The Official Doom Thread

[Mr XXX]

http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/doom/


Personally, i think it's going to be a great movie, i don't know about anyone else. I'd really like to see how they recreate all the old monsters and make them life-like. Thoughts, comments, air it out here...

[Yata-Garasu 1]

http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/doom/


Personally, i think it's going to be a great movie, i don't know about anyone else. I'd really like to see how they recreate all the old monsters and make them life-like. Thoughts, comments, air it out here...

Movies made from video games rarely are good movies, the fans of the game just refuse to admit they suck.

But who know, maybe this movie's different...

[Hiro]

its more over, they needed ot get a better acter then the Rock, I mean come on, hes a great wrestler, but he's a horrible acter, the only reason ppl see him is casue hes the Rock, the story looks good, of ocurse I will see it, but I hope his acting doesn't kill the movie.

[Lord Tranorix]

My prediction: the acting will be just good enough to keep people from laughing, the plot will only exist to move the characters from one fight scene to the next, and the dialogue will be used primarily to fill in the brief gaps where guns aren't going off.

It'll get horrible reviews, make millions of dollars and be completely forgotten within a month.

[sixersballernum3]

Oh boy, another craptacular movie based on a game.

In two years, people will be saying...

"Remember that movie based on Doom?"
"...No."

Really.

They will.

[Yata-Garasu 1]

My prediction: the acting will be just good enough to keep people from laughing, the plot will only exist to move the characters from one fight scene to the next, and the dialogue will be used primarily to fill in the brief gaps where guns aren't going off.

It'll get horrible reviews, make millions of dollars and be completely forgotten within a month.

Like every video game based movie, or most, at least.

[ShadowZ]

i only remember 2 other video game based movie... and thats final fantasy, and resident evil

what otheres are there?

also the trailer makes the movie look like resident evil

[Yata-Garasu 1]

i only remember 1 other video game based movie... and thats final fantasy

what otheres are there?

I believe Halo had a movie, I know Golden Sun and Fire Emblem have had animes (japan) that didn't really do so well.

[xxDark_Chaosxx]

i am going to watch it I hear doom is good.So Yeh aI might watch it.

[Mr XXX]

My prediction: the acting will be just good enough to keep people from laughing, the plot will only exist to move the characters from one fight scene to the next, and the dialogue will be used primarily to fill in the brief gaps where guns aren't going off.

It'll get horrible reviews, make millions of dollars and be completely forgotten within a month.


well said, and i totally agree

[ShadowZ]

I believe Halo had a movie, I know Golden Sun and Fire Emblem have had animes (japan) that didn't really do so well.

golden sun had a anime... thats pretty cool

[Majin yami]

Well, at least it's not being directed by Uwe Boll. It'll still be ****, but it won't be abysmal.

[kenshinEtErNaL]

Super Mario Bros. had a movie once.

Yes, now let's forget THAT utter piece of trash. Please.

Don't let Dwayne Johnson ruin this movie please.... I actually liked Doom, despite being anti-FPS.

[Corpse Maker]

theres already a thread on this somewhere. :/

i just hope this movie doesnt suck, as it most likely will.

[superman]

I believe Halo had a movie, I know Golden Sun and Fire Emblem have had animes (japan) that didn't really do so well.

metroid & god of war movies

[ShadowZ]

i thought they were making a metroid movie, i didnt know they already made one

[Hiro]

MEtroid Movie, they would have to get the best actress, and Miyomoto as a writer to make sure that was good, cuase iwould expect the best form that.


Zelda movie, same as Metroid, but if they got a holywood hunk to play Link, thne it would just be ruined, they wuold nned ot get a actor, that no one really knows, and be a great actor, to make that movie good.


But Doom, like I said, will end up sucking.

