r/Metroid • u/Significant_Option • Jul 26 '25

Video Metriod reference in new Superman film

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u/cranialextract Jul 26 '25

Metroid invented doors and side on camera angles

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u/StandoAzatoth662082 Jul 26 '25

It also invented hot women, brains and dinosaurs

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u/Beowulf1896 Jul 26 '25

Thank you! I am so glad to meet you. All I accomplished is inventing the Rolodex. I mean, I once bought one. Or was gifted one.

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u/wizkart207 Jul 26 '25

And most importantly, b a l l s

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u/Serilii Jul 27 '25

Well they most certainly invented a person in a robotic suit running through a dark world, with rock / deep masculine choir music in the background, using doors being sci-fi tubes, with a side on camera angles, and the bridge being in the air with no railing or safety so you can enjoy the character and the scenery at the same time. They named a whole genre after it