Can you handle an entire episode devoted to Metroid?
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/24007/episode-210-an-unhealthy-obsession
Way back on Episode 47 of this little podcast, Jonny discovered that he might like Metroid more than the average gamer. He felt alone, alienated... special. Since that time (2007!), Jonny has learned that there are a few others like him, including Greg and Zach, who appear on this special Other M follow-up episode. If you just can't get enough of our zealous enthusiasm for Metroid (last showcased in the RetroActive discussion of Metroid II on Episode 193), this episode delivers over an hour of Metroid and nothing but.
We dive deep into spoiler territory on Other M, compare it to virtually every other game in the franchise, and speculate on where the series should go next. It's all Metroid, all the time on this week's RFN! We'll be back next week with the full crew and lots of non-Metroid games to talk about.
Note: following the initial spoiler warning, rejoin the discussion at 51:38 if you wish to avoid specifics of the late-game story and gameplay.
Could Metroid be made into a viable movie frachise? I know that everyone wants to forget about the Mario movie, but I think that a good director could do the series justice. I would not mind seeing Sarah Michelle Gellar as Samus.
Could Metroid be made into a viable movie frachise? I know that everyone wants to forget about the Mario movie, but I think that a good director could do the series justice. I would not mind seeing Sarah Michelle Gellar as Samus.
Could? Possibly. Any franchise has the potential to make a good movie with the right treatment, though Metroid's whole appeal is the isolation. It would need to function similarly to the Silent Hill movie, and audiences didn't like that movie (unfortunately). Would it ever likely be made into a good movie franchise? No. Besides, I have a feeling with his enormous ego that Sakamoto would force the producers of the movie to make him the writer, and the last thing I want is that guy penning the script of another Metroid product.
There was supposed to be a sequel to the Silent Hill movie, but then the writer was imprisoned on manslaughter charges. It's still happening, but its delayed...a lot.
Also, the first one did financially alright. Made about $50 million domestically and $50 million internationally. Budget was $50 million. It was at least enough to get a sequel on track.
Regardless, I think a Metroid movie could be cool if done right, but it won't be done right...and it also will never be done. Nintendo has made comments (I think) about how they're not going to do any more movies after Super Mario Bros.
After watching Resident Evil Afterlife, Paul W.S. Anderson should direct the movie.
"In Metroid Fusion, it seems to have established that "Samus can't use the Ice Beam because she has inherited the nature of the Metroids", but why at the very end is she unconcerned when she regains the Ice Beam?"
Yoshio Sakamoto: "When she absorbed the core of the SA-X (the perfect condition of Samus), she basically reconstituted her genetic condition. She didn't recover the physical damage of her amputated suit, but she did recover her genetic condition."