[ShadowZ]

a zelda movie would be pretty hard to make, a metroid might not be too hard

[Corpse Maker]

a zelda movie would be pretty hard to make, a metroid might not be too hard
what would be so hard about making a zelda movie? that is a great idea btw. i would see it like 20 times (assuming that its OoT)

w00t^ first post using firefox

[Hiro]

I rmeber when Zelda OT came put, ppl talked about a movie, and it would be cool, and it would be kinda hard, it would have to be like a trilogy or something. Course me and my firneds made a Zelda movie, it was really crappy, but it was a bunch of kids, and our swords were lightsabers, lol.

But if they did MEtroid, DO NOT MAKE IT ANYTHIGN LIKE TOMB RADIER TRYING TO APPEL TO SEX HUNGERY TENNAGERS. GOd those movies sucked, lol. Give MEtroid dignity

[DarkLightner]

what would be so hard about making a zelda movie? that is a great idea btw. i would see it like 20 times (assuming that its OoT)

w00t^ first post using firefox

How? Zelda is an imaginative, dream like series, and Hollywood is money. I don't see the two fitting.

If they did make a movie of it however, Orlando Bloom naturally has to play Link. I'm pretty sure it's on his birth ceritficate somewhere.

But if they did MEtroid, DO NOT MAKE IT ANYTHIGN LIKE TOMB RADIER TRYING TO APPEL TO SEX HUNGERY TENNAGERS. GOd those movies sucked, lol. Give MEtroid dignity

If they keep up with the game, there shouldn't be much sex appeal. Unless there's a mod in the movie where you can see her in a bathing suit of course.

[Hiro]

yes but Hollywood would screw around with it and make it like that, u know they would. I jsut don't want ot see that.

[beaverteeth92]

Don't forget Super Mario Bros. I mean Koopa as the villan, I mean come on!!! No Bowser!!!

[CuttingEdge]

i guess we're just going to have to see...i really hope they don't mess this game-turned-movie up...

[Dr. Blaine]

The Doom trailer makes me think of 'Aliens'. Seems like so many of those movies are so similer. They take the plot of 'Aliens' and rework it to fill the needs of the filmaker
Something goes wrong, a team of Marines go in, find that the problem causes people to get changed into the problem, people die, the place has to be blown up or something, the star of the movie (and mabey a couple others) gets out in time.

Personally, I would like to see a remake of Super Mario Brothers. Something that's more like the games (only not based in a 2D world).

[TheBebop]

I hope they make a Halo movie.

[Hiro]

I think I heard somehtign about they are planning the Halo movie, but rihgt now they are tryign to get the rights from Bill Gates.

[Acrobat Monkey]

the trailer for Doom looks cool hopefully it will be like resident evil (I thought it was good) and not end up like street fighter (the Jean Claude Van Damme version)

[.:EveningPlague:.]

Of all the games to pick, why pick Doom?

I mean, c'mon, it's just like:
Resident Evil
Aliens
And other stupid, crappy monster shooting movies.

Nobody wants to see that junk over, and over again.

At least make a movie about an original game like Zelda.

If they made a Zelda movie I would see it the day it comes out.

[Corpse Maker]

Of all the games to pick, why pick Doom?

I mean, c'mon, it's just like:
Resident Evil
Aliens
And other stupid, crappy monster shooting movies.

Nobody wants to see that junk over, and over again.

At least make a movie about an original game like Zelda.

If they made a Zelda movie I would see it the day it comes out.
dont call doom an unoriginal game. it revolutionized fps's.

[Charninja]

It already doesn't seem to have much to do with the game beyond the setting. It mentioned about mapping the rest of the human genome (which I'm pretty sure has already been completed). I'm also pretty sure that no mention of Betruger or any of the other characters was mentioned, and as anybody who played the game knows, all the squads died, and only one player who was all alone the entire game made it out alive.

But hey, by my standards, this movie has it all: Big guns, big boobs, big monsters, and big explosions. That's all I've ever really asked for.

[BlackChaosDemon]

Hey hey again, this is yet another official thread by me.

So being the HUGE fan of the Doom series I am, I decided with the movie coming out and the release of Doom 3 (like 3 months ago) that this was finally needed.

