Words of ‘Doom’
September 22nd, 2005
The October issue of Wired Magazine hits stands this week and includes an article by yours truly entitled “How Doomed Is It?”
The piece examines the upcoming Universal Pictures release of Doom: The Movie and attempts to answer the question, “Is this video game to movie translation going to suck as much as Super Mario Bros. and the handful of other horrible adaptations?” I dig deep, get the answers, and discuss the shooting of demons, hellspawn and, well, more demons.
Look forward to seeing it, especially your take on the whole video game to movie adaptation.
Ooh, looks like there’s a Kong preview as well.
Comment by kartooner — September 22, 2005 @ 8:14 pm
Actual discussion that took place 2 Christmases ago:
Mom: Do you want a subscription to Wired?
Scrivs: Not yet, wait till Oct. 2005 when the Pauly D article comes out.
Mom: Are you fucking joking me?
Scrivs: No really.
Mom: Shut the fuck up!
Scrivs: Hey, I am trying to save you some money.
Mom: You will take that damn subscription whenever I get it for you.
Scrivs: Alright, just make sure it lasts through Oct. 2005.
Comment by Scrivs — September 22, 2005 @ 8:19 pm
SMB makes me miss Samantha Mathis.
She was so good hot in Pump Up the Volume.
Comment by justin — September 22, 2005 @ 10:28 pm
Hey, I liked super mario bros - but, okay, that’s likely why I’m not writing for Wired. Congrats on the article!
Comment by Nicole — September 22, 2005 @ 11:14 pm
Did you get to see the movie? Did they fly you to Hollywood, or drive you since you live there, to see one of those critics only showings? Did you wear a jaunty cap with a “Press” tag sticking out of the band?
I just hope the movie is as good as Tomb Raider II. And with the deep and involving storyline Doom’s got going on, how could they go wrong? Character development, here we come!
Comment by Pierce — September 23, 2005 @ 4:56 am
Scrivs - how could you overlook my pieces in the Feb, March, May, June and August editions? I mean, what the-!
Pierce — I didn’t see the ENTIRE movie, but I got to see enough of it to be able to write about it. And no, they didn’t even drive me to the studio, I had to drive there myself.
But I did wear a beret with a cool laminated card pinned to the front that said PRESS.
Tomb Raider II? P-shaw.
Comment by Pauly D — September 23, 2005 @ 6:22 am
scrivs, your mom has a potty mouth.
Comment by kristine — September 23, 2005 @ 6:34 am
I don’t speak American. I googled “P-shaw” but I’m still not sure what it means.
Is it like, “P-Shaw!! That is so totally awesome!” It must mean that because Tomb Raider II expanded on the nuanced plotline laid down by the first film while still maintaining originality and zest we’ve come to expect from video-game based movies.
I could so review stuff for a living.
Comment by Pierce — September 23, 2005 @ 7:02 am
More importantly… did you get to sleep with The Rock? How was he? Can you get him my number?
[will buy October issue of Wired as soon as I come across it.]
Comment by cat — September 23, 2005 @ 8:30 am
If there is one video game that needs to be turned into a movie it’s Tetris. I don’t know what it would be about but I bet it would be addictive.
Comment by Dave — September 23, 2005 @ 8:50 am
You must be tapping into my phone conversations, Dave.
I just was pitching a movie called They Crumble And Fall about a young out of work geologist who stumbles upon a huge disaster about to befall the country. That disaster? Hundreds of blocks of varying shapes (made out of limestone and asteriod rock) are flinging towards Earth at crazy speeds. Some of them, especially the ones in the shape of an “L” are as big as Texas.
The protagonist (our geologist) works with the government to create a laser beam that can move and rotate said blocks so they can be deposited evenly on the Earth instead of crashing and causing destruction.
I’m still working on it in my head, but there you go.
Comment by Pauly D — September 23, 2005 @ 8:56 am
Three words: Box office gold!
In creating the giant laser beam would it be possible to add some sort of speaker system that would play light-hearted, upbeat music?
Comment by Dave — September 23, 2005 @ 10:21 am
What about Pong: The Movie? I mean, why stop at the edge? Let’s go all the way!!!
Comment by Cutiepie2 — September 24, 2005 @ 5:01 am
Even though the Super Mario movie adaptation sucked, I’ve got to admit that I dug the Dennis Hopper performance.
Comment by kartooner — September 26, 2005 @ 9:55 am