Metroid movie

I think I just had the nerdiest conversation I've ever been involved in... all sparked from the fact that Metroid seems to have been optioned to become a film. Allow me to enter a new level of yewknee nerdiness... Certain people are saying that the Mother Brain in the original Metroid was the "leader of the space pirates" (of which Kraid and Ridley were also members) and that's why the Metroid aliens only appear on her level, because she is in control of them. I feel that Mother Brain was the biggest, baddest mutated Metroid and THAT'S why she was in control of them. And regardless of any unofficial FAQ I'm stickin to that! (and also for the record - the "Justin Bailey" code was not a fluke.. gimme a break).