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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
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.
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
... 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.
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.
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.
[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.
Chicks got hung on a meathook back in Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and that guy was actually after a PG-13 rating.
People remember that as one of the goriest slasher flicks of all time, but if you watch the movie closely, you see very little actual blood or gore.
You see a girl being lifted up, camera cuts to the front, you see the washtub underneath her - you know what it's for, but there's no blood. Your imagination supplies the scary parts.
But of course, that was just good filmmaking, which I don't expect of a "Hey this is a popular game, I bet we could rake in a couple bucks, see if the Rock is available" flick.
I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
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.
Good filmmaking makes you scare yourself. Really gory movies aren't usually scary to me. I think the classic examples is from Reservoir Dogs - when he cuts the ear off. The music, the camera pan/tilt, the screams... you never see anything but you immediately start imagining what might be happening.
My wife pointed out that the filmmaking in A Time to Kill (was on TV last night) did the same thing; you never see the terrible things they're doing to the girl, but you know what's going on.
The "rake in a couple bucks" attitude is likely to be the perspective of the studios. But the filmmaker, writer, etc. are fans of the game... so you're going to get a mix of the studio perspective (money) and the gamer perspective (how cool can we make this). Could make for a no-brainer that's fun to watch.
Well, if the main character is the rock, now I can understand why he can't use a gun and a flashlight at the same time.
-Colin
Turns into an angel, huh? So The Rock finishes the movie in God mode. Figures.
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!!
I'm sure you could save a few bucks and just use real acid. Just be sure to keep your goggles on.