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Doom & Spy Hunter -The Movies.

SkarpoSkarpo
edited February 2005 in Sinclair Miscellaneous
Freaking Fark!!!

What is this planet coming to, now we are forced to watch yet another blunder.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419706/

Maybe this one will fare a bit better? NOT!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0382315/

Skarpo
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  • GrazGraz
    edited February 2005
    Doom has such potential for a great movie, but it aint gonna happen like that is it?


    What would they do with JET SET WILLY?

    -A Multi-millionair (Bruce Willis) Discovers that his mansion hides a dark secret...

    "Mutha-F*****s"

    -The central caverns have opened...

    "Bastards!"

    -And only his gun-totting house maid (Kirsten Dunst) can help him blow them all back to hell!

    Hmmm. I'd say its got just as much chance as the others.
  • J?rg PleumannJ?rg Pleumann
    edited February 2005
    Given that Jet Set Willy has quite a surreal setting (although most of us who have grown up with it might find it pretty ordinary), I would suggest Tim Burton as director.

    Note sure about Bruce Willis as main character. I have never imagined Willy in a torn and bloody t-shirt, running around with a gun and shooting at will. I always thought the point of the game was different. Then again, I never actually completed it, so maybe it's a misconception on my side. :)
  • psj3809psj3809
    edited February 2005
    On 2005-02-18 06:32, Skarpo wrote:
    What is this planet coming to, now we are forced to watch yet another blunder.

    Well lets not instantly write it off as a blunder as at this stage we havent seen one trailer or anything.

    Doom could be a very good film, Resident Evil surprised me and was half decent. If they turn Doom into a great horror film like Aliens or in the mould of Pitch Black it could work. If they turn it into a big Hollywood thing for the teens then i think it'll be rubbish.
  • DarenDaren
    edited February 2005
    I reckon Jim Carrey would make an excellent Miner Willy.

    Also...

    Harrison Ford or Ewan McGregor playing Sabre Man in "Return to Castle Knight Lore."

    Jim again playing Technician Ted.

    Lee Evans playing Hen House Harry in a bizzarre plot in which he has to collect all the eggs within a time limit, or else he's in big trouble, or something. And each egg is a character from the Dizzy games.

    Er, I'll get me coat...

    Daren

    [ This Message was edited by: Daren on 2005-02-18 09:44 ]
  • ZX BeccyZX Beccy
    edited February 2005
    Manic Miner - The Motion Picture

    Starring Eric Idle as Miner Willy, Ben Kingsly as Eugene and Arnold Schwazenegger as The Blue Mutant Telephone.

    It could work :D

    Or maybe Skool Daze starring Ant n dec... or not.

    Oh, and you forgot the game to film gem that is 'House of the Dead' and 'Alone in the Dark' comes out soon too....

    Still, there is a feature film version of Aeon Flux coming out in the autumn, now that SHOULD be good :D

    [ This Message was edited by: ZX Beccy on 2005-02-18 09:58 ]
  • Dave_CDave_C
    edited February 2005
    On 2005-02-18 06:32, Skarpo wrote:
    Freaking Fark!!!

    What is this planet coming to, now we are forced to watch yet another blunder.

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419706/

    Ooooh, you KNOW it's gotta be shit when Dexter Fletcher is the only name in the cast-list that you've ever heard of... :(

    That said, the boy did very well in Band of Brothers!
  • Lee FogartyLee Fogarty
    edited February 2005
    Karl Urban was Eowin in Lord of the rings
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  • robert@fmrobert@fm
    edited February 2005
    On 2005-02-18 06:32, Skarpo wrote:
    Freaking Fark!!!

    What is this planet coming to, now we are forced to watch yet another blunder.

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419706/
    From the IMDB:

    When a Special Ops squadron answers a distress call from a science lab on the planet Olduvai, their investigation reveals that a series of mutant beings are systematically killing off the population there...

    Doesn't sound like THE DooM that we all know and love... similar, but not the same...

    Still, if someone ever films THE DooM, the music is already done. :) (I especially like the end-game music in the original game.)

