BC MARCH MADNESS 2025 - Day 5
Added 2025-03-05 19:00:18 +0000 UTCI looove being able to write these posts in advance. I love a comfortable lead. Unfortunately, y'all are TESTING ME today.
In our first nailbiter of the tournament, FINAL DESTINATION wins by only 15 votes! They'll face Scream in the next round.
Today's matchup is probably the closest we're ever going to get to the David Sims Video Game Podcast, considering that he has two jobs and three children.
It's RESIDENT EVIL vs MORTAL KOMBAT.
With Resident Evil, we'd cover the six Milla Jovovich / Paul WS Anderson films:
Resident Evil (2002)
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)
Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2017)
With Mortal Kombat, we'd cover the four live action movies:
Mortal Kombat (1995)
Mortal Kombat Annihilation (1997)
Mortal Kombat (2021)
Mortal Kombat 2 (October 2025)
No matter who you vote for, Paul W.S. Anderson wins.
Comments
Idiots
Good
2025-03-10 18:02:58 +0000 UTCBoo this
Matthew Benson
2025-03-07 18:17:55 +0000 UTCJam the vote!
Abe Something
2025-03-06 18:59:33 +0000 UTCDisappointing results
Anthony Regina
2025-03-06 18:02:12 +0000 UTCWe’re getting MK either way and the RE movies are if nothing else bonkers
Jay Kay
2025-03-06 16:51:34 +0000 UTCtwo franchises I don't care for
Gibboanxious
2025-03-06 16:29:24 +0000 UTCWhat are we doing here? Really? Resident Evil?
John
2025-03-06 15:44:15 +0000 UTCtbh broke my heart when Griffin said Raccoon City is a travesty. Like, of course it is, but in such an entertaining way.
Ray Goldberg
2025-03-06 15:36:07 +0000 UTCThey just Mortal Promised it would happen regardless, because MK is a fun lightweight series. Watching all the RE’s is an actually challenging undertaking that they would NOT opt to do unless forced. I say force them. It’ll be a lot like Apes, in terms of schlocky sci-fi overambition with great individual performances and extremely apparent budgets that pulls an Apocalypse weirdly early in its run and has to keep going.
Beef Steak Tomato
2025-03-06 15:02:20 +0000 UTCJay and/or Mike and/or Rich guesting on an episode would be fantastic.
Njord
2025-03-06 14:06:41 +0000 UTCOh, Resident Evil, easy. Just for the continuity.
jscro
2025-03-06 04:36:01 +0000 UTCReflex thought when I saw this poll: “Mortal Kombat is obviously better.” Immediately followed by: “Wait, no it isn’t! These both suck!” Truly hope neither of these make it to the final.
Joe P
2025-03-06 02:26:36 +0000 UTCCorrect
Joe P
2025-03-06 02:22:54 +0000 UTCThe check is blank but it’s in Hungarian Forint
Conor Dabler
2025-03-06 02:03:30 +0000 UTCResident Evil, though they're both great series. I just want to hear Griffin's Red Queen impression "You're all going to POD down here."
Beardmask
2025-03-06 02:02:57 +0000 UTCEasy vote for Resident evil but they DO get a bit samey don’t they
Conor Dabler
2025-03-06 01:59:57 +0000 UTCTime to get borderline experimental
Zak Marrinan
2025-03-06 00:26:15 +0000 UTCThe other JP wants MK because he plays sub zero for ez wins
Jean-Paul
2025-03-06 00:12:48 +0000 UTCRE because I want to hear them talk about Wesker. I need to hear from the Wesk Desk
Jean-Paul
2025-03-06 00:10:58 +0000 UTCThe ridiculous MK song is awfully terrible but somehow better than any forgettable RE title and is tie breaker for two near equally unsatisfying franchises.
Joseph Allen
2025-03-05 23:50:43 +0000 UTCResident Evil would get boring fast, guys.
Robert
2025-03-05 23:12:31 +0000 UTCResident evil all the way
Cosmic Cowboy
2025-03-05 23:00:24 +0000 UTCSorry Ben, I have to go with my heart(RE)
Mr Sir
2025-03-05 22:43:11 +0000 UTCIsnt Sims a huge RE/PA fan? Would love to hear these
D
2025-03-05 22:25:11 +0000 UTCThey should just cover Paul
Spencer Pommier
2025-03-05 21:46:18 +0000 UTCBut if RE wins how will I know if Ben likes subzero?
mikey GOLDSMITH
2025-03-05 21:40:16 +0000 UTCResident Evil is winning because everybody forgets how boring every single one of them is
Owen Phillips
2025-03-05 21:03:06 +0000 UTCWould that we could just add the first MK to the RE films and avoid all the other MKs.
