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Doom Movie in Production For Aug 2005 Release
Lord Prox writes "Doom:
The motion picture is now in production from
Universal Pictures for a release date of August 5, 2005. According to
IMDB the cast includes The Rock, Rosamund Pike, Razaaq Adoti, Ben Daniels, and Karl Urban. The plot
and
setting is right from the game."
Who's going to play the big floating eye?
How do you make a movie without vertical clipping? I think it's going to be a real challenge to explain to the audience why a rocket fired 300 feet below someone can hit them. Should make for interesting cinematography though.
If guns kill people, then CmdrTaco's keyboard misspells words.
No plot and Mars.
You feel a strange mental acuity.
Hooray! Because we all know that films based on video games are always great
Athletic Scholarships to universities make as much sense as academic scholarships to sports teams.
...cuz you can't have both, Mr. The Rock.
ABSURDITY, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.
I want the post of Gaffer for that movie!
Yes I read that too. He also wanted to show flesh splattering everywhere when a rocket is used in an enclosed area. A lot of money is going to be spent on CGI effects, like being melted in acid.
Yeah, but in all those films, they were white guys getting slaughtered. With this film, they're worried about upsetting the helldemon minority.
The poor man's Vin Diesel.
He'll probably have to type IDKFA every thirty seconds just to make it through the movie.
I believe the rock will not only do all his own stunts, but he will also be doing all his own camera work too.
You can't beat those first-person movies.
Unfortunately, I am not Wil Wheaton
In other words, there is no plot, and the movie is set in several hallways and rooms that look identical to the one in the last scene.
I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
To let the general public get the full Doom experience, they should push the release date back like 5 or 6 times and eventually put it out in 2009.
The code to destroy the base is IDKFA.
A story so short there is no need to read the article.
1. Star-studded cast - check
2. Fantastic storyline - check
3. Less than a year from production to release - check
Wow - how will this not be a hit?
This wasn't just plain terrible, this was fancy terrible. This was terrible with raisins in it. - Dorothy Parker
Before final fantasy or resident evil, there was doom. Oh wait, what about Wolfestein. Oh wait.... PONG the movie, that's what i want to see. (Actually not a bad idea for a short film)
Will movie theaters need to upgrade to the latest video equipment to be able to run this film?
[Joke shamelessly pinched from a Charlie Brooker cartoon about the Doom movie from several years ago ... ]
The movie features a cameo appearance by Macauley Culkin:
They have a lot of work to do in order to recreate the atmosphere created in DOOM3.
But think of the money they'll save by not having to hire a lighting crew.
If this is bsaed on the latest edition of Doom, it should take roughly 3 - hrs make to tape.
All you need is a fake weapon, absolutely no lights (aka a dark room, which I am sure exists somewhere), and some "grunt" noises from a keyboard.
It is amazing what we can do with a computer.
In an effort to increase the level of suspense the entire picture will be shot with a single hand held flashlight for lighting?
Film it in first person just like the freaking game!!!!!! Then you just need some nebbish running around (only have to pay them $30k) with a camera mounted on their chest so you can see their weapon fire, chainsaw bits, etc...
Save the stars for more exciting bits. I suggest Winona Ryder for the Floating Eye, James Wood for the multiple soldiers and Joan Rivers for the Spikey Demons... For goat boy? Rob Schnieder...
Just my comments...
Will the movie characters strafe jumping away from the monsters?
The really sad thing here is that the Doom movie is likely to be more true to the original than Peter Jackson's LotR trilogy was.
"According to IMDB the cast includes The Rock"
Sounds like this movie is DooMed already!
(sorry, couldn't resist it)
Why would they censor it? They have that in Hellraiser, Event Horizon, Silence of the Lambs, etc...
Yes, but those were all FICTION movies.
I think John Romero can spell his own name.
Who's going to play Barney the dinosaur? If this movie doesn't have a Barney patch, it's just not worth watching.
These people looked deep into my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined.
* WARNING - SPOILER! *
According to a leaked copy of the script, it appears that in the final scene, just before stepping into the final room full of monsters, The Rock will step up to a computer terminal and type in "idkfa".
Then after picking up all the weapons and ammo that have inexplicably just materialized in front of him, he'll type in "iddqd" followed by "idspispopd".
Then apparently he'll just walk right through the wall and blow the entire room away without taking a single hit!
START:
[Demon jumps out from behind crates]
Sarge: "HOLY SHIT!"
[Demon attacks Sarge]
[Sarge puts down flashlight, picks up machinegun]
[Sarge shoots wildly at Demon]
GOTO START
At least Half-Life has a decent plot and storyline.
But then, Doom will be starring The Rock. Exclusion of a plot line for his movies is mandatory.
You can never go home again... but I guess you can shop there.
So do I have to upgrade my TV set too, when the DVD version comes out?
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Turns into an angel, huh? So The Rock finishes the movie in God mode. Figures.
ooh THE ROCK types IDKFA!!!
... ...
HA HA HA, yeah, it was posted 4832984 times before this post and each are marked funny. IT'S FUNNY, PEOPLE.
We can't hear this one enough, can we?!
"Hey, The Rock!"
"IDKFA?!"
"Yes."
*insert joke about flashlight*
IDKFA!!! HA HA HA.
We have secretly replaced these Slashdot mods' sense of humor with a rusty nail. Let's see if they notice!!
Let's hope the character script is taken directly from the game too so that I don't have to hear "The Rock" say anything at all.
-- I'm not a pessimist, I'm a realist. It's not my fault that life sucks so much. --
You poor folk sure do complain a lot.
DAMN YOU OCTODOG! DAMN YOU TO HELL!
... two such roles in a row could be hard on one's career. How'd you like to be type-cast as an evil-eye.
This issue is a bit more complicated than you think.
I think the burning question is whether you'll be allowed to download the first 20 minutes off P2P, before a little message pops up saying "Get the other 40 minutes, for only $4.99 - plus, a free hint booklet!"
No. He commited suicide because of persistent rumors about him being Corey's dad.
Well, at least there'll be a new movie in Hell to make people watch for eternity.
There are always plots in The Rock movies, sometimes they just don't make it on screen.
With the understanding, I hope, that there's a lot of bogus script adaptations floating around on the net, especially for a game that's been in production hell (sorry) for as long as Doom has, probably going on nine or 10 years now. Just search for fanfics, you'll hit some scripts.
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Better yet, don't search for fanfics and just take my word for it. No one needs to read the Minesweeper http://www.fanfiction.net/directory_category.php?
Or Tetris. http://www.fanfiction.net/directory_category.php?
I'm sure you could save a few bucks and just use real acid. Just be sure to keep your goggles on.
Soccer Moms of the world would have them for lunch
The execs or the "people gutted and hanging on hooks". That's kinda gross!
Sig it.