DOOM Movie Trailer
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Doctor Sinister
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Ooh-ooh.
Looks very slick.
Dr. S.
Looks very slick.
Dr. S.
scuud
Member
I've signed a petition saying I wont see it, so I can't say I'm exactly excited that it's coming out.
Doctor Sinister
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What's this petition all about?scuud said:
Dr. S.
the_redstar_swl
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Cool, It looks like its going to have Imps, But no Satan. 
scuud
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CJMello
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Not many movies stay true to anything. Starship Troopers is a blatant example. Take a classic and Hollywood it up.
BarcelonaBlom
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Can't beat it though!sickpup said:
jaegertech
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Since that petition was created, several elements of the movie have been changed to be far more Doom-ish. Still mutants instead of a gateway to hell though. I dunno, before the trailer, I was ready to boycott the movie in protest, but now it looks like they've at least tried to appease the fans.scuud said:
gobeavs
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Oh, it uses the Doom 3 engine?Overseer said:
Haven't seen the trailer...and won't see the movie.....The Little Mermaid is more my style
Marines
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Perhaps he and Uwe Bolle could combine their efforts.Overseer said:
:kotz:BarcelonaBlom
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ROFL!Marines said:Perhaps he and Uwe Bolle could combine their efforts.
Sorry this just doesn't have the appeal of the games. I could use a screen-filming (or whatever) type program and play Doom II and make a more interesting movie. With a PLOT!
CPangracs
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I will see the movie (rent for $3 most likely), but it will only be for the tension and the fright. I haven't played Doom since the original, however I wouldn't care if I did.
If I wanted a movie based on a game to be exactly like the game, I'd just go play the friggin' game.
Even the mention of a petition against this movie for the reason of NOT being exactly like the game gives me all the more reason to see it.
If I wanted a movie based on a game to be exactly like the game, I'd just go play the friggin' game.
Even the mention of a petition against this movie for the reason of NOT being exactly like the game gives me all the more reason to see it.
That argument doesn't really work here. I could see that being a reasonable argument if people were complaining that the film should be the exact same events of the game. However, this film completely changes the fundamental nature of what Doom was about - Creatures from another dimension (essentially... Hell) coming and killing everyone. Much different than experiments on the human genome creating Hell Knights, Imps, etc...CPangracs said:
CPangracs
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Funny, but I don't get that from the discussion here. Does it really matter where they came from? Isn't the essential gist of any FPS game like Doom being turned into a movie to represent the spooky horror of the game? Oh yeah, and let's not forget the capitalization on the name?Overseer said:
I look at it like this, there's a good chance many people (like myself) are not wrapped up in some Doom space/time continuum and are looking at 90 minutes of entertainment, seeing something cool and new.
I don't think the target audience for Doom is necessarily the hardcore Doom player. I think that, if the CGI and such is decent, it may spark a buying-spree for the game.
Consumerism at its best!
As for people calling for Uwe Boll's death, that seems a bit extreme, doesn't it?
Some people need to get real lives to go with their fantasy lives.:laugh:
Siberian HEAT
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It has more of a Resident Evil feel to the trailer than a true Doom re-creation. It seems odd too, given the cool things they could have done by sending the Marines into hell to kick some demon arse.
I think the marketing people probably said that movies can't show hell/satan/demons in any sort of serious type of movie. You have to add high doses of comedy (Army of Darkness for example) or people will just be too frightened (Doom is probably aiming for the PG-13 audience), and the religious groups would just be all over them.
On a more fundamental level, it is just more expensive to set a movie in hell than it is inside some generic space lab. :laugh:
I think the marketing people probably said that movies can't show hell/satan/demons in any sort of serious type of movie. You have to add high doses of comedy (Army of Darkness for example) or people will just be too frightened (Doom is probably aiming for the PG-13 audience), and the religious groups would just be all over them.
On a more fundamental level, it is just more expensive to set a movie in hell than it is inside some generic space lab. :laugh: