I don't view it as Cynical at all. Light is just an idiot. Instead of sending protoman to attack wily directly he should have sent him after the power plants, water purification, plants, and oil refineries. Make the standard of living in the city so bad the people would have no choice but to fight if they want to survive. Light has no idea how to fight a guerilla war and got his son killed for it.

@@Gunplabro Great idea, the only cost would be a few thousand innocent lives, but they'd probably only be the poorest, who couldn't afford medical treatment, or the youngest/eldest/most at risk. But if we've learned anything in the last few weeks, it's that those lives don't really matter, do they XD And let's face it, if a toddler doesn't have the strength of will to overthrow the ruling authority, it basically deserves to starve/freeze to death, amirite?

@@swguygardner clearly you know nothing of what actually happens in the story. Thousands of people broke curfew to watch protoman fight Wily's robots, and were killed for it, same thing happsns at the end of the story. They refused to fight back. Far fewer people would have died with my method.

@@Gunplabro I have no clue what's going on....

Leaving at 111 likes

Zellig Can't tell if this is your first time hearing about the Protomen, or you just meant for them to make more videos like this, because gritty Megaman rock opera is all these guys have done for a decade+

Oh I know about the material, I just mean making it into a full fledged movie/episodic video type rock opera

Zellig it is listen to there music

Just making sure. It would be nice to have all of act 1 and 2 in a series of videos like this though.

Bro, they already made a rock opera. That's literally what they started back in 2005

Somespaceman right

Actually I think there is a full version film for sale, advertised by a link in the description.

Ryan Cape honestly I’m surprised there hasn’t been a fan game of this version

@@Gamefreak2998 From what I've seen megaman fan games have been in a rut, the last Megaman RPG that had a good battle system was discontinued a decade ago and the only one people are still waiting for is Megaman X Corrupted

the commies won't allow it

Closest thing MegaMan got to having a spin off like The Protomen, is MegaMan Zero, where the world is essentially ruined and the reploids are viciously oppressed in favor of a complacent humanity within a futuristic city, one where a mad scientist rules from the shadows whilst using the face of a former hero to stomp out any potential rebellion. That said, Zero is still pretty different from The Protomen for a couple of reasons: The oppressed reploids in MMZ were willing to fight for their freedom early on, they were just helplessly outmatched until a hero joined the fray, leading to a bittersweet but ultimately hopeful ending. Whilst in The Protomen, the oppressed humanity as a collective gave up the fight before even trying, ultimately leading to even their heroes abandoning them.

But we don't need a hero, we need the people.

"There are no heroes. Mankind is doomed."

If these people play this music for their children as they sleep, maybe someday, they'll see a hero is just a man who knows he's free.

Rip joe he will be remembered

We don't need a hero, we need to rise for ourselves.

Certainly better than; _"You must wecover aww da enewgy imeditly, um, m, Megaman."_

Lmao XD

Marcos Wicket it will be....

Brandon Dewater What makes you say that?

E9000 OMEGA because they are already selling pre orders for it on their website.

Brandon Dewater Link. NOW!!!

Nevermind.

Joe... if you see Emily, tell her to wait... ...'cause I still have work to do.

THIS CITY!

@@lupusalbus3795 NEEEEEEEEEDS YOU NOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWW

THIS CITYYYYYY

Love your doom mod videos. I've been a big fan for a while, now.

ICARUSLIV3S EY YOU FAT FUCK

Oh damn I stublled across your mod videos a few months back and have enjoyed them ever since. I never expected to see you here.

DARNIT MISSED IT BY 2 DAYS

I had no idea that Mr. Icarus was a protomen fan. That's doom-mod madness epic.

It's an obvious nod to Streets of Fire, which I highly recommend.

It might look a little goofy to have it dubbed over, but I definitely had the same thought when the music kicked in...

Check out Man on The Internet's cover as it is Joe and Light singing there.

