S1lent Posted May 18, 2004 If there was a DOOM movie coming out, which game would you want it to be about? If you don't want it to be about one of the games, than what would your storyline be? I'd like to see a mix of UDoom and Doom II. 0 Share this post Link to post
Epyo Posted May 18, 2004 Hurr hurr, IMJack used to keep track of all the doom movie threads on DW, I wonder if he still has a list. 0 Share this post Link to post
Darkman 4 Posted May 18, 2004 There is one coming out, but it's not coming for a long time. IIRC, the script is suppost to be based on Doom 3. 0 Share this post Link to post
Use Posted May 18, 2004 Like most forums, these have a search function. I suggest you use it at least once. PLEASE 0 Share this post Link to post
Nmn Posted May 18, 2004 Read the interview with Chris Hansen (aka C-cooper) on Newdoom and You will know his opinion about the whole movie thing. I agree with his opinion... 0 Share this post Link to post
SmellyOgre Posted May 18, 2004 http://www.doomworld.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=15240&highlight=movie IMJACK'S movie list is on that thread. I don't think there will ever be a Doom movie, I always hear about game movies that will come out but they never do, but there are some that made it such as Tomb Raider, and Resident Evil, but most game movies i've seen are crap so it probably wouldnt be worth seeing. 0 Share this post Link to post
S1lent Posted May 19, 2004 Sorry, it was just a thread asking for YOUR opinions on what YOU would want the movie to be about.....not IF there was going to be a movie or not. 0 Share this post Link to post
Coopersville Posted May 20, 2004 I wouldn't want it to be based on any of the Doom games. 0 Share this post Link to post
Razor_Jim Posted May 20, 2004 In truth, if they were to make a movie (which they were talking about during the days of the Mortal Kombat movie), I think it'd be better to base them off the novels, with some minor modifications to make the movie interesting. Truthfully, I don't think there'll ever be a movie, but I'd definitely put it on my list of movies to see if they actually ended up making it. 0 Share this post Link to post
S1lent Posted May 21, 2004 RTCW would have made a good movie too :-) But thats a little off topic. 0 Share this post Link to post
Nunez Posted May 21, 2004 I would like to see them made after the novels, but then again... You can't capture today's audiance because of what happens in the book. People will be bored and won't understand most of it. Plus the movie is under id control, completely. What ever they say goes, even if it sucks. I'm just hoping it does't. 0 Share this post Link to post
Thesmellyone 2 Posted May 21, 2004 They could/should be original if one is made. Try a mixture of all teh plots, have it running from a different characters view, etc. But what'd be really innovative and cool would be if they made it look like the game, not first person, but in the blocky pixel style. 0 Share this post Link to post
S1lent Posted May 21, 2004 I think they should keep the same basic plot. You know, same monsters, same looks, same place, but have different events than what happens in the books and movie. But if it doesn't have a CyberDemon somewhere in it, I won't like it. 0 Share this post Link to post
DoomWarrior Posted May 25, 2004 I heard that the movie industry want's to make it PG-13 which would be horrible. I also heard that the ID won't let it be PG-13 but want it to be R or no Doom Movie which is fantastic. 0 Share this post Link to post
Disorder Posted May 25, 2004 It would be cool if it'll have plenty of Impse in it. 0 Share this post Link to post
Nick Perrin Posted May 26, 2004 It has to be R-rated, so that's good. I guess they want it to be PG-13 because otherwise it might not have a large audience. It needs to be R-rated because of the horror elements, and the gore and probably swearing. Hopefully it won't turn into a modern horror movie, like scream, or 13 ghosts, all of those crappy films. 0 Share this post Link to post
Thesmellyone 2 Posted May 26, 2004 the only thing is DOOM would probably be hard to clearly distinguish itself from such masterpieces like Aliens. When you think about it, games like DOOM and Marathon (more Marathon) play a lot like Aliens with you beinga hard-ass marine versus something nasty in some dingy corridors. 0 Share this post Link to post
-=DOS=-DarkWolf Posted May 31, 2004 Doom's storyline... The "Classic" Doom saga tells the whole thing. Doom 3 however (going by the sneekpeek) seems to retell the Original Doom and reflect / confirm the first novel based on the game. Really the movie would most likely be in two parts. Doom is where it began and Doom II is where it ended. The novels however go behind the game and give you a deeper insight into Doom's story. The characters being Flynn Taggart and Arlene Sanders. There are six novels in total (from what I've seen) but the game tells the story using two installments. To make Doom work on the bigscreen you would follow both the games and the novels as well as throwing some added extras in as well to compliment the story. Of course the movie would work better if showing the story in two installments (like the original games) as opposed to six. A good reason why... The game is not really really that big with the amount of episodes the are as opposed to Spiderman with having a billion+ comic books. Besides people (as in critics) seem to complain when something gets drawn-out for too long. The first installment would naturally explain The original Doom trilogy (Knee Deep in the Dead / Shores of Hell / Inferno) as well as the first novel "Knee Deep in the Dead" (based on entire trilogy). The second installment is clearly based on both the game and book "Doom: Hell on Earth". Theres the story for you. How would this story best be told on the bigscreen? Panavision? CG Animation? Traditional Western Animation? Japanese Animation (aka Anime)? Hybrid Animation (combination of Traditional Techniques & CGI)? Who should be sitting at the projects helm? Why John Carmack of course as well as your other regulars on Doom's development team too. Who would be a good candidate for the director of such a legendary saga? John Carmack? (he led the team on the games didn't he?) Roland Emmerich? (a visionary of epic movies!) Clive Barker? (Hellraiser Rocked!) Ridley Scott? (Bladerunner and Alien were good.) Wes Craven? (he's does some good horrorflicks.) John MacTiernan? (Die Hard & Predator were excellent.) James Cameron? (a Perfectionist, Terminator 1 & 2 rocked!) Paul Verhoven? (Total Recall and Starship Troopers rocked!) John Woo? (HARD TARGET! FACE-OFF! M:I2! PAYCHECK! NEED I SAY MORE?!?) Tsu Hark? (He did some pretty cool stuff.) John Mastow? (is Terminator 3 a good enough reason???) Quentin Tarantino? (is it his style???) The Wakowskis? (...wait on! they'd turn Doom into MatrixDooM.) And finally... Who should play the leading roles of Fynn "Fly" Taggart and Arlene Sanders? What do you think? 0 Share this post Link to post
Darkman 4 Posted May 31, 2004 -=DOS=-DarkWolf said:The novels however go behind the game and give you a deeper insight into Doom's story. ROFL. The novels are no better that published fanfiction, as far as cannon goes. The plot from the manual and the story screens from Doom 1 and 2 are the real plot. The characters being Flynn Taggart and Arlene Sanders. DIE DIE DIE DIE. Fuck Faggart is NOT the Doomguy. Doomguy > Flynn "I can't get through E1 without Arlene guiding me by the nose" Taggart. And before you start to say shit like "Flynn Taggart is the Doomguy's real name!!!1111", read this: http://rome.ro/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=3;t=000004#000005 It's from one of the creators of Doom, John Romero. 0 Share this post Link to post
dsm Posted May 31, 2004 Even so, the plot of the first DOOM novel is as unfit for a movie as the game is. All Flynn Taggardydaggert does is shoot monsters and reflect on his life - boring. Definietely wouldn't make a good movie either. Basing it on Doom 3 is much, much smarter because there will most likely be more characters left alive than in the Doom novel. The movie could start out with the marine being on his own, but he gradually finds a few allies, some of whom die later or underway and the plot would be have the heroes try to do all kinds of stuff such as restoring power to the life support systems or stuff like that and they gradually uncover what brought about the demon menace, all boiling down to them having to close the gates or some stuff like that. 0 Share this post Link to post
gemini09 Posted June 4, 2004 DoomWarrior said:I heard that the movie industry want's to make it PG-13 which would be horrible. I also heard that the ID won't let it be PG-13 but want it to be R or no Doom Movie which is fantastic. Just gotta live id :-) 0 Share this post Link to post