I just got back from seeing DOOM and I was pleasantly surprised. So OK, the doom purists, will nitpick over the small details, like how the BFG in the movie, is more like the "plasma rifle" in the way it fires, but then a plasma rifle shot doesn't melt 8" thick steel walls. Also[spoiler] the movie falls victim to the infamous hollywood rewrite of the main plot point, it's subtle mind you, but it's there.[/spoiler] In the game, the plot was that scientists had found a portal to the demension of hell and inadvertently unsealed it, thus releasing the hellspawn out into the reseach facility. [spoiler]In the movie they find that anceint humans found away to augment themselvs by adding an extra chromasome to their genetic makeup. However, it affected different people different ways, if the person was evil, then it turned them into a monster, if the person was inherently good then it made them super human. Also, if you were "infected" by the chromasome of an evil person you became a monster too. This is what scientists found out at an archiological dig on mars. They injected the chromasome into a mass murderer, and well, you can deduce the rest which is why this is in a spoiler[/spoiler]. Other than that little hiccup, i found the movie to be otherwise EXTREEMLY faithful to the game, even the hall ways are remeniceint of a level in doom. The monsters generaly look like imps and demons (I.e. and ) but, alas, there are no Cyber demons, or Spider Masterminds. Not even a lowly Lost Soul. What the movie does have is realitvly decent writing, and stays away from the cheese. (that and the F-bomb. Boy howdy, does it ever! )

So should you go see it?
YES. However, if you get hung up on the niggling details, you might find it hard to just sit back and enjoy. I found that there was A HELL of alot more about this movie that was failthful to the game then there were departures from it, so it might not be a concern.
In short, this is the best VG to movie translation since Mortal Kombat.

I'll see it when i get some money or I'll sneak in

ZOMG I can't wait to see it! I read the spoilers anyway because I don't care about spoilers and i dont seen why they didn't stick to the plot its not like it would make it hard to make it a movie or anything. From what I seen in the previews it looks pretty cool - and the first person thing that looks like you are actually in the game was SO awesome. One other weird thing though - and this is NOT a spoiler - is that they star the rock... >.> the rock is brown - the guy in doom was white, very white. pale pale white - yet they get the rock to play him...o.O

I will probably post more after I actually see the movie.. my friend was sayign that the rock will probably try to have some cool terminator line into it so he can be fancy and action like just the same as Arny.... did you notice anything like that staff?

Actualy, that's the bigges spoiler of all, the "guy" IS NOT THE ROCK!

O.O!! ZOMG that was a spoiler for sure... the previes totally made it seem like he was! >.> ... ok don't tell me.. no spoil it for anyone else either!

Staff is right:

Best VG film since Mortal Kombat. The people who worked on this should work on other VG movies. Save us from Uwe Boll and Paul Anderson!

Yeah, they changed the plot a bit, but it didn't deter me from enjoying this movie greatly.

Actualy I got to thinking that this could be a cover for the ACTUAL plot (game plot). It could play out like this: Suppose the chromasomes are what humans used to fight off the monsters (from hell) THE FIRST TIME, these mutations are not a result of the people being inately evil (though that probably is contrubuting factor) it is a result of the DEMONS getting into the Chromasome supply and useing it on themselves, then infecting normal people. SO, there probably IS a portal to hell, but that hasn't been uncovered.

OR HAS IT!? the end of the movie my hold the clue. It's no secret that at the end of most scifi horror movies things explode, so that said one of the larger explosions could have uncovered and OPENED said portal. And Dwaine Johnson said on the daily show the other night that there is a good possiblity for a sequil. (or 2!) So WHO KNOWS?? We may see a Cyber Demon yet...

zomg! i recognize that demon! (for reference i am referring to DOOM1 here) He was so easy to beat, it was almost sad. If you just tried to stand there and take him he would kill you in an instant but the way me and my brother did it, you could kill him without even being touched. We figured out that if you went into one of the little rooms with the pole in the middle he would stand outside the door (too big to get it) and shoot at you but all of his shots would hit the pole and you could shoot back at him and it would pass the pole and wha-la. It's so totally cheating but not at the same time...

Cyber deamons were like the hardest to beat deamons. Especialy when you considder that they tend to surround them selves with hell barrons and Arch Viles. plus, by the point you run into one you probably are a little jumpy from hearing all the monsters trying to sneak up behind you, and suddenly you hear footsteps but YOU CANT FIND THE DAMN MONSTER. Then when you finaly see one off in the distance, you think its a hell knight or barron, but then it gets alittle closer and you piss yourself whe you realize how big and badass this thing is. And forget about keeping it together whe you hear those ominus footfalls starting to fade in from the distance...
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Clop-VerrrrrrrrnerEEEEEE...SHADOOMP!...Clop-VerrrrrrrrnerEEEEEE...SHADOOMP!...