Doom, the motion picture

[Drixxel]

A sparkly new trailer for the Doom movie, along with a few production photos.

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/doom.html

I don't know about this one... the license could make for such an incredible action film, but this preview has me more than a little concerned. Those POV shots look absolutely cheesy, and what's up with this abundance of soldiers? Doom to me has always been about the hopeless last chancer fighting for survival against impossible odds. Anyone read the first Doom novel? That would have made an amazing movie.

Who knows, maybe this'll be awesome. It'll be hard to shake off these negative first impressions..

[IronKnux]

I'm waiting for the Duke Nukem movie to come out... if I'm not mistaken, 2007 is its scheduled release... and yea, good call on th last man survival thing... but when Doom 3 starts out, there's a whole squad of soldiers and they all die, so it might be that there's one left after the rest get killed.

[StRiDA CoL]

this movie looks bad ass, lets just hope it lives up to its expectations

[The Jackal]

Bumping this for fun.

Doom sucked more than anything.

[TheEdge]

It was a yet another horrible video game movie. It really stumps me how they could destroy something that they already have a script and visuals for....

Street fighter
Resident evil

Are just a couple of them

[Genesis Knight]

I actually kind of liked it. Reminded me of Aliens.

[TmEE]

Doom movie was boring...

[Christuserloeser]

Tetris: The Movie.

[TheEdge]

Tetris: The Movie.

Deadly Moves: The Movie

Can Joe defeat Ranker?!?! Coming to a theatre near you

[Phantar]

Minesweeper - The Movie:

LHY8NKj3RKs

[tomaitheous]

Doom movie was boring...

Yes, but it was better than some ports of the game <_<

[JDB]

I thought the Doom film was f***ing AWESOME and I loved The Rock's acting... but then again I have a really shit taste in films and I think Arny Schwarzenegger should be a multiple Oscar winner.

[Rusty Venture]

Ah-nuld should have multiple Oscars just for T2. It's "awesome" in movie form.

[MrMatthews]

Ah-nuld should have multiple Oscars just for T2. It's "awesome" in movie form.
. . . and, and

Let's not forget Predator.

[Alvatron]

Don't forget "Raw Deal", and "Total Recall".

"Get your a$$ to Mars."

[MrMatthews]

Don't forget "Raw Deal", and "Total Recall".

"Get your a$$ to Mars."

Fine movies in their own right, but Terminator 2 and Predator weren't corny

[Alvatron]

Yes, true, but you must still- "Get your a$$ to Mars!" Don't worry though, "It's self guiding!"

[Rusty Venture]

I'm pretty sure Ah-nuld being awesome is an absolute 100% fact.

"T2" and "Predator" are so cosmically awesome that they cancel out his crap movies like "Junior", "Jingle All the Way", "End of Days" and even "T3".

[MrMatthews]

Red Sonia aside, Arnie wasn't really in "crap" movies until after True Lies. Eraser was kind of "meh" and it just went downhill from there.

T3 was pretty terrible. Could have done without the star sunglasses and the "talk to the hey-nd" nonsense.

Edit: Hercules in New York. I forgot about that one!

[TmEE]

Nearly all Ah-nuld movies kick ass IMO

[johnnyb]

You definately can`t forget the Conan`s! Especially the punching of that one particular camel!:D

[TmEE]

That camel deserved the punch :P

[johnnyb]

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[Rusty Venture]

Red Sonia aside, Arnie wasn't really in "crap" movies until after True Lies. Eraser was kind of "meh" and it just went downhill from there.


Stacked up against his other movies, "Junior" is pretty crap.

And "Eraser" was his last good movie.


I've never seen that western he was in, it was 70's and pre-Conan...so it can't be that great.

[NeoVamp]

"T2" and "Predator" are so cosmically awesome that they cancel out his crap
movies like "Junior", "Jingle All the Way", "End of Days" and even "T3".


Jingle all the Way is fun when you only see it as a Christmas movie though,
not really worth owning but fun to see on TV every 4 years or so.

[JDB]

Jingle all the Way is fun when you only see it as a Christmas movie though,
not really worth owning but fun to see on TV every 4 years or so.

Agree 100%, I was going to say it but you beat me to it

[acdc]

Ah-nuld should have multiple Oscars just for T2. It's "awesome" in movie form.

terminator 2 sucks big bi=cuks involved for special effects but it s nothing anymore looks like one big video clip
only liked the soundtrack from guns and roses

but terminater 1 is the best

man against machine damn i liked it

what do we do now
destroy it

[NeoVamp]

terminator 2 sucks


*mumbles something that could get him banned*

You have no idea what you're talking about, and the message of T2 was lost on you.

