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Unbelievably corny MGS 4 trailer: Courage is solid, apparently
4:30 AM on 05.13.2008, Jim Sterling 79 comments

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"In a world where Metal Gears are Solid, one man makes his stand..." is not a direct quote from this "theatrical" trailer, but it might as well be. Though the above video is incredibly cheesy, it doesn't stop me getting chills just watching the promise of pure, concentrated awesome coming out of Hideo Kojima's insane mind.

My only gripe is that I wish they'd have used Cam Clarke for Liquid Ocelot. Clarke is one of my favorite parts of the MGS series (as my constant Liquid impressions on Podtoid might suggest) and while Patric Zimmerman is doing a fantastic job of adding a Liquid flair to his regular Ocelot voice, it's just not quite the same.

That said, this trailer is facepalm-worthy and yet it's still getting me pumped and/or superpumped for Guns of the Patriots, and that's not a bad thing at all. EVIL IS POWERFUL; COURAGE IS SOLID, GUYS! I can't believe they said that.

[Courtesy of taumpytears' c-blog]


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taumpytears's Avatar
taumpytears at 05/13/2008 04:50
Cam Clarke is a good thing.
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Murumasa123 at 05/13/2008 04:55
After the GTA 4 trailers most other trailer either seem shit or way too corny. Damn that hyped up game.
Btw Jim how bout doing a JImpressions on the story of GTA now you love the game and stick in plenty of spoilers.
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Alpha 87655320875 at 05/13/2008 04:58
So MGS4 is a movie now? This trailer really sucked. It actually makes me question purchasing it now.
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AngelsDontBurn at 05/13/2008 05:07
That's cute. They make it like a movie. I hope you're kidding Alpha, wtf. Lol.

Goddamn there's so many new posters now. I swear every time I comment I see at least one, crazy!
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manta at 05/13/2008 05:12
I actually like not having Cam Clarke do "Liquid's" voice. I mean, it IS Ocelot's body (mostly). Why wouldn't it just be a modified Ocelot voice? IMO they screwed up in MGS2 when they had Cam do the voice.
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Cheeburga at 05/13/2008 05:14
inb4somethingelsethatssolid.
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Vitamin Awesome at 05/13/2008 05:16
Ah yes, THAT'S what I was going to spend the check the US government gave me to stimulate the American economy. Japanese goods.
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lowercaseluke at 05/13/2008 05:16
After seeing that trailer, courage isn't the only thing that's solid.
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Orionsaint at 05/13/2008 05:23
The world is changing fast. Gaming is bigger than movies. Everything is downloaded and those that don't play video games or go online. Are being left behind. You're becoming obsolete, outdated. This isn't gonna be your world anymore. It's gonna be ours!
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demonelite at 05/13/2008 05:24
I might actually buy a PS3 so i can play this game.
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Jetsetlemming at 05/13/2008 05:29
Purposely cheesy, and I can dig it.
Also, new footage!
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orao at 05/13/2008 05:42
Coming to a theatre near you this Summer!!
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Sarin at 05/13/2008 05:44
Arghh

Gruff...voice...overload...
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DV2FOX at 05/13/2008 05:45
New footage and also greater...thanks god there wasnt kojima sayin the hatin "DID U RIKE IT? TwT"
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Samit Sarkar at 05/13/2008 05:47
Haha, that was awesomely campy.
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Professor Pew at 05/13/2008 06:00
Uggg, so terrible yet it makes me kinda want it. Liquid's voice sounds like a generic Enchanted Arms english dub...
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slapme7times at 05/13/2008 06:02
This game is going to blow so hard...
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SunTzu at 05/13/2008 06:09
The Trailer works. Its goofy, over-the-top style fits the series perfectly. You fucks take Bi-sexual Vampires and Giant Cow-Robots way too seriously.
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episodic at 05/13/2008 06:11
I'm still excited for it, but no wonder Kojima gets slated for making Movies into Games with this exhibition.

I riked it.
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Burnt Meatloaf at 05/13/2008 06:20
What is it with 50,000 shades of green tint? This has been an epidemic in movies for the last few years, and now...
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Too Much Coffee Man at 05/13/2008 06:26
Wait i missed it.

Can anything be controlled? lol

If i had handed in this script to my 5th grade English teacher she would have crossed out every other word. "you don't have to say this, it's implied. double negative. say more with less." lol

I admit though. As far as this game goes, the cornyness cant detract from the awesomeness.
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Roryzilla at 05/13/2008 07:01
..."He's preparing to unleash his erection."

AND SO AM I! Man I'm pumped.
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Doomtrain at 05/13/2008 07:05
I thought it was good.

For as serious as a story as Metal Gear games tell, they've never really taken themselves too seriously.

