ABC News Report Compares Metroid Prime To Citizen Kane

**Valigarmander** · 10-07-2009, 03:17 PM

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How much do life force-sucking aliens and Rosebud have in common? Quite a lot, according to one ABC News report, which compared Metroid Prime to the seminal film Citizen Kane, considered by some to be the finest movie every created.

"Orson Welles was using cinematography to express something very personal and human. It wasn't just functional anymore, it was actually tied to a specific meaning about people aging, people dying," said IGN's Michael Thomsen.

That's compared that to the "dark and lonely" atmosphere of Metroid Prime, which puts combat second to exploration, the report said. Thomsen also pointed to the "post-mortem discovery" of alien civilizations that's a characteristic of the Metroid series, comparing it to the journalists of Citizen Kane who are trying to figure out what happened to the titular character.

Metroid Prime was undoubtedly one of the best games on the Nintendo GameCube, but does the comparison stretch all the way to Citizen Kane? What do you think?

lol

Metal Mario · 10-07-2009, 04:04 PM

I hate it when journalists get bored.

Panfan · 10-07-2009, 07:27 PM

rosebud was the sled
samus is a girl

MY GOD TWIST ENDINGS SO SIMILAR

***Cosmonautical*** · 10-08-2009, 05:29 AM

I HEARD METROID EVEN HAS PEOPLE IN IT JUST LIKE CITIZEN KANE

SEPARATED AT BIRTH?!?!1

Luigiman7 · 10-08-2009, 05:48 PM

metroids are made of people

***Marilink*** · 10-08-2009, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by xX~Luigi_Man~Xx

metroids are made of people

And now Citizen Kane is Soylent Green!

**Deku Trii** · 10-08-2009, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Marilink dislikes smoke

And now Citizen Kane is Soylent Green!

ROSEBUD IS PEOPLE!

Metal Mario · 10-08-2009, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Marilink dislikes smoke

And now Citizen Kane is Soylent Green!

And Charlton Heston and Orson Welles co-starred in Touch of Evil!

See? It's come full circle.

***Cosmonautical*** · 10-09-2009, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Metal Mario

And Charlton Heston and Orson Welles co-starred in Touch of Evil!

See? It's come full circle.

oh god, the MST3K of that film was hilarious

Bomby · 10-09-2009, 04:56 PM

No. Metroid Prime didn't have enough Gregg Toland.

Metal Man · 10-09-2009, 05:33 PM

And clearly, Kid Icarus is identical to The Old Man and the Sea.

And Super Mario Brothers? That's the Great Gatsby!

***CaptHayfever*** · 10-09-2009, 07:28 PM

^SMB is quite well-known to be Through The Looking Glass.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

***Cosmonautical*** · 10-10-2009, 03:58 AM

Actually, very blatantly. Mario eats a mushroom to get big or small: that's from Wonderland/Looking Glass.

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*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Actually, very blatantly. Mario eats a mushroom to get big or small: that's from Wonderland/Looking Glass.