The Legend of Zelda is Nintendo’s fantasy epic. While these are all well-understood iconographies of the fantasy epic, there are so few big-budget, tentpole films that follow this tried-and-true storytelling formula. In the era of the superhero, the fantasy genre feels like a distant memory. None of these movies or shows carries the awe-inspiring imagination of Ridley Scott’s 1985 film Legend. Done well, a Zelda movie could prove that the fantasy epic is worth the blockbuster moniker once more.