Metal Gear: An Orwellian Dystopia

Metal Gear: An Orwellian Dystopia | MGS & 1984 ANALYSIS

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In this, part one of a new series I'm doing called 'Metal Gear Solit', we'll be looking at literary influences on Hideo Kojima's tactical espionage action series, Metal Gear. We begin with arguably the most important one, George Orwell's NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR! Special cover of 'Theme of Solid Snake' by F1NG3RS.
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Orwell's novel is notorious for being a cipher - an empty vessel, for any one reader to fill in with their own personal version of 'Big Brother'. So keep in mind everything I say here is just one way of reading not only Nineteen Eighty-Four, but in turn, also Metal Gear Solid.
Oh, and of course, the views and analysis of this video are my own - F1NG3RS was just nice enough to provide the awesome soundtrack for the opening and closing sequences!
"Nineteen Eighty-four, also published as 1984, novel by English author George Orwell published in 1949 as a warning against totalitarianism. The chilling dystopia made a deep impression on readers, and his ideas entered mainstream culture in a way achieved by very few books. The book’s title and many of its concepts, such as Big Brother and the Thought Police, are instantly recognized and understood, often as bywords for modern social and political abuses."
www.britannica.com/topic/Nine...
"The Metal Gear franchise follows the story of protagonist Solid Snake as he tries to rid the world of Metal Gears and atone for his sins. The Metal Gear series is well-known for its elaborate, complex plot-lines and large amount of cutscenes."
www.giantbomb.com/metal-gear/...

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@quantumgigavsigmaraven1745 3 жыл бұрын

no big boss option

@yeetleslaw8529 3 жыл бұрын

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@quantumgigavsigmaraven1745 3 жыл бұрын

@@yeetleslaw8529 lmao

@killerbee1974 3 жыл бұрын

Futurasound Productions, will you cover other things beyond metal gear like the fallout franchise. In way fallout is a result of a metal gear like future in the worst possible way

@leif54 3 жыл бұрын

Loved this video. MGSV/1984 video please! Keep up the Good work Boss!

@uncleethan7488 3 жыл бұрын

Mgs2 taught us the internet needs context over content, Solidus was so fuckin right.

@uncleethan7488 3 жыл бұрын

@Jack Schneider If only

@MrMissingnin44 3 жыл бұрын

I refrence the sentiment of this sentence at least once a week

@Alexander-nr5tt 3 жыл бұрын

Solidus was against The Patriots though. He doesn't support their plans for information control.

@knightshousegames 2 жыл бұрын

@@Alexander-nr5tt Hence why he is saying Solidus is right. As it often is with these things, it's more complicated than that, but thats sort of the point. It was shades of black with the evils in that game. Solidus was only the second darkest shade, The Patriots were the darkest of them all.

@CCDaDon15 4 ай бұрын

@@knightshousegames solidus being coded as a libertarian is so interesting to me because it really lines up with the story it tells of him being against the right things but creating solutions to combat those issues in the most villainous ways imaginable.

@F1NG3RS 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks again for using my music in the video!

@tyo101 3 жыл бұрын

Shout out to Jorin + F1NG3RS - you guys should work together again soon 🤝🏻

@yeetleslaw8529 3 жыл бұрын

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@shaggyrogers2611 3 жыл бұрын

You tracks are dope!

@F1NG3RS 3 жыл бұрын

@@shaggyrogers2611 thanks!!

@cultofcrypto6724 3 жыл бұрын

During this pandemic there has been nothing more informative or entertaining than your videos. Thanks for all your hard work.

@DemyProd 3 жыл бұрын

I agree, with this curfew we have here now in Québec, I've been binge watching his videos. Thank you for your great work!

@sumstuff6956 3 жыл бұрын

maybe think about watching videos on the real dystopia your all in

@madkabal 3 жыл бұрын

is the video about those pesky right wingers? Are they in the room with us right now?

