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John Woo is making Metroid: the Movie

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John Woo has optioned Nintendo's best-selling video game franchise "Metroid" for the big screen. The movie will center on the origins of the game's female protagonist, sexy bounty hunter Samus Aran, and relate her adventures battling the insidious life-sucking Metroids and their controlling force, Mother Brain.

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07 Apr 2004 09:42 darkchrono Vapid Buttmunch offline \| PM \| e-mail	neato! then again, the last moved I saw based on a Nintendo character sucked... (Mario Bro's)
07 Apr 2004 12:19 Zigma Vapid Buttmunch offline \| PM \| e-mail	hell yeah, a metroid prime movie.It best not suck!
07 Apr 2004 18:19 Rikku782 Vapid Buttmunch offline \| PM \| e-mail	as long as I get to be Samus it's okay with me :P
07 Apr 2004 19:38 vip CrimsonHead As seen on TV online \| PM \| e-mail	Zigma - Where do you see PRIME in that entire article? It's a movie about Samus's origins, not her epic battles with reptilian space pirates on Tallon IV. I'm slightly intrigued by this...hmmm....
07 Apr 2004 20:24 darkchrono Vapid Buttmunch offline \| PM \| e-mail	Ok, im convinced im dyslexic? How the hell did I end up putting ?moved? in place of movies?! /panic
09 Apr 2004 14:00 vip Yuna1881 Posts pictures of cats online \| PM \| e-mail	I understood you ^_^
03 Feb 2005 09:48 sniper Vapid Buttmunch offline \| PM \| e-mail	that is great!!
21 Apr 2005 09:52 Mr. Domino Vapid Buttmunch online \| PM \| e-mail	Actually, the film could still theoretically touch on the story of prime, since prime takes place in betwixt Metroid and Metroid II: Return of Samus...

07 Apr 2004 09:42 darkchrono Vapid Buttmunch offline \| PM \| e-mail	neato! then again, the last moved I saw based on a Nintendo character sucked... (Mario Bro's)
07 Apr 2004 12:19 Zigma Vapid Buttmunch offline \| PM \| e-mail	hell yeah, a metroid prime movie.It best not suck!
07 Apr 2004 18:19 Rikku782 Vapid Buttmunch offline \| PM \| e-mail	as long as I get to be Samus it's okay with me :P
07 Apr 2004 19:38 vip CrimsonHead As seen on TV online \| PM \| e-mail	Zigma - Where do you see PRIME in that entire article? It's a movie about Samus's origins, not her epic battles with reptilian space pirates on Tallon IV. I'm slightly intrigued by this...hmmm....
07 Apr 2004 20:24 darkchrono Vapid Buttmunch offline \| PM \| e-mail	Ok, im convinced im dyslexic? How the hell did I end up putting ?moved? in place of movies?! /panic
09 Apr 2004 14:00 vip Yuna1881 Posts pictures of cats online \| PM \| e-mail	I understood you ^_^
03 Feb 2005 09:48 sniper Vapid Buttmunch offline \| PM \| e-mail	that is great!!
21 Apr 2005 09:52 Mr. Domino Vapid Buttmunch online \| PM \| e-mail	Actually, the film could still theoretically touch on the story of prime, since prime takes place in betwixt Metroid and Metroid II: Return of Samus...

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