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Message: [QUOTE="ATenderLad, post: 152782, member: 3864"] It's pretty decent. The initial season is maybe too gritty and grounded for a series where a guy bullwhips Universal movie monsters, but it makes a genuinely compelling figure out of Dracula himself. He's very much this doomed romantic figure, pitch-perfect Gothic in that sense. Personally, I don't actually think people need to be fans to make something work. The best Star Trek movie came from a guy who didn't watch the show; he got the gig, watched a few episodes for the (Space) Seed of an idea and out popped Wrath of Khan. I really just think there isn't even that much to most Nintendo series though, they're built so much around the idea of play. Mario is often putting on a show for the player specifically, with little theatrical details and flourishes. (Although, a weird ass Mario movie about a show within a show a la [I]Kiss Me Kate [/I]could be kinda cool). [USER=51053]@Zerpina[/USER] Metroid probably could work, that's true. Super Metroid already has a pretty cinematic structure to it with the opening, and it would be easy to streamline the exploration into a single narrative. That's probably the best bet for a live-action Nintendo franchise, but woof, they'd need to commit to a generous budget to see it through. [/QUOTE]

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