@sumstuff6956 3 жыл бұрын

@@madkabal no a true liberal who actually knows what hes talkin bout

@jakeisblitz9664 3 жыл бұрын

Fucking facts

@Hakuru15 3 жыл бұрын

Can't believe we actually fought Pequod in MG 1

@AvianSavara 3 жыл бұрын

The party (and by extension, the Patriots AI) is a phenomenal example of a superstructure caught in a feedback loop. Whatever its initial purpose, the victories of its current devices of control reinforce its future ones, refines its methods, purifies and amplifies its purpose to the point of single-minded, self-serving purposelessness. Control for conrol's sake. The means justify the means. In many ways Big Boss' vision for Outer Heaven seems to follow a similar path. If Outer Heaven succeeded in recruiting every soldier in the world, it would undoubtedly end up fighting itself in never-ending battles of increasing purposelessness and fabricated factionalization, very much like we see in MGS4.

@Kinos141 3 жыл бұрын

Nice. I would like to add that I always thought of Zero and Big Boss has men who didn't strive to find their own path. Both of them strived to realize the Boss's vision of a unified world, and both missed the mark, tearing down the world and nearly destroying it. It wasn't until Solid Snake came by and saved it by fighting for what he himself believed in. "We're not tools of the government or anyone else, fighting was the only thing I was good at, but at least I always fought for what I believed in."- Grey Fox last words

@cpt.roosto2097 3 жыл бұрын

Age hasn't slowed this channel's amazing content down one bit!

@TehUltimateSnake 3 жыл бұрын

The content just keeps getting better.

@fwoqma 3 жыл бұрын

didn't even keep us waiting, huh?

@JoshuaElijahC 3 жыл бұрын

They're pretty good.

@gluttonousmaximus9048 3 жыл бұрын

That right there is why he's the best, Boss. The one and only.

@matthewfrank9312 3 жыл бұрын

This seriously should be a college course.

@andreasluna1 3 жыл бұрын

The longevity of this game is mindblowing. They really did save the best for last.

@GYMJAX 3 жыл бұрын

The story is also very underrated.

@andreasluna1 3 жыл бұрын

@@GYMJAX very much so!

@madhatt3r93 3 жыл бұрын

@@GYMJAX i get the feeling that sooo many players just plow through games, ignore the intricacies and complain about the game being "shallow", because not everything is said straight at them 😞

@JoshThewonder 3 жыл бұрын

I'd like to see a piece on the easter eggs & comic relief stuff from throughout Kojima's works; things like Jonny from the Metal Gear series, the frogs & monkey side game in mgs3, etc. Things like Otacon's responses to some of the pictures you can take with the digital camera in the first part of mgs2 are gold. I feel like these lighthearted parts make Kojima's works much better. Hopefully other people would like to see this stuff too

@Isaiah-ft5nx 10 ай бұрын

I forgot about the photos! I used to get a kick out of Ottacons reactions 😂

@wanpokke 3 жыл бұрын

This channel's thumbnails are art

@noname106 3 жыл бұрын

Worth noting that David Bowie wanted his album "Diamond Dogs" to tell the story of 1984 but couldn't get the rights. Likewise Kojima wanted the title track from Bowie's "Diamond Dogs" to be the opening track of MgsV. Bowie was a prolific writer and one of Kojima's biggest influences that appear throughout his work. I highly recommend the podcast Death is Just Around the Corner. The host goes pretty deep into Bowie and post-ww2 events/literature. Kojima is never mentioned but it will definitely make you appreciate his work even more.

@charleyzimmer2505 3 жыл бұрын

Got a link to the episode?

@noname106 3 жыл бұрын

@@charleyzimmer2505🤔 he has a patreon so I'm not sure how to link episodes but I think he starts with a look at Bowie's last album Blackstar. Not sure when exactly he touches on Diamond Dogs bc there's multiple Bowie episodes but tbh all his eps are worth a listen and def relevant. I'm kinda convinced Blackstar was at least a huge visual inspiration for Death Stranding.

@ALA87 3 жыл бұрын

that was a really good analysis of 1984 and the connections in metal gear. Glad I found this channel.

@M4ruta 3 жыл бұрын

I've read 1984 at least three times and followed many a discussion about it, yet this video manages give me new insights, especially about the subconscious significance of Winston's dreams and the rats in Room 101.