T2 was excellent, the story was a great follow up to T1 and further fleshed out an already awesome story,
T3 on the other hand was a rehash and shit on everything that T1 and T2 had accomplished.

[MrMatthews]

There's no way he meant Terminator 2, as "T2 sucks" doesn't even make sense. I blame it on the language barrier.

:D

[TheEdge]

T2 was good. That scene in the aquaducts rocked.

T1 was a little better though. I don't know why, maybe its because of that chase between Sarah connors and the Robot T-100

[Rusty Venture]

There's no way he meant Terminator 2, as "T2 sucks" doesn't even make sense. I blame it on the language barrier.

:D

I'm pretty sure it is just some type of mangled bablefish mistranslation. Because actually saying that T2 "sucks" would cause a person to spontaneously combust from excessive blasphemy.

[nissling]

I haven't seen so many movies based of games. I remember Street Fighter, Super Mario Brothers, Tomb Raider and The Wizard (if that one counts...). I can say that they all sucks, but the most successful of them is definatly The Wizard. That film has a little charm, even if it's a bad feel-good movie.

EDIT: I forgot the first Mortal Kombat movie, that one isn't too bad.

[MrMatthews]

I think I've seen most of the video game films, and they all range from passable (Mortal Kombat, Tombraider) to horrible (Super Mario Bros).

What the world needs is a good video game movie. Can John Woo deliver with Metroid?

*shakes magic 8 ball

"Don't count on it"

[Metal_Sonic]

T2 sucks.........I guess you gotta believe it for it happen. Out of all the action heroes, I like Arnie the best and Jackie Chan comes in at second by the slimmest of margins.

[MrMatthews]

uh oh . . . looks like acdc got voted down. He'd be wise to do some serious back-peddling! ;)

[johnnyb]

I don`t think there is a chance for back-peddling after saying that.... it`s like jumping off a building and deciding half way down that you have changed your mind. (And no there isn`t a bungee attached either!)

[Alvatron]

T2 sucks? Sorry, but Arrrnuld will smack you down repeatedly while you cry for mommy. Then he will order you to "Get your a$$ to Mars!"

[Rusty Venture]

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[johnnyb]

Lol, that`s awesome!

[Rusty Venture]

"Total Recall" is good.

The commentary is great.. simply for Ah-nuld and Paul Verhoven being there together.

Think Ah-nuld's accent is bad? Try to guess half of what Verhoven is saying with his Dutch accent.

[NeoVamp]

Try to guess half of what Verhoeven is saying with his Dutch accent.

Paul : AND THISSSSS IS WHYYY I MADE THHIESS MOOVIE WIETH ARNOHLD

[JDB]

Paul : AND THISSSSS IS WHYYY I MADE THHIESS MOOVIE WIETH ARNOHLD

Paul: Ahnd desh eish whai iy made desh mooovie weij ahk-nhuld

[NeoVamp]

Paul: Ahnd desh eish whai iy made desh mooovie weij ahk-nhuld


hahaha yeah man thats how he sounds, he sounds the same if you listen to the directors commentary on the Robocop dvd.

Accents can be suppressed, so i guess Pauly never bothered with that.

[Rusty Venture]

Paul is crazy, but he's made some good movies.

"Robocop" is a classic.

[Mamba Tabac]

I watched Robocop quite recently for the first time in well over a decade and I forgot how violent it was for it's time. Which of course, is a good thing.

[NeoVamp]

Robocop 1 was violent in a good way, the way where it told a good story,
Robocop 2... was just violent for the sake of being violent.

Still like 2 though, just not as much as the first one.


edit : and then part 3 became a kids movie, WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!

[Rusty Venture]

I watched Robocop quite recently for the first time in well over a decade and I forgot how violent it was for it's time. Which of course, is a good thing.

The "Directors Cut", which I believe is the version that got the "X" rating back in 1987, is even more violent than the version everyone saw in theaters.

"Robocop 3" is an abomination, a crime against humanity.

[MrMatthews]

All of Verhoeven's movies feature gratuitous violence. It usually works.

Robocop actually gave me nightmares when I first saw it. Murphy getting blown to pieces by Red and his gang tore me up, but not so much as when the ED-209 mistakingly locked on to that one guy in the conference room and blew his face off.

It wasn't the violence per se that freaked me out - it was that it shoved me into a startling realization that I, myself, could die. I blame Robocop and La Bamba for drawing the curtain on my childhood innocence.

Now that I'm not 17 anymore, I'm all about cinematic violence, and I've come to regard Robocop as one of Verhoeven's very best (awesome soundtrack, too!). And now I must get this "director's cut"

[Rusty Venture]

If you thought Murphy getting blown away was bad before, the directors cut has an even more graphic and gruesome death.

