It will be a brillant action film if John Woo is heavily involved. I actually wrote a metroid fan script once here is a small sample from my opening,
EXT. Space
We open with a ship slowing down as it enters a distant solar system. We see it pass a gas giant and its moons and move on to what appears to be an astroid field. However as it gets closer we see that none of this debris is organic rock one piece has a name and registration number on it, “Wolf CSV.359”. The ship we meet at the start of this sequence draws to a stop near the debris. Slowly rising out of the dorsal airlock we see the figure of SAMUS ARAN fully suited in her varia suit (The best colouration of her modular power suit). Jets mounted on the back of the suit fire and she moves into the wreckage of the Wolf, a civilian scientific research vessel. (This shall be unknown to Samus until later).
P.O.V. Samus
We see various readouts on the inside of samus’ visor. A small targeting reticle pinpoints something further on in the debris.
Female Voice of the suit’s computer. (Here on revered to as Suit’s computer)
Black box device detected. Scans indicate power failure to device. Suggest retrieval of device.
EXT. The debris field
With the firing of her jets Samus moves towards the black box. When she reaches it she attaches it to a part of her suit that has become magnetized, this is indicated by the Suit’s computer. Samus then proceeds with her scans.
P.O.V. Samus.
Suit’s computer
Blast patterns and radiation residue indicate pirate attack destroyed this vessel.
Samus (to her self)
But why attack a civilian vessel? They are quite capable of destroying military ships for their needs.
The display on the visor indicates a message from her ship.
Ship’s computer (an electronic male voice)
Passive scans indicate pirate bio-form closing in on your position, further scans indicates it is bio-form 1 in the pirate data-base.
Samus
Ridley!
She turns to face him and as she does the visor readout changes to combat mode.
EXT. Space
We see the pirate know as Riddley sweep towards the debris of the Wolf. He zero’s in on Samus’ position. Samus kicks off a piece of debris she was holding onto and fires her arm cannon which is currently set on power beam. A few shots hit Riddley but he is unfazed. Samus kicks of another piece of debris as she does so she flips and the soles of her boots magnetize and she gets connected to a piece of debris about 200 metres long. She runs along it with Ridley in pursuit, when she reaches the end her soles de-magnetize and her thrusters fire launching her to space. Samus turns around and fires small missiles as she does so. One hits Riddley in the shoulder with enough force to send him crashing towards a piece of debris roughly twice his size. Samus uses this chance to hit a button marked retrieve on part of her arm cannon that has just flipped around, her ship moves down off the screen.
P.O.V. Samus.
Samus quickly switches the visor to scan mode, the targeting reticle locates something.
Suit’s computer
Caution flammable substance g-15, sub-light engine fuel. Weapons fire may cause explosion.
Samus
Good
EXT. Space
We see Samus’ arm cannon charge and five mini-missiles get deposited into this charge. The charge is released and the energy hurtles towards the canisters containing the substance. It hits, and there is a massive explosion. The shock wave hits both Samus and Riddley. It shocks Riddley and sends him tumbling into the void of space; it sends Samus into a tumble away from the debris field. She tries to control the tumble with the suit’s thrusters. Then her ship rockets onto screen a 90 degree angle to the bottom of the screen and she lands on the dorsal airlocks platform which is magnetized. The platform recedes into the small craft and the outer doors close.
INT. The ship.
The inner airlock doors, a clear tube containing the platform, opens and Samus steps out and removes her helmet, flipping her hair angel in an attempt to get it out of her face. She notices some damage to the helmet and to her arm cannon.
I wonder what their script would be like compared to this? Probably a heap better. |
