Metroid Dread discussion

[super_etecoon]

CaptainExplosion said:

super_etecoon said:

If Metroid doesn't end up with a Netflix or Apple+ miniseries after this I will be surprised. I'm calling it Metroid: The Chozo Chronicles. It will be an origin story for Samus and will incorporate aspects of the manga, the games, as well as some of the more obscure lore. It will be an anime, not live action, and will have plenty of easter eggs for die hard fans.

But what if it was live-action but didn't suck?

In my opinion this would only work on the big screen with a large budget, a great director and cinematographer, and an amazing script.  I don't think any studio would have enough confidence in the IP...yet.  What I have been seeing with these limited series releases on the streaming services bodes well for Metroid, though.  Less risk, and more importantly, far less expectation.  Cobra Kai as a movie would have been ridiculed, but as a slow burn series it has been lauded and has only increased the mystique of the Karate Kid universe.