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Although receiving varied critiques, the Doom movie opened up at number one in North American movie theatres this past weekend. The game to film adaptation earned $15.4 million, still short of the movie industry jumping out of its chair to a profit. According to the film's distributors, nearly 69 percent of the viewers had played the Doom video games, meaning there was little interest to watch the film outside of the gaming world. This statistic could alter the way current game to film adaptations are directed such as the Halo and Dungeon Siege movies to garner more interest, in addition to make more profit.

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[Maestro]

The only reason Doom was number 1 this weekend is, because there are no other good movies out there. October/November are the months for sucky movies  

[nagromme]

Serenity is quite good--great audience poll results even from people who never heard of the works it is based on, and very good reviews from critics too. "What the last three Star Wars movies should have been like" is often repeated.

Sadly, many theaters dropped Serenity because of Doom: they don't want to have TWO sci-fi movies from Universal at once. Especially when moviegoers are afraid to try a movie like Serenity that doesn't have big-name stars. Who would choose a quality film, when The Rock is an option?

[Eric5h5]

Also, it probably made all the money it's going to make in its first week.  They ain't gettin' nothin' from me, for sure.

--Eric

[Tetsuya]

Then you're missing out - it really isnt a bad movie.

It isnt spectacular either, but it is by no means a groaner.  The effects are good, the storyline is at least mostly believeable, (and isnt too far off from the game) and the acting is pretty good considering that it is a movie about a video game.

Probably the best video-game-movie ive seen.

[the Battle Cat]

nagromme, on October 24th 2005, 09:15 AM, said:

Sadly, many theaters dropped Serenity because of Doom: they don't want to have TWO sci-fi movies from Universal at once. Especially when moviegoers are afraid to try a movie like Serenity that doesn't have big-name stars. Who would choose a quality film, when The Rock is an option?

Tetsuya, on October 24th 2005, 11:37 AM, said:

...it [Doom] really isnt a bad movie.

It isnt spectacular either, but it is by no means a groaner.  The effects are good, the storyline is at least mostly believeable, (and isnt too far off from the game) and the acting is pretty good considering that it is a movie about a video game.

Probably the best video-game-movie ive seen.

I want to see both of these movies, actually been waiting with more anticipation for Serenity, but I'm going to do what I almost always do... wait to rent them both on DVD.  It's cheaper, the seats are more comfortable, no loud snotty 10yr old is kicking the back of my chair, and the popcorn is done to perfection.  Plus I can pause it when my wife or I have a comment to make, rerun dialog we missed, and re-watch that head/chest/abdomin explode in super slow motion.  Plus I like to watch "the making of extras".  I can't be the only guy, and the better the home theatre becomes the worse the attendance is going to be.

[The iMac Man]

I highly recommend watching the Firefly series before watching the movie Serenity.  You'll be glad you did, trust me.

As for the guy who likes Doom... give us some reference here... what's your favorite movie?  What movie would you compare Doom to as far as quality/enjoyment goes?

[nagromme]

Firefly is great, but I know a lot of people aren't going to see Serenity because they think it depends on prior knowledge. It doesn't--reveiwers coming in cold love the movie.

Chronologically the events of Firefly come first, and the two DO go together very well when seen in order, but the movie stands alone without them.

Firefly's a lot of fun, though, I agree! If you like the movie and want to see the exact same crew and ship pull off about 10 other heists, get the Firefly DVDs

Two problems I have with Doom:

1. Shooting scenes like a video game, complete with a gun superimposed in the bottom right side of the screen. Interesting idea... but if demorecs make you want to hurl...

2. I hear they capped the framerate to 24!! Unplayble.

[Eric5h5]

Tetsuya, on October 24th 2005, 02:37 PM, said:

The effects are good, the storyline is at least mostly believeable, (and isnt too far off from the game)

You're kidding, right?    Instead of "experiments into teleportation creates gate to Hell", we get "discovering final 10% of human genome (WHICH WE ALREADY KNOW!!) creates monsters or something".  The actual Doom storyline had a sort of visceral appeal which might have made a movie at least worth renting, but this one ain't it.  I saw the trailer, which was enough....

