I know it very old... and sorry if you guys already read this.
"In the latest 1up yours podcast Shane briefly mentions that he believes Kojima had a hidden message behind the latest MGS4 trailer. He proclaims that Kojima is secretly inserting a commentary about the console wars and Metal Gear Solid 4's involvement.... that kojima used the pre-raiden part of the trailer as a giant metaphor.
Hmmm why else would the trailer be so odd?
well here's the deal, I attempted to transcribe the dialog to reveal a secondary meaning to each line.
We have three characters in the trailer, Cambell, Snake, Meryl and Liquid. Cambell and Meryl are representative of sony, Snake is Kojima, and Liquid is Microsoft."
Lets examine the dialog, the transcription is in bold
CAMBELL (sony): "This order isn't a mission from Washington"= Redman Washington? Microsoft?
SNAKE (kojima): "Why me"= why Kojima and his game?
CAMBELL (sony): "because of the military might of the pmc's, and the effect they have on the economy"= because Microsoft's 360fanbase is getting bigger, and their effecting PS3 sales
CAMBELL (sony): "war is to the 21st century what oil was to the 20th... the pillar that supports the global economy"= the ps3 is to this generation what the ps2 was to the last generation... the pillar that supports Sony.
CAMBELL (sony):"the global community is concerned... but their all too afraid of the war economy collapsing to do anything about it" =Sony's fanbase is concerned about the ps3, but their afraid to do anything about it; their afraid to spend $500-$600 on a console that may fail
SNAKE (kojima): "sounds pretty self serving to me"= ps3 fans can make the ps3 a success if they buy a ps3, if not, it will fail.
CAMBELL (sony): "but I, for one, don't intend to simply stand by and watch it happen. This isn't justice"= Sony is not going to let the ps3 loose; they worked too hard to let it die.
CAMBELL (sony): "it's a covert operation, a hired hit" = MGS4 is a hired hit on Microsoft
CAMBELL (sony): "will you do this for me? Will you terminate liquid?"= will you defeat Microsoft?
LIQUID (Microsoft): "activated it"- kojima production logo comes on screen
MERYL (sony): "Liquids goal is to seize control of the SOP" = Microsoft's goal is to seize control of the market
MERYL (sony):" to do that, he needs to analyze the nanomachines' structure and find out how they communicate with one another. The nanomachines' currently in use by military's and PMC's are third generation, but their design is derived of that of first generation" =Microsoft must analyze the PS3 and its fanbase, and see how they are cohesive. Microsoft must attract playstation owners to the 360 buy obtaining all of sony's exclusives (JRPG's on 360 anyone?). The ps3 is third generation but the fan base is derived from first generation PS1 days, so MS must persuade them.
SNAKE (kojima): "first generation?"
MERYL (sony): "nine years ago, at shadow moses. I injected it into your body (nanomachines')" = nine years ago MGS1 was released on PS1 and playstation was injected into Snakes DNA, MGS became a playstation hallmark.
~then all the military and PMC's start freaking out, fighting each other, crapping their pants, and crying= all the gamers doing the same.
SNAKE (kojima): "so they've finally achieved real time battle control"= Microsoft finally getting market share
CAMBELL (sony): "he's taken control of this immense army, and now he's prepared to unleash an insurrection" = Microsoft is preparing the halo army? And their holiday insurrection
SNAKE (kojima): "you want liquid dead?" = MS dead
CAMBELL (sony): "he must be stopped before it's too late"
MERYL (sony): "listen to me snake. We're ready to strike liquid at any time."
SNAKE (kojima): "you're planning to take him by force? That's crazy. Look things aren't that simple" = Konami wants the game to sell, and on the 360 they will make a lot of money...
MERYL (sony): "your cause is our cause now" =Kojima's cause is sony's now.
MERYL (sony): "you don't have to do this"
SNAKE (kojima): "I'm no hero, never was... Just an old killer...hired to do some wet work"
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