UMD, DVD Doom-ed on February 9
Critically lambasted movie adaptation of id's seminal shooter will hit home video next year.
After months of hype, the movie adaptation of Doom finally premiered in theaters on October 23. After earning just $15.5 million its first weekend, the film suffered one of the worst box-office declines ever recorded. Thanks in part to excoriating reviews, the sci-fi actioner lost over half its viewing audience in its second week, grossing an anemic $7.5 million. With a reported budget of over $70 million, it ended its theatrical run with under $30 million in ticket sales, far below expectations.
Eager to lessen its losses, Doom's distributor, Universal Studios, has announced that the film is coming to home video on February 7, 2006. The distributor is actively going after the gamer demographic, releasing the film on both DVD and UMD, the PlayStation Portable's proprietary media format. Both versions of the film will cost $29.98.
Though information about the extras on the UMD was scarce, the Doom DVD--available in anamorphic widescreen and full-frame versions--will be unrated and will come with a plethora of extras. Those will include an "unrated first-person shooter sequence," as well as three featurettes: Game On!, Doom Nation, and Basic Training.
Directed by Andrezj Bartowiak (Cradle 2 tha Grave, Romeo Must Die), Doom stars former pro wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and New Zealander Karl Urban (Lord of the Rings, Bourne Supremacy). Like the games, it follows a group of space marines investigating an experiment gone awry at a top-secret laboratory on Mars.
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Wow, what a waste of silicon. So, if a movie stinks at the boxoffice what makes Universal think someone would buy this crap???
I'm gonna see it next wednesday. I hate the idea of biological experiments gone mad replacing the hell story, but I figure I should see it for giggles.
Id give it a 6/10. They changed the plot a lot, and there wasnt much story other than commandos blasting the heck out of mutants. (Although that's kind of what the game is like anyways)
I thought it look stupid once i saw the 1st person gun scenes, i haven't seen it but since i like the game ill probably rent it.... Besides id rather see it unrated then rated
alot of movies that bomb at box office do well on DVD. i'd give it a 3.
6/10 if you like violence enough to think it can *almost* drive a story line. 3/10 if you think otherwise.
5/10. As a movie, quite terrible. As a 2 hour action romp, still not good. There are many better options. Good Visual Effects though. It would have been better just to film someone playing Doom 3 for 2 hours.
ACTUALLY, it hit theatres on the 21st which is a FRIDAY and not the 23rd which is SUNDAY. Poor Gamespot, maybe SOMEDAY they'll get their factchecking in order
Do they really think they can get away with selling it at $29.98. That's highway robbery! No one will buy it at that rate, not even fans of the games.
Eh, you're syupid if you buy it on UMD anyway. Just the movie, no special features, and $15 more than the regular dvd. If you were SMART, you'd be ripping the movie to the memory stick from the dvd. But then again, if you were smart, you wouldn't be buying a PSP
Wow... that was fast... well i think i might get this movie just out of pity and i heard it was an ok movie. ..
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