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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. On Mars by Vokbain · · Score: 5, Informative

    I read yesterday somewhere that the movie doesn't take place on Mars anymore either. It supposedly happens on some planet or base somewhere else in the galaxy or something. =[

    1. Re:On Mars by EpsCylonB · · Score: 5, Insightful

      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.

    2. 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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    3. 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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    4. 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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    5. Re:On Mars by Pxtl · · Score: 5, Informative

      Lets see:

      a) not set on mars
      b) aliens infected with super virus, not demons
      c) not about "space marines" but more SWAT team members.
      d) character named "Pinky" in cybernetic wheelchair.
      e) BFG is "Bio Force Gun".

      so, this movie has what to do with DOOM exactly? 1st person perspective? Wow, because there aren't other games with that perspective.

    6. Re:On Mars by DerWulf · · Score: 5, Interesting

      I don't think its political at all. I think its just a cheap production. Look, now they say: well, they are not from hell but mutated by a virus. Before release it'll be: 'look, did we say monsters? We meant zombies that look like normal people with an attitute'. The Inq has an article about it, they say the movie isn't gonna take place on mars and the space marines will be swat guys. So, essentially it's going to be 'Resident evil vs. SWAT' - the Movie and cost 5 bucks for the 8mm film because the props are all donated.

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    7. Re:On Mars by KanSer · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Yes, thank you very much for giving us Resident Evil In Space instead of what could have been a good movie.

      Fuck hollywood sucks.

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  3. Bring a barf bag... by IO+ERROR · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...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.

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

      But dont get me wrong, it will be bad.

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  4. Good news, or bad news first? by sH4RD · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The first person view sounds cool, could inspire a new film technique (much like the Matrix's bullet time), but the old fashoned film technique of messing with a well-loved plot seems to be going strong.

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  5. No hell? by Eric(b0mb)Dennis · · Score: 5, Insightful

    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!

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  6. 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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    1. Re:What plot? by EpsCylonB · · Score: 5, Insightful

      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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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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