Doom goes widescreen

[Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman]

Fear for your lives.

I hate it. I really hate it. Everytime they bring games into cinema, the result will always be shitty plot and less than mediocre atmosphere. Dungeons & Dragons, Tomb Raider, Resident Evil, you name it. That's too bad, because the game storyline actually has potential to be developed further to make a movie. Tomb Raider is an example. It has all the elements to make a good story; the conspiracy, the lost artifact, the Indiana Jones-esque adventure, etc, etc, but they were unable to put those pieces together to make a barely watchable movie!

As for Doom, it's already got the eerie combination of hi-tech thriller like Alien Trliogy and ancient horror of hell. They should be able to make a decent horror movie out of it, or at least, a good action movie. Fuck, Terminator is an example of making a good action movie out of cyborgs. And should I mention Robocop? Alas, after reading some reviews (like this one), I guess I ain't going to waste my time watching Doom. Resident Evil redux, anyone?

[Robert Walper]

I'm still going to watch it. Mind you, I was going to today, but shitty wheather made me decide to stay inside.

[Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman]

Come on, Rob. Don't waste your time. Experience has told that 100% of game-based movies suck. :sad:

There should be ways to make Doom a good movie, though. I got this one plot element when having a lunch today (of course that alone won't be sufficient, but combined with a good plot....) .

Remember Robocop 2, where Cain was turned into the second Robocop? Yes, despite all his robotic physique, Cain actually felt a constant pain because his brain is addicted to Nuke (the drug, not the Shep). It is actually eerie, and of course, it was shown in the movie in subtle way by showing the scene where the psychologist gave the drug to the 'Robocoped' Cain.

So how about featuring a really antagonist character in Doom, whose, out of his own bad intention, killed and goes to hell? Then he is being 'transformed' into some kind of Doom monster like Revenant or such. Of course the transformation process should be left unfinished during the scene, making the audience guessing into what monster he's actually being transformed.

Mind you, the transformation process should NOT be overly gory like the 'goriness' in Resident Evil. In fact, it should be shown in subtle way to enhance the feeling of eerines.

Then, sometimes later, a parcitular Doom monster should appear. Then, slowly, the movie should show an *eerie* resemblance of the monster with the antagonist character which was transformed in previous scene. Then, after the relevation, the movie should also show that all Doom monsters actually feel a constant pain and agony (like the Robo-Cain in Robocop 2) while unable to express it; using the transformed character as example. After all, they're resident of hell, ain't they?

Well, watcha' think?

[frigidmagi]

I liked Resident Evil.

[Robert Walper]

I went and watched Doom in the theather with my dad. Personally, I thought it was entertaining enough. I wouldn't give it any awards for anything, but then I wasn't expecting to. It's a good popcorn flick.

[Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman]

I went and watched Doom in the theather with my dad. Personally, I thought it was entertaining enough. I wouldn't give it any awards for anything, but then I wasn't expecting to. It's a good popcorn flick.

How about the plot, Rob? I haven't seen the movie, and most reviews told me it's quite shitty, so I guess I would need second opinion.

[Lord Stormbringer]

No one can accuse Doom of cinematic genius, and I for one would have prefered they use the plot from the Knee Deep in the Dead novel, but it was hardly so horrible. It was a pretty good action shoot 'em up. That's all I expected and I got that. If you're expecting something like the first two Terminators, forget it. Those are the gold fucking standard of action movies and it's rare to have one meet that. Do

It seems to me that the death of video game movies isn't that they're bad (though some are). Rather it's fans that have a way they want it and when it's not, they bitch. This is a really good case in point because it was not too bad but ten years of anticipation couldn't be lived up to. People had so many ideas that it just wasn't going to happen.


PS: I am a big fan of the Resident Evil movies. I've never played the games so I've avoided that taint but I will say that I found them both entertaining and worth picking up on DVD.