Alexi-5000?

[LeechCharmer]

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[Helegad]

I always thought that the movie and RE2 train were the same. Seems to be only in design. Good find

[LeigiBoy]

Originally "Galaxy 5000" comes from "Galaxy 9999" an manga/anime created by Leiji Matsumoto(the same guy from the Daft Punk videos) that tells the story of a kid who travels trough the space on a train call Galaxy 9999.

One time i read that in the movie they put Alexi on the train refering to Alexia from code veronica...

[Helegad]

Yeah, of course it would be a homage to Alexia. They probably just used the design and model number of the train and put a RE game reference into it.

[LeigiBoy]

it was Galaxy Express 999 and not 9999

Sorry XD

[Project Omega]

Yeah, you can see the Galaxie part better in these shots :





Compare that to the Resident Evil movie's version :







I personally think the Galaxie name was based on the Ford Galaxie 500 model of car. This was present in the movie Birds (by Alfred Hitchcock) as well as many others. I mention the movie Birds because a lot of the scenes in the series involving the crows/ravens crashing through the windows was based off that movie. Here is a screen shot I took from that movie showing the car's logo :




Just for comparison purposes, here is the underground train from Resident Evil 1.5 :




From studying other background captures we can tell that the train used was either a full diesel train or one of the newer diesel-electric trains....




Resident Evil 1.5 also shows that there were two trains, and not just one... Albeit, the second train was removed completely from the final game and the train was updated a bit before the game was released...

[LeechCharmer]

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[Project Omega]

No problem; my PS2 isn't working at the moment (DRE's up the ass, but then again, I got it when it first came out and hasn't failed on me till now <3) so I couldn't get screen captures of the Galaxie 5000 train from when it was shown in Outbreak File 1.... I'll see if there are some floating around on the net...

Found one :

[Helegad]

What's it doing in Outbreak? Another escape vehicle?

[Project Omega]

Monica tried to use it, but she decided it would be more fun to have some makey-outy time with G-Larva. I guess they don't call her Deep Throat Monica for nothing ;)

[James]

Monica tried to use it, but she decided it would be more fun to have some makey-outy time with G-Larva. I guess they don't call her Deep Throat Monica for nothing ;)

[Rombie]

it was Galaxy Express 999 and not 9999

Sorry XD

Double checked, and Feur correct, nevermind. LOL

[FeurMensch]

It's actually the "Ecliptic Express" in RE0. That's what Wesker said... I think.

[Helegad]

That's in RE0, we're talking about Outbreak.

[Project Omega]

In all seriousness :

Spoiler:

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Monica tries to use the train to escape with the sample of the G-Larva, however nothing is working correctly since the place was frozen over to incapacitate the hunters which are roaming about there since they some how escaped captivity. She gets this warning and tries to find another way out.

The only escape vehicle in the Below Freezing Point scenario was the yellow train that leads to the surface of the lab entrance....