--Eric

[Fat Bastard Canada]

Dungeon Siege was spelled incorrectly. Fixed it.

FBC

[No One]

the Battle Cat, on October 24th 2005, 01:08 PM, said:

I want to see both of these movies, actually been waiting with more anticipation for Serenity, but I'm going to do what I almost always do... wait to rent them both on DVD.  It's cheaper, the seats are more comfortable, no loud snotty 10yr old is kicking the back of my chair, and the popcorn is done to perfection.

You forgot the annoying laser light show coming from the kids in the front row.

I've only been to a few movies in a theater. I really wanted to see LotR on the bigscreen. A bunch of morons in the front row spent the entire movie flashing their laser pointers at the screen. Kind of ruins the effect when all the Orcs have big red smiley faces on them.

[The iMac Man]

No One, on October 24th 2005, 04:29 PM, said:

You forgot the annoying laser light show coming from the kids in the front row.

I've only been to a few movies in a theater. I really wanted to see LotR on the bigscreen. A bunch of morons in the front row spent the entire movie flashing their laser pointers at the screen. Kind of ruins the effect when all the Orcs have big red smiley faces on them.

You should've told the ushers!  I was an usher at a movie theater all through high school, and trust me, there's nothing we loved more than busting little brats!  I even got to call a few parents.  

And, this is something that the viewer probably never notices, but I thought it was interesting when I learned it... people chew up sticky stuff like Sugar Babies, Gummy Bears, and Skittles and throw them at the screen, and the stuff often gets stuck on the screen, so us ushers had to sweep off the screens at the end of the day/week.  It's pretty gross.

[No One]

The iMac Man, on October 24th 2005, 02:37 PM, said:

You should've told the ushers!

That never actually crossed my mind. I like that idea though.

The iMac Man, on October 24th 2005, 02:37 PM, said:

people chew up sticky stuff like Sugar Babies, Gummy Bears, and Skittles and throw them at the screen

Eeeeeewwwww....

Ok, so that makes me wonder, do people actually go to movie theaters to watch movies?

[K7own]

Entertaining but not Doom.

Good zombie flick... but where were the imp's fireballs?  Why didn't zombies pick up guns?  Where were the flying brains or flaming skulls? What the hell happened to 3 story tall baddies with BFGs for arms? Why no pentagrams drawn in blood on the wall?  Crying babies and overall creepiness?  Not to mention that hell was left out all together (which seemed like an important theme in Doom to me...)  This movie was not doom. I liked it better when it was called "Resident Evil"

This movie was alright but I kept thinking... where the hell is hell? It was sorely missed

[nagromme]

My friend and I (adults) went to a movie during school hours. The only other people there were a group of about a dozen kids, maybe 15 or 16, skipping school. They didn't just act like they owned the place, they targeted the two of us and tried to drive us out of the theater we'd paid to get into! Throwing stuff, yelling stuff--no actual threats of violence, but still ruining the movie.

So we DID go to tell the management--meaning we had to walk quite far and miss a lot of the movie. In the end, the management--who knows that a dozen kids skipping school are more profitable than two people in their 20s--sided with the kids. He said he hadn't personally been in the room to SEE what was happening, so he couldn't so anything--not so much as give them a warning. He said WE could leave if we wished--and THEN he put up a fight before giving us a refund, which he was quite nasty about doing! I know economics is the reason--if a theater drives out bratty kids, they lose a valuable market. But it was amazing to have the kids and the management join forces to kick innocent customers out without a refund.

Needless to say, I haven't gone back to that theater. Never did get to see that movie, though, and wasted an hour of driving in the attempt.

