Aeon Flux - "War" (New Original Soundtrack and Sound Design)

[@MoonlightMothMedia]

This is one of my favorite of the shorts. I love how the "main character" just becomes whoever killed the last "main character".

[@kickinrocks6055]

It's a Bruce Lee parallel. Fight empty handed. Take the weapon of your fallen foe. Fight another. Take new weapon from newly fallen foe. Repeat. Maybe it was... enter the dragon? Dungeon prison break scene?

[@badlaamaurukehu]

Even the new audio?

[@loredanamassini9484]

@@kickinrocks6055 hi

[@loredanamassini9484]

@@kickinrocks6055 you Say Life s a WEAPON?

[@kickinrocks6055]

@@loredanamassini9484 no. I'm saying, know your roots. This scene is similar to a scene from Enter the Dragon with Bruce Lee. But it been translated in a way, to be original.

[@seanphillips2758]

My 6th grade math teacher was Ms. Chung, her brother wrote, drew and directed this masterpiece. Great to see it still getting love today!

[@Nikashi4021]

NOOOO WAYYYY FRRRR???

[@SmokesKwazukii]

@@Nikashi4021 he is lying im sorry

[@johnnyfountainS]

Peter Chung.

[@kanikama9579]

Oh the Chung from the Chung..

[@PrvnCoke]

​@@SmokesKwazukii hes telling the truth, my boss was big chungus he was the father of them and would always talk about his kids

[@idesmarch1]

This is the perfect representation of my thoughts years ago. How many amazing crazy stories have never been told from war, because the person ultimately dies.

[@SageLakshmi]

History is always narrated by the victor

[@joshuamartin4349]

The animation's point isn't "good war stories," it's peoples' life stories ended by war.

[@UniquelyAwful]

@@joshuamartin4349idk only 2(?) of the characters who died had some life story shown. Seems subjective to me !

[@ozymandiasramesses1773]

@@UniquelyAwful Idk the first lady seemed to know a lot about how to use that tounge. Seems like a story there to me.

[@potatochipjenkins]

I forgot how fucking WILD this show was. I couldn’t look away 😵‍💫

[@redsun9261]

You can watch episode at 0.5x speed and it don't get boring. A very fast action yet so many details!

[@TheDragonfriday]

This a TV show what?

[@potatochipjenkins]

@ Yeah, it was on MTV back in the day. (During the 90s, I believe)

[@johnvonachen1672]

Someone puts their hand on your shoulder and says, "Son. We want you to make an animation. 5 minutes. You can do anything you want. No rules. Complete creative control." What a golden moment that was for Peter Chung.

[@josephgover5072]

Apparently using your tongue to distract people has no effect in battle.

[@austinharvey7644]

Who'da thunk?

[@Zapp__Brannigan]

She uses her feet to much greater success in later episodes.

[@chrisivan_yt]

woman moment

[@Tropers_911]

Yeah it's a bit weird and the guy is very weird he died with one stab of a katana he thought it would be easy😂

[@bunberrier]

It works in a classroom setting though

[@justwannabehappy6735]

In war, there's no protagonist. Only a serie of future corpses.

[@93003ayo]

I call it the protagonist shuffle

[@larrylovehandle8472]

Wrong. There were four war heroes in this short, each would have gotten the equivalent of the congressional Medal of Honor, and having heroes such as this is key for the success of any army.

[@xxxshowxxxstopperxxx]

his point was that all of the people who think of themselves of good guys are only good to their prespective, war is not fought for good and evil and cannot be because good and evil are subjective and immaterial.

[@larrylovehandle8472]

luke w. It's not about being "good" per se, but about defending your people, your homeland, and your way of life. By that measure, both sides could be considered good.

[@ScottJarreau]

That’s the purest explanation of this episode that I’ve come across 🤯🤯🤯

[@johnyesjustjohn]

The Law of Conservation of Ninjitsu is in full effect: one cool guy can kill a thousand, a thousand cool guys can't hit the broad side of a barn.

[@dimviesel]

.....

[@zalandercalander]

What?

[@platypuslord2399]

@@zalandercalander The Law of Conservation of Ninjitsu is in full effect: one cool guy can kill a thousand, a thousand cool guys can't hit the broad side of a barn.

[@vrindasugandhi1646]

@@platypuslord2399 can you explain the last line please?