Thus, express thy doomed selves!

[YaMiMaRiK528]

Is this about the movie or the games as well?

I'm a veteran of the games (been playing since I was 5 ie 1994) and I absolutely love them. Doom3 I own, but my computer isn't powerful enough to get the most out of it. I heard it gets good though.

Doom 1 and 2 are classics; they started a generation, as well as played an important part in my life. I'm into the Unreal series more, but I love going back to play Doom every so often.

Anyways, the movie... I don't really know what to expect. There isn't much to the game (1&2 anyway) that can make for a good plot. While you are supposed to rid the Phobos and Deimos stations of demons from Hell, I wouldn't find that to be very entertaining to watch. Doom3 is more movie like though, and the trailer for DooM definitely reminds me of Doom3.

The cast... The Rock sorta does remind me of your character in the original Doom. I guess he's a good fit.

I'm looking forward to seeing this, but I'll go in expecting the worst. I guess it'll be more enjoyable when it exceeds my low expectations.

[BlackChaosDemon]

Touche' it's about the movie and the games.

As for the movie...the song is remixed Switchback by Celldweller, and the demons are done by the guy who created the original Aliens in the Aliens trilogy. So that's generally cool. The only odd thing I'm seeing is that when someone goes to kill a demon it shows a clip from the game firing at the demo instead of a person. This very well could just be a theatrical bit, but it's all too reminiscent of the House of the Dead bomb.

[Dr.Constantine]

Doom Movie Thread (http://www.pojo.biz/board/showthread.php?t=193261&highlight=Doom+movie)

Just thought I'd let you know about the first thread. Merge 'em perhaps?

Personally, I think it's going to be horrible. Another game movie that can't even try to stick to the freakin' storyline. The monsters in the movie even look the same as the Doom 3 ones, yet they're "mutants". It's a softer version of the original hardcore games.

I love the games and have played all kinds of mods. I left my copy of the collector's package at home, so I'm at college with only Duke Nukem 3D, which isn't bad, but it's not Doom.

[BlackChaosDemon]

Jing: Merging soon...lol.

Also, yeah, they're "mutants". I bet the soccer moms would freak if they found out DEMONS were in the movies... :rolleyes:

[Corpse Maker]

i love these games. My dad is in the air force, and he used to have a job that required him to fly on commercial planes alot to go to meetings back in 1994-1995. to help him pass the time, he put doom on the laptop that government gave him so he could play them while on commercial filghts, i saw him playing it once when i was like 4, asked to play, and the rest is history. i hope the movie is good, though i have low expectations. im gonna have to go with my friends or else sneak into it though, because my mom wont let me go because it is rated R and my dad cant take me because he is stationed in Qatar for 5 months.

heres some really cool speed runs for doom:

http://speeddemosarchive.com/Doom.html


DOOM 3 came out August 3, 2004 by the way, not 3 months ago.

[meteoraclown]

All I want to see in the movie is the 4 minute scene where it's in first person. That would be so awesome.

[WildWill]

Love it when new mods don't know how to use the search button...

;)

[Corpse Maker]

All I want to see in the movie is the 4 minute scene where it's in first person. That would be so awesome.
that scene only lasts 4 minutes? damn. oh well, better than an annoying faked sex or makeout scene somehow fitted in there.

[BlackChaosDemon]

Ahh..sorry Will..I'll just delete my topic. :eek:

[WildWill]

Doofus, I already merged them together. ;)

No worries...

[BlackChaosDemon]

Wow...I WAS tired last night. Thanks WW.

[Dr. Blaine]

dont call doom an unoriginal game. it revolutionized fps's.

I thought it was the Marathon series that revolutionized fps's, it just didn't get any credit for it (cus all the games but 2 were exclusivly for Macintosh or something)

[Charninja]

I thought it was the Marathon series that revolutionized fps's, it just didn't get any credit for it (cus all the games but 2 were exclusivly for Macintosh or something)

Well no wonder nobody heard about it. Any game on a mac is revolutionary by default.

