One of the few times world building is actually done well in a "movie". Most movies you see these days use a generic montage of something like news reports spliced together to present the information to the audience. Instead, Kojima uses these commercials to build the world in which MGS4 is presented with subtle and slightly off-putting clues that all is not the same as it should be. Very nice way to start the game and something I think few people truly understand.
It took me until 2023 to understand but it's actually real there are a bunch of russian pmcs now with adverts disturbingly similar to the ones in these videos and since the Ukraine war the use of pmcs is increasing
4:25 Considering that Liquid Ocelot’s private army are all female soldiers, the Pievure Armement ad campaign works in a hugely sinister way. Recruiting women to a PMC by using a commercial that advertises to a woman audience through fashion and stylized sexy allure.
Whoever animated the praying mantis one deserves an award! So hard to get that that nicely done, most of the planes feels very well with the lighting and the movement is very smooth and physically acurate to great extent.
It's not like that at all anymore, but back in the day on french national TV, you would randomly see a pair boobs in an ad, everyday, for no apparent reason. In a shower gel ad for example, which is sorta logic; but boobs showing up for freakin yogurt? Yes, you read that right, just a naked chick eating yogurt. Not complaining, but times were different in the 90s. I even remember seeing a couple ones as a kid. So I guess the cliche of sexing up everything comes from these types of ads.
@@Nin5egAta omfg yes i remember the fucking Bio yogurt ad.. and idk if you remember the old Orangina adds with super sexy humanoid giraffes with big tits wearing bikinis and splashing their chests with Orangina drinks but that was a thing too. This was more in the mid 2000's though.
Not really the world in MgS is run by PMC like Wagner and dependend on War. In the fish documentary on the global map scenes you see global war going on everywhere
I love these commercials. It's like foreshadowing future boss fights or spoiling the games key players without actually letting the player know what the hell is going on. At least initially.
They actually use all the main voice actors and actresses in these commercial videos of MGS4. Hideo Kojima is a genius. The first one was Big Mama and Solid Snake. The second one is the guy who did the Solid Snake movement capture. The third one is Colonel Campbell and Rosemary with cameo Raiden. The 7th one is Big Boss and Meryl I think. The 9th one is Drebin.
Appreciate this. My numerous playthroughs through the game and I still hadn't seen one or two of these (mainly cause I tend to watch the David Hayter interview every time I play MGS4).
It’s just world building by Kojima. These are ads you would see on TV if you watched it in the MGS4 universe. Most of them are ads and recruitment videos for the PMCs of the game. The Octopus Pieuvre Armement one for example is a commercial for the French mercenary group.
Reminds me of Blackwater helping actively in the iraq war and occupation and wagner now doing conventional warfare in ukraine. Also the vatican is a stakeholder in Blackwater/Academi
During the 4th one my parents came in and I turned it off because I thought I was watching porn. In retrospect I don't know what the hell I was watching.
I have to wonder if Kojima was trying to make a statement with these or if he truly went bugfucked out of his skull by the time this game rolled around.
One of the few times world building is actually done well in a "movie". Most movies you see these days use a generic montage of something like news reports spliced together to present the information to the audience. Instead, Kojima uses these commercials to build the world in which MGS4 is presented with subtle and slightly off-putting clues that all is not the same as it should be. Very nice way to start the game and something I think few people truly understand.
i agree , takes me back to the first command and conquer doing a similar thing direct tv exposition that still has some subtelty and caracter
The original Robocop movie does the exact same thing. The movie even starts by showing commercials before anything else, just like MGS4.
agreed! , they were stunning , the implications hidden just under the surface , really took adavntage of the hd output too,
How is showing commercials any different from showing news reports? lol
It took me until 2023 to understand but it's actually real there are a bunch of russian pmcs now with adverts disturbingly similar to the ones in these videos and since the Ukraine war the use of pmcs is increasing
4:25 Considering that Liquid Ocelot’s private army are all female soldiers, the Pievure Armement ad campaign works in a hugely sinister way. Recruiting women to a PMC by using a commercial that advertises to a woman audience through fashion and stylized sexy allure.
Weaponized feminism, for what it’s worth nowadays. Truly prophetic.
Can't believe it was a 2008 game
Sniper wolf did say women make deadlier assassins
It’s almost like a makeup commercial
I love this game but for coming out in 2008 mgs4 is way ahead of it’s time yet you get a unique gaming experience
I never get tired of watching and re-watching these commercials. They're so incredibly clever, creative, and often quite deep.
Yes also showing the voice actors and actresses in real life
Same even the David Hayter interview was awesome and he’s also wearing the solid eye
This is something straight out of Black Mirror.
More like, Black Mirror is something straight out of Metal Gear Solid.
Think about what snake said in the beginning VERY deeply.
Now look at this.
War has changed...
Whoever animated the praying mantis one deserves an award!
