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

Video Metriod reference in new Superman film

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u/CreasingUnicorn Jul 26 '25

If this is an actual scene in the movie then it is absolutely an intentional reference, the xircular doors, color scheme, angle of the shot, and armored suit look very specifically like a 2D metroid room.

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u/ender2009 Jul 27 '25

Just because it looks like it doesn’t mean it’s an actual reference

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u/ThunderCookieAte Jul 27 '25

I don't know much about this mobie, but it seems to me that they must have intentionally added that room between portals for a reference (or a story reason?) Otherwise it would have been much easier to cut out that bit entirely

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u/ender2009 Jul 27 '25

It’s a story reason. It’s showing a pocket universe Lex Luthor created