@influencedmedia3504 3 жыл бұрын

I love your devotion to the Metal Gear series, I’ve binged all your videos since the beginning of the pandemic. Looking forward to more

@foxhoundxgaming8229 3 жыл бұрын

Keep up the hard work, it's truly paying off. I've loved rvery single video you've posted since just last year

@thenickseditious 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing stuff as always my friend idk any other channels like this about the philosophies of metal gear. Your doing gods work

@iluapJ 3 жыл бұрын

Just rewatched this to get a better understanding, i love your comparisons and analysis. Thanks for the great vids, boss

@brodymiller7304 3 жыл бұрын

Dude your videos are insanely informative, I thought I knew a lot. Thanks so much!

@johnpaulmckeown3124 3 жыл бұрын

Kept us waiting, huh

@agnel47 3 жыл бұрын

We really don't deserve this quality and quantity either. You'll spoil us rotten Mr Sound. Edit: The first 10 minutes also serve as an excellent summary of Orwell's 1984. One of the best I've ever come across.

@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE 3 жыл бұрын

"METAL GEAR SOLIT" - 0:23 .... such quality.... :P

@agnel47 3 жыл бұрын

@@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE bruh

@harshitahuja1205 3 жыл бұрын

This channel's content is on another level!

@kingotto4655 3 жыл бұрын

broski ur videos are on another level. idk what you smoke before you sleep but i need that

@giuseppecappelliPSRL 3 жыл бұрын

Been waiting for this

@AKIRTV9 3 жыл бұрын

Some of the best literary analysis I’ve consumed. Another amazing piece of work. We need more voices like yours to help push the genre forward.

@Ner0mancer 3 жыл бұрын

One of your best! Stoked for more

@Isaiah-ft5nx 10 ай бұрын

I can’t believe this video was free. What an amazing video. Definitely gonna have to rewatch this a couple times. Wow!

@SeniorCharry 3 жыл бұрын

The thought police, and rewriting history and events, sounds like current America....that's a bit scary.

@generaljeneral7503 3 жыл бұрын

And a large part of the world/internet is an extension of America's culture.....

@djangofett4879 Жыл бұрын

as far as I see it, our current reality is much more similar to the book Brave New world than it is to 1984.

@Isaiah-ft5nx 10 ай бұрын

@@djangofett4879I’m not so sure… I used to think the same until I read 1984. It’s more of a mix of the 2.

@havi8-0-9 7 ай бұрын

didn’t American/cia destroy 1k pages of evidence of jfk

@ADMONIUS 3 ай бұрын

Sounds like most of history.

@Zack-tx7oz 3 жыл бұрын

The epic video I needed to watch. Thank you, boss!!

@jumpfold Жыл бұрын

I absolutely love your metal gear videos I've seen a lot of these before I'm making a second round recently

@hibiscusman 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, really insightful comparisons.

@shaggyrogers2611 3 жыл бұрын

In MGSV does Miller and Ocelots voices, besides sounding similar, do they specifically talk differently? Ocelot always talks about REAL life gadgets and events. While Miller seems to only talk about FICTION that is real only within the game. Has anyone noticed this or am i tripping?

@AvianSavara 3 жыл бұрын

That's very interesting. :o

@vikkvikk13 3 жыл бұрын

mmm Ocelot is the one that shows you how to use the iDroid...

@lukeskywalker82 3 жыл бұрын

Hell, just remember all those soldiers you fultoned from the combat, especially Russian ones. Lots of them, loyal to their people and country, and with a loving family and supportive friends back home. One day, suddenly, they get knocked out and promptly delivered by helicopter into a secret offshore platform somewhere in Africa. There, in that base (presumably Room 101 for extra points), _something_ is done to them so that in a matter of days or even _hours_ they give up completely about their entire former life and pledge their soul and existence to a charismatic yet seldom seen military leader, whom he loves like a father (as he loves the leader's other followers like brothers), enthusiastically lets him beat them and would gladly die for him.

@ja.1473 3 жыл бұрын

Keep it up man. Thoughtful and well done. Nice.

@ShizumaKusanagi 3 жыл бұрын

Just recently found your channel and wanted to say you make fantastic content! Keep up the good work! I’m not sure if you’ve covered it but I do think the use of mirrors in MGSV is interesting in the sense you see a lot of the things in cutscenes first reflected in some other object.

