 30. A few days ago it leaked onto the Internet and since then it has already been downloaded a million times via BitTorrent.
This is not the first time that a movie quickly became popular online due to the release of a pirated copy. “The Man from Earth” is another example of a film that became immensely popular due to its distribution on BitTorrent. Contrary to the opinion of the big studios, many independent filmmakers see piracy as free promotion instead of a threat.
We doubt that Sony Pictures will respond similarly to the leak of ‘Resident Evil: Degeneration’, which tops our weekly download chart. Below is the full list of this week’s most downloaded movies on BitTorrent. The Dark Knight, which led the chart three weeks in a row, has dropped to third place. Later this week and following on from our top 10 most downloaded games chart, we will publish the top 10 most downloaded movies in 2008.
The data for our weekly download chart is collected by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. Currently both DVDrips, DVD Screeners and R5 rips are counted.
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| Ranking | (last week) | Movie | Rating / Trailer |
|---|---|---|---|
| torrentfreak.com | |||
| 1 | (…) | Resident Evil Degeneration | 7.4 / trailer |
| 2 | (…) | Open Season 2 | 6.0 / trailer |
| 3 | (1) | The Dark Knight | 9.1 / trailer |
| 4 | (3) | Pineapple Express | 7.6 / trailer |
| 5 | (…) | Wild Child | 5.9 / trailer |
| 6 | (2) | Tropic Thunder | 7.6 / trailer |
| 7 | (…) | Eagle Eye | 6.8 / trailer |
| 8 | (4) | Zack and Miri Make a Porno (R5) | 7.8 / trailer |
| 9 | (5) | Quantum of Solace (DVDscr) | 7.1 / trailer |
| 10 | (7) | Max Payne (R5) | 5.9 / trailer |
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1,000,000 in 4 days
ARTISTS you have make your own tracker and you can have more money and dont have to go on tour lulz!!
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…COULD have been good, but they still need to put emotions in their faces. Pixar has done it, many, many times…it gives a better sense of realism. Angelina Jolie[?] in Beawulf was the the most realistic CGI in that movie. Eh, never mind…this is something for techies to discuss about.
As for the movie in general, I’d have to see for myself that it held the continuity of the storyline, or if it’s another “Final Fantasy”…you know which one I;m referring to…
hey its still ok, I quite like it and since theres going to be alot more movies like this, FinalFantasy series and games were a cult hit and those were CG developed.
Okay, now what does Mila Jojovich have to do with any of this?
Yeah, I know somebody slapped “Resident Evil: Degeneration” on her picture there, but it’s still from the wrong movie…
I think they wanted it to look like a cut-scene from the games, which is amazing. It gives the feeling of playing the game, only skipping the playing part.
If this RE is made for Japan, then i understand. Otherwise this movie’s a crap.
wasted time on the movie it’s not theater quality.
If you want to see a good CG animated movie see Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within! or Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
TorrentFreak mentioned on Joystiq :)
http://www.joystiq.com/2008/12/07/spore-tops-list-of-most-pirated-pc-games-of-2008/
Guess it would be good to watch…
Anything aXXo uploads becomes a bittorrent blockbuster.
So is everyone calling this movie crap or is it a movie worth watching but one time only?
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Much, much better than most DVDs i downloaded and watched recently.
But when all movies are sub par even a so-so movie stands out …
@10
“Anything aXXo uploads becomes a bittorrent blockbuster.”
…And that shows how little you know…
aXXo stuff is always popular, how does that mean we know little? Maybe you’re just a retard trying to sound like a bada**
“…And that shows how little you know…”
He uploads unknown movies and gets tens of thousands of downloaders at once. The same thing by any other uploader would struggle to get more than 50.
This was not very good. Sorta like Final Fantasy if you folks remember that animated flick.
Here is the trailer.
http://www.fetchmp3.com/search.php?Term=resident+evil&searchbutton.x=67&searchbutton.y=22&Module=YouTube
Jack.
Final Fantasy Spirits within was appalling and rubbish
Just found that on TPB without knowing anything about it then I come here to find out I was in the dark for a few days.
aXXo movies are of horrible quality.
I guess for the size, you can’t complain. But overall, considering hard disk space is constantly growing and high-def formats are gaining grounds, it is definitely not the best option.
Unless aXXo doesn’t upgrade soon, people will slowly convert to the HD version of the movies he releases.
the producer of ” The Man From Earth”actually contacted rlslog.net about their posting of his movie, and asked if your gonna pirate this movie to at least send a donation to his company if you liked the movie ,which i did,i send $20 (no wasnt a scam eather , he posed for a pic with him wearing a producers jacket with the movie title on it and rlslog.net on his comp screen)so in short if ya like a movie that you`ve pirated, go buy the DVD or hit the theater
oh no not the aXXo stuff again..
