[achtung]

Sounds a little better now to me anyway.  Can't wait till the trailer is released.  The best part to me is that IT ACTUALLY TAKES PLACE ON MARS!

Linkage to the article.

The second clip is the one that got the most reaction; part of the first person shooter sequence featuring Urban’s character. Yes, the movie will at one point have a viewpoint just like the game, right down to the weapons loading animation. The sequence was, by the producer’s own admission, still incomplete in terms of visual effects and other elements but watching the clip feels like you are watching the game in action, from surprise monster appearance in corridors to shooting parts of the environment to fry the creatures.

Sounds kind of but also:wtf:

[Ace]

Well if the demons are demons from hell and not an alien virus, I'm fine with it even if the BFG is now some lame "Bioforce Gun" and the UAC troopers look like a SWAT team.

[Solatar]

Feel like you're in the game? Sounds like it'd feel like watching Extended Play (...or whatever they changed the name to after I had to get rid of cable).

EDIT: Of course, from the article (that ignorant me just read) it doesn't sound like that'll be the majority of the movie.

[Rott3]

the Doom monsters like the Baron, the Imp and the Pinky Demon will mostly be real monsters created by the Stan Winston Studios  - Oh yeah!!!

And they aim for R. Wheeee! We may even get to see some people ripped to pieces by Imps. Bigger Wheee!

[aldo_14]

[q]The second clip is the one that got the most reaction; part of the first person shooter sequence featuring Urban’s character. Yes, the movie will at one point have a viewpoint just like the game, right down to the weapons loading animation. The sequence was, by the producer’s own admission, still incomplete in terms of visual effects and other elements but watching the clip feels like you are watching the game in action, from surprise monster appearance in corridors to shooting parts of the environment to fry the creatures.[/q]

Uwe Boll (who else) did the same thing in House of the Dead, apparently.  Although I think he used actual game footage ( ).

[Turnsky]

until i can see something more concrete, i'll still have my reservations..

[Nico]

Oct. 21? of 2005? And they're just about to release a teaser? They're either overconfident or very afraid

[MicroPsycho]

The Rock said that he saw a version of the movie a few days ago and in his words “It really kicks ass”.

Statements like this always annoy me...as if an actor/actress will say their new movie is bad

[aldo_14]

I wouldn't want a movie that 'kicks ass'.  Because having my ass kicked would be somewhat painful and inconvenient at the best of times.

[Carl]

1. The Rock ownz

2. Mars

3. Looks like they're using elements from the game

[redsniper]

1. It's based on a game

2. It's a movie

[mikhael]

This horrific dog is coming out on my birthday? Thanks for nothing, Hollywood. For Christmas, you can save a few dollars and just come over to my house and just pluck out my eyeballs with a fork.

I was really hoping plans for this garbage would fall through.

[Turnsky]

Originally posted by aldo_14
I wouldn't want a movie that 'kicks ass'.  Because having my ass kicked would be somewhat painful and inconvenient at the best of times.

not to mention seeing a roll of film with feet

[Nico]

Originally posted by mikhael
This horrific dog is coming out on my birthday? Thanks for nothing, Hollywood. For Christmas, you can save a few dollars and just come over to my house and just pluck out my eyeballs with a fork.

Send me the plane ticket and I'll kindly oblige you ^^

Originally posted by Carl
1. The Rock ownz

A guy who takes such a cheasy name? I doubt he ownz

[FireCrack]

1. I am tired.

2. There is no food in the house.

[Sandwich]

Originally posted by redsniper
1. It's based on a game

2. It's a movie

So were Resident Evil 1 & 2 - although I conceed that they were unusually good for game -> movie conversions.

Has anyone read anything interesting concerning the FarCry movie?

[IPAndrews]

Mortal Kombat (I) was alright in it's own dumb Enter the Dragon on acid kind of way.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Sandwich


So were Resident Evil 1 & 2 - although I conceed that they were unusually good for game -> movie conversions.

Has anyone read anything interesting concerning the FarCry movie?

The director tells us all, surely?  

Presumably he'll be renting the Island Of Dr. Moreau for his pre-production.

[mikhael]

Originally posted by Sandwich


So were Resident Evil 1 & 2 - although I conceed that they were unusually good for game -> movie conversions.

Has anyone read anything interesting concerning the FarCry movie?

You're kidding right? RE1 was one of the worst game->movie carryovers ever made. If I'd downloaded it off the internet and burned it on a DVD and watched it, I'd probably want to sue the producers for my time, wasted DVD, electricity and bandwidth.

[Sandwich]

Originally posted by mikhael


You're kidding right? RE1 was one of the worst game->movie carryovers ever made. If I'd downloaded it off the internet and burned it on a DVD and watched it, I'd probably want to sue the producers for my time, wasted DVD, electricity and bandwidth.

No, I'm not kidding, mik. I am NOT the kind of person who likes suspense movies (you know, the ones that make you jump, sit on the edge of your seat out of tension, etc, not talking about action movies), and suspense + zombies is just over the top for me.

That said, however, I never played any of the Resident Evil games (ok, I played the first one on a PlayStation for all of 3 minutes before it got too freaky for me), so I can't comment on how successful a carryover it was, but just from a movie point of view they were pretty decent... better in some ways (in my eyes, I repeat) than the neon-plastic Batman movies.