Metroid Easter Egg In Blaster Master ('88)? Aliens, Mel Gibson & Ridley Scott

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Possible future easter eggs to Nintendo's Metroid ('86) in '88 Sunsoft video game, Blaster Master. The title reversed was the name of a formidable duo that fought Mel Gibson in 1985 post apocalyptic action thriller Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.  - Stage 1: "The Forest" has an underwater area with a creature called Moeba, it looks similar to the Metroid (a kind of jelly fish with fangs).  - Nintendo's Yoshio Sakamoto credited Ridley Scott's Alien ('79) as a big influence in the aesthetics of Metroid.  - Mel Gibson acted in The Year Of Living Dangerously (1982) with Alien's Sigourney Weaver. - Scott considered Gibson for the lead in Gladiator (2000) which he turned down.  - Mini Boss 2 in Metroid is named Ridley. - The Final Boss of stage 1 in Blaster Master is named Mother Brain, same spelling as the final enemy of Metroid.

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00:00Alright, in this video I'll share some future or predictive Easter eggs to movies related to actor Mel Gibson.

00:09And you can see them in 1988 video game Blaster Master.

00:15This was known in Japan by the title Metafight, released for the Famicom and Nintendo Entertainment System.

00:23First clue is the title itself, reversed. Master Blaster was a major character in director George Miller's third Mad Max

00:35movie, Beyond Thunderdome, released in 1985.

00:41Gibson reprised his role in this alongside pop singer Tina Turner. Bruce Spence, the gyro captain, returns.

00:50Master Blaster is a composite character. Angelo Resedo plays the master, who's the brains of the duo.

00:59Paul Larson plays the blaster, a literal giant. He winds up fighting Max in the arena.

01:06So playing Blaster Master, in stage 1, the forest, you get to an underwater area.

01:13You run into an enemy that looks very similar to the Metroid.

01:18In this game it's called the Moeba. It's like a jellyfish with fangs.

01:23Yeah, Metroid is a science fiction action adventure game.

01:27One of the early titles from 1986.

01:30Space Bounty Hunter, Samus Aran.

01:32You have to fight your way through an alien planet.

01:35Nintendo game designer, Yoshio Sakamoto, credited Ridley Scott's 1979 science fiction horror film Alien as a huge influence.

01:46Mel Gibson shares some interesting history with Ridley Scott.

01:51He was in the 1982 romantic drama, The Year of Living Dangerously, alongside Sigourney Weaver, who plays Ripley in the

02:02Alien movies.

02:03Gibson was famously offered the lead in Ridley Scott's Gladiator in 2000, which he turned down after Russell Crowe later

02:13played this part, Maximus.

02:15Some of the obvious references, the second mini-boss on the planet Zebus is named Ridley.

02:21He's like a sort of alien dragon.

02:25Same spelling as the director.

02:26Another nod to Metroid and Blaster Master, the boss enemy of the first stage is named Mother Brain.

02:36Also the name of the final enemy in the Torian stage of Metroid.

02:43To Metroid.

02:43One or two.

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