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Fri, 28 October 2005 05:14
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I thought I should post this up as nobody else has.
I went into this movie having not seen any of the trailers. I was aware that the rock was in it, and that there was an first person sequence, but that's about it.
Even though my expectations for plot and acting where low, this movie STILL managed to disapoint on that front. The character development was lame, and would be better left out entirely. The attempt to build suspense failed misserably and the action was mostly boring and fairly straightfoward.
Okay, before I rip into this movie with spoilers I have to establish something. I am a big fan of Doom 1 and 2. I loved the games. I read the comic (which was strange at best) and 2 of the books (after which I gave up 'cuz it got dumb). My brother and I used take turns playing Doom 2 on ultra violence and see how far we could get without saving and without dying. We then kicked it up to nightmare when we found we could get up to level 25 on ultra violence (and our little chalenge became a long and boring process). Spoilers to follow, not that you'll care as the story is as boring as hell...
SPOILERS TO FOLLOW!
Okay, first things first. The demons in this movie - the ones I used to shoot in the face with shotguns and a veriety of other weapons - are not even demons. They're genetic experiments... I Mean... WHAT THE HELL!? The WHOLE CONCEPT of Doom was that they where demons from hell, all your friends where dead and you had to kill them all!
I was willing to let go the bit about all your friends being dead (I mean that'd make a pretty average movie). I will let slide that none of them looked anything like the doom guy. I can tolerate that they didn't even bother dressing them in the classic Doom Garb. I could overlook that the main character didn't die and go to hell (like in the game). But the whole hell bit? Kinda thought that'd make it into the movie!
They also only had 3 (or 4 if you count the hell knight, which I dont) different kinds of monsters. A Zombie, an Imp, and a Pinky. These, were all actualy the same monster. A person is infected and becomes a Zombie that eventualy turns into the Imp. One of the characters - who was named Pinky for a reason that is either beyond me or non existant - turns into a slightly larger critter that looks more like a pinky Demon.
There was also no Shotgun, No Rocket Launcher, and no Plasma Gun (my three favorite doom weapons). They did inlcude a BFG, but it didn't act much like the BFG 9000 from Doom, although it did blow shit up good.
I could not have been more disapointed with this movie!
Apparently ID software was involved from start to finish and approved everything... I dunno WHAT THE HELL they where THINKING 'cuz this totaly betrays the whole concept of doom.
If this didn't have the Doom name on it, and The Rock in it, this movie would have bombed so fast it isn't funny.
I'm giving it 1 out of 10 personaly.
If I knew nothing about Doom, and didn't care, I might give it a 2/10, but that's it.
They destroyed my childhood. 
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Shraka | Fri, 28 October 2005 05:14 |
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Shraka | Fri, 28 October 2005 05:20 |
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rthy | Fri, 28 October 2005 05:30 |
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Shraka | Fri, 28 October 2005 05:34 |
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Merudo | Wed, 02 November 2005 15:34 |
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Yian | Fri, 28 October 2005 05:34 |
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Shraka | Fri, 28 October 2005 05:35 |
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rthy | Fri, 28 October 2005 05:37 |
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Corona RT142 | Fri, 28 October 2005 05:38 |
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ViPeR_NiPPleX | Fri, 28 October 2005 05:43 |
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Phrostbyte | Fri, 28 October 2005 13:01 |
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Shraka | Fri, 28 October 2005 14:01 |
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coFF33 | Fri, 28 October 2005 14:11 |
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Yumbo | Fri, 28 October 2005 14:23 |
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jackel | Fri, 28 October 2005 18:21 |
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coFF33 | Fri, 28 October 2005 20:42 |
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bathurst-91 | Fri, 28 October 2005 22:03 |
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Squid | Sun, 30 October 2005 08:15 |
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RWDboy | Tue, 01 November 2005 14:33 |
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Shraka | Fri, 28 October 2005 23:49 |
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ndgcpr | Sun, 30 October 2005 01:57 |
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rthy | Sun, 30 October 2005 02:46 |
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EldarO | Sun, 30 October 2005 11:51 |
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rthy | Sun, 30 October 2005 12:19 |
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EldarO | Sun, 30 October 2005 13:15 |
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rthy | Sun, 30 October 2005 13:22 |
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SupraPete | Sun, 30 October 2005 12:24 |
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mynameisrodney | Mon, 31 October 2005 00:43 |
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Shraka | Sun, 30 October 2005 15:09 |
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SupraPete | Mon, 31 October 2005 00:53 |
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Shraka | Mon, 31 October 2005 01:28 |
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jackel | Mon, 31 October 2005 20:50 |
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RWDboy | Tue, 01 November 2005 14:35 |
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Yian | Tue, 01 November 2005 14:37 |
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RWDboy | Tue, 01 November 2005 14:38 |
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Yian | Tue, 01 November 2005 15:00 |
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EldarO | Tue, 01 November 2005 14:43 |
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xolent | Tue, 01 November 2005 15:25 |
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Shraka | Tue, 01 November 2005 23:46 |
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EldarO | Mon, 07 November 2005 06:47 |
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BadDude | Tue, 01 November 2005 23:20 |
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Shraka | Wed, 02 November 2005 02:16 |
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RWDboy | Wed, 02 November 2005 01:30 |
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RWDboy | Wed, 02 November 2005 02:26 |
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Shraka | Wed, 02 November 2005 06:34 |
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RWDboy | Wed, 02 November 2005 14:24 |
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Shraka | Mon, 07 November 2005 02:25 |
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mynameisrodney | Wed, 02 November 2005 02:52 |
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rthy | Wed, 02 November 2005 05:52 |
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Allan | Wed, 02 November 2005 09:02 |
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Major Clod | Wed, 02 November 2005 14:11 |
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Merudo | Wed, 02 November 2005 15:51 |
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TRD_Supra | Wed, 02 November 2005 22:12 |
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StuC | Thu, 03 November 2005 13:11 |
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Phrostbyte | Fri, 04 November 2005 11:15 |
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Corona RT142 | Mon, 07 November 2005 02:25 |
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THE WITZL | Mon, 07 November 2005 00:33 |
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Shraka | Mon, 07 November 2005 02:17 |
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RWDboy | Mon, 07 November 2005 04:03 |
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Shraka | Mon, 07 November 2005 06:49 |
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Shraka | Mon, 07 November 2005 06:50 |
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RWDboy | Mon, 07 November 2005 13:01 |
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Shraka | Mon, 07 November 2005 13:27 |
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RWDboy | Tue, 08 November 2005 01:29 |
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Shraka | Tue, 08 November 2005 05:36 |
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AlexT | Sat, 19 November 2005 12:02 |
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Shraka | Sun, 20 November 2005 02:39 |
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AlexT | Sun, 20 November 2005 04:59 |
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Shraka | Sun, 20 November 2005 05:58 |
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RWDboy | Tue, 08 November 2005 12:42 |
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BlackSupra | Tue, 08 November 2005 12:47 |
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Phrostbyte | Tue, 08 November 2005 12:59 |
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Shraka | Wed, 09 November 2005 14:41 |
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Phrostbyte | Wed, 09 November 2005 21:41 |
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Shraka | Thu, 10 November 2005 03:06 |
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mynameisrodney | Thu, 10 November 2005 03:52 |
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Shraka | Thu, 10 November 2005 04:05 |
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Phrostbyte | Thu, 10 November 2005 04:51 |
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SupraPete | Sat, 12 November 2005 00:20 |
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