Just saw Doom in theatres... some spoilers (tagged though)

[A2L]

Saw doom today in the bay area and it was ok. I mean as a first person shooter come to film it did pretty well. I would've been happier if there were like a lot more aliens and human killings though. It was cool to see some references from the games (mostly Doom 3 through) which is always cool to have some fanservice (FF7:AC anyone?).


1. The change from 3rd to 1st person was friggin awesome, IMO. I loved how it did the mirror change and explained (in their way) how the hero of doom was damn near invincibile to those monsters. The chainsaw part was a little hectic. Also, i found that they timed the length of the 1st person perspective perfectly. It was long enough to show how it looked, gave the fans some fun but not too long where it would ruin the gimmick. Props to them on that.
2. The rock "I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO DIE!"
3. Semper Fi mother fucker!
4. The hand in the door was classic =)



Would post more but still kind of buzzed =/

[semperfi]

you called? :P

[Keyser Söze]

yeah the movie looks good, hopefully rocky wont disappoint.

[TheVileOne]

Just remember...Karl Urban plays John Grimm, who is the character you play as in the games.

[A2L]

^oooh i didn't know that at the time.

When i saw it i thought it was supposed to be the Rock who was the doom guy... so when it changed to 1st person, i was like... OOOhh ahhh bad ass.

[CrazyMoronX]

I was already planning on watching the movie (as if anyone wasn't), but now that I know it's at least decent, and not a terrible piece of garbage, I'm looknig forward to seeing it, just a little more.

[organizedcrime]

Karl Urban, eh?

Well, I doubt I'll be seeing it any time soon, maybe I can when it comes out on DVD.

[Yoshi]

I'll try to see it then as it's no the usual rubbish when games go to film format. Thanks for the heads up.

[Id]

So you say its not bad I think ill get a ticket for this weekend.

[crazymtf]

Thanks man for the head ups, can u put some more good spoilers?

[A2L]

lol don't get too excited... for the first attempt of making a first person shooter into a movie i think they did decent. It's not going to blow your mind or anything, there were some complaints I had but overall it was ok.

Crazymtf, 10 quick vague'ish' hint'ish' spilers b4 i go to bed.

1. BFG was pretty damn fucking big.
2. Dying on a toilet is humiliating in any movie.
3. When you tell your superior office to "go to hell" expect a bullet in the throat.
4. Zombies are stupid in every single movie.
5. You will see some of the most wicked hickies ever in this flick.
6. Thank gawd there were no lovey dovey scenes.
7. Fight scene at the end was kind of predictible.
8. People in wheel chair like things are fucking cowards.
9. If I cut myself everytime I took the Lord's name in vain... well jesus I'd have a lot of scars all over myself too.
10. The rock is truly, truly an ugly man.


Also, when you see it hope you don't see it with all the elitist bastards that were around when I did. It's amazing at how giving knowing laughs or comments when references are made to the game make people feel big. When it says "BFG" you'd be suprrised how many people yelled out "big fucking gun" like they were the only one's who know it what it meant. I kind of hated like 3/4 of the people in the theatre during this movie. Also, there were a lot of douche bags who obviously had no idea what Semper Fi meant yet pretended they did.

:EDIT:

The Vile One

Where'd you get that info? Cuz I think the movie is a LOT, LOT cooler if you DIDN'T know that part. Is it common info or something..? I'd suggest putting it in spoilers cuz I'm not so sure that some of the parts are as cool once you know that... but who knows, maybe everyone knew it but me.

[UltraSynaptic SeizureNinja]

He probably got it here:

http://imdb.com/title/tt0419706/

[CrazyMoronX]

If there is no cyberdemon or a cacodemon, then there is no reason to watch this movie.

[Sake Hokage]

looks interesting, I might try and see it the weekend

[A2L]

Actually SEizure ninja, saw it in theatres =/ Free ticket =)

[TheVileOne]

It was pretty common knowledge.

This was reported on IGN and the like.

A little secret:

Over the summer I interned for the producers of the movie. Don't tell anyone.

[crazymtf]

Well i never played the game, thanks for those spoliers man :)

[TheVileOne]

So is the movie really cheesy? Kinda silly?

[A2L]

Yes. Lol, it's not too bad though. Some decent laughs n chuckles though.

[UltraSynaptic SeizureNinja]

Actually SEizure ninja, saw it in theatres =/ Free ticket =)

Free tickets? Sweeeet.

I plan to see it next weekend, though.

[Jh1stgen]

Show of hands, who's surprised? I'll wait.

Who expected this to be at all relevant to the game? I'll wait.

Did anyone have expectations that it might at least be entertaining? Go ahead, show of hands. Seriously, I'll wait.

And I'll end up waiting forever on that one. You go ahead and get back to me when you're ready. In the meantime, I'm going to work on trying to find a reason as to why I shouldn't disavow all knowledge of id Software and their products. Yes, this movie was that bad. It made me want to forget that I've ever played Doom, Doom II, Doom 3, Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil, Castle Wolfenstein, Wolfenstein 3d, Quake 1, 2, and 3, Descent, Commander Keen and any other id title that I played that I may have forgotten. After being such a fan of especially the Doom games, I don't think I can ever return to them.

Why? Why am I so ready to throw away my love for the game series that introduced me to video games in the first place? Why do I cease to care about the game that spawned a love of video games so intense that, on more than one occasion, has caused me to fail exams? Because this movie destroyed its name.

In the video game version of Doom, you play a space marine on Mars wiping out hordes of demons that have teleported from Hell in a science experiment gone wrong. In Doom the movie, we see a team of marines on Mars wiping out scientists who have mutated into zombies and monsters. Sounds similar enough, right? Wrong. While the video game may not have had a terribly strong plot, there was one theme that was absolutely central to it, without which the game would not be Doom. And no, that theme is not blazing guns and small corridors. The theme is that you are fighting the hordes of hell. Literally. Demons, imps, hell knights, lost souls, revenants, etc., etc... that is what makes Doom.

