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YouTuber Remasters Opening Uncensored Cutscene From ‘Resident Evil’ Using AI
Longtime fans of Resident Evil probably know the story about the first game’s opening cutscene, and how it was chopped for the North American and European releases. And how the Director’s Cut release mistakenly never included the uncut version of it, yet ironically the PC port of the game ended up with the uncut scene when it was released at the same time.
Confused yet?
Anyways, those morbidly curious about seeing this cheesy opening scene have long had YouTube to help them out. But, seeing as this is 1996 we’re talking about, the footage has never been the highest of quality. Until now.
One YouTuber by the name of Marcelus Castle Rain has been able to upscale the original video (along with other cutscenes from games such as Silent Hill and Rule of Rose) via AI Machine Learning, and the results look damn good. Granted, it’s not perfect, but it’s a helluva lot better than what we got from compressed mpeg videos at 640×480 resolution.
Plus, it confirms my suspicion that they dyed the hair of the actor who played Wesker to a ridiculously bright yellow.
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but it was a cheerful illustrator from England who helped to define the terrifying war-torn imagery that inspired what we now know as Grimdark (a hybrid genre combining horror with sci-fi/fantasy).
Unfortunately for fans of Warhammer 40,000, Trench Crusade and countless other sources of Grimdark thrills, veteran artist John Blanche passed away this week after struggling with health issues for the past few years.
While the artist retired back in 2023, he leaves us with an enormous legacy of iconic artwork that continues to inspire gamers and storytellers around the world to this very day.
The news is especially gloomy as it was only last year that Daniel Lowman and Napoleon Dynamite himself Jon Heder released The Grim & the Dark: The Search for John Blanche, a documentary following Heder’s exploration of the Grimdark genre culminating in a heartwarming encounter with Blanche in his own home.
Below is one of my favorite pieces by Blanche, his highly influential depiction of Warhammer 40k’s God-Emperor of Mankind on his Golden Throne.
We send our deepest condolences to John Blanche’s family, friends, and fans.
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