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DOOM: The Movie.

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Something Witty:
I liked it. A lot of people didn't, but I did. Mostly because I wasn't looking at it as "DOOM THE MOVIE" but as "Oh. A pretty cool semi-sci-fi action flick!"

Bunnyman:
I suspect I might be able to enjoy it, if only because of the precipitous divide between old Doom and new Doom.  I found Doom3 to be a mediocre shooter with layered on Shock-lite elements (as in System) and some nods to the original.  The orignal, for fuck's sake, actually used more colors than shades of grey and the occasional red splotch; the feel was totally different, and I really didn't identify the new monster designs with their older incarnations.

In other words, it's not the franchise I spent my formative years modding and playing.  So everything's cool.

Station:
I saw Doom and I thought it was pretty OK!  The detailed review from page one of this topic is right on target.  It was entertaining as a Sci-Fi marines killing things movie, and the throwbacks to the series were sweet.  Did anyone else who saw it think that The Doom Guy they chose looked a LOT like the little avatar from Doom 1 and 2?

Switchblade:
See, I'm a huge fan of the games, and never understood what people were talking about when they tried shooting down DOOM 3.

People seem to want to detract from it because of things like the graphics (yes, they textures are kind of plasticy, but the actual model detail is still genuinely impressive) gameplay (constantly getting ambushed in the dark by nasties) and the stupid little complaint that "there's no duct-tape on Mars"

all of which seems to be missing the point: DOOM 3 wasn't out to be the best game ever, it was out to scare you right out of sanity. the reason there's no duct tape on mars is because id wanted you to be able to either see, OR shoot. not both.

and believe me, if you ever play that game in the dark, wearing headphones, after half an hour, you will reflexively clobber anyone foolish enough to come up behind you and tap you on the shoulder. Either that or suffer a coronary.

The movie, on the other hand, would appear to be pure Hokum (My dad's word describing a film that sets out to be as overblown and entertaining as possible without making any real effort towards technically brilliant film making);

Which I don't mind. I enjoy hokum films. The entire point, IMO, is to just go in there, swith off your brain, and enjoy the 'splodes. Suits me fine, I'll do that.

1patheticloser:
Yeah, Silent Hill was directed by Christopher Gans, the guy who did Brotherhood of the Wolf, which, in my opinion, rocked my shit.

Also, I saw Doom last night, and it was exactly what I expected it to be. Big dumb fun. Didn't try to be any more than that. And, Karl Urban is totally kick ass.

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