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germanNiklas
12-21-2004, 07:27 PM
"
............below is a list of possible DooM movie changes as listed by the petition.

a)Taking place on an unknown planet. (ie: No Mars) What was so hard about the location of this movie? Doom takes place on Mars, yet the movie does not. As far as movie sets go, one planet looks the same as the other, so there's simply no excuse to leave this out.

b) Having nothing to do with Hell, instead having the monsters and zombies origin being the result of a virus. This completely undermines the point of the game entirely, the Doom pivotal plot point is that Hell invades, without it the movie is not Doom and can't even pretend to be Doom. Rather it's just a rehash of a tired sci-fi cliche with the Doom name for a title. If we wanted to see a simple horror-sci-fi movie, we'd watch Event Horizon.

c) Supposedly involving S.W.A.T. Team members instead of Space Marines. As stated before, something so simple as what the name of the uniformed soldiers in the movie didn't even try hold continuity. There's no reason or purpose to change Space Marines, which is Doom's staple, to something different. It's just bad taste and bad scripting.

d) Having no UAC (Union Aerospace Commission) involved in the movie. Though unconfirmed, this would be another key element of the Doom saga left out.

e) Several minor issues, such as the BFG (Big F***ing Gun) now renamed to Bio Force Gun. As well as all the great DooM Hellspawn such as the Pinky Demon, the Baron of Hell and several others being played by Human characters, and given uncreative names like "Pinky" and "Goat" and "Baron." This is not only uncreative, but rather creating a movie without the Doom plotline and letting it stand "as-is", this movie makes deliberate nods and references to the game, like it's trying so hard to be true to the game, but falls short because the plot has nothing to do with the game at all. Why even bother calling the personnel by gimmicky little nicknames so we can tell what they'll mutate to? Again, just bad scripting and character casting"

http://www.megagames.com/news/html/pc/doommovieupdate.shtml

ok..... :rolleyes:

CrazyCrusher
12-21-2004, 09:02 PM
I smell a Flop coming on, a huge one, reads like garbage to me.

Someone Stupid
12-21-2004, 10:56 PM
Sounds like Carmack filmed the movie in house. :) Seems to be about Doom quality... worthy of the garbage can and not the wallet.

PacNW CE
12-22-2004, 12:58 PM
The second I heard a Doom movie coming out I smelt a flop comming.

The protagonist doesn't talk in the game. That sucks for film.

bob05
12-25-2004, 05:06 PM
Originally posted by germanNiklas
b) Having nothing to do with Hell, instead having the monsters and zombies origin being the result of a virus. This completely undermines the point of the game entirely, the Doom pivotal plot point is that Hell invades, without it the movie is not Doom and can't even pretend to be Doom. Rather it's just a rehash of a tired sci-fi cliche with the Doom name for a title. If we wanted to see a simple horror-sci-fi movie, we'd watch Event Horizon.


True, it 100% undermines the plot. But I think it's less than copacetic for movies about Hell demons to be released without some sort of boycotting from conservative groups, especially since this movie is trying to appeal to the mass public. While I don't agree or like the new plot change, I at least see why they did this.

ShadeZeRO
12-25-2004, 08:15 PM
Uhh can you say Resident Evil

:mad: ALL OVER AGAIN!!!:eek:

Vitalka
12-25-2004, 09:46 PM
I like Resident Evil, but having DOOM made on the same formula... that is just not right.

germanNiklas
12-26-2004, 05:57 AM
i really like the res evil movie
didnt see the 2 one yet . . .

Rabbitrunner51
12-26-2004, 07:10 AM
yeah..resident Evil was a pretty good movie....

On this issue I must agree with the views and complaints wholeheartedly...

Movie producers and script writers or whatever ( and they probably are not the real culprits here) seem to want a certain freedom of what they can show and do..but really now.. come on...

I do not buy any issue of mass media marketing or even censorship in whatever form....mainly because movies are one avenue that have always crossed every avenue of intent to try and embrace realism and fact...In the is case a made up game...no different....

Controversy does more to sell and get people to come and see something then some mediocre bad scripting or changes whatever they may be.

Since this is a first attempt at showing this particular game ( others have already been out and are long gone in the past archives),you would think they need to show everything as in the game as close to what it is as feasibly possible..

Either there is some fishy politics going on ( which there is) ,or its lust like alot of movies we see where someone takes something good ..like an idea or concept and goes about corrupting the living daylights out of it.

In a democracy if enough voices are heard,then changes or reform occur..so it will be interesting to see if anything comes about when the free people cry foul. ;)