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Doom Movie Update
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."
...not because the movie will be bad, but because the first-person perspective is likely to upset your inner ear balance and cause you to feel queasy. Think Blair Witch Project.
How am I supposed to fit a pithy, relevant quote into 120 characters?
Why the choice not to have the monsters we know and love from HELL, not another MSV (Mutated Super Virus).
Are people afraid to mention the word HELL anymore? Jesus christ, Jesusland is taking over!
Excuse me, I don't mean to impose, but I am the ocean
Yeah, according to bluesnews its just a regular old military scientific complex somewhere on earth.
It's fairly obvious that whoever put up the money wants the film to have the widest possible appeal in america, and that means they don't want to risk offending middle america with the kind of religous imagery used in the games.
It might still turn out to be a decent film, it won't be Doom though.
The first Doom was great, unlike its third incarnation there was a lot of variation in the levels. One level might be totally enclosed whilst the next offers you views of the martian landscape.
Admittedly after the basic set up of being on mars in a base after a gateway to hell has opened, the plot is fairly thin from there on. Which makes it even more amazing that the makers of this film have done away with pretty much the only plot elements Doom has.
Yes, thank you very much for giving us Resident Evil In Space instead of what could have been a good movie.
Fuck hollywood sucks.