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Doom Movie Update

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the floating-eyeball dept.

WeAz writes "Dark Horizons has an update on the currently filming Doom Movie. The article sums up the history of the production thus far and also includes a cool tidbit that reveals 'a large number of sequences will be shot purely in "first-person" perspective of the leading character (Karl Urban).' Unfortunately, the article also reports that 'The monsters aren't from hell, but rather people mutated by some nasty super-virus although the monsters look very similar to those in the game.' Sounds like a version of 28 Days Later based on Mars to me."

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  1. *rubs hands together* by lordsilence · · Score: 5, Funny

    Look at the possibilities. They can save lots of money without having actors on screen. But... we can take it further! If they just put this in a really dark setting or envoirment.. We'll simply pretend there's lots of pretty monsters and scenery everywhere.

    1. Re:*rubs hands together* by buffer-overflowed · · Score: 5, Funny

      Ahh Doom 3 the movie... I can see it now.

      Tagline: "In a world... without light... without adhesives... a hero shall arise, armed with a flashlight and heavy weaponry, but no method to combine the two."

      Ugh... I spent the entire game wishing for duct tape so I could fuckin' tape my flashlight to the bottom of my rifle. Apparently everyone decided, probably by committee, that things like night-vision and underbarrel flashlights were passe sometime in the 22nd century.

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  2. What plot? by Goonie · · Score: 5, Funny
    but the old fashoned film technique of messing with a well-loved plot seems to be going strong.

    Um, we're talking about Doom, right? What plot? From what I can recall the plot went something like "Demons. Bad. Kill them all."...

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  3. Re:Bring a barf bag... by Brandon30X · · Score: 5, Funny

    But dont get me wrong, it will be bad.

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  4. Re:$70 million film? by PedanticSpellingTrol · · Score: 5, Funny

    They are doing the whole thing in-game, the $70 million is for the GFX card.

  5. Re:Bio Force Gun?? by NarrMaster · · Score: 5, Funny

    You don't say? Once again, I salute you, Captain Obvious!

    (Dear mods: modding up those who respond to jokes in the above manner is pretty lame.)

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  6. Re:On Mars by Goosey · · Score: 5, Funny

    It might still turn out to be a decent film, it won't be Doom though.

    I suppose we were all naive at one point in our lives. Your point is right now, friend.

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  7. Re:On Mars by arose · · Score: 5, Funny

    The epic story of Doom paired with the higly original setting of a secret military-scientifix complex on earth. That has to be a hit.

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  8. Re:On Mars by kubrick · · Score: 5, Funny

    You forgot "mixed with all of the intelligence and wit that Hollywood can bring to the project."

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