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING!!! THANK YOU!!! It feels kinda half hearted as your focus is torn between the visual story and the music as you can’t pay attention to both at the same time. I love this album but this video seems like they couldn’t decide what to do so they just did both and it’s worse for it.

I figured it was split between a vague handwave towards the franchise's origins and a reference towards Blade Runner

AquaPhoenix Productions Cyberpunk has a really long history with Japanese neon, I imagine it's mostly just a stylistic choice. See: Akira, Ghost in the Shell, etc

You know Japan didn't invent cyberpunk, right?

I can see New York or LA fusing with Japan in 40 years...

Cyberpunk with Japan lettering stems from American cyberpunk in which they feared that Japan would be the nation to rise up in power to become the center of the world- but that was before the Lost Decade happened. So a Cyberpunk without Japanese lettering means it's another place in the world that became the super power.

Glitch Michaels Here Comes the Arm. The intro to the song is actually what's playing during the credits.

True, but I would've liked the lyrics included.

Was totally thinkin' the same thing, Trevr. Missed opportunity. Hype either way, tho

Tfw no act 3

Don't leave it there, Act 1 & 3 obviously need this treatment too!

Feldoth my thoughts exactly,i think sons of fate or hope rides alone would be amazing

Act 3 Would have to exist first.

And technically it's TWO songs in there, so not only do you get a sense for what's going on already but then you get TWO full tracks with lyrics A lot of care for the fanbase, here~

i am confused on this plot point. if he had the tower rigged to detonate why send Joe.

To fuck with Doctor Light is my best guess.

Wily had the tower rigged to explode, and was planning on framing Light *again* so he could grab more power. that Joe and Light actually TRIED just played into his plan even better. "See these terrorists are blowing up buildings!" We Keep You SAFE. We Are In Control.

tommenno We are your hope.

da nd Wiley rigged his own tower to frame Light. That's what it seems like to me?! And poor Joe got caught in it. I'm also betting the Droid he's talking to is gonna end up being Joe reborn?!

John Sledge Understatement of the century. But mortal words cannot describe what we both feel.

Mega Dan couldn't agree more!

John Sledge not enough exclamation marks! Haha

Is the main char {crazy-hair guy) THE Dr. Wily?

Debonaire Death it was Dr light you fool

Yeah, also Blade Runner obviously

It's based on Mega Man aswell, the dude on the bike is literally the generic Sniper Joe enemy in human form. Being a dude named Joe wearing the "Snipers" helmet.

That's gotta be intentional. They have one of them with them when they perform live, and his name is KILLROY

There’s also the coverup album, which tells a version of Lights time in hiding before the trial, featuring Mr Roboto

Yeah, bit of a shame there. The State vs. Thomas Light and the end of Here Comes the Arm are my favorite parts of the album.

Cskye yeah, that would have MADE it... Better. It would have made the amazing video better.

Oh my god your avatar is a picture of Yahtzee's self portrait

"Well here you go 'Yahtzee', satisfied?"

Keep Quiet is the one that does it for me.

Fouxjin that's because The Hounds is sung by a considerably younger Albert Wily. A whole generation has grown up in his City by this point, so he's likely about 20 years older.

@@Lockfin Yeah but it also shows wily when emily is killed and he looks the same

@@sanictheheadhug3936 It's just for the sake of the short film. There is no reason to assume he doesn't look different in the album version.

SenisterDenister my life is falling apart

It's always 4 AM somewhere.

This meme never gets old.

Light up the pudding

It's 4 'clock in the morning. Why on earth would you want to make pudding?

Not sure if sarcastic or not. Have you never heard of Thriller by Michael Jackson????

cliftooze wait was that really that long? WHY HAVE I NOT SEEN THAT XD

There's also that one song by Green Day

But this one's the best out of them all

To be fair we haven't seen music videos this long in nearly 40 years outside of a few special cases. It was definitely more of an 80's thing.

It would have to be expanded a good deal to fit a feature-length running time, and probably a new song or two added. That said, in the right hands it could be awesome.