Journal FortKnox's Journal: Metroid... the Movie?? 8
Looks like Samus Aran, the sexy armor-clad, alien blasting hero may be headed to the big screen. Director John Woo has optioned the rights to make a Metroid movie. Though its a little early to get excited (its been optioned before without anything happening), having a big-name director, like Woo, talking about it makes it seem like somethings going to happen. I don't know if I should get hyped up, or terrified that they'll butcher the franchise....
Submitted, if approved, I'll delete this entry.
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Eee.. (Score:2)
This could be something really neat - but they'll need a truly inspired screenwriter. Too bad Shyamalan is busy - Metroid would have been a great universe for him to bust out his first action movie in.
Hellooooo Mr. Anonymous... (Score:1)
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hmmm (Score:2)
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-Ab
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I'm glad you haven't deleted this.. (Score:2)
...because I wanted somewhere to place my thoughts but not get lost on the front page.
My first, fan-boy instinctual reaction was to get excited. But the more I think about it, the more I expect it will turn out like every other crappy video-game -> movie production we've seen.
Many of the posters in the article said that they should keep Samus' gender secret until the end, like in the game. It sounds like a good idea at first, but really, how would you implement such a thing? How are you going to
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