Topic: RE: Metroid Movie in the Works

[MattVDB]

I thought Cast Away with Tom Hanks proved that a movie with little dialogue was indeed possible.  A certain relation to the audience is all that is needed for it to work.  If the audience understands the situation, they buy into the reality, and you can do whatever you like with it.  But, I don't believe it does have to be all silence.  While yes, the tense parts most certainly do need to be, I can plausibly see Samus scanning a log book, or getting an info download of some type, and then read it while progressing through the game, or rather have it be read to her.  A device like that could further the plot while furthering the exploration and action.  Just an idea.

Metroid as a movie though, I'm not sure would work.  The series is based on upgrading, then back tracking.  If that were to be applied to the movie, it best be in limited amounts.  I can see the final boss being right next to where she landed her ship, and that would be sweet (like what happens in all Metroid games pretty much), but if she was constantly going back and forth between worlds that would be lame.  A Metroid movie should play like a speed run, with an occasional lull thrown in to solve a puzzle (Anybody seen the Incredibles?  When Mr. Incredible comes up from underwater into a cave, he finds a secret password.  That type of puzzle solving involves the audience, and wouldn't add to boredom.)

[KDR_11k]

I think they could have more dialogue than that. Perhaps to obscure Samus' identity have her use a voice-synthesizing translator (after all, her native tongue seems to be Chozo and I doubt many people in the universe speak that). She could ask around to find out more about her mission and maybe even have radio contact with some form of operator for the few moments where she needs to talk.

[VideoGamer]

i think this Metroid Movie is going to be great ... that is for gamers  like myself i saw on gamepro .com some other website was having a poll on who should be the next Samus Aran i hope it is going to be that chick from the terminator 3 movie.!!!!!!:

[mantidor]

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Originally posted by: SuparSnoopay

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didnt Zide and Perry lost the rights and know is John Woo who has them? this games to movies scare me, RE turn out ok, not spectacular, just ok, but I still have nighmares about the mario brothers movie *shudders*

1. Yep. John Woo now has the rights to make a Metroid movie.

2. What??? The Mario movie kicked ass!

The Mario movie was horrible! yoshi wasnt like Yoshi, bowser wasnt like Bowser, it hardly had any music theme from the game, Mario didnt jump, didnt use a flower as a weapon, it didnt feel like Mario at all! and this is the main reason I fear for the Metroid movie, how the can implement what makes Metroid games so great in a movie is beyond me, but some of the ideas Ive read in the thread are interesting, lets just hope for the best.

replies like this which are almost a month apart are funny, like in the past when letters took weeks to get to their destinataries ^_^