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Posted by Ramdac99 (Member # 7264) on :

Doom comes out this Friday and I was wondering what you all thought about it.

Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :

It looks stupid.

Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :

It looks scarily bad.

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

It looks even less fun than watching somebody else play the game.

Here is a pretty funny trailer review of Doom.

Posted by Jim-Me (Member # 6426) on :

you expected anything else?

the greatness of the game ws that it was pretty much brainless violence... the movie should be the same, though it looks to me a little *too* much like Doom 3. I *do* like that they took pains to make it look like an FPS, though.

I will probably rent the dvd.

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

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I *do* like that they took pains to make it look like an FPS, though.

That's the part that looks the worst.

Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :

mph, I agree...I saw the trailer when I went to see Serenity (twice) and that part looked weird, and not very intertaining, at least to me.

It is a neat gimmick, but I think it has already gotten old and I haven't even seen the movie yet. [Smile]

Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :

I think it'll be fun to go see and laugh my head off at. Watching it with a bunch of gamer geeks would be a hoot, especially with people who've played the game. We'd all just sit back and make fun of it. So while the movie looks absolutely terrible, hours of fun and jokes could probably be derived from it [Big Grin]

Posted by DarkKnight (Member # 7536) on :

I have played too many hours of Doom not to go see this movie, even if it is incredibly bad

Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :

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Originally posted by Jim-Me:
I *do* like that they took pains to make it look like an FPS, though.

Pains being the key word there.

Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :

I'll go see it. It's a nice cheesy escape that my wife will go see, as well as another couple.

Posted by Shanna (Member # 7900) on :

I don't see the point in using the FPS view in the movie. Why watch a movie that looks like you're watching your brother play a game, when you can go out and play the darn game yourself?

Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :

I think it looks incredibly bad. I may have mentioned this already in a different thread, but the one thing that would redeem it in my eyes at this point would be for The Rock to fall from an incredibly high point, hit the ground on his feet and keep walking without the slightest evidence of injury, not even a wince, and for nobody else in the movie to think there was anything the slightest bit odd about that.

If you've played Dooms 1 or 2, you know why.

--Enigmatic

Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :

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I have played too many hours of Doom not to go see this movie

I've played too many hours of Doom to go see this movie.

It'll be just like the game, only without the fun.

Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :

I just hope that the Halo movie adaptation won't be as bad as the movie adaptation of Doom. They'll probably both suck, but that is how it goes.

Posted by FoolishTook (Member # 5358) on :

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I think it looks incredibly bad. I may have mentioned this already in a different thread, but the one thing that would redeem it in my eyes at this point would be for The Rock to fall from an incredibly high point, hit the ground on his feet and keep walking without the slightest evidence of injury, not even a wince, and for nobody else in the movie to think there was anything the slightest bit odd about that.

If you've played Dooms 1 or 2, you know why.

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

I did like that they had the BMFG floating and rotating for the Rock to just find.

As an aside, the Rock is actually a decent actor. The Rundown was quite enjoyable, and the Rock was good in it.

Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :

I wanna see it. But I want to see almost every movie, especially action movies.

But I don't like the Rock. He annoys me.

Vin Diesel would've been better, in my completely unbiased, non-hormonally-driven opinion. [Wink]

-pH

Posted by Vadon (Member # 4561) on :

I'll wait and see what people have to say about it. As much as I love the games, it just... doesn't seem to fit for me. That and I dislike the FPS view point.

Though, it seems they will be keeping the same basic feel... chain-saw on a pinky, awesome.

Posted by JaimeBenlevy (Member # 6222) on :

"Vin Diesel would've been better, in my completely unbiased, non-hormonally-driven opinion. [Wink]"

In that case, Jessica Alba would've definitely been the best for the role [Big Grin]

Posted by Mariann (Member # 8724) on :

I'm going to see it, simply because I love the Rock.

Posted by Ramdac99 (Member # 7264) on :

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Originally posted by DarkKnight:
I have played too many hours of Doom not to go see this movie, even if it is incredibly bad

That's sort of where I'm comin' from.