    I never make misteaks mistrakes misyales errurs — oh, sod it.
  • RefrenzRefrenz
    edited February 2005
    On 2005-02-18 23:51, [email="robert@fm"]robert@fm[/email] wrote:
    the planet Olduvai
    Doesn't sound like THE DooM that we all know and love... similar, but not the same...

    Olduvai - WTF? Why the hell did they use that name? http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/archaeology/sites/africa/olduvai_gorge.html

    Its madness I tell you, total bonkersry.

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  • HumbugHumbug
    edited February 2005
    yeah.....or they could use Bruce Lee for the game Bruce Lee.....or Michael Jackson in Moonwalker......hang on thats not right. Bruce is dead.
  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited February 2005
    On 2005-02-18 09:51, ZX Beccy wrote:
    Arnold Schwazenegger as The Blue Mutant Telephone.

    well Ice T played a kangeroo in tank girl lol
    Professional Mel-the-Bell Simulator................"So realistic, I found myself reaching for the Kleenex King-Size!" - Richard Darling
  • stupidgetstupidget
    edited February 2005
    I think they should make a film version of Jack and the Beanstalk.

    It would have Don Estelle playing Jack and Christopher Biggins as the giant..and I'm sure I could find a part for Christopher Lillicrap somewhere.....

    A documentory version of Jack the Nipper would be good to highlight the problems with ADHD...which I'm sure used to be called hyper activity.....and how, by simply allowing the child to run ammock can calm their disruptive tendensies and create a lovely angelic child....or lock them in a room like the one in Ahhh Didumms!!!!!!
    Sausages is more important
  • CollieCollie
    edited February 2005
    Ah the Doom movie is finally getting closer to release: I remember hearing about a Doom movie back when Quake was first being released. Or was it even before then and when Doom 2 was out?

    What a bunch of no-mark actors they've picked. Really high quality stuff. I remember when they were wondering if Arnie would be in the lead roll. Instead, the most wooden actor with the permanently arched eyebrows in LOTR is given top billing (Eomer), and Dexter Fletcher from Press Gang is in it! I wonder if it will be worse than the Wing Commander movie - surely one of the worst game to movie attempts of all time (Street Fighter, Mario Bros are other contenders).

    As to Spy Hunter - eh? That is the worst case of cashing in on an established brand... albeit not a massive one and not one that the majority of the gaming world care for other than in a slightly nostalgic way. John Woo doing the directing? Lots of pointless and cheesy slow motion camera shots, explosions, near misses, over the top nonsense then. Hope it flops.
  • SkarpoSkarpo
    edited February 2005
    On 2005-02-20 02:52, Collie wrote:
    Ah the Doom movie is finally getting closer to release: I remember hearing about a Doom movie back when Quake was first being released. Or was it even before then and when Doom 2 was out?

    What a bunch of no-mark actors they've picked. Really high quality stuff. I remember when they were wondering if Arnie would be in the lead roll...

    Now that you mention it ... I do remember reading about that way back in maybe '95-'96.

    Skarpo
    :)
  • GrazGraz
    edited February 2005
    Our Cinema had the Doom movie poster up when "Wing Commander" came out. Any idea what year that was?
  • ZX BeccyZX Beccy
    edited February 2005
    methinks wing commander was 1999.

    so, this year were going to have -

    Alone in the dark
    Bloodrayne
    House of the dead ( poos str8 to DVD )
    Spy Hunter
    Doom

    Personally, i think the only good ones will be alone in the dark and doom.

    well, when i say doom, I hope it's good. the two chaps behind it aparently have gone through a lot to get it made and never given up on it. so fingers crossed.

  • SkarpoSkarpo
    edited February 2005
    On 2005-02-20 10:19, ZX Beccy wrote:
    methinks wing commander was 1999.

    Yup, you are absolutely correct:
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0131646/
    so, this year were going to have -

    Alone in the dark
    Bloodrayne
    House of the dead ( poos str8 to DVD )
    Spy Hunter
    Doom

    Personally, i think the only good ones will be alone in the dark and doom...

    I personally have not seen Alone in the dark but a couple of my friends said it was the worst movie ever(along with just about every movie critic out there). It lasted only 2 weeks in the local movie theater. Which means I get to see it in the $1 theater within a month or so. I will be going to see it no matter how crappy it may be but only because I liked the games.

    Skarpo
    :)
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