While i like that someone outside the scene can beat them sometimes (even though its questionable in a few cases if e simply reencoded/rebranded stuff).
The god status he has gotten from commoners can be compared to apple fanbois praising their beloved god even as their laptops die from overheating or whatever other problems there might be.
The movie was ok, i generaly dont watch sutch movies but since it was so popular i had to see what it was all about ;)
If you know Japanese i think it would be alot better then watching a english version, unless you love dubbed movies with lips doing something completely different then what is said.
lets see how good the DVD sales are now…
“If you know Japanese i think it would be alot better then watching a english version, unless you love dubbed movies with lips doing something completely different then what is said.”
The original language is English. You shouldn’t talk about “lips doing something completely different then what is said” when you’re talking about an animated movie……..
“The original language is English. You shouldn’t talk about “lips doing something completely different then what is said” when you’re talking about an animated movie……..’
The director is japanese
The animators are japanese
What makes you think the lips are NOT synched to japanese?
Just because it’s released in English does not mean its original language is English.
Yikes, here we go with axxo again.
Look, hes just some chump who puts up movies on bit torrent. Yeah yeah I know its just stuff stolen from the scene, but hey: the scene stole it themselves in the first place. Of course, when you download an axxo movie, its not going to be high quality, but then again, if your connection sucks, maybe thats perfect for you.
I think hes a bit overrated, but hes certainly doing nothing wrong.
I keep using the pronoun “he”. Do we know for certain that axxo is male? Like, does anyone know his/her first name?
loL I guess its funny because I downloaded that video and watched it too. I don’t know how accurate it was t othe non-animated resident evil series but I enjoyed watching it. I think that the quality of the cg was above the acverage childs movie. I liked it.
Anyways I bet some people at the theatres and at sony will be bashing their heads in about the skipping movie theatres idea. Considering that most people in the world dont have internet. Most of the internet conections suck. And that not everyone with a good internet connection downloads movies you would have to say that 1million downloads in 4days is a sucess. allso 1 download does not = 1 person watching it :D
Yeah, it’s Japanese, some of you are idiots. Not the best movie, gets slow after the airport, but better than any of the live action ones, save maybe the first. If you have an SD tele, then aXXo files are more than adequate. If you’re a snob then just go buy the BD and shut up already. He makes them the size and rez he does for a reason…even those few who’ve yet to get a dvd burner can benefit from aXXo’s rips. Not to mention the fact that audio is always in sync, it’s never a cam, etc… And then the most tired arg…it’s free, beggars can’t be choosers after all.
Excellent film, been dubbed pretty well, you do notice the lips moving differently, but not an annoyance.
Glad to have been able to see the film :)
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“The director is japanese
The animators are japanese
What makes you think the lips are NOT synched to japanese?
Just because it’s released in English does not mean its original language is English.
”
Country Japan
Language English
source:wikipedia
THIS IS A CG film which means the lips arent perfect and it was made originally in english audio, released in english and not JAPANESE though the people behind it are japanese
DONT you think they can speak english?
DUMB
NIPPON - acting genius inside is an idiot.
@norm
what do you expect from DVDRIPS?
HD EVERYTHING?
THAT’s why it’s called DVD “RIP” tradeoff of small size is the quality of the video
hail to the noob,norm
” aXXo movies are of horrible quality.
I guess for the size, you can’t complain. But overall, considering hard disk space is constantly growing and high-def formats are gaining grounds, it is definitely not the best option.
Unless aXXo doesn’t upgrade soon, people will slowly convert to the HD version of the movies he releases.”
@JAY
THEN DOWNLOAD THE WHOLE DVD nub ass
there are a lot of DVD copies out there
why PICK the RIPS?
“cuz the DVD copies dont have seeders”
why?
cuz most of us cant afford the “SUPER FAST INTERNET WHAT YOU CALL” that you got
“Excellent film, been dubbed pretty well, you do notice the lips moving differently, but not an annoyance.”
@JAY
hey dumbass, you -cant even create a CG of ur own and another FACT IS CGs lips arent as syncd as the real persons lip because it was just created on computer and dubbed in a specific language…
..
i guess these days much of the nerds out there pretending to be l33tz turned out to be 10yr old weaklings
“Excellent film, been dubbed pretty well, you do notice the lips moving differently, but not an annoyance.”
@JAY
SHOW ME 1 CG movie that has conpletely synched lips in any language..
you cant
there’s just none
see?
noob
Best RE Movie Ever Made
thx lol
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