[YaMiMaRiK528]

Doom paved the way for Quake, which sorta paved the way for Unreal, which sorta paved the way for Halo, Unreal Tournament and other modern day shooters.

I don't know of any pre-Doom shooters... maybe the classic Duke Nukem side-scrolling games, but those weren't First Person.

[Corpse Maker]

I don't know of any pre-Doom shooters... maybe the classic Duke Nukem side-scrolling games, but those weren't First Person.
you forget: duck hunt :p

[Dr. Blaine]

you forget: duck hunt :p

Ohhh...good point.

Here's some information taken from Wikipedia
Turns out Doom was released first in 1993, but since Marathon was released in 1994, they pretty much were being created at the same time

Unlike some other similar games of that era (for example, id Software's Doom) Marathon and its sequels, Marathon 2: Durandal and Marathon Infinity were notable for their intricate plots.

Also, it said something about Doom going to have a more intracate plot, but that was cut, so if it had been included, would it have been released after Marathon?

I think the only reason that Marathon doesn't get any credit is because it was Mac-only (however, this may have been before the infamous Macrosoft monster appeared as we know it today).
The same kind of thing could be applied to Halo. If it hadn't been on the Xbox, would it be as well known, would it still have been as popular? granted, it was going to be playable by PCeeies (made that word up) at the same time. But if Halo had been just for Mac, would it have been delared obscure as opposed to 'revolutionary'? (or whatever it was called)

[Greg]

All I want to see in the movie is the 4 minute scene where it's in first person. That would be so awesome.

pics


http://www.comingsoon.net/gallery/Action/Doom/doom6.jpg


go through the gallery to view others

[Hero of Time]

So. Doom. Tomorrow. I am gonna see it with my best friend. It looks pretty cool. No blockbuster, of course.

[FuN iN a BaG]

Any movie that stars with The Rock is not one I'm going to see.

[superman]

msn website gave it a really bad review on the movie
http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=204754

[Dr.Constantine]

Any movie that stars with The Rock is not one I'm going to see.

That's fine, but you don't need to spam the topic if you don't have anything meaningful to say.

Personally, I don't care what the reviewers say, let alone a network run by Microsoft. Some of the Rock's material isn't that bad, which is why I'll wait to judge Doom until I see it. However, it's based on a video game plot that was butchered, so it can't have much to offer besides decent action . . . which doesn't appear very exciting either.

There has never been a good game movie. Ever. Period. I'm hoping Advent Children, while not a film in theaters, can somewhat be the beginning of an uphill climb for game movies.

[Hero of Time]

Saw it. It was okay.

Best part: The Rock dies. It got pretty stupid towards the end and The Rock acted liek a **** the whole time. He even shot the kid.

[Dr.Constantine]

Saw it. It was okay.

Best part: The Rock dies. It got pretty stupid towards the end and The Rock acted liek a **** the whole time. He even shot the kid.

EDIT: The spoiler tag isn't working for me.

SPOILER:You only put five 3's. And thanks for ruining it. It would have set you back all of twelve seconds to just preview the damn post.

[Hero of Time]

I thought it was five. My bad.

[DarkLightner]

That's fine, but you don't need to spam the topic if you don't have anything meaningful to say.

Personally, I don't care what the reviewers say, let alone a network run by Microsoft. Some of the Rock's material isn't that bad, which is why I'll wait to judge Doom until I see it. However, it's based on a video game plot that was butchered, so it can't have much to offer besides decent action . . . which doesn't appear very exciting either.

There has never been a good game movie. Ever. Period. I'm hoping Advent Children, while not a film in theaters, can somewhat be the beginning of an uphill climb for game movies.

Halo could change that.

But yeah, now that the movie is spoiled for me, I don't have a reason to see it. I wasn't going to see it in the first place anyways.

