A new fan film about the Metroid series made by Rainfall films was made in collaboration with Jessica Chobot, host of Nerdist News.
Rainfall Films describes their videos as:
“The classic Nintendo franchise, Metroid, envisioned through the lens of 60s-70s science fiction cinema such as 2001, Alien, and Solaris: this was the concept for Rainfall’s most recent production. Instead of using a modern approach, a style was developed more in tune with the themes that inspired the first Metroid game in 1986: isolation, exploration, and the wonders of deep space.”
Hope you enjoy the video, tell us what you think in the comments section down below.
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November 3, 2015
This has all the makings to set a truly remarkable full-fledged movie. I’d hope for at least 2 hours long… For being an independent, short film, I’m not bothered that there wasn’t much action. Metroid has always been MORE about the exploration. THAT made me long for MORE light shed upon the mystery of the Chozo…are they really NOT gone??? TELL ME! I would LOVE to see Samus reunited with her adopted “family”. The closest we’ve seen of them of any of the Metroid games are relics and the Chozo ghosts in Metroid Prime (and the history they left behind on Tallon IV). I could go on and on, but this was really well made. /// My only “gripe” is that Jessica Chabot seemed just a tad too weak. That’s NOT meant as an insult. By far, she did a great job. I guess she didn’t QUITE capture the stoic nature I’m USED to. But I would not fault her for that at all. I think because of my experiences with Samus in Fusion, Prime 3, and Other M, I developed certain expectations. Where she’s both strong and weak at the same time…almost as IF they were in conflict. In this case, I didn’t get the SENSE that Samus was truly a confident bounty hunter/explorer. To be fair, I would have to imagine that Samus is overwhelmed with a signal from her long-lost family on some useless planet. Maybe the idea was to depict Samus hoping against the hopeless. If that was the intent, then I think they nailed it. Also, I think the “Iron Man” camera perspective of Samus in her helmet just didn’t quite seem to work well. Again, it wasn’t bad, just something felt off – I can’t quite describe WHAT. /// What I further appreciate was the music and the references to the Metroid Prime music. And the HUD display also nicely adopting the Prime details.