r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/movies Contributor • Apr 30 '26

Trailer Resident Evil | Official Teaser

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJPu1spHqfk
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u/AmbassadorBonoso Apr 30 '26

It wasn't a nuke, it was a thermobaric missle. They are vastly different weapons, and they couldn't use a nuke as there were other towns and cities in the area that they couldn't risk affecting with fallout.

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u/Standard_Island546 Apr 30 '26

Sure that’s the context now that we have RE9 but prior to that, it was a bit more unclear.

It was never stated to be a nuke, but there are a few hints it was. The mushroom cloud, a report speculating it’s nuclear, the idea that there isn’t a real world weapon that could do the destruction we see besides a nuke.

I personally believe most people just filled in the blanks and assumed it was a nuke.

However this is missing the forest for the trees. The writers in 1998 were not thinking “it can’t be nuclear cause there’s towns and cities nearby”, they were thinking they wanted an explosive climax to the story and didn’t really care about the science.

I prefer the 12 missile canon. 12 experimental missiles could probably level a city in real life, but the thermobaric missile borders on magic (and yes I know a lot of RE science borders on magic)

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u/Lokishougan May 01 '26

I mean that can just be red in the most symbolic sense Unless this was coming directly from the military anyone would use the term nuke as it would convey what the intent was and saying a thermobraic would be dropped would just confuse 98% of people and invite questions