Doom Movie Scriptwriter Addresses Fans

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Dave Callaham, the scripwriter for the upcoming Doom movie, has written a personal letter to the Doom community to address the massive backlash the film has received from some leaked details of the plot. He gave the letter to HomeLAN Fed, who has it hosted on their site. Here's a snippit:

I've found it frustrating that I somehow became the goat for the perceived shortcomings of the film, because (and I say this with no humility whatsoever, because I'm not a humble person), that I am, without a doubt, the greatest ally the Doom fan has had during the entire process of the film being made. I am the only person involved creatively who has ever made any attempt to open discourse with the game's internet fanbase, and I am the only person involved who has continually kept the ideals of the game first and foremost in mind. I very truthfully believe that my unapologetic and hyper-violent script would have been a Doom fan's movie dream come true. However, since my involvement, the film has steadily moved away from the realm of fandom and more toward the realm of traditional Hollywood interests. It's not been ideal, in my opinion, but I did what I could when I could, and I stand by that work.

From The Chatty
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    December 14, 2004 7:13 AM

    Haha! He sounds even more "snide" in this interview. What a shit-smeared cockmonger.

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      December 14, 2004 7:14 AM

      i agree.. get the torches!

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      December 14, 2004 7:16 AM

      ....or chainsaws

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      December 14, 2004 7:17 AM

      Alec just picked out the juiciest part of the letter; the rest of it makes him sound a little more sane.

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        December 14, 2004 7:23 AM

        Yeah, I read it, and he puts it across really well, but I don't buy that shit for an instant, and it's his fucking fault as much as that of anyone else on the project.

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          December 14, 2004 7:35 AM

          how do you figure? He's the scriptwriter. He wrote the script and submits that script to the producer and directors. He obviously wrote one that was dark and brooding and the Hollywood powers in the ideal to make a movie that sells decided to make it more appealing to the public who has never heard or played the game Doom.

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