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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."
Whatever you may believe, "Gay niggers from outer space" is a real movie. :P
It's a danish short film.
Even though some of the COMMENTS on imdb are bogus, the info for gay niggers... is correct.
Go download it (or check with the danish film archive) if you're in doubt
... with any luck, it'll be every bit as good as the comic book.
Al Qaeda has ninjas!
Anyone can submit info to the The Internet Movie Database, and it's rather notorious for posting incorrect information about movies which are still far from release.
I'm not saying that the casting news at the imdb definitely isn't true, I'm just saying to take it with a grain of salt.
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These aren't the droids you're looking for.
from the original game...
You're a marine, one of Earth's toughest, hardened in combat and trained for action. Three years ago you assaulted a superior officer for ordering his soldiers to fire upon civilians. He and his body cast were shipped to Pearl Harbour, while you were transferred to Mars, home of the Union Aerospace Corporation.
The UAC is a multi-planetary conglomerate with radioactive waste facilities on Mars and its two moons, Phobos and Deimos. With no action for fifty million miles, your day consisted of suckin' dust and watchin' restricted flicks in the rec room.
For the last four years the military, UAC's biggest supplier, has used the remote facilities on Phobos and Deimos to conduct various secret projects, including research on inter-dimensional space travel. So far they have been able to open Gateways between Phobos and Deimos, throwing a few gadgets into one and watching them come out the other.
Recently, however, the Gateways have grown dangerously unstable. Military "volunteers" entering them have disappeared or been stricken with a strange form of insanity -- babbling vulgarities, bludgeoning anything that breathes, and finally suffering an untimely death of full-body explosion. Matching heads with torsos to send home to the folks became a full-time job. Latest military reports state that the research is suffering a small set-back, but everything is under control.
A few hours ago, Mars received a garbled message from Phobos. "We require immediate military support. Some fraggin' evil is coming out of the Gateways! Computer systems have gone berserk!" The rest was incoherent. Soon afterwards, Deimos simply vanished from the sky. Since then, attempts to establish contact with either moon have been unsuccessful.
You and your buddies, the only combat troop for fifty million miles were sent up pronto to Phobos. You were ordered to secure the perimeter of the base while the rest of the team went inside. For several hours, your radio picked up the sounds of combat: guns firing, men yelling orders, screams, bones cracking, then finally, silence. Seems your buddies are dead.
It's Up To You
Things aren't looking too good. You'll never navigate off the planet on your own. Plus, all the heavy weapons have been taken by the assault team leaving you with only a pistol. If only you could get your hands around a plasma rifle or even a shotgun you could take a few down on your way out. Whatever killed your buddies deserves a couple of pellets in the forehead. Securing your helmet, you exit the landing pod. Hopefully you can find more substantial firepower somewhere within the station.
As you walk through the main entrance of the base, you hear animal-like growls echoing throughout the distant corridors. They know you're here. There's no turning back now.
Thanks to file sharing, I purchase more CDs
Thanks to the RIAA, I buy them used...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317676/ this comes to mind
And then he'll die anyway.
Food not Bombs is a nice platitude but it breaks down when you notice that the Bombees are usually well fed
Chicks got hung on a meathook back in Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and that guy was actually after a PG-13 rating.
That guy (Tobe Hooper) must have been a very forward thinking individual, because the PG-13 rating wouldn't exist for another 10 years.
Oh really. And can you name a good Vim[sic] Diesel movie except for Pitch Black?
Iron Giant.
No, actually they're going to have a plot that is nice and untrue to the game (which, admittedly, doesn't have much of one).
Callaham said that in his meetings with the id Software team they were very supportive and open with his ideas on changing the Doom mythology and allowing for real characters to be put into the script.
See interview here.
Perhaps because it has nothing to do with the game?
On the subject of a movie of the game, Gabe Newell has nixed the idea for the forseeable future.
Um, this movie has nothing to do with the game...it's a drama.
Also, Valve has already stated that the "hollywood" guys have tried to get them to make a movie based on Half-Life...but when they started talking about "Gordon's love interest" they high-tailed it back home!
"Leo Fender was in a 'state of grace' when he designed the Stratocaster." -- Paul Reed Smith
Seriously, I'd like to see a movie trilogy of the Marathon universe. Marathon's story was the best video game story ever, certainly of the FPS genre (IMO at least). Halo, an extension of that universe, wasn't as good or creative, but Marathon 1/2/3 was untouchable.