![]() ![]() to the silver-screen was to give them rocket boots and ray guns in order to battle subterranean dinosaurs. This should have been apparent a couple decades ago when some idiot decided that the best way to bring the universally-adored Mario Bros. In a film adaption of any sort – but particularly the rabid, attentive, and critically-inclined fanbases of subcultures like video games – respect for the integrity of the source material is vital, and the lack of it is a death sentence. And the first of these is simple to understand: the makers of these films are lacking in appreciation. ![]() There are a number of theories as to why seemingly no one can create compelling movies out of beloved video games, but there’s two that really stick out in my mind as the root of the problem, both of which Doom demonstrates quite well. It is a video game movie, after all, a subgenre of cinema universally notorious for sucking more balls than Lindsay Lohan on a drinking binge. Then again, it’s not like anyone should be surprised by the film’s poor quality. I wouldn’t be surprised if the reason DOOM 4 hasn’t been released yet is because whatever little dignity that the series retained after this movie has locked itself up in the bathroom and refuses to come out until John Romero says he’s sorry. What it is NOT is everything that Doom the movie IS a molasses-slow soft-sci-fi tale with less respect for the integrity of the franchise than Jack Thompson. Strip away its vestigial features, and even DOOM 3 is about such things. It’s about one man standing alone but unperturbed against a seemingly endless army of assailants. It’s about Hell quite literally breaking loose. Yes, it’s trapped in the gameplay equivalent of a mid-life crisis, and aptly suffers for it, but even when it strays the farthest from the path, DOOM 3 at least can remember what DOOM should be about. Y’know, I realize that it’s only been about a week since I tore into DOOM 3’s bloated carcass like a pack of starved hyenas…but after sitting through the Doom movie again, I almost feel like I owe it an apology. Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Karl Urban, Rosamund Pike Just be ready for whatever comes, okay?Īnd with that, the update's over.Film: Doom (no, you don’t have to typeset the movie in capitals. I dunno, weather is pretty crazy these days, one day it'll be frigid the next it'll be like a sauna. unless some of these days happen to be sweltering again for some reason. September is coming to a close very soon and the temperature is beginning to drop, so be sure to have some warmer clothes on stand by. Other standouts include CartoonAnimate22's Amy sheet, TofuLad's Mike Tyson in Super Punch-Out!!-Style sheet, and Hansungkee's Mordecai and Rigby sheets.Īs always, plenty more where that came from, so be sure to give the rest of the sheets in this update a good once over, you'll never know what cool things you'll find. Speaking of Sonic, a few older customs from the Mystical Forest Zone days have finally found their way onto the site, namely the Sonic CD Chibis for Bean, Bomb and Eggman (Made by Teeks), as well as an expanded Mecha Sonic MKII by Domenico that I really thought was already on the site. Appropriately, we have customs for the Koco and Sage from that game by miniluv73. The customs section seems to be skewed towards Sonic a bit this week, likely due to the building hype for Sonic Frontiers. ![]() Not to slight the lads who initially ripped them, of course, but those are from about 10 years ago. Mega Man 9 and 10 are games that really need fresh, high-quality rips, so it's nice to see it get some love. ![]() The aptly-named KinzSpritez has brought us a nice little bundle of rips for "Webkinz", some sort of virtual pet thingy, and rabbid4240 continues his streak of random Mega Man rips by providing some for Mega Man 10, namely the DLC bosses. I really should get back to playing the original DOOM. It's crazy how much is in this game, when will it ever end?! Not to be outdone, Perdition's Gate Enjoyer brings us a whole bunch of nice rips from "Knee Deep in ZDoom", a DOOM mod. This week's largest haul comes courtesy of our regular mobile phone ripper guy Biggest_Chungus, once again delivering a bunch of stuff from that Osomatsu mobile game. Hello all, nice to see you again! It's been a little while since I updated, hasn't it? Well, here I go updatin' again! ![]()
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