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.