DOOM
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wow.. this movie was not nearly as terrible as i thought it would be, i actualy enjoyed watching it, it was far from a "good" movie, but completely aceptable. and there was no bullet time! aND no romance!
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I was ironically amused by the "science-fictionizing" of the Doom "demons." The only "supernatural" element in the movie was that one of the marines was a Christian (of the self-flagellating kind that went out of style in the middle ages). One of my objections to the Doom project at id was the whole focus on the monsters being demons, but a total unwillingness to include forces of "Good" who had spiritual inclinations. There could be demons from Hell in the game, but no mentions of faith or God, especially not for the hero. Kind of ironic that the media impression that will have the most impact on the general public is almost EXACTLY the opposite.
One of my objections to the Doom project at id was the whole focus on the monsters being demons, but a total unwillingness to include forces of "Good" who had spiritual inclinations. There could be demons from Hell in the game, but no mentions of faith or God, especially not for the hero.
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That's about the only thing about the DOOM universe that makes it cool and unique
If it wasn't like that it would be either a normal humans VS aliens or saints VS deamons storyline
I was really impressed with the first person bit. I went into the movie assuming that it would be the worst part, but they really pulled it off well. In fact, the first person part was the only part of the movie where the rest of the movie theater crowd got into the movie and started cheering and clapping and stuff.
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My main problem is the monsters aren't demons. It just felt like any other zombie movie where if you get bitten you turn into something else. Now I don't mind zombies in the movie. The Doom games contained many zombies. But they weren't geneticly mutated, they were corpses that were reanimated by demonic forces. And of course with no demons, no portal to hell.
My other Big gripe was the marines didn't look like marines. They looked like a SWAT team. I wanted to see some cool looking futuristic armor. it doesn't have to be just like the game but what they were wearing was lame imho.
well, that's my rant...
then it would be a DOOM movie!!
slight spoiler
" YOUR PUPILS ARE DIALATED"
like.. duh ITS FREAKIN PITCH BLACK DARK HERE
Arsh, yeah there is a reason why the legs look like a segway.
Not the best ever, but since all the other Aliens movies sucked after Aliens, this will have to do.
I thought the FPS section was awesome.
Started bad and got better and better I thought. Not a waste of time or money.
I give it a 6.5 out of 10. It was fun to watch, my friend jumped out of his seat when ***spoiler alert*** the cute monkey screamed out loud from the cage, hahaha!
I liked how hardcore it got when the Rock shot that kid in the neck, and thats when I was like fuck yeah! this shit is fucked up!
I do however agree with Amouro, it wasn't really DOOM. I wish it had some badass green armor, a shotgun, and a portal to hell with some Barons of Hell and Cacodemons. Maybe a cyberdemon boss at the end. But yeah I guess the budget would not allow for something of that scale, but you never know they could possibly make a sequel even though I highly doubt it.
Personaly, I'm tired of stories about mutants and zombies. they don't scare me one little bit. But hell, demons, and the unexplained is much more interesting to me.
In all these movies the characters all have one basic motive, to survive. Now how do you survive and kill something that is pure evil? It doesn't hunger for your brains, it hungers for your soul. That's alot more scary to me.
I just don't understand why film makers can't do things the right way. Nearly everytime they try to adapt a book, comic, game, ect. they screw something up.
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..ego
but why are we criticizing game-to-movie adaptations when the games themselves don't work as stories? Somehow blaming the people involved in the thankless task of trasmuting an interactive medium into a "dead" medium and not getting to use the best parts?
since all of us here have brilliant game ideas that would just be the greatest games ever if someone would just give us the money to make them, why don't we lend our practiced hands to writing and directing these game movie adaptations as well?
it was going to start mathew mchaunehey as a german tank commander in an alternate universe version of world war 2, where they have awesome future tanks that shoot in bullet time by default,
this commander finds out about a secret plot by alternate universe hittler to set off a bomb that will instantly kill all the puppies and kitties in the united states, (theres only 2 countries in alternate combat land, USA and germany and they are both the same size and one of them looks like greenland (it would be cheap to film there) and the other one looks like greenland.. but get this FILMED IN SEPIA TONE.
now our herroic tank commander finds out about this plot, to destroy americas morale, but he just can't stand the thought of fighting for such an evil side, so he trys to stop the bomb! but.. HE FAILS
just when it looks like america is doomed and all our soldiers are weeping the loss of all their pets,
our hero deffects and drives his fleet of super tanks across enemy lines and delivers to the americans a whole bundle of cute adorable schnauser pups! morale is restored and alternate Hitler is defeated@
In other words, they would have owed the developers of "House of The Dead" lots n lots of dough.
But no, alot of game companies seem to eager to sign on the dotted line, while their fellow game developers get screwed from the other end.
Thus far, it sounds like M$/Bungie might have the right idea.
Doctor Carmack and Doctor Willitz haha xD. Oh and the glass window, Sarge throws reaper through has all the names of the team members of Id on it, presented as the founders of the Mars research facility. Doctor Kenneth Scott for teh win!