This Horror Movie Predicted the Future

[@MantasticHams]

If you think Videodrome predicted the future (And i'm a huge fan of the film by the way) then get ready to realize the villain/mastermind is based on, and quotes, Marshall Mcluhan, who was pioneering these ideas (Sans gore) as early as the 1960s! Dude Coined "The medium is the message" and "The global village", and was basically predicting the internet and all if its best/worst effects all the way back then.

[@NoOne-uh9vu]

Even more ironically Max Renn is basically Cronenberg himself. He is a materialist nihilist with no values or morals other than his own vision of what people want. He rejects the transcendental in favour of pleasures. He peddles in the bizarre and shocking instead of building things of lasting value and looking for true meaning and purpose. Quite an interesting movie coming from an atheist warning about the complete demoralisation of society through people like him which then in turn is hijacked and weaponised by nefarious forces in the industry and government to mind control people into accepting any degeneracy or atrocity. Very prophetic to say the least

[@jukkamegido6409]

Mcluhan also famously declared: ""I refuse to appear on television, except on television" meaning that, if interviewed, he'd never set foot in a studio, but rather talk through a TV screen...like Brian Oblivion does it himself in the movie.

[@shanetaylor761]

I kinda feel like it's not that crazy a concept to predict the effects of the internet. Think how the world was before boats. Then think how it changed when empires started helping cultures blend across the world. There used to only be local news. All of a sudden knew what was happening around the world. All of that is the same as the internet only turned down 80%. So it's not like he envisioned this brand new concept. I can't help assume he just looked at problems that arouse in the past and tweaked them to reflect the future.

[@Civilixation]

@@shanetaylor761makes sense. If you think about problems humanity faced in the past and how we either overcame them or fell to them, it could serve as a solid template for how a new technology that does x, y, and z will fare in the future if it wasn’t made yet but you have a lot of time to think about it using reductive reasoning and just figure it out

[@metalmaidenhell138]

Crimes of Future the 2022 starring Viggo Mortensen is eerily depicting something I believe is right around the corner and it's scary fr!

[@TheMightyPika]

It sucks that whenever a movie accurately predicts the future, it's always a horror.

[@DEUS_VULT_INFIDEL]

It's like ol' Grandpa Tesla said: "You may live to see man-made horrors beyond your comprehension." Lo and behold.

[@nathanlevesque7812]

Human biases cause us to perceive that pattern, but that isn't accurate.

[@Loreweavver]

Dude, I'm watching them push these 15 minute cities straight out of anime and sci-fi thinking well, here we go.

[@BowerBomB]

​@Loreweavver what exactly is dystopian about being able to walk to the shops or your job?

[@Loreweavver]

@@BowerBomB somebody doesn't watch anime and sci-fi, eh?

[@kilburnvideos]

"Long live the new flesh." Those words still creep out.

[@Lorem_ipsum_dolor_sit_amet]

Another film from 1983 presented a way out of our abusive relationship with media (kinda). War Games: "The only winning move is not to play".

[@gibbletronic5139]

That quote was intended for men contemplating marriage.

[@jessiemayfield6749]

Dude that’s a quote about war not the internet

[@jenpachi2408]

It still holds true the BS will end when we stop feeding it

[@randallbesch2424]

@@jenpachi2408 and when we stop the grifters of information. You have no right to false speech.

[@wynfrithnichtwo8423]

Freakiest instance of fiction being predictive that I personally encountered is the book, The Rift. It is from the late 90s. It predicts 9/11 to a T.

[@6MyUsername9]

Mine was Lord of the Rings. We have dwarves now? Wtf?

[@kylemckinney_22]

​@@6MyUsername9and orcs

[@naseemwaja8735]

Not predict they planned it

[@shanetaylor761]

​@@naseemwaja8735you wouldn't want to elaborate on that random comment would you lol.

[@naseemwaja8735]

@@shanetaylor761 what would u define the word predict as?

[@gibsonraymonda]

The internet did what everyone feared television would do.

[@MarkAfterDark]

Videodrome is one of my all time favourite films and I've been telling people for years how this film predicted our relationship with media, the net and with things like live leak.

[@thor1511]

I love this film too, buy i thought the ending could have been done a bit better. I also feel that it inspired serial experiments lain to an extent

[@MalaysianChopsticks]

Ayyy Where is this years Spooktober?

[@MarkAfterDark]

@@MalaysianChopsticks in November. I'm busy filming a short film

[@Chad48309]

​@MarkAfterDark Bro, cannot wait to see it. ❤

[@MrMuertoloco]

This makes me think about all the toddlers you see glued to phones or ipads watching videos, it's insidious. Especially how easily they navigate in them.

[@seankeeling9819]

Deus EX devs excluded the twin towers in the New York skyline due to rendering issues. In game lore was that terrorists destroyed them. 1 year later the towers fell in real life. Devs were interviewed by the FBI

[@Sourrags7]

Videodrome is one of my favourite films. I moved to Japan this year and they show older films all the time so there was 40th anniversary showing and watching this film in a cinema in Japan is a surreal experience, epically the start of the film

[@diegocastillo6470]

I'm from Colombia, as well as my girlfriend. I came to learn english and I can understand this material, my girlfriend is not there yet but will be soon, and I can't wait for her to be able to absorb this kind of videos and talk about them. Thank you for sharing such thought-provoking ideas.

[@TheUltimateRey]

We live in a dystopia, most people just don’t realize it

[@BuzzingMeat]

Obviously, dystopias will always exists and utopias aren’t possible. Some dude thinks not owning land is a utopia, another dude thinks it is a dystopia not being able to own land.

[@Wingedmagician]

we’ve always been in one

[@justathought7221]

I say that all time 😢

[@janders79]

...No. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJPOhIWCjriioNEsi=QWWJy0ljjUA49eej

[@wcg66]

I think that’s the reality of dystopias, the people in them don’t realize it. Equally, same with utopia. We may not realize how good or bad we have it. A dystopia is never absolutely bad nor would a real utopia be completely good. We live in a utopia compared to medieval times.

[@rodneyabrett]

The film had a huge impact on me as a young teen growing up in that era of VHS and pre-internet. Existenz was a sort of spiritual successor to this iconic classic with similar themes.

[@reekocarson]

Videodrome and Suspiria are my two fav movies of all time so seeing you make a video on this just made my day!

[@yeez13]

If you’ve never seen the film “Network” from the director Sidney Lumet and legendary screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky, I would do so immediately. Like VideoDrome, this movie was also centered around television and the drive to get better viewership…amongst other things. Not only did Chayefsky hit the nail on the head about where we are NOW…but he also had the foresight to understand what the psychology/zeitgeist of the 21st Century would be like back in the mid-1970s! I think you’d do an amazing job analyzing the prophetic nature of this movie like you’ve done with Videodrome! They’ve been Top 5 All Time Greatest Movies for me since I first saw them 👍🏽

[@kilgoreplumbus1360]

I think he's mentioned Network before on this channel. Such a good movie, it was prescient to the point of being prophetic.

[@ps2progamer814]

He said network is the most profound movie of all time

[@StillLivinginthewoods]

"I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!!!"

[@milascave2]

yeez: Yes. That movie was mainly based on events that were happening at the time. But it also predicted the "reality show" dynamic. They decided to make a show