Doom (2005)

About this episode

The episode discusses the 2005 film Doom, exploring its themes and the portrayal of characters.

We're going back to video game movies with 2005's Doom! Directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak and starring John (the Wayne) Rockson and Karl Urban, Doom is very dark. Not thematically, we mean, like, brightness-wise. While the Doom video game revolves around sci-fi technology accidentally opening a portal to hell, the Doom movie revolves more around sci-fi technology intentionally opening a portal to a lab where an extra chromosome turns people into monsters from Resident Evil. Float along with the manatees as they try to feel their way through the inky darkness that is this movie. Sam renames the entire cast of characters, Ben introduces a tough new standard for bodybuilders in cinema, both discuss whether making Down Syndrome a villain-defining superpower in your script is a good idea (probably not, eh?). This one's a lot, gang!

Topics covered

• video game movies
• sci-fi
• horror
• cinema

Keywords

• Doom
• Andrzej Bartkowiak
• John Rockson
• Karl Urban
• Resident Evil

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Doom

Books & works: Doom, Resident Evil

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