And the only Verhoven movie I didn't like was "Showgirls". I suppose I could have overlooked the silliness if it starred Charlize Theron like it was supposedly going to instead of the chick from "Saved by the Bell".

[Tanegashima]

Robocop 1 is amazing simply because of Ronnie Cox and Kurtwood Smith, those guys kick royal ass in RoboCop 1.

http://www.exurban.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/obey-clarence.jpg

[Rusty Venture]

I can't watch "That 70's Show" without looking at Red and going "ITS THE BAD GUY FROM ROBOCOP!"

I can watch it for Laura Prepron (red head only).

[Metal_Sonic]

Wait one goddamn minute Mr. Matthews, you lost your childhood innocence at SEVENTEEN? Wow, either you were shielded pretty well or my generation blows. Fucking internet.

[NeoVamp]

I can't watch "That 70's Show" without looking at Red and going "ITS THE BAD GUY FROM ROBOCOP!"

Some day I'll edit a clip together where its a scene from Robocop and Clarence tells Robocop "HOW ABOUT MY FOOT UP YOUR ASS!"

That or Red saying a horrible Clarence line as Kitty looks on in shock.

[MrMatthews]

And the only Verhoven movie I didn't like was "Showgirls". I suppose I could have overlooked the silliness if it starred Charlize Theron like it was supposedly going to instead of the chick from "Saved by the Bell".

Yeah, I forgot about that one because it sucks. But you're right - it would have sucked a lot less with Charlize.


Robocop 1 is amazing simply because of Ronnie Cox and Kurtwood Smith, those guys kick royal ass in RoboCop 1.

It's funny to watch Ronnie Cox in the 90's and then go back and watch his earlier stuff (like Deliverence). We're so used to seeing him play a complete bastard as an old guy, but he used to specialize in nice guy roles when he was younger (or so my dad tells me)


I can't watch "That 70's Show" without looking at Red and going "ITS THE BAD GUY FROM ROBOCOP!"

I used to think that, but Kurtwood Smith's career is so much more prolific now that I no longer think of him as just "the bad guy from Robocop."

Now, that red-headed guy who was in ER for a while . . . can't look at him wthout thinking "IT'S THE GUY WHO MELTED IN ROBOCOP!"


Wait one goddamn minute Mr. Matthews, you lost your childhood innocence at SEVENTEEN? Wow, either you were shielded pretty well or my generation blows. Fucking internet.

As much as I'd like to confirm either of your theories, you missed my ironic smirk as I typed that. Hopefully everyone else knew I was kidding ;)

When did Robocop come out on video? 87? 88? I was younger than 10, I'll bet.

[NeoVamp]

When did Robocop come out on video? 87? 88? I was younger than 10, I'll bet.


Cinema release was late 87, so i bet the movie was released around early/mid 88,
which would make me about 9 or 10 since my birthday is in July.

[Rusty Venture]

That or Red saying a horrible Clarence line as Kitty looks on in shock.

That would be total jawusumness.



Now, that red-headed guy who was in ER for a while . . . can't look at him wthout thinking "IT'S THE GUY WHO MELTED IN ROBOCOP!"


Yup. I'd see him on there and think "He got melted and hit with a van!"

[MrMatthews]

Starship Troopers was another fine Verhoven movie.

*braces for backlash

[johnnyb]

lol... Starship Troopers is near the top of my favourite movies list, the same can`t be said for the other two!

*acts as extra bracing for MrMatthews

[MrMatthews]

Thanks!

I saw Starship Troopers shortly after I watched Alien Resurrection. Contrary to the bad taste in my mouth left by Alien, I left the theaters after ST feeling pleasantly satiated.

It's everything you want in a big dumb action movie. Except for Denise Richards' breasts . . . :(

[johnnyb]

... and her ski jump nose.

[Tanegashima]

Having read the book, the movie was a huge disappointment.


Casper Van Dien is a jackass to boot. Worst actor ever. Rico is supposed to be phillipino not the S.S. poster boy.

Though the movie was bolstered by Jake Busey

[MrMatthews]

I read the book afterwards: awesome.

[Metal_Sonic]

There was a book? huh.
http://www.mediabistro.com/agencyspy/original/nbc_the_more_you_know.jpg

[johnnyb]

Yea you know what they are,

A book is a set or collection of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of paper, parchment, or other material, usually fastened together to hinge at one side. A single sheet within a book is called a leaf, and each side of a leaf is called a page. A book produced in electronic format is known as an e-book.

Books may also refer to a literature work, or a main division of such a work. In library and information science, a book is called a monograph, to distinguish it from serial periodicals such as magazines, journals or newspapers. The body of all written works including books is literature.

