'Doom' Discussion Thread

i would have said it to be a decent movie if it werent ripping off resident evil. Was the concept of demons to absurd for the filmakers? I truly beleive had they focused the story around the actual story that drove the video game, we would have had a better movie.

yes indeed.. the whole 'cracking the human genome' is nothing more than a coverup for the steaming pile it truely is... why arent the developers and game artists ever involved in creating the movie?.. I honestly would rather watch a 2 hour cutscene from the game engine, than watch the rock try to act... 😘

Originally posted by Pandemoniac
The movie has been finished, and in contradiction to the news that came out in the beginning; they stuck to the original story, made it rated R and avoided as much CGI as possible (they got the creature crew from Aliens aboard!).
The trailer is ok so far, although it reveales no good glimpse at the monsters yet.

I did see a clip that showed a Pinky though, and I must admit the monster part of what I saw looked OK. It has received good reviews from some, but only as far as it's action, most everyone says the story sucks.

Now you can be flexible and agree with what one reviewer said and accept that movies of action video games are about the acrtion, not the story, but why settle? There's simply no legitimate reeaon so many potentially good projects are turned to crap by the movie industry.

Doom's story is both immersive, well told, and suspensfull, especially in Doom3. The details of the ancient alien civilization and the technology they developed, as well as the horde of demons they fought and the resulting sacrifice of their entire race is a compelling and unique story, ruined by this excuse of a plot they turned it into.

You know, it's ironic that so many people say that video games are causing people to be shallow and introverted, when so many of them saying it are movie goers gushing over special effects and hyped up screen stars dubbed as sex symbols.

I think rotten tomatoes just bout sums it up http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/doom/

I got a hold of this on DVD, being the Unrated Extended Edition, and I couldn't bare but 35 minutes of it. I never had incredibly high hopes for it to begin with, but from the opening, scientist scrambling through an office, it had "Resident Evil" written all over it, which wasn't necessarily a negative.

This movie, in a word, was shit. It started off with an 80's-ish opening score, then went downhill from there. Introduction of cardboard cutout, cliche "marine" fill-in's, some oversized weapondry, and uninspired dialogue, with no semblence to the eerie, brooding characters in "Doom 3" all of which pretty much set the tone for the rest of the film.

I did fast-forward to the end, after enduring a grueling 35 minutes of boring one-liners and a plot almost identical to "Alien", and got just what I expected.

Spoiler:
Karl Urban's "Reaper" character was asked to stay behind, but took on the mission anyway, and was the only one to survive the whole fiasco. Rock died, so there probably won't be a sequel, thank god.

I don't think even the video game crowd will geek out to this one. It's just that bad. If you do decided to give this a spin, get the Theatrical version. The Unrated cut has an addition 13 minutes, which is like being on Death Row, and asking for a lethal injection WHILE you're on the electric chair. Why submit yourself to even more torture....

Oh man! Now I have to rent it!

i thought this movie was decent. the 24 chromosone steroid thing slightly separates it from the virul infection thing but not really. i thought it was entertaining.

Like it or not.....The Rock did a great job acting in this one....I for one liked it.

Originally posted by Cinemaddiction
I got a hold of this on DVD, being the Unrated Extended Edition, and I couldn't bare but 35 minutes of it. I never had incredibly high hopes for it to begin with, but from the opening, scientist scrambling through an office, it had "Resident Evil" written all over it, which wasn't necessarily a negative.

This movie, in a word, was shit. It started off with an 80's-ish opening score, then went downhill from there. Introduction of cardboard cutout, cliche "marine" fill-in's, some oversized weapondry, and uninspired dialogue, with no semblence to the eerie, brooding characters in "Doom 3" all of which pretty much set the tone for the rest of the film.

I did fast-forward to the end, after enduring a grueling 35 minutes of boring one-liners and a plot almost identical to "Alien", and got just what I expected.

Spoiler:
Karl Urban's "Reaper" character was asked to stay behind, but took on the mission anyway, and was the only one to survive the whole fiasco. Rock died, so there probably won't be a sequel, thank god.

I don't think even the video game crowd will geek out to this one. It's just that bad. If you do decided to give this a spin, get the Theatrical version. The Unrated cut has an addition 13 minutes, which is like being on Death Row, and asking for a lethal injection WHILE you're on the electric chair. Why submit yourself to even more torture....

Yep. Pretty much sums up this whole shitfest.

This movie was Resident Evil.

Frag Maniac put it best, they could easily made a more interesting story if they stuck to the whole Doom story (even if it wasnt that good to begin with).