So hard to get that that nicely done, most of the planes feels very well with the lighting and the movement is very smooth and physically acurate to great extent.
What is it about French culture that makes it so that they need to make a pmc advertisement sexy?
It's not like that at all anymore, but back in the day on french national TV, you would randomly see a pair boobs in an ad, everyday, for no apparent reason. In a shower gel ad for example, which is sorta logic; but boobs showing up for freakin yogurt? Yes, you read that right, just a naked chick eating yogurt. Not complaining, but times were different in the 90s.
I even remember seeing a couple ones as a kid. So I guess the cliche of sexing up everything comes from these types of ads.
@@Nin5egAta omfg yes i remember the fucking Bio yogurt ad.. and idk if you remember the old Orangina adds with super sexy humanoid giraffes with big tits wearing bikinis and splashing their chests with Orangina drinks but that was a thing too. This was more in the mid 2000's though.
@@LilUFO9499make french TV great again
These commercials are so bizarre, it's like they were made by the dark world version of Tim and Eric.
It reminds me of the tech in black mirror
Old video but I still find it hard to believe that a PMC could have a force larger than the populations of Canada and Mexico combined
That’s why the world of Metal Gear is a dystopia
Not really the world in MgS is run by PMC like Wagner and dependend on War. In the fish documentary on the global map scenes you see global war going on everywhere
I love these commercials. It's like foreshadowing future boss fights or spoiling the games key players without actually letting the player know what the hell is going on. At least initially.
NGL the raven and wolf PMC ads made me really wanna enlist when I played this as a kid lol
David's dress looks like it's from Escape new york/L.A movies.
They actually use all the main voice actors and actresses in these commercial videos of MGS4. Hideo Kojima is a genius. The first one was Big Mama and Solid Snake. The second one is the guy who did the Solid Snake movement capture. The third one is Colonel Campbell and Rosemary with cameo Raiden. The 7th one is Big Boss and Meryl I think. The 9th one is Drebin.
Wrong on like everything except the first one
@@hoesmad8626 then please make the correction... I assumed
Praying Mantis ad is the actor for Delvin Mallory in Skyrim
8:17 Hi there Kojima!
Yes!!! 08:17 at a pause!!!
He was standing like a Jerk 😂
Alot of these commercials have a creepy vibe to them, I love it.
It’s been 10 years, science where tf is my eye patch
Google Glass please
"Old Catwoman interviews Young Snake".
;)
Wait.. That's Catwoman from from the Adam West series? She was hot!
Yes she is, and yes she was.
@@MGStealthbeta2015 Pardon my choice of words lol.. Yeah she's still beautiful; mybad for replying to a one year old comment.
No worries! :)
@@BlackStar-oh9lp she was Catwoman in the 1966 movie.
"LIFE IS OVERRATED. PLAY DEAD"
Appreciate this. My numerous playthroughs through the game and I still hadn't seen one or two of these (mainly cause I tend to watch the David Hayter interview every time I play MGS4).
"This is the last chapter in this snake's life!"
3:06 Christopher randolf cameo
These are all creepy, but the mantis one takes the cake ._.
Yet I cannot believe there was actually a thing on David Hayters xD
I didn't know who he was yet back in the time I played mgs4..
Interview with David Hayter: Raven Sword
Game Show: Pieurve Armement
Octopus documentary: Otselotovaya Khvatka
Cooking: Praying Mantis
Workout: Werewolf
Make sure you stay hydrated !
i remember watching all of these videos thinking what the f is happening. i still dont know...
It’s just world building by Kojima. These are ads you would see on TV if you watched it in the MGS4 universe. Most of them are ads and recruitment videos for the PMCs of the game. The Octopus Pieuvre Armement one for example is a commercial for the French mercenary group.
we need one of these on tv
i wonder if the winds of destruction from mgr were in these pmc's before desperado?
i see mistral into piuvre armament but what about the rest?
Reminds me of politicians these days advocating for privatizing the police
And big pharma sponsoring every available airtime lmaoo
Be kind to others *BUT BEAT OUT THE COMPETITION!!!*
Reminds me of Blackwater helping actively in the iraq war and occupation and wagner now doing conventional warfare in ukraine.
Also the vatican is a stakeholder in Blackwater/Academi
During the 4th one my parents came in and I turned it off because I thought I was watching porn. In retrospect I don't know what the hell I was watching.
Was it the cooking show or that French PMC commercial?
@@broden4838the tentacle hentai
how to skip this and go in game
I doubt that real PMC do commercials.
Lol wagner even released a full action movie
2010s was this.... internet just was on steroids and.... perhaps still is at this point only that we witness its junk.
Who is a David Hater? tut tut
Va Va Voom
I was a Fox, Meooow
If he shot that pistol would be in single action.
I have to wonder if Kojima was trying to make a statement with these or if he truly went bugfucked out of his skull by the time this game rolled around.