In novels, a book may be divided into several large sections, also called books (Book 1, Book 2, Book 3, etc).

A lover of books is usually referred to as a bibliophile, a bibliophilist, or a philobiblist, or, more informally, a bookworm.

A store where books are bought and sold is a bookstore or bookshop. Books can also be borrowed from libraries or obtained for reading through the practice of BookCrossing.

[Tanegashima]

For you Johnny!

http://www.midaswelby.com/Head_and_Boulders/Smartass01.jpg

[MrMatthews]

above two posts = lol

[Rusty Venture]

I never read the book so the movie still holds a special place in my heart.

Along with the excessive violence/gore, the humor, and Dina Meyer's breasts,


The *ONLY* (and I do mean *ONLY*) worthwhile thing about "Starship Troopers 2" is Kelly Carlson getting naked and walking around.

http://www.xarj.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/kelly-carlson.jpg

The only two good things about that movie.

[Tanegashima]

There was a number 2?

[Rusty Venture]

There are actually 3, but 2 is so terrible that even naked breasts can't save it.

I've not seen #3, but I know Casper Van Dien returns as Rico.

[johnnyb]

yea number 2 was terrible except for the nakedness! number 3 was a small improvement but only just, either way they both fell way short of the original!

[MrMatthews]

I instinctively knew to keep a safe distance between myself and the direct-to-video sequels.

[johnnyb]

The second one seems to stand alone from the first, if it wasn`t for the title and some of the creatures you would be none the wiser. The third should be the sequel as it pretty much continues on from the first.

[Tanegashima]

If it wasn't for Straight to DVD releases, where would Steven Segal be today? How could I have enjoyed the horribleness that was Urban Justice? Thanks straight to dvd releases!

Something I've noticed btw: Steven Segal ALWAYS has a Beretta FS/92 in his movie posters, but always uses a Colt 1911 in the movies and NEVER uses a Beretta.

True Story.

http://i24.tinypic.com/2lwmzcl.jpg

[MrMatthews]

With all due respect, fuck Steven Seagal. I hate that guy as one man can hate another man whom he's never met and therefore doesn't know personally.

Emote, damn you!!!!

[Tanegashima]

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/vine/image.php?u=474762&dateline=1197092750

[MrMatthews]

Oh, you heard me.

http://grimey.simpsonsline.com/misc/angry.gif

[Tanegashima]

Steven Segal used to show up every now and then at a Karate school near my high school and I know a couple of people who met him. They all said he was the most arrogant, unfriendly asshole they've ever met.

One of the many benefits of living down here is the awesome amount of times one gets to meet total and complete assholes.

[Iron Lizard]

I once heard a rumor he had his nose broken by Chuck Norris. I am sure it didn't happen but a funny thought.

[Tanegashima]

I wish it did happen. He is a douche. I just like how horrible his movies are.


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[johnnyb]

lol... guaranteed to make you squint while whispering as you flip three guys at once!

http://www.doobybrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/steven-seagal-energy-drink.jpg

[MrMatthews]

I don't remember which one of his rdiculous movies I was watching, but in it whenever Seagal would get in a fight with ten guys, the first punch he threw was always at some random guy on the outskirts of the group who was just standing there. It might have been a running gag, but it's funnier to me if it wasn't.

[johnnyb]

He would have picked him out using Seagal vision...

[MrMatthews]

I think what I hate most about him is how obsessed he is with being "cool." He could be running from a firey explosion with twelves knives buried in his kidneys, and still his face is stoney and expressionless.

That's not cool. That's just bad acting. Keenan Ivory Wayans should have shot him and stolen his shoes in Glimmer Man.

[johnnyb]

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[Rusty Venture]

Steven Seagal stopped making movies after "Under Siege", because after that he just made shit.

"Under Siege" is his best movie, and is a good action movie.

[Metal_Sonic]

What was the movie called where he takes down a helicopter chasing him.....WITH A PISTOL!?

[johnnyb]

Yea that definately is, including the usual explosions, chops to the throat, and it has the lovely Erika Eleniak!:D

[Phantar]

I particularly like the story where Steven Seagal had his real-life face-to-face-moment with the mob (http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/criminal_mind/scams/steven_seagal/index.html), forcing him to present his own constructed background in court.

Priceless.

[Rusty Venture]

What was the movie called where he takes down a helicopter chasing him.....WITH A PISTOL!?

I thought that was all his movies post-"Under Siege".


Topless Erika Eleniak, martial arts, crazy Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Busey, explosions, a WW2 era battleship, a knife fight....there is something here for the whole family!

[Iron Lizard]

Knife in the head, exploding microwaves, some Hendrix, by far his best effort.

[Tanegashima]

This was a long time coming:

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