@NavJack27gaming 3 жыл бұрын

great video! awesome analysis.

@stoicbros272 3 жыл бұрын

I bought this book recently and it's on my reading list! This video got me even more pumped to dive into it! Love your videos, keep them coming!

@Watiki8908 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent thumbnail for the video!

@EnigmaShadow03 3 жыл бұрын

You’re not only talking about just a game. This is reality. This is what we’re coming to. We’re always in a constant state of conflict Terms that had different definitions in the past are being redefined Corporations enslave people but because of a wage, people believe they are free All the while, most remain ignorant to it all....and are rewarded for their ignorance.

@benxbec9 3 жыл бұрын

You're putting in work dude, thanks for the great content. I put on your videos while I workout and I feel my brain expanding with my muscles 🤣

@xXdevilXx683 3 жыл бұрын

Gotta feeling this is gunna be a really good one!

@onelead 3 жыл бұрын

awesome and great video essay; thank you

@ezepoliyu 3 жыл бұрын

I love that musical choice for the opening of the video

@TonyDiaz. 3 жыл бұрын

I've been binge watching your videos for the last week, almost the same time I started playing it again for like the 10th time. It's making me enjoy it even more. Now I can't help but stop and listen to the NPC conversations. 😂 Awesome content! Hope we get more of it!

@RaceTheAce77 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing work Boss! That right there is why you're the best

@harunDMC 3 жыл бұрын

love all your videos , youre great

@SOLIDPEDINI 3 жыл бұрын

You make some great vids man keep at it

@blocksi 3 жыл бұрын

Love your mgs content

@shaggyrogers2611 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video keep it up!!!

@MegaTroubleII 3 жыл бұрын

This is incredible

@Eletheo 3 жыл бұрын

Dude I fucking love your videos.

@mikemcmullen5006 3 жыл бұрын

This is exactly what this game deserves. Excellent work man

@NerosMuckeImKopf 3 жыл бұрын

Love this stuff. More in 1984 and MGs v pleaaaaase

@mohio2020 3 жыл бұрын

Informative and entertaining👍

@mashable8759 3 жыл бұрын

I was just reading 1984 again. When brian talks about altering appearance as well as voice etc. Completely changing identity 3:12

@frankjeager9043 3 жыл бұрын

Gods work my friend. Thank you

@christotidis6014 3 жыл бұрын

Kept us waiting... Huh?

@mdnasrulhadimohdshaari4846 3 жыл бұрын

amazing video 10/10

@iCounterProductive 3 жыл бұрын

How do you crank out this much content? Get some rest Boss.

@PhantomPain7778 3 ай бұрын

I love these mgs vjdeos- hope once delta releases we get more

@venomstranded4357 3 жыл бұрын

you are the best like always

@Katurodrake 3 жыл бұрын

Triple extra nice on citing the music used. 8v LETS GO FINGERS

@U_Lambda 2 жыл бұрын

The place they torture and interrogate Huey in.... "Room 101"

@AndrewRedskin 3 жыл бұрын

Unmatched MGS content. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

@chengzhou8711 3 жыл бұрын

Finally, this was the video I have been waiting for. This also reminds me of the institutions and setting of TES3: Morrowind. This book was highly influential.

@Foomandoonian 3 жыл бұрын

“Ingsoche"

@cybershadowX 3 жыл бұрын

oh my, i want more. I want more!!!!!!!!!!! Keep up the great work Chief!!

@SnakeNbake 3 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah

@darktrooper-ub6eo 3 жыл бұрын

You have to link the music you have in here, it rocks

@hames6768 3 жыл бұрын

Hey! Love this video! Looking forward to the rest of the series. I’ve explored this subject at pretty extreme length, and have a pretty thorough list of the literature Kojima has referenced throughout Metal Gear. I’d love to share some of that with you. One notable book referenced is a collection of short stories by Bruce Sterling and William Gibson called: Mirrorshades. Check it out if you haven’t, and keep up the great work.

@619to974 3 жыл бұрын

damn this games are so rich i couldn't imagine how much stuff i missed

@nickdaring 3 жыл бұрын

This video is doubleplusgood!