John Carmack will tell you otherwise. He created Doom along with a few other people at id, and some who have since left the company. He seems to think that the reason people love the game is for the big guns and using them to mow down everything in your path. Well, that may be why he made it, and that may even be why people started playing it. But it's not why gamers came to love it. It's the fear that drove us to play it - the fear of what we were up against, and where it came from. Suffice to say, none of this is present in the movie.

No, instead they copy the plot of Resident Evil, another video game-to-movie, and say that these monsters are humans, mutated from genetic manipulation experiments. In fact, this movie has nothing to do with the game WHATSOEVER save for a few names and a teensy bit of art design.

As an adaptation, it downright blows.

As a film itself, it still blows. It's boring. It's not even remotely scary. It's predictable. Attempts at building background for the characters come across as comedic. The acting is shoddy and uninspired. In fact, the only thing going for it is the gore. And the gore is awesome. And tonight I learned that that is not enough to make a good movie.

"Semper Fi, mother f****r," spouts the Rock, eliciting laughter from the audience. Did he actually just say that? Who wrote this? And who at id gave it the ok? I don't really care, so long as neither is allowed to work in the entertainment industry again.

There is nothing good about this movie. If you are a fan of good filmmaking, I urge you to not see this. If you are a fan of movies in general, I urge you to not see this. If you are a fan of the games, I urge you EMPHATICALLY to not see this. However, if you yourself are a mutated zombie, you might fit in at the theater.

[TheVileOne]

Interesting but also valid comments Gen.

I'm annoyed they basically copied the Resident Evil plot with the monsters.

[MartialHorror]

If you have seen Resident Evil, you have seen Doom.

Except I thought Doom was made alot better. Had better action, acting, character development(Er, more like you liked the characters more. Not really development...), horror, atmosphere, ect.

RE: 6/10
Doom: 8/10

I loved it. Its only problem was originality.

[TheVileOne]

I hate the Resident Evil movies and think they are a disgrace to the games.

[CrazyMoronX]

Yeah, I saw the movie Saturday, basically, I think it was terrible.

No demons, I knew beforehand they were going to ripoff Resident Evil, but I had hopes they might have changed that, I was wrong.

There was no Cacodemon, or Cyberdemon, it isn't worth seeing.

It seems as if they added a heap of explicit language, to try to "strengthen up" the dialogue, yeah that always works! -_-

Basically it's a terrible movie.

[PROTESTtheHERO]

i haven't seen the movie yet,, but my friend said it was good,, also i can't wait to see what they do with the Halo movie,, if it'll be like doom and go first person fighting and stuff, i wonder who they'll cast for it,.. maybe i should make a thread on it....ye i will...

[TheVileOne]

I know the way they try to call them DEMONS. But I thought it was a little hokey.

[Kayo]

This movie looked good from the beginning but it was a huge dissapointment and the end totally blew.

5/10

[Jenova]

Of all the crappy movies that came out recently, I didn't expect DOOM to be good, I was really suprised! Doom was actually one of the better movies to come out this season! Karl Urban (the hunk from the LOTR trilogy) is in it, He's such a hottie!!! Anyways, I never played the game but I definitely like the movie! I give it....8/10.

[uncle jafuncle]

I hope to god Half-life, Star Craft, and Warcraft never get turned into movies...

Best videogame-to-movie adaption thus far: Advent Children

[aLkeMiSt]

I hope to god Half-life, Star Craft, and Warcraft never get turned into movies...

Best videogame-to-movie adaption thus far: Advent Children

I heard they might be making a warcraft movie... hopefully it won't be live action, lol.

[uncle jafuncle]

I heard they might be making a warcraft movie... hopefully it won't be live action, lol.

:scry I'm going to watch it and my high expectations are going to crush it into oblivion.

Unless Blizzard has full creative control. Then it will probably be pretty good.

[Dimezanime20]

I saw Doom today. It wasn't bad, though of course this is coming from a person who hasn't played Doom. I was watching it in day time with out blindfolds in my house, so yea, I loss alittle of it's creepiness. But it was really done well. The whole Rock part when he said "I wasn't supposed to die" had me laughing. But then of course he came back, but they did that good. I didn't expect him to be the bad guy. Is there going to be a part 2? Cause at the end where Reaper is going "home" with his sister, with that look on his face, I thought the director was trying to hint that there is a possibility that the C24 will mutate him eventually.

[anbutofu]

WoW would be awesome as a cinematic movie(final fantasy advent children) as live action i believe its too soon and would be basically a lord of the rings clone.
as far as a StarCraft movie please refer to Starship Troopers, since that movie is basically the Terran campaign minus the protoss =p

[Weedy]

I agree with everythinng JH1stGen said. This is one of the worst movies i have ever seen. Never really got into Doom but i know the basic story and it SHOULD have made a decent movie.

Glad i downloaded it instead of seeing it in the theatre:P

still was a waste of my time though... i actually fell asleep once

[crazymtf]

This fucking movie was horrible. Why did i think it would be atleast watchable? Godawful piece of shit movie.

[MartialHorror]

For those who think this is the worst movie(or close) ever made, rent some direct to video horror movies, or not...

such as
1) Bloody Murder
2) Terror Toons
3) BloodRayne(not DTV)
4) Friday the 13th part 8(Not sure)
5) Jaws the Revenge
6) Redneck Zombies

Then come and say this is the worst movie ever.

[crazymtf]

Not the worse but it's down there.

[TheVileOne]

TO the moron that neg. repped me, I did not like Doom. So screw you.