[@tyrannicalchocolate]

@@vrindasugandhi1646 it’s a reference to how in fiction the greater the number of enemies you face, the easier it is to kill loads of them, but when you face one enemy, even if he’s the same as the group, because it’s just one guy he’s much harder to kill - if 100 ninjas attack an enemy they will be shown as dying in droves, but if just one ninja attacks the same position he will be able to dodge all bullets. Aeon Flux is playing with this idea in this video by regularly swapping the numbers of enemies back and forth, to the point it becomes noticeable and distracting.

[@PhanFanMan]

This is the kind of weird ass shit I expect to see from early 90’s animation. Like my god I have no idea what’s going on or why but I’m entertained regardless.

[@LibertyandFreedom4]

Ah when MTV was entertaining and Liquid Television was cutting edge.

[@brettwyatt7165]

massive nostalgia hit ... I remember seeing this when I was in my teens ... I remember the tongue ... and I didn't think they would get killed but they did

[@voli6570]

War.

[@badlaamaurukehu]

And yet you never saw the original. Live. Just this dub. Sad. :(

[@chrisivan_yt]

supa hot

[@peterbuckley1310]

She

[@hanchiman]

I guess this episode is pointlessness of war, not to mention there are no heroes in it the moment you die, you just die and become forgotten in the battlefield.

[@kavijackson868]

EXACTLY!!! You get it!!!

[@kudosbudo]

Cept you remember every single one

[@tactknightgaming2066]

What are video recordings? What are photos? What are journals? You act as if men in trenches never wrote anything down. This is why idiots like you can't rub two brain cells together.

[@MajorCoolD]

@@kudosbudo But only if SOMEONE lives to tell the tale and was present.

[@midshipman8654]

I completely disagree. because there is a war that means there is a lot of points for that war, or else they wouldnt do it in the first place. if anything, I think it shows the exact opposite. The fact that you are engaging in a war means you actually HAVE points worth possibly dieing for. what will you risk unto death? love? family? duty? Here we see a little of the different reasons WHY someone goes to war. and you arent the only obedient WITH a point.

[@roshinobi]

Perfect illustration of the Law of Conservation of Ninjutsu.

[@Velo.Muerto]

I will die on the hill that Peter Chung should do an animated adaptation of Dune using Moebius's original designs for the Jodorowsky project.

[@JohnDoe-lb2hp]

The world is not ready.

[@СергейСкворцов-т9и]

Если при этом разработчиком дизайна локаций поставить Тсутому Нихея, дизайнером персонажей - Татьяну "Octane" Бойко, а автором сценария - Кимо Леметти , то на месте студии появится маленькая такая сингулярность и весь мир туда провалится))))

[@horacegentleman3296]

Genius

[@jonathandecker3183]

In a world, where leotards and submachine guns rule the earth, two factions of anorexia patients battle it out for earth's last remaining stash of dieting pills.

[@Old_Guard2]

This

[@kaiserwigglesiii2369]

This killed me

[@Mr-Ad-196]

This...........is...............good

[@thomasraahauge5231]

at least they are not running out of ammo . . .

[@MrRodQ]

You're a funny man Decker. Seriously tho 😂😂😂

[@Finarvas]

3:16 that giddy jump lol

[@ВасяПетечкин-ф7л]

Finarvas hah

[@JM-lf4ws]

I thought I was the only one to see that!

[@drlev7432]

More than the music itself I really admire the sounds of the gunshots, sword slashes, and especially the knives thrown into the throat part. Really well done man

[@badlaamaurukehu]

The Welhelm Screams... Sure.

[@badlaamaurukehu]

They think you did it! Lol! Pain.

[@metalgrimm]

1:12 the guy probably scared the fuck out of her because she can produce electric guitar sound from her mouth

[@gogotimeneverstop]

I laughed at it a lot.

[@wynfrithnichtwo8423]

During the blackouts we just went through because of the winter storm. I watched all of Aeon Flux on UMD on my PSP. Was happy as could be hiding under my wool blankets watching the entire series, including pilot and shorts, plus seasons 1 and 2. I had not watched this in a very long time.

[@Hchris101]

The ultimate media device

[@olympian3]

umd is like the holy grail of media format

[@sethleoric2598]

I personally love how the first guy is literally just zome random grunt,i feel like the other characters mostly have some quirk to them, like one is a ninja swordmaster and another one is a commando valkyrie lady, yet the first guy is literally just some random fodder who woke up and said "fuck it, we ball"

[@sirgraveson4568]

_When the admin enable infinite ammo on the server_

[@emogirl89allup]

I thought the Aeon Flux main lady was suppose to be the main character, dead in the beginning lol I guess the show isn't driven by one character but the by each persons journey. i don't know...