I think it fits.
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Rifter01 at 05/13/2008 07:28
In a world full of molten cheese, my bowels stay solid. xD
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Major Mustard at 05/13/2008 07:43
"Hi I'm Don La Fontaine. Once upon a time my raspy voice was added to trailers to make them exciting and dramatic. Now after doing far too many trailers for romantic comedies, I am pure cheese. I'm so cheesey you could serve me up with macaroni. Mmmmmm that's good eatin."
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Dogen at 05/13/2008 07:45
Why does Snake sound like Tom Waits doing his best Cobra Commander impression?
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Alfie Haggis at 05/13/2008 08:04
Cant wait for this game, its gonna keep me sane when im trapped in space!

Alfie
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Sinnix at 05/13/2008 08:07
Turned it off at 43 seconds. Horrible trailer. Also, why do Japanese developers hate women?
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Kayka at 05/13/2008 08:07
Needs moar brown and grey
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perri at 05/13/2008 08:21
yikes. That was lame... So I suppose they felt that since the game is for a console that dons the spider-man font so proudly they must enhance that motif by including superfluos symbiote like abstract sequences...? If this were a trailer for the metal gear movie, it would be expected, but jeeze. Not even Kojima's superb cinematopgraphy shows through in this clip. Sort of feels like a satire in my opinion, it's that bad...or good?
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Itchy at 05/13/2008 08:55
Guys! Stop recycling comments!

Did you see Snake going from Old to Young in a flash!?
For fuck sake, so many more questions were brought up there!
And who was that "Liquid"ish woman.
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djuniah at 05/13/2008 09:41
couple things:
1: Everything is better with a lil' Don La Fontaine
2: @itchy, i noticed that too. Could explain the whole "young snake playable at Shadow Moses" clip that blew everyone's mind a little while ago
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foxhound421 at 05/13/2008 09:41
Liquid's not the only one about to unleash his insurrection!

i'm trying to stay away from too many spoilers but i can't NOT watch these previews.
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TONX at 05/13/2008 09:47
Jim you're terribly bad at downplaying. You concentrate on Courage is Solid when you SHOULD be concentrating on how awesome everything else is. The shapeshifting beauty, The chase scene with the Metal gears, the NEVER BEFORE SEEN areas in the game, the badass fist fight with Snake and Ocelot... but your inner fanboy couldn't resist a pot shot. Pretty pathetic.
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Jim Sterling at 05/13/2008 09:50
Tonx: You DO realize I am the biggest Metal Gear Solid fan on staff and am incredibly excited about this, right? Or are you a professional fucking moron?
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mix at 05/13/2008 10:01
That was too much movie like for my tastes but I can barely hide my insurrection after that, looks sweet.
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TONX at 05/13/2008 10:02
Funny, i would have never have guessed by the way you were whining about a corny line in a trailer obviously aimed to look like a blockbuster movie homage. but whatever gets you hits, right?
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Jim Sterling at 05/13/2008 10:06
"Though the above video is incredibly cheesy, it doesn't stop me getting chills just watching the promise of pure, concentrated awesome coming out of Hideo Kojima's insane mind."

You're right, that's some total whining right there. I should stop being SO SO NEGATIVE about my most anticipated game release of the year.

You're not very clever.
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Jim Sterling at 05/13/2008 10:07
Seriously though, trying to use THIS to prove the old washed up claim that I am "zomg anti-PS3" is a stretch of the imagination, even for the Sony obsessives.
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Alpha 87655320875 at 05/13/2008 10:09
@AngelsDontBurn

No, I wasn't serious. Even though this trailer was the cheesiest thing I have ever seen, nothing will ever keep me away from buying MGS4.
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king3vbo at 05/13/2008 10:16
I cant wait
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bluerei at 05/13/2008 10:20
I saw this in my RSS feeder and as soon as I read just the article title, I thought to myself "how much you want to bet it's Jim Sterling article?" Lo and behold, I was right.
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ajay42 at 05/13/2008 10:24
brqweasaaaaieuawaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! WANT WANT NOW!
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ConsummateK at 05/13/2008 10:40
Hark! Is that Don LaFontaine I hear? Priceless.
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ConsummateK at 05/13/2008 10:46
Also, http://youtube.com/watch?v=7N9aBSYqY9U
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PMantix at 05/13/2008 10:46
I think an instigation merit badge is in order..
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MechaMonkey at 05/13/2008 10:55
The radio said "No, Snake. You are at MACH SPEED."

And then Hideo Kojima was a flying car.
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ScottyG at 05/13/2008 11:07
Wow... Never thought I'd see something about Metal Gear promoted in the most American way possible... All that needed was a US flag exploding and a shot of Duke Nukem.

Still good, but very unexpected. I guess I should at least be thankful it wasn't 20 fucking minutes this time...
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