[Corpse Maker]

ill copy/paste something i wrote on another site:

ok, it just about met my expectations. I REALLY enjoyed the FPS part. it was good, but the only thing that even resembles the original video game is the logo. they even changed the BFG from meaning "Big ******** Gun"to "Bio-Force Gun"(though sarge eventually dubs it its original name). and one more thing, when destroyer was battling that hell knight in the pit, there were a couple of 1980's-early 90's looking computers down there. i mean wtf, its supposed to be year like 2250 or something.

ill right a more detailed analisys in the morning if i have the time and feel like it.

once again, ill say it: THE FPS PART ******** OWNED

[compaqmac]

Just came back from seeing it.

Its really a good movie except there is one major flaw. Its basically 20mins short of being 2hrs, yet it takes at least 1hr for the plot to finally explain itself.

Other then that, it is good. The first person motion towards the end almost made the whole ticket for it worth it.

Is it worth seeing again, sure. But more then twice its worthless. It might be a good DVD to buy depending on what features they add.

[slingblade]

http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/doom-the-movie/ten-things-to-shout-out-while-watching-doom-the-movie-133547.php

10 things to shout out while watching doom the movie:

10. How do I bring up the console?

9. Teh Rock is a n00b.

8. Dude, that hurt. The health is behind the crate!

7. Team kill!

6. This new engine rules.

5. Crap map.

4. This AI is so <insert F curse here>ing lame.

3. (as the credits roll) That last boss sucked.

2. <insert F curse here>ing camper ***s!

1. <insert F curse here>, how do I skip this cut scene? This <insert F curse here>ing sucks, it's been going on for like 30 minutes.

[shadowbahamut]

8. Dude, that hurt. The health is behind the crate!

Yessssssss!I should be able to see it next weekend.What weapons does it have{hopes for the BFG9000}

[Corpse Maker]

Yessssssss!I should be able to see it next weekend.What weapons does it have{hopes for the BFG9000}
yeah the bfg is the only gun that is actually mentioned, but they changed the meaning from big ********** gun to bio-force gun

[Decay]

http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/doom-the-movie/ten-things-to-shout-out-while-watching-doom-the-movie-133547.php

10 things to shout out while watching doom the movie:

10. How do I bring up the console?

9. Teh Rock is a n00b.

8. Dude, that hurt. The health is behind the crate!

7. Team kill!

6. This new engine rules.

5. Crap map.

4. This AI is so <insert F curse here>ing lame.

3. (as the credits roll) That last boss sucked.

2. <insert F curse here>ing camper ***s!

1. <insert F curse here>, how do I skip this cut scene? This <insert F curse here>ing sucks, it's been going on for like 30 minutes.


Ha! That is so freakin' hilarious.....I love it.

I've had mixed feelings about this. I'm not a fan at all of Video Game films, but this one seems like it might at least have some decent action...

[m0rphling]

It looks horribly dirrected

[Decay]

It looks horribly dirrected

So are most movies today anyways....nobody cares about making movies anymore.

[The PumpKin King]

Iam Going To Seee Doom At 10:00 Tonight ^_^

Its 9:30 PM Now So Wont Be Long Now Before Me And My Dad Hit The Road And Watch Doom At The Local Movie Theater

[The Englishman]

Sigh.......no sign of this film in England, and since as everyone is going on about the First Person section I need to watch it.

Does the Rock make the story believable? Because he aint that bad in the other movies e.g. Walking Tall.

Plus, smartest twelve year old, you spelt "directed" wrong.

[The PumpKin King]

Sigh.......no sign of this film in England, and since as everyone is going on about the First Person section I need to watch it.

Does the Rock make the story believable? Because he aint that bad in the other movies e.g. Walking Tall.

Plus, smartest twelve year old, you spelt "directed" wrong.


Sarge(The Rock's Character)starts out as a cool and intresting guy but near the end he turns into a complete jerk and goes insane

Dwayne Jonhson Does Make A Very Good Marine Leader