@zacswithstupid9657 Жыл бұрын

I'm convinced my distrust of government started when I was like 8 because of mgs 1

@blackpatch_13_nivek65 3 жыл бұрын

I'll be waiting,Boss.

@jaygee5797 3 жыл бұрын

HYPE

@mac88white 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for all this great content. Is there a way we can donate?

@FuturasoundProductions 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! www.patreon.com/Futurasound

@pillar81 2 жыл бұрын

I’m watching this video now, and I’m seeing numerous examples of “Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past” coming into existence. One party is trying to control the past, while the other is trying to control the present. And even now, I’ve probably misinterpreted 1984, like so many people.

@Shauny7488 3 жыл бұрын

kept us waiting, huh?

@chicagolongboarder 3 жыл бұрын

What is the song at the intro and outdo? I love it!!!

@kizzurotuna 3 жыл бұрын

boss

@SteebinPlane3332 3 жыл бұрын

Please do a video about the philosophy and symbolism of Snake being dummy thicc.

@shiz1000 3 жыл бұрын

Story analysis of metal gear is my crack

@ridhojuliansyah5385 3 жыл бұрын

Metal gear so lit

@sugoianimester5789 3 жыл бұрын

PLEASE MAKE THE 1984 MGSV VIDEO!!!!

@absolutguardian3935 2 жыл бұрын

I need to know... what is the amazing soundtrack that starts at 8:30?

@youwaisef 3 жыл бұрын

Yo if I want to experience the game again but just for the story, how should I go about it? There are the obvious story related things like cutscenes, but what about cassette tape, in-game conversations between npcs... etc? How should I pace myself to make it as simple as possible to comprehend the story? The cassette tapes are so much that collecting a ton before listening to them makes them daunting. So, any tips on how to extract the most in the most simple of ways?

@50rads 3 жыл бұрын

The tapes for the most part is unnecessary information tbh and not needed to understand the story. The game is more so a retelling of 1984 and a warning like 1984 was. Theres a silent war going on most people haven't noticed or can even understand. Kojima just wants to let us know that what we see on the world stage really is political theater and the ones who control the story don't like regular people like us lol. I recommend you replay it on pc with mods and just enjoy the game and venom snakes story.

@youwaisef 3 жыл бұрын

@@50rads Thanks for that. Only problem is I never read 1984.

@50rads 3 жыл бұрын

@@youwaisef the video basically covers all bases about what 1984 is about, but you should read the book and see how similar our world is to one written about in 1948.

@dann536 3 жыл бұрын

Another S - rank, flawless.

@mohameddokkan6802 3 жыл бұрын

Can you do something about Zone of the Enders ?

@mauriciofarfan3937 3 жыл бұрын

this videogame is the black ops of the biggest black ops in history , my favorite game (mgs 5)

@ludicrousfunone5705 2 жыл бұрын

Want more of this video series. But you must finish the Nietzsche series also!!!!!

@smokesystem90 3 жыл бұрын

PhD in MGS

@foxdie49 3 жыл бұрын

So basically libearl USA.... very, scary.

@steelshepherd6843 Жыл бұрын

I kinda forgot about Decoy Octopus...

@chrysm6842 Жыл бұрын

Decoy Octopus is actually the ArmsTech president Solid Snake met on Shadow Moses. And he was one of the Patriots founders. We also meet him as Sigint on MGS 3.

@ashadelo2003 3 жыл бұрын

you should do a video on deus ex (2000)

@Onimusashi85 3 жыл бұрын

19:28 I never knew that the skill on the Outer Heaven symbol basically had a swastika on it. It isn't a perfect replica of one since it hasn't been tilted by 45 degrees, but damn. That hasn't aged well....

@ssjsolidsnake 3 жыл бұрын

yeah, right?

@muhammedlawanmusa5738 2 жыл бұрын

Names of song's used in the video?

@rootin222 3 жыл бұрын

Can you do a video on your video editing style

@metatronblack 3 жыл бұрын

💐

@FierceO 3 жыл бұрын

This leve of analysis is staggering. It takes deep comprehension of themes and topics to be able to unravel the complex story/ warning that Kojima and Orwell have written. A warning against mass political parties and war. Amazing analysis as always. Keep up the good work.