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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?
Doom Movie Scriptwriter Dave Callaham Interviewed
I heard that an issue was the amount of goriness. Remember the soldiers hanging from meathooks ? Apparently the director wants to show that!
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!
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!!!!
... with any luck, it'll be every bit as good as the comic book.
Al Qaeda has ninjas!
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.
A story so short there is no need to read the article.
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.
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
Will movie theaters need to upgrade to the latest video equipment to be able to run this film?
The plot and setting is right from the game.
Oh come on, do you think they can really condense the intricate storyline, complex characterizations, and nuanced dialogue of Doom into a 2 hour movie? I think not.
Good god, people, Doom had a bad storyline EVEN BY VIDEOGAME STANDARDS. Who actually thinks it will make a good movie? If you answer "me", then please explain it to me.
The funny thing is most slashdot stories about something the MPAA has done are followed by comments about "who cares, Hollywood movies are so bad why would you want to watch them anyway?". You do realize that you can't honestly be in both camps, you know? You can't criticize the mindless drivel that Hollywood puts out and then say in the next breath that you're eagerly awaiting Doom.
Alright, I MAY see it, but that's only because Rosamund Pike is sexy as hell. When you're the sexiest woman in a movie that also stars Halle Berry, that's something special. But the movie itself isn't something that a sentient being should look forward to.
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.
Call me a pessimist, but I can't see modern Hollywood producing such a violent and gory film. This will probably be another sci-fi/horror flick turned PG-13 (which you can't really call Doom). No studio in it's right mind is going to release a film with people gutted and hanging on hooks. Soccer Moms of the world would have them for lunch.
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.
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.
ooh THE ROCK types IDKFA!!!
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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!!