Speaking of babies, imps, and creatures from hell

[The iMac Man]

nagromme, on October 25th 2005, 10:06 AM, said:

So we DID go to tell the management

Well, see, there's your problem.  Like you said, management only cares about the money.  You tell an usher, and you will get action.  Ushers are just employees... they don't care about what group is more profitable.  I know when I was an usher, I enjoyed kicking out kids my own age because it allowed me to toss around my power.  That was fun.  

Also, you could contact the main theater company, and go over the manager's head.  Most theaters are part of a chain, like GKC Theaters or Goodrich, etc.  You could contact them somehow and tell them the manager of that particular theater is not treating his customers properly.

[nagromme]

Yes, I would have gone over his head if we hadn't finally gotten our money back.

Re ushers... sounds fun I don't think I've ever seen a theater that HAD ushers, though. Someone at the ticket counter, one or more at the snack stand, a ticket-taker, and someone occasionally who sweeps at the end of the movie and then vanishes. But nobody else around.

[fandyllic]

The iMac Man, on October 24th 2005, 01:31 PM, said:

I highly recommend watching the Firefly series before watching the movie Serenity.  You'll be glad you did, trust me.

As for the guy who likes Doom... give us some reference here... what's your favorite movie?  What movie would you compare Doom to as far as quality/enjoyment goes?

I have to disagree about needing to see any of the Firefly series before seeing Serenity. I didn't see any of the series for the most part (only snippets as I flipped past it), but now I do want to see the series.

The movie was well done with pretty good special effects for a movie that you know Hollywood was pushing in the B-movie category. The storyline was engaging and the acting was overall good. I really like the calm, assassin bad guy.

I'm a fan of Joss Whedon, the series creator and writer/director of the movie, so maybe thats why I liked it. Ironically, I thought the dialogue was one of the weak points, even though Joss Whedon is known for clever dialogue.

I highly doubt the Doom movie will be as good as Serenity. I recommend seeing Serenity in the theater, but we'll see if I go see Doom... maybe as a matinee.

- Fandyllic

[fandyllic]

nagromme, on October 25th 2005, 10:08 AM, said:

Yes, I would have gone over his head if we hadn't finally gotten our money back.

Re ushers... sounds fun I don't think I've ever seen a theater that HAD ushers, though. Someone at the ticket counter, one or more at the snack stand, a ticket-taker, and someone occasionally who sweeps at the end of the movie and then vanishes. But nobody else around.

I'm guessing by your sig, that you might be a Firefly fan...  

I would definitely go over the head of a stupid theater manager. A-holes like that deserve top-down misery. What theater chain was it?

- Fandyllic

[Tetsuya]

Eric5h5, on October 24th 2005, 02:17 PM, said:

You're kidding, right?    Instead of "experiments into teleportation creates gate to Hell", we get "discovering final 10% of human genome (WHICH WE ALREADY KNOW!!) creates monsters or something".  The actual Doom storyline had a sort of visceral appeal which might have made a movie at least worth renting, but this one ain't it.  I saw the trailer, which was enough....

--Eric

Seems to me like you've only seen the teaser trailer released way-back-when. (which was highly incorrect)

In point of fact:  It isnt the human genome, its the genome of the the race that lived on Mars (and is now extinct) And the gene in question is bio-engineered.

Also:  Mars *is* Hell.  *spoiler*   Grimm and his sister (something i liked - not some cheesy love interest to make out with) point out that whoever survived the catostrophee on Mars way back when must have come to earth - the apocalypse happening on mars led to the legends and stories about Hell.

I didnt say the movie was perfect, but it was decent, especially for a video game movie.

As for Serenity:  im apparently in the minority of Firefly fans that though Serenity was a pile of ass.  I loved the show - I'd like to find Joss Whedon and beat him about the movie.  The dialouge sucked compared to the show, the story was sorta half-assed, and many of the characters had no emotional heft in the movie at all.  It was a disaster. Joss needs to stick to TV shows.