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."
https://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."
https://www.giantbomb.com/metal-gear/...