What does Resident Evil mean? No, no, I don't mean a philosophical "What do these games meaaaaaaaan, but rather, what does the phrase "Resident Evil" itself mean???
I see a lot of people who claim it has the silly meaning of "a resident who's a meanie", but wouldn't that be grammatically wrong? The adjective is supposed to be before the noun (in most cases), so their interpretation of "Resident Evil" has it backwards. "A resident who's evil" makes grammatical sense but it sounds retarded.
Now, the meaning I give it is "The evil that resides within", or "The evil that's resident". As in, "Resident" is the adjective and "Evil" is the noun. That makes a lot more sense since we can interpret the "evil" as the virus that's present in every RE game, which is indeed inside the body, as a resident of the body, of its victim.
That also makes sense in the context of that other game made by a staff of RE, "The Evil Within". If you think about it, it's the exact same meaning as "Resident Evil". An evil that's within or residing inside the body.
Anyway discuss or whatever
Jason Powell
A mansion with some spooky shit in it. The nip name was bio hazard, which makes more sense, but they decided to arbitrarily change it for burgers, so "resident evil" it was
Isaac Lee
This. But rather than residing in the body, evil resides inside humanity as a whole.
Yes I think Bio Hazard is infinitely cooler and more appropriate title.
Joshua Edwards
But yeah, it's what said. I think Resident Evil was more appropriate given the cheesiness of the first game, and makes it more obvious that it was inspired by Sweet Home. Not that it matters too much that it doesn't make sense anymore. Your brain stops thinking about it if you hear it enough times and it's more about the sound of the words than the actual meaning.
Resident Evil was better when it was cheesy as fuck anyways. Vid related
Oliver Russell
Well shit, I feel kind of fucking stupid not seeing that before. Good work.
Robert Reyes
They just picked an ebin complicated sounding title that alluded to an evil spooky house. Biohazard is much more fitting.
Joseph Gonzalez
Resident Evil is the butchered localization of Bio Hazard, as to say we've been fighting the same war for 20 years with no end in sight.
The only way is to handle localization in the UK.
Logan Reyes
Tips for some people, we have 3 waves of resident evil
Wasn't the reason why they couldn't use the Biohazard title because of some other game or product using the name "Biohazard", and they didn't want to get sued or pay a fee for using it?