Isaac Adams
2025-03-05 20:57:38 +0000 UTCI adore the first Mortal Kombat movie, and the second would be wonderful to hear them go insane watching.... But I cannot deny that the RE series is just So Much More.
Mark Jackson-Brown
2025-03-05 20:48:00 +0000 UTCMe too, man, me too.
Regis L
2025-03-05 20:43:38 +0000 UTCI abstain. It's literally impossible to choose. These series are the exact same level of shlock.
Regis L
2025-03-05 20:42:25 +0000 UTCHow is RE winning? Those first two MK movies are insane
Nick Benson
2025-03-05 20:41:16 +0000 UTCFinish him
Jeremy Dankowitz
2025-03-05 20:37:28 +0000 UTCI need the Raul Julia commentary so there is only one choice
Erin
2025-03-05 20:24:28 +0000 UTCMortal Kombat (1995) holds a special place in my heart, but I'm voting Resident Evil because I enjoyed the first two and have been meaning to watch the rest.
Wyatt Gray
2025-03-05 20:17:48 +0000 UTCI’ve been on the wrong side of every single one of these so far. This is definitely one of those “Everyone else is the problem” situations.
Masturov Desguys
2025-03-05 20:15:47 +0000 UTCneeds a "both" option
slatron
2025-03-05 20:08:31 +0000 UTCBeen loving the Mortal Kombat animated features coming out, I love been needing them to revisit the live action
Harrison Cordle
2025-03-05 20:08:00 +0000 UTCLeaving out Raccoon City ain’t right, it’s got some great moments and authenticity
Harrison Cordle
2025-03-05 20:07:11 +0000 UTCPaul WS Anderson series down the toilet smh. Let's go Mortal Kombat!!
Felix Durand
2025-03-05 20:06:56 +0000 UTCResident Evil rules (especially 5!) and I'd love to hear David defend the series, but I refuse to burn down the possibility of a Paul WS Anderson main feed series, which it would absolutely do. So Mortal Kombat it is.
Dubious Legacy
2025-03-05 20:04:16 +0000 UTCOof I did not expect RE to be ahead. Hoping MK can pull off a Fatality late in the voting
fischurr
2025-03-05 20:04:08 +0000 UTCResident Evil all the way, although I will say how sad I am to not see Welcome to Raccoon City on the lineup. I know it's separate from the main ones, but it has a special place in my heart for how bad-good it is, and stays pretty close to the lore, kinda.
Devin Bruns
2025-03-05 20:02:28 +0000 UTCVoting for Mortal Kombat just for the Orbital song, and future Karl Urban
Chris Lynch
2025-03-05 19:59:25 +0000 UTCDon’t really mind between these two: isn’t Ben a Mortal Kombat guy?
Manish Agarwal
2025-03-05 19:50:53 +0000 UTCAnnihilation is top tier in my canon of films that forced my tween self to ask "Wait, is it possible for movies to be bad?"
Nick Ingalls
2025-03-05 19:49:16 +0000 UTCJohn Derek energy
David McElroy
2025-03-05 19:48:55 +0000 UTCResident Evil the only franchise that is clearly a long-running kink thing between husband director and wife actress
Brook Shelley
2025-03-05 19:44:18 +0000 UTCI mean no one can deny that Paul W. S. Anderson is an auteur, it’s just a monkey’s paw wish type thing.
Jim Mccaffery
2025-03-05 19:44:07 +0000 UTCFolks, that's simply too much Resident Evil.
Matt Vaughan
2025-03-05 19:42:42 +0000 UTCGuys, we need to get them to cover Mortal Kombat so they have to deal with the trash fire that is Annihilation
Adam Modlin
2025-03-05 19:41:21 +0000 UTCWilliam Peter Blatty miniseries so we can still get Exorcist III
danny groover
2025-03-05 19:39:40 +0000 UTCMortal Kombat is an easy pick here. How much out-of-pocket insanity are we going to have when we're five commentaries deep into Resident Evil? Griffin is just going to start playing RE: Code Veronica on a second TV during the movie.
Kyle Martinak
2025-03-05 19:37:20 +0000 UTCFirst RE movie is a legit solid claustrophobic horror movie, after that it goes off the rails in a really fun way.
Benji Black
2025-03-05 19:35:07 +0000 UTCThe first MK alone wins this
CT13
2025-03-05 19:33:10 +0000 UTCIn any case, Event Horizon bonus ep plz.
