OKAY, HERE'S THE SKINNY ON THE ORIGINAL EDIT.  IT WAS ONE OF SCAPERAT'S FIRST EDITS, AND BECAUSE OF THAT THE CUTS WERE ROUGH.  BOON TOOK IT UPON HIMSELF TO SMOOTH OUT THE ROUGH CUTS. I BELIEVE THAT HE DID THE BEST WITH WHAT HE WAS WORKING WITH.  HE SOLELY WENT BY SCAPERAT'S FRAME WORK.  SCAPERAT'S DOOM EDIT WASN'T THE BEST, BUT IT WAS ONE OF HIS FIRST EDITS AS I STATED BEFORE.  HE HAS ACTUALLY GOTTEN A LOT BETTER.  IN FACT, I'VE ENJOYED A LOT OF HIS LATER EDITS.  WE ALL HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE.

OKAY, NOW TO MY OPINION ON THIS BEING MADE.  I THINK THAT JOHNNY COULD PULL OFF A REALLY FUN EDIT OUT OF THIS.  I LIKE SEEING ORIGINAL IDEAS, AND THIS COULD VERY WELL BE ONE OF THEM.  THE GRIND HOUSE STYLE OF EDIT WOULD REALLY WORK WITH ALL THE CHEESE THAT IS ALREADY PRESENT IN THE MOVIE NOT TO MENTION ALL OF THE OVER THE TOP DIALOGUE AND ACTION SCENES.  THE MUSIC SHOULD BE A COMBINATION OF ROCK AND SCORE.  I WOULD URGE JOHNNY TO USE SCORES FROM THE HAMMER HORROR MOVIES ALONG WITH METAL FROM THE SEVENTIES ie:  K.I.S.S., ALICE COOPER, ETC.

Thanx for the info Dayv. And yeah just to clarify once again - I'm not trying to make something better, merely something different.

If anyone has suggestions on things like song choices I'll be glad to consider them. I've just been taking notes and testing some ideas so far and I'd like to get it at least mostly planned out on paper before i begin proper. I am also hoping to do a few scenes in 3d scattered throughout the film. So I want my ideas tight before I bother since it's a very lengthy process.

Okay I've sat down with some ideas and here is what I have so far.

"Doom: The movie"

I hadn't really planned anything yet but I'd like to have a coming attractions segment at the beginning to help set the mood. [Like Machete to Planet Terror.]

These could either be fake trailers ala Machete or possibly trailers for other fanedits, If other editors would be interested in that sort of thing. It depends on variables like how long it would take to do this project.

At present I've got the movie [in my head] split into 3 main acts as well as an alternate intro and an extended outro. Basically it would flow like this.

A new sequence for 'Universal Pictures Presents' and the title of the film – which I'm simply calling Doom: The movie. I couldn't think of a sub title that didn't sound lame. These animated title shots would be intercut with various shots [most likey close ups of hands and what not] of the Stahl / C24 experiment.

After the titles will be the main intro sequence [with grindhouse style artefacts] ending with Dr. Carmack sending his transmission and the Door to the room bashed in. The shots at the end would be slightly re-arranged since i felt they lingered on the open door a bit too long and all the shots of Carmack turning around got a bit much. After the door is punched in we see him stare at the opening in horror and then we quickly pull back. Cutting to the latter part of the original “universal” sequence, but in reverse.

Act I : Knee deep in the dead.

This part is basically the marines heading to Mars and discovering just what is going on.

Act II : Thy flesh consumed

This is literally the part where all hell breaks loose. Most of the main characters are killed off during act two.

Act III : Inferno

The third act would pick up with Reaper waking alone after Sam injected him with C24. Pretty much from that point up to the two of them riding the Lift to the surface. Fade to white.

The outro idea that I'm tinkering with is to have “THE END” show up onscreen at this point but then blasted to bits by simulated gunfire, Like in the original game. This would be followed by a composition shot of the doors of the surface lift opening [from earlier in the film.] and footage of zombies roaming about.

This all depends on how well I can get this to look.

I'm also looking at other ideas explered in Planet terror like the film image becoming more and more distressed as something bad is about to hapen, usually the death of a main character.

I've got plenty of other ideas but that's mainly the flow I'm aiming for.

I TOTALLY WANT TO MAKE A FAKE TRAILER FOR THIS.

I've got a best of Hammer Horror CD if you want to use Psycho's idea.

I think that might be very handy...

Sent you a PM Dayv.

Okay, So i was tinkering with the various fonts I've acquired and there were two stand outs that I really liked. Although I wasn't quite getting the right flavour with either so I was toying with using both. I did a few tests to see how it would look throughout the film. Here's a few quick mockups - I'd probably add a few filters to make them look more detailed. maybe add a sheen to one of them...I'm not entirely sold on this style but I'm calling it 'Plan A' :)

I'll most likely stick with a nice simple font like NewsGothic for subtitles and general information. At this point I will probably go with burnt in subtitles. But I haven't decided for sure.

I'm toying with an idea of a simple 2D animation for the intro / title sequence. Sort of in the style of the Venture Bros. Cartoon opening.

After i've sorted those ideas I'll take a serious look at what I want to actually edit with the film. I've got some ideas already but it depends on what I can get away with really.

is the 2D animation going to be from the original game?

no. More in the style of these...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=iVEgK3nCkao&feature=related

http://youtube.com/watch?v=qWPiwQqv65Y&feature=related

I SPOKE WITH JOHNNY EARLIER, AND HE HAS SOME COOL IDEAS THAT HE'S TESTING OUT RIGHT NOW.  I CAN'T WAIT FOR EVERYBODY TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE TEST FOOTAGE.