[@postshift19]

Aeon Flux dies or is captured by the enemy every episode, but yeah, this is the only one where she dies early on and most of the episode isn't about her.

[@rampant1apart]

She died so many times and she's back next episode and they never explained it ever, haha.

[@Orange_Swirl]

@@rampant1apart The episodes she dies in are intended to be more of episodic what-if scenarios.

[@Tigerman1138]

This was a movie, early short. She is just a small character in this movie.

[@MahouHomo]

@@postshift19 In either season 1 or 2, when the episodes were still mostly shorts, it shows a Monican agent looking at a list of Aeons, implying she (at least in the shorts) was just an army of clones.

[@austynrose2286]

I can’t remember where I originally saw this but for about a year+ I’ve been trying to find it and I’m so happy to have found it again.

[@fun-with-purpose1436]

The original music is still better, operatic and less Hollywood cliche. Made the story flow with less partial interruptions. But I love the people are loving Peter Chung

[@LittleMissSunshine721]

This was very, very good. Felt like I watched a hour and a half movie in five minutes.

[@JonasPolsky]

I think the world of "Aeon Flux" could be described as "Joint Punk", with its fascination and focus on joints and how objects connect.

[@njnjhjh8918]

and not just objects, the people and events

[@badlaamaurukehu]

Why isn't that simply just another Neuromancer?

[@T-Jex]

2:29 when you watch raiders of the lost ark too many times

[@thedarkmaster4747]

lol!

[@Mr-Ad-196]

But the opposite happened

[@rumtastic]

@@Mr-Ad-196 THATSTHEJOKE.JPEG THANKS FOR THE INCREDIBLE INSIGHT

[@claudiafinelle7252]

I used to love this show. the movie didn't do it justice.

[@ZacHawkins42]

Claudia Finelle Agreed, now let us never speak of that abomination again.

[@tsopmocful1958]

Claudia Finelle Understatement.

[@ryanhawe8234]

Well, Kusama's movie was a PG-13 linear narrative, so it couldn't help but be very different from what had come before -- but I do believe the essence of Aeon is in the film, and said film reminds us of what made her different from visual homages that came later such as Selene or Trinity.

[@cannibaletiquette5038]

u sumbitch, we dont talk bout dat roun these parts. wheel do to u wut we did charlize therons career less u shut dat mouth. it nevr hapun, got it!

[@4luc42d]

The legend of plot armor. If you kill the one with plot armor you gain the plot armor.

[@Balrog4242]

This might be my single favorite short animation sequence of all time.

[@maxolack8753]

With the decline of traditional hand drawn animation and cell art, it really pains me knowing that the effort and time and sweat in tears won't go into another show that will ever be quite like this one was. I know most anime traditionally was grueling and unfathomably torturous to make. I know that a lot of people will never know the lengths that people went to to get a show out, but I have so much respect for the people that had the vision in the raw push to keep going so that stories and shows like this could be made.

[@-C.S.R]

I’ve thought about this more than a few times since I was a kid. Haven’t seen it since then! Still doesn’t disappoint, so ahead of its time that was!

[@dah_goofster]

The plot armor is only strong until the next guy with plot armor comes along 💀 this has “named marine” vibes

[@jsalaska2854]

Ahhh back in the 80s when guns had unlimited capacity, penetration and the hero didn’t have to aim. I miss them glory days

[@derpingolatrouse9563]

Watch the part where the swordsman gets shot in x.25 speed. There's 3 frames that are brutal as fk.

[@disconnectedt.v2516]

0:27 he knew what he was doing

[@absolutedamage7976]

Oh hell yeah who's won't?!!!!

[@jonathantan2469]

This is basically a large Capture the Flag multiplayer map with hundreds on each side...

[@eastweymouthchris]

Aeon FLux may have been the last cool thing that ever appeared on MTV

[@therealdonaldtrumpjr]

The Maxx was after

[@Maxphyspage]

@@therealdonaldtrumpjr Came to say the same

[@dutchcapo]

This is an actual fact

[@wowalamoiz9489]

Gorillaz MTV cribs?

[@ВалерийБелянкин-г7к]

Аааафигеть, это самый странный и самый прекрасный мульт о войне, что я видел! А звуковой ряд! это отдельный шедевр!!!😳🙄

[@thezec]

1:54 almost pissed myself laughing when I saw this for the first time

[@Producelikeapro]

Great work on the music!!

[@cerumen]

+Produce Like A Pro Thank you!

[@adeptusspark]

No se que es lo que acabo de ver, pero es en mi opinión una obra maestra

[@coryosborn]

Phenomenal sound design here. Makes it feel real.

[@EvanMcNeeley]

...this is the episode that hooked me on the show... the progression of one beating another then beaten, then that one being killed (and so on) was such a visual feat (and untraditional storyline) at the time (and for me to wrap my brain around in 1992).

[@Wahinies]

My introduction was on MTV Liquid Television. So began my love for desolate, harrowing animated content. Peter has such a unique style that melds well with sci fi

[@jamesremington8056]

his hair is so epic his helmet cannot damage his quaff.

[@mikidymike359]

Saw this 2 years ago and I still come back to it

[@JVncnt-mi9lf]

...Amongst the masterpieces in my life.

[@nikitayutkin7479]

90s animation is awesome! I love internet for giving me gems like this one

[@vginsprdsobepr9698]

1:25 Dead mother still holding her lifeless baby. This anime was so up in your face it was just amazing.

[@mikidymike359]

Excellent job with the music. I like how it switches theme and instruments depending on the situation,character and the "feel" that a certain scene has. Keep up the good work

[@Wilson-0077]

You can be a goat, but there's always someone better and more lucky than you. Also, never underestimate your enemy.

[@fawkes9370]

The less you wear the greater will your protection be.

[@ouchy003]

3:31 Dayum that plot armor was so thick that everyone in the room was uncomfortable

[@deadinside777]

I remember watching this as a kid. I had seem a couple episodes before and watching Aeon Flux get killed off near the start really caught me off-guard.

[@dustybunny6716]

I remember seeing this as a child years ago. Changed my view on cartoons forever.

[@Hey_MikeZeroEcho22P]

DO You KNOW........How M A N Y (B) YEARS (B) it has been looking for this particular episode....... The beginning shots of Aeon Flux where she gets the rifle ( with UnLimited number of bullets ) shot out of her hands and the enemy troop shoots her - turns around quickly - to shoot the Other guy!!!! Many, MANY years!!! Thanks for the posting........now I can Rest!!! 😉

[@danielalbertogomezcaiceros2952]

how diferent would it had been if DC Would it use and artist like this one for the killing joke, i think that this kind of animation improves the madness that alan moore shows in the comic

[@larrylovehandle8472]

Daniel Alberto Gomez Caiceros Brian bolland is stiff as a board.

[@jakechapman3161]

This feels like my figurines being brought to life with my kid imagination. I love this.

[@Le_Rappel_des_oiseaux]

Oh man, this is cool! I especially liked the character "Oil Puddle"

[@sethleoric2598]

Love how Flux just friggin dies within the first few minutes, in fact, she dies a lot in these earlier shorts.

[@adisappointedfbiagent449]

This did *NOT* go where I was expecting it to

[@aaronjanson5645]

I stayed up so late just to catch these on MTV... back when the world was normal.

[@JuanRojas-vp6fw]

ME ENCANTA ESTA SERIE, LA QUIETO VER COMPLERA,GRACIAS 😂😂😂😂😂🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷

[@fourze6113]

OMG I FOUND IT AT LAST AND IT WAS IN MY RECOMMENDATIONS

[@M-E-G-A]

It’s sounds a little less violent.

[@noeyesnocartoons160]

Cool style. Lovely. Reminds ghost in the Shell

[@Soldat379]

0:50 Girl :🥺 soldier:😐 Girl:😛 soldier:😡BIT**🔫🔫 girl:😵 soldier:🗿🔥🐐

[@brunocesarcerqueira2525]

Aeon Flux is so weird. But cool. They have something from the 90s, and watching it only now I feel like I'm going back to that time to watch it. It's a strange nostalgia because I didn't watch it in the 90s. I was a child at the time.

[@lebendigesgespenst7669]

Thank you for introducing me to this, and honestly good job on the sound design

[@Ur_Local_Troll]

Old videos, good memories and video 👏🏼

[@adventurous3641]

This is really quite beautiful, well done!

[@kavijackson868]

THIS IS ASTONISHING!!! EAT YOUR HEART OUT GAME OF THRONE$!!!

[@Orange_Swirl]

1:16 *_HEADSHOT_* 1:17 *_DOUBLE_* *_KILL_*

[@lonelylad9818]

They really put a lot of detail into that lady's... appearance...

[@cbatbh5402]

I love the ending because you just know she's going to slip on the oil and the perspective will shift again, and on and on and on.

[@troygaspard6732]

On another level, extremely choreographed violence.

[@Ajc-ni3xn]

absolutely looks like it would be a cutscene in the most femcel boomer shooter ever created, 10/10

[@terciofelipeoliveirafrance2228]

1:14, damn this is no simp

[@ceciljohnrhodes4987]

I first saw this thirty four years ago goofed up so never knew what it was called, many thanks to the poster.

[@anhthiensaigon]

isn't the second main character (from 1:20) just... David Bowie??

[@katalepsykills]

Oh shit. This was so amazing.

[@katalepsykills]

I used to think about these shorts all the time.

[@Fentmaxxer3000]

Æon flux is a masterpiece

[@Noobclock666]

I think I like this New Original Soundtrack and Sound Design then the old one.

[@judsongaiden9878]

The red-haired male soldiers kinda look like Captain Spencer and Super Joe from Bionic Commando (NES). 1:35 He's gunzerking! 3:07 / 4:40 Here's a continuity error I never noticed before. The paint smudge is on the right side of his forehead at [ 3:07 ], then it's on the left side at [ 4:40 ]. That's "his" right and "his" left.

[@waltzleafington363]

In the beginning, I really thought the guy was going to not kill her. I like how it ended. Also, the guys in black wearing very little only had two people good at fighting.

[@DeathGrunt666]

even though i know i'm gonna get stonewalled bc the lore isn't the point, I still wanna know the lore lol. Between the two factions, I think some are legit clones

[@ZumbieGuy]

@@DeathGrunt666 haven’t seen the series in a long time but from what I remember, this short isn’t canon to the lore. There’s two countries, one where it’s an a very morally correct technocratic dictatorship run by the lover of the girl in the first scenes (Aeon) and there’s another amoral nihilistic anarchist society who preach peace (but actively try to sabotage the other country). Aeon is one of the agents from the anarchist society who tries to sabotage and destroy the other. They fight just to fight all the time and Aeon gets caught up with the fighting through her missions

[@LCTesla]

Its like the NPC levels up to main character after killing main character Except for samurai guy, he started out cool

[@blastradius9136]

I forgot Aeon gets killed off in every short lol

[@ashbha4138]

Weird, the characters always die exactly when you don't expect them to.

[@falconeshield]

I'm guessing that's the point

[@JudgeConviction]

This is like the full page stickmen wars we all used to draw but like lvl 100

[@bowman303]

1:00 made me laugh so hard

[@jesserivera9704]

This is EXACTLY how I envision the techno-barbarians of earth's old night in WH:40K

[@quillspill6742]

Those guns just don't run out of ammo, huh?

[@reinhardvonloengram8020]

So she just singlehandedly charges well defended position and kills everyone because she can jump faster than bullets can fly. But then she gets killed by a dude that played dead who then goes on a similar rampage that she went through. And just as I thought that the plot can't get any more stupid he gets killed by the dude with a sword and he then kills bunch of people with fire arms using only sword, some throwing knives and even more massive plot armour than the previous two.

[@thENDweDIE]

Man...(& woman) I remember this!! It blew me t f away back in the 90's...lulz I watched it when MTV was still somewhat MTV... It was so different so impacting...light years beyond anythingand ages ahead of its time!!! xD

[@NP-ek7dl]

Way ahead of its time ! Peter Chung you were a visionary

[@somwongbulipsurt7901]

Ah, yes in the dystopian future we'll be divided by 90s BDSM and 40s Khaki clans

[@CopeMasterFlexx]

nothing looks like this anymore. its sad. it also shamelessy doesnt make sense and embraces how it basically plays out like a dream. yes, they are unarmored, shooting each other with pistol caliber guns even though they have spaceships and this is all non sensical yet its dream like and fun.

[@happy543210]

guns never run out of bullets...i love the future!!

[@Dark_july]

05.10.2024 год в клипе глубочайший смысл. Героев на войне много, но каждый из них исчезает в её пекле.