samus aran candidates

[ current selection | rage against the machine – renegades of funk ]
[ feelin’ | woo ]

i noticed this morning some black squirrels roaming tompkins. theyre usually spotted over in stuy town, but not tompkins. hmm…i wonder if they have an arrangement with the pigeons or something. ok, i dont really know how to segue that into movie news. the segue has failed. *shrug* so anyway, a torrent of reviews have been flowing into aicn for a number of forthcoming movies. heres the breakdown, for those too lazy to wade thru them.

the alamo > flawed movie that had potential. music score supposedly sucks. paul clinton over at cnn called it an epic tho. and while i want to believe him, paul clintons an idiot. review

the punisher > good film, but not great. and not not completely true to its source material. reviews

kill vill v2 > people love it. and for differing reasons than v1. while v1 was all style, v2 apparently has alot more depth…and grittier fight scenes. reviews | reviews

van helsing > toss up. one guy loved it, another thought it blew. its by the same director as the mummy, so im going to guess that its an entertaining action movie that lacks any depth whatsoever. review | review

shaun of the dead > everybody loves it. funny, yet still scary. but definitely funny. review | review | reviews

SAMUS ARAN
and following on wednesdays news about john woo acquiring the rights to metroid, ign posted an article today postulating who could potentially fill the role of samus. i personally think itd be interesting if they found a relatively unknown to fill the role, because itd be a potentially big way to be introduced to the world…forever seared into peoples minds that you are samus aran. the actress they choose could also be dependent on how theyre going to treat samus in the movie. is she going to be in her power armour the entire movie? or will there be adequate screentime without her armour? itd be tricky, because her power armour is the definitive image that people have of metroid. otherwise they could really just cast eye candy, and then have a man run around in the suit as she dubs the voice. so anyhoo, onto igns nominations…

naomi watts [ 2/10 ] i dunno. im not really feeling this one. shes a great actress and all, but i dont think this roles for her.
rebecca romijn-stamos [ 3/10 ] im not feeling this one either. too model-like? if thats possible. samus aran is a badass, not a model.
kelly preston [ 2/10 ] john travoltas wife? i dont think so. are they just arbitrarily picking blondes?
natasha henstridge [ 8/10 ] hmm…i actually quite like the idea of henstridge playing samus. shes got that badass streak in her, and shes done sci-fi in the past.
gwyneth paltrow [ 1/10 ] what? no…sorry. samus aran does not drink tea and fold doilies. she would break.
maria bello [ 6/10 ] hmm…cute, relatively unknown…but shes kinda petite. shame.
charlize theron [ 7/10 ] i wouldve thought her too princess before. but if she signed on to do aeon flux, id give her a chance. aeon flux is a badass too.
angelina jolie [ 5/10 ] i dunno about this. im not really sold on jolie as samus. and shit, tomb raiders already seared into our minds. for her to take on two iconic video game heroines? seems like pigeon-holing.
uma thurman [ 4/10 ] i dunno about this either. umas not exactly the person i had in mind when i think of metroid. tho i do think itd be funny if she stole the power armour and went back to re-kill the viper squad again. samus vs. go go yubari…bwahaha…

> samus aran candidates (via ign)