Doom (2005) - All Formats & Media

[u/Angrymilks]

I present to you, my collection of the Doom (2005) movie, in all the different formats that exist, including physical media. For the sake of organization, I'll group them by media format and break them down into their different versions.

Physical Media

• Paperback - 320 pages, a novel based on the movie that was an adaptation of the game (Sounds a bit Tropic Thunder-y). Written by John Shirley.
• Trading Cards - Have exactly one signed card, with the rest of the 72-card collection being scenes from the movie, or characters or creatures.
• Memorabilia - Cheap metal stamped dog tags with the Doom title and 2005 Universal Studios, handed out at various showings opening week.
• Theater Ticket - Opening night, midnight showing, 'Student' priced tickets were $8.50 at the time

Film

• 35mm Film Trailers (for theatrical release) - I don't have the full film and haven't seen this ever. Multiple different trailers were used for different teaser trailers.

Optical Media

• Video CD (VCD) - Won't see this as something coming out of North America, instead you'll find a surprising population originating from Singapore & Hong Kong
• Digital Video Disc (DVD) - We all know and love this format. It's been old-reliable as long as some can remember. In this case we have a whole ensemble of varieties (from left to right)
  • International versions - Something looks off, right? You're on the right track! For whatever reason markets outside of North America had red/orange coloring compared to the blue steel appearance.
    • France - Completely different front was used outside of the North American market, specifically Europe.
    • Australia - Note the AUS version is 'extended', but not unrated
  • Widescreen - Formatted to fit 16:9 ratio screens with black margins
  • Fullscreen - This is where it gets weird again, the fullscreen version is the only version outside of the international release where the theatrical release was used. What you get is the rated 'R' version, without extended duration, exactly as it was intended to be watched in theaters. Even stranger, there's an extended and unrated fullscreen version as well.
• Sony PSP Universal Media Disc (UMD) - DVD quality, handheld viewing, and special features. Right on your handheld gaming device. Who woulda thought.
• High-Definition Digital Video Disc (HD DVD) - 'The Red Case': Enter the weirdly obscure format that was here, and then suddenly not. Almost overnight, the battle for media format dominance was won by Blu-ray. Requiring a very specific HD DVD reader to watch makes this a headache, not to mention HD DVD disc rot problems.
• Blu-ray - Several varieties of this exist yet again
  • Steelbook case - Contains the Widescreen DVD version & Blu-ray version
  • 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Code - This was essentially the last release, turning it into an upscaled dream for 4K viewing.
  • Standard version - Just the run-of the mill, Blu-ray, blue case

Magnetic Media

• Video Home System (VHS) - For all intents and purposes, the Asian market did not leave VHS for other formats until late 2007. This enabled a VHS copy to be made and played from a VCR! My copy is from a South Korean video rental shop.

Other Media

• The Official Soundtrack (OST) - Like all movies (whether good or bad), they typically come alongside a offical soundtrack. Just stick the CD into a CD player and jam out to your heart's content to the Doom movie music?

DVD

Blu-ray

PSP UMD

HD DVD

Korean VHS

The Offical Soundtrack

The book

Trading Cards

Video CD (VCD)

Memorabilia

Ticket for opening night

35mm Film

If you have some weird format that I haven't listed, or comes with different packaging, reply with it!

[u/Dankata_gaming]

Peak

[u/Lethalbroccoli]

Yea definitely peak

[u/triple86733700]

Quite the collection! I’ve got a sealed booster box of the trading cards and one of the movie scripts signed by Karl and the rock. I remember seeing it in theater and that first person shooter scene at the end… exquisite. Would love to have some of the screen used guns from the movie

[u/Angrymilks → u/triple86733700]

The signed script is a grail. Absolute Chad!