Doom film

[metadigital]

Doom: the motion picture

Demonic lashings of movie goodness. Oh, and 'The Rock'

Outsourcing. That's the word we'd use to sum up Id's activities at the moment. Out-sourcing because, as Carmack recently announced at Quakecon, the Quake III engine source code is now freely available to download. When you consider that games like Call of Duty are built on that code you can see the potential for would-be devs on a budget. Outsourcing because the Doom licence has been offered up to the Gods of Hollywood and the movile is due in cinemas on 21st October.

 

H IS FOR HELL

Contrary to internet opinion the film is staying faithful to the game storyline. They ARE on Mars, there WILL be demons, and while edgy US PRs are relictant to use the H word, but [sic passim] fiery netherworlds aregoing to feature. The question is, how well will the feel of the game translate? We spoke to the movie's special effects director John Farhat and asked him. "Thirty two million people are expecting a very specific thing from the movie; I gotta say it was a real task. But you know there's so much in there for gamers to recognise"[sic] he says. He's right, too. The trailer has sparked off some excited debate, especially surrounding the first person sequence where viewers are treated to a live action remake of Doom, shot from the FPS perspective. "That sequence is a five minute continuous shot." says Farhat "We worked for three months just to get that right. You know, film screen ratios are long and skinny, so even working out exactly how the gun fits in there was a challenge. I had people like Tom [McAdams, ex-SAS officer and on-set military advisor] help me get the blocking right, so there's a lot of authenticity in there, both from a gaming point of view and a real world one."

 

So that's real world authenticity in a film based on a game set on Mars during a demon invasion. Can't wait to see them pull that off ...

PC Format, Issue 180, November 2005, p20.

[Petay]

Sounds great.

I for one can't wait to see it

 

Although i do think the FPV may be a bit tacky shot for a movie

[metadigital]

Fortunately I think 'The Rock' is taking the role of the Sergeant, and not the main protagonist, too. (This will help raise the ambient acting level immeasurably.)

 

It'll be a nice comfortable film for those old gamers who played Doom, much like the recent trend in Hollywood to cash in on old television series with varying degrees of faithfullness and talent.

 

Could be a fun way to spend a couple of hours, though. I hope.

[Judge Hades]

Well, I have seen the trailer at the theatre and people's reaction from it. It caught them by surprise and a murmur of wow.

[Judge Hades]

Well, I have seen the trailer at the theatre and people's reaction from it. It caught them by surprise and a murmur of wow.

[metadigital]

Good.

 

Good.

[Petay]

 

Short term memory loss methinks.

On-topic: I'm definatly hoping that it will have some elements from the games kept in it, like the lights going off at random stages, and shock tactics like bodies and such flying out in front of the camera. If its just all action i will be quite disappointed.

[metadigital]

3D glasses for T3H win!

[GhostofAnakin]

I wonder if the Rock will do the eyebrow thing as he's about to kill someone.

[><FISH'>]

You guys are so two-faced...

 

Aren't we forgetting that all game to movie coversions suck badly without a shred of a doubt? As demonstrated here.

[Reveilled]

In a way, it'll be somewhat disappointing if the first person shot doesn't include a stat bar at the bottom with health, ammo, and a little floating head with a bloody nose. "

[Darque]

I may watch this... but I don't have high expectations for it

[Krookie]

 

 

(w00t)

[Gabrielle]

Do you smell what the Rock is cooking?

[Judge Hades]

*sniff*

 

Smells like burnt demon testicles.

Edited October 9, 2005 by Hades_One

[LoneWolf16]

H....how do you know what that smells like?

[Krookie]

H....how do you know what that smells like? 

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

I'd like to know too...

[Gabrielle]

The Rock will smack your candy a$$.

 

I like that idea.

Edited October 9, 2005 by Gabrielle

[Darque]

[Bokishi]

I wish ppl would actually quote him correctly, If ya smell what The Rock is cookin' jabroni.

[Bulgarian Jedi]

Doom movie, Halo movie....

What's next?

Half-Life????

 

Sarcraft???????????????

 

KotOR???????????????????????????????????????????????

[><FISH'>]

I wouldn't mind an Oddworld movie.

[Judge Hades]

H....how do you know what that smells like? 

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

Well, you know... You get home from the grocer and you put dinner in the oven and then start playing a game and you forget aboiut the oven...

[Reveilled]

I wouldn't mind an Oddworld movie.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

Imagine the outtakes on the DVD...

 

"Hello."

"Hello."

"Follow me."

"Okay."

[standing under grinder]

"Wait."

"Okay."

[Abe pulls lever]

[Mudoken gets grinded]

"Oops. Hee hee hee."

 

[Musopticon?]

Well, Oddworld Inhabitants(the devs) have stopped making games altogether and their new carieer choice is animations, so your dream might come to fruition very soon.