Watching The Transporter 2 I noticed there was a new Doom trailer. This new one featured a number of footage of a gun leading the camera like the game. A woman's voice even said reload and the arms DID!

Does this mean it will suck? Or rock? Sure, it looks like Resident Evil: The Movie... but... CHAINSAW!!!!!!!!

http://www.apple.com/trailers/universal/doom/

There's no way I will be able to take the movie seriously, but as a plain ole fun movie I think Doom is going to pay off. Sure they changed the plot, but does that matter? Super Mario Brothers had no relation to the game but at least it was enjoyable once you got over that. Heck, it even was one of the most creative sci-fi movies ever made... it's low on the list, but on there none the less.

B.B.King wrote:

seriously,this is like making a wolfenstien 3d movie and taking out the zombies with cannons mounted to their chest. sure,it would be an alright movie,but it would lack the coolest part about the game.

Can you call a Wolfenstien movie: "Wolfenstein 3D"? I believe so. I will get Uwe Boll on the phone immediately.

I know there's a couple of baddies from the games in the movie, but mostly it's a virus/experiment gone wrong thing. There's dimensional gate thingy in the trailer, that tricked me to believe there's a gate to Hell, but the crew of the film have said due to budget limitations they couldn't go the "Hell" route. But maybe the sequel, right?

At least they kept Mars!

And I quote:

Doom, the landmark videogame that electrified a generation, leaps from the computer screen to the big screen as a terrifying sci-fi horror action adventure, transporting audiences to a dark and disturbing future with all the visceral excitement and horror that made its gaming predecessor a global phenomenon.

The action takes place at Olduvai Research Station, a remote scientific facility on Mars, where something has gone terribly wrong. All experiments have ceased, and communication has failed. The few messages that do get through are less than comforting. It's Level 5 Quarantine, and the only souls allowed in or out are the Rapid Response Tactical Squad (RRTS)-hardened Marines armed to the teeth with enough firepower to neutralize any enemy_or so they think.

The researchers at this Red Planet station have unwittingly opened a door, and all hell has broken loose.  A legion of nightmarish creatures of unknown origin lurks in every corner and stalks the countless rooms and tunnels of the facility, killing what few people remain. A hellish zoo of demons, Imps, Barons and Hell Knights has taken over Olduvai. And they're not giving it back without a fight.

Sealing off the portal to Earth, Sarge (The Scorpion King's DWAYNE "THE ROCK" JOHNSON), Reaper (The Lord of the Rings' KARL URBAN) and their mercenary team must use every weapon at their disposal-and some they find along the way-to carry out their orders:  nothing gets out alive. Unfortunately, these things never go as planned_

Doom stars Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (The Scorpion King, The Rundown, Walking Tall) as Sarge; Karl Urban (The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Bourne Supremacy) as John Grimm, a.k.a. Reaper; and ROSAMUND PIKE (Die Another Day, Pride & Prejudice) as Dr. Samantha "Sam" Grimm.  The film also stars RAZ ADOTI, DEOBIA OPAREI, BEN DANIELS, RICHARD BRAKE, YAO CHIN and AL WEAVER as members of the RRTS, and DEXTER FLETCHER as a wheelchair-bound communications officer.

Doom is directed by ANDRZEJ BARTKOWIAK (Romeo Must Die) and produced by LORENZO di BONAVENTURA (Constantine, Four Brothers) and JOHN WELLS (Far From Heaven, White Oleander, television's The West Wing and ER).  The film is written by DAVID CALLAHAM and WESLEY STRICK (from a story by Callaham), based on the id Software videogame "Doom."
 
The stellar behind-the-scenes team is led by director of photography TONY PIERCE-ROBERTS, BSC (Underworld), production designer STEPHEN SCOTT (Hellboy), costume designer CARLO POGGIOLI (Van Helsing, Cold Mountain), SFX supervisor KIT WEST (The Bourne Supremacy, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Return of the Jedi), VFX supervisor JON FARHAT (The Interpreter, The Mask), creature FX supervisor JOHN ROSENGRANT (Aliens, Jurassic Park III) and editor DEREK G. BRECHIN and fight supervisor DION LAM (The Matrix trilogy). LAURA HOLSTEIN and JEREMY STECKLER are co-executive producers.

Tuckster wrote:

So... how about the weapons? Will there be a chainsaw? Chaingun? BFG? There better be a BFG!

Chainsaw yes. BFG I believe. Idk on chaingun.

BAM!!!!!

Was Doom good? Well, that's hard to say because there was so much bad. Bad pacing, terrible lines that made me laugh... but The BFG got its own applause and everyone LOVED the FPS scene.

Tuckster wrote:

You know, I just realized that they should really make a Duke Nukem movie. Now THAT guy was cool.

Only if he was played by Dolph Lundgren*

*Tebor's solution to everything.

He's not blonde or dumb enough. He's Ash dumb, not Duke dumb.

Dr. Jeebus wrote:

As Syd mentioned, Campbell could dye his hair. As for not being dumb enough, it's called ACTING. Besides, he DID make that movie "The Man with the Outside Brain" or whatever it's called.

It was The Man With the Screaming Brain.

I just wouldn't buy Campbell as a blonde or as Duke. I think he'd be great in the movie, but just not as the lead. Maybe it he could be someone who dies in the first 10 minutes.... or he could be the stripper.