***DVD Review DOOM*******

[Sir Terrence the Terrible]

Doom is a rehashed movie if I ever saw one. It borrows from Alien, Leviathan, and several other virus infects humans and turns them in to ugly creature’s movies. While I am a huge fan of The Rock, this movie does nothing to push his career forward. I believe this man will be the next Sylvester Stallone or Arnold Schwarzenegger; he has this kind of screen presence.

After finding a portal to Mars, a group of futuristic archaeologists are trying to find out why it was built and what happened to the civilization who built it. But when the archaeologists find themselves under attack, a special marine tactical squad is called out to search and destroy. Soon, it's discovered that a synthetic gene has created superhuman healing traits that turn humans into people eating monsters. As Sarge (The Rock) and Reaper (Karl Urban) and his team (Rosamund Pike, Deobia Oparei, Ben Daniels, Raz Adoti, and Richard Brake) proceed through the facility they encounter these creatures in a battle that takes many on the crew’s lives.

The Picture:

I would highly recommend watching this DVD in a darken room. Much of the movie is shot in low level light or dark areas. The anamorphically enhanced 2:35:1 picture exhibits fine detail throughout, and decent shadow detail. The picture does get a little soft in portions, and some pixelation can be detected, but overall picture detail is finely rendered. Colors are very rich with no chroma noise to be found. Black levels go forever, and the picture is very punchy. The average bit rate hovers around 5mbps, with occasional jumps to 7.5-8mbps

The Sound:

The Dolby Digital 448kbps 5.1 soundtrack is first rate. It is hard hitting in the bass, and every channel is used to its fullest. The LFE channel is used from the time the movie starts, till it stops. There is deep bass in all channels (though down in level in the surrounds), and the mix is spatially engaging. While the soundtrack has excellent imaging across the fronts, there is little or no side imaging, or imaging across the rear hemisphere.

Extras:

Special features include an Basic Training featurette, a six-minute Rock Formation make-up highlight, a look at Stan Winston's Master Monster Makers, a six-minute breakdown of—quite possibly the coolest sequence in the movie—the First Person Shooter Sequence, a 15-minute look at the beginning of the DOOM Nation in the 1990s, and seven-minute Game On.

This offering from Universal Pictures is technically pretty good; however it does not have the keep you guessing suspenseful moments that movies like Aliens have.

[GMichael]

Nice review Lex. But isn't it a little short for you? And where's the dialog issue?

[topspeed]

I didn't read the whole review because I have this movie sitting at home and just haven't found the time to watch it yet. However, I sincerely hope The Rock chooses his vehicles better than Sly. For one, he has pretty good comedic timing. His character, along with Vince Vaughn's, in Be Cool were the only things good in that mess. Also, I loved The Rundown which, again, showed off his comedic talents. Sure, he's a great action star. But I think he definitely has more acting chops that either Sly or the Governator.

[L.J.]

I didn't read the whole review because I have this movie sitting at home and just haven't found the time to watch it yet. However, I sincerely hope The Rock chooses his vehicles better than Sly. For one, he has pretty good comedic timing. His character, along with Vince Vaughn's, in Be Cool were the only things good in that mess. Also, I loved The Rundown which, again, showed off his comedic talents. Sure, he's a great action star. But I think he definitely has more acting chops that either Sly or the Governator.

Hmm....I was wondering if I should pick this up or not. Passed by it a few times, but wasn't sure. Let us know what you think.....


Great reviews Sir TT. Not tooooooo long, just enough to draw curiousity. I also like the picture and sound details. Once again, simple and foward, straight to the point.

[Worf101]

Nice review Lex. But isn't it a little short for you? And where's the dialog issue?

Now why in the name off all that's holy did YOU have to go THERE G-Man? Now you're gonna make his Lairdship mad, and you're gonna get a dunkin'. Your hair's already a mess and now it's gonna look even worse all wet and sech... But please one thing... lemme get my popcorn before the festivities start...

Da Worfster....

PS. Nice Review Sir TT.

[GMichael]

Now why in the name off all that's holy did YOU have to go THERE G-Man? Now you're gonna make his Lairdship mad, and you're gonna get a dunkin'. Your hair's already a mess and now it's gonna look even worse all wet and sech... But please one thing... lemme get my popcorn before the festivities start...

Da Worfster....

PS. Nice Review Sir TT.

Oh don't kid yourself man. Sir TT loves it when anyone brings up Lex. I can almost see him smiling now at the thought of Lex being driven out of town on a rail after being tarred & feathered.
But if he'd like to dunk me, I'll take my punishement like a man. Just give me a second to strip down. This is my best suit.

Got any extra popcorn?

[Sir Terrence the Terrible]

Oh don't kid yourself man. Sir TT loves it when anyone brings up Lex. I can almost see him smiling now at the thought of Lex being driven out of town on a rail after being tarred & feathered.
But if he'd like to dunk me, I'll take my punishement like a man. Just give me a second to strip down. This is my best suit.

Got any extra popcorn?

Nope, I am not going to dunk ya. I have decided after leaving topspeed all stringy haired and looking pitiful that your punishment should be worse.

By decree of the of the Royal House of Audio, you are banished to Germany where you will live with Florian. There you will be "re-educated" on the evils of mass market speakers. When he is finished with you I think you'll probably want to dunk yourself.

[GMichael]

Nope, I am not going to dunk ya. I have decided after leaving topspeed all stringy haired and looking pitiful that your punishment should be worse.

By decree of the of the Royal House of Audio, you are banished to Germany where you will live with Florian. There you will be "re-educated" on the evils of mass market speakers. When he is finished with you I think you'll probably want to dunk yourself.

HA! Gotcha there buddy. Flo actually LIKES me. He's even invited me over to help him burn a little, uh... um.... some.... well... where was I? Oh yeah, he invited me over to listen to his system and throw back a few brews. I don't mind being re-educated. I can never remember anything for more than a few minutes at a time anyhow. I sat threw one of those time share thingies. I'll make it. Maybe he'll even let me have his hand-me-down maggies.
Punishement accepted. Where are the tickets?