| foont said: Hang on, I think I have a solution that will please everyone:
@ Slimebeast: That's a good point too. And if we're going to consider RE5's developers artists similar to a film maker, we also need to question why they chose this particular setting. They probably put a lot of time and effort into figuring out where to set the storyline -- and they could have set it absolutely anywhere. So why Africa? Why in an undeveloped part of Africa? Why not Cairo? I know that they've said it was to symbolize the origin of the virus, because Africa is the origin of humanity. But I wonder why they considered that sort of symbolism without considering the symbolism that is causing this controversey?
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Why they chose that setting? Because it's exciting with the most mystical and primitive setting you can think of - as exotic and opposite as possible from the safe, familiar and predictable Western world.
It's not a coincidence that there are a few Zombie-like movies made in the same setting - like a couple of these Satanic zombie-movies like the prequel to The Exorcist and another movie set in Africa had this Pazuzu demon (name of movie escaped me) and many other scary movies set in the similar Voodoo/Creol setting.
Capcom's "the origin of humanity" argument is bullshit - it's just something they're saying to please the politically correct mafia.
I'm sure you agree with me.