Tom Jorgensen
2025-03-05 19:28:45 +0000 UTCWhat if there was a kombat that was mortal
Doug F
2025-03-05 19:28:20 +0000 UTCMortal Kombat!!!!!!!!
Good
2025-03-05 19:27:38 +0000 UTCi mourn for exorcist 3 because i believe in slime
Bill Woods
2025-03-05 19:26:22 +0000 UTCMK, only cause neither isn't an option for votes
jahr
2025-03-05 19:24:26 +0000 UTCI don't see either of these going all the way
David Rosenblatt
2025-03-05 19:23:55 +0000 UTCIf Mike Epps was in any Mortal Kombat movie it might've had a chance
Papscott McGee
2025-03-05 19:20:31 +0000 UTCAbsolutely HATE the Resident Evil movies so I gotta go with Kombat on this one.
Devin DiMattia
2025-03-05 19:19:53 +0000 UTCMortal Kombat is a lock for next year after MK2 is on VOD, let Resident Evil shine this year!
Olivia Haidar
2025-03-05 19:19:49 +0000 UTCSeeing Resident Evil in the theater, as a non-gamer, because it was raining one day in 2002 is one of my cherished memories. I loved every bit of that dumb trash.
Abe Something
2025-03-05 19:14:03 +0000 UTCI keep eating shit in these but today is my day “you’re all going to die down here” let’s see that guy get cubed
Kibblesmith
2025-03-05 19:13:51 +0000 UTCI watched all six based on David’s embracing of them and I still have PTSD from it. They’re the worst!
Daniel A. Barron
2025-03-05 19:13:24 +0000 UTCMOOOOOOOOORTAL KOOOOOOMMMMBBAAAATTT
John Holder
2025-03-05 19:12:59 +0000 UTCWhere’s everyone going? Bingo?
Krista
2025-03-05 19:11:26 +0000 UTCToasty!
Robert O'Neill
2025-03-05 19:10:57 +0000 UTCResident evil movies are beyond fun
Jordan Coleman
2025-03-05 19:10:26 +0000 UTCVoted Resident Evil, because I need David to explain why he thinks they're so amazing
Anthony Pierre Coco
2025-03-05 19:08:51 +0000 UTCMortal Kombat is so much more watchable
Dersquerin
2025-03-05 19:08:05 +0000 UTCFinish him (the resident evil series)
Aoife
2025-03-05 19:08:03 +0000 UTCVery mindful, very March
Darby Dixon III
2025-03-05 19:07:10 +0000 UTCI picked mortal Kombat because I don't want to watch movies I haven't seen
Spencer Pommier
2025-03-05 19:06:11 +0000 UTCYou’re all going to die down here (in the comments)
Robert F
2025-03-05 19:05:48 +0000 UTCMoooooooortal Kombaaaaaaaat!!!
Frog Dimples (Jesse)
2025-03-05 19:05:19 +0000 UTCRaccoon City is beautiful this time of year
Del Lorenson
2025-03-05 19:05:05 +0000 UTCThere is no better opening to a movie ever than the opening seconds of Mortal Kombat.
Michael Cuculich
2025-03-05 19:04:51 +0000 UTCMortal Kombat for the Ben commentary!
costcohotdog
2025-03-05 19:04:41 +0000 UTCResident Evil has so many big, wet, dudes and chains. And the 3rd one takes place in the desert! DRY! Totally a Ben series
JS
2025-03-05 19:04:07 +0000 UTCI think the RE series would overstay its welcome by the third entry.
Miles Lemaire
2025-03-05 19:03:39 +0000 UTCWHAT A BATTLE. WHAT A MADNESS
Rory Dunn
2025-03-05 19:03:20 +0000 UTCIt is time for lots of discussion of “Alice.” This is what the people crave.
TV's Kevin Lanigan
2025-03-05 19:03:02 +0000 UTCI'd love Mortal Kombat but RE2 remains one of my all-time favorites. No competition.
Richard Rush
2025-03-05 19:02:58 +0000 UTCStunning result. Also… Test your might, MORTAL KOMBAT!!!!!
Michael Curley
2025-03-05 19:02:46 +0000 UTCResident Evil is my long shot pick to win. A couple of those movies are pretty good and ALL of them are stupid fun. Would be a great time for everyone
Tanner Randall
2025-03-05 19:02:08 +0000 UTCResident Evil for the good of the country. Also, Final Destination would rule so hard.
Holden Martinson
2025-03-05 19:01:24 +0000 UTC
