Doomed! We're All Doomed!Exclusive: The Rock talks Doom and Johnny Bravo08 March 2005Empire yesterday received The Rock's personal seal of approval. Yes, he called us "my good friends". The site shall therefore henceforth be known as "Empire Online – The Rock's good friend". Admittedly, these protestations came soon after we presented him with a large box of Krispy Kreme doughnuts, but we're sure that the Rock's friendship is not so easily won. In any case, between shooting hoops with the big man and making plans to hang out chez Johnson, we managed to pry a few words about Doom from our new best mate.Doom, for those of you who don't game regularly, was the revolutionary first-person, 3-D shoot-em-up that paved the way for current industry leaders Halo and Half-Life. Basically, demons invade and one lone soldier has to stop them. In the film, it's a group of soldiers, but plot was never what this is about. Still, if you are avoiding spoilers, you may want to avoid the following."From Doom you can expect an unapologetic rated-R movie that pulls no punches and just like what the video game was able to do in terms of its violence – but not violence for the sake of violence.""I'm playing the commanding officer who, without ruining it for everyone, turns bad, which is great. I'm so excited about that movie, I'll tell you why. Number one, it's my first rated-R movie and it's a very unapologetic rated-R movie. Not only that, but the monsters are real, they're not CGI. They're made by Stan Winston who did Jurassic Park and Predator and all that. So the monster's got weight and when they’re in a scene they're like Aliens! I get to transform and become, I'm going to tell you this right now, the BMFOTP. Know what that means? It means the baddest motherfucker on the planet."This is all promising stuff – could this be a Predator for the 21st century? We can only hope so. When we complimented El Rockerino on his storming commentary on the Walking Tall DVD, he promised great things for the Doom DVD too. "For me, DVDs are always so special. I did that with the movie that’s coming out, Doom; I just want to make sure that every DVD I put out the commentary is just off the wall, funny and just really really entertaining."Meanwhile, we teased out a few tidbits about the Best Cartoon Character Ever (well, one of them), Johnny Bravo, the Elvis-wannabe who His Rockness is still scheduled to play in the live-action adaptation. "The script is so funny and we're just waiting for the right opportunity, waiting for the script to get even better. I'm on a quest to find my dad, and I think it's Wayne Newton, and it's insane, it's so funny. "So you've worn an Afro for Be Cool, and next is a quiff?"Yeah, pretty much, right? Maybe a different colour a little bit and (adopts Elvis tones) "Hey Momma".Fingers crossed for that one. Now, if you'll excuse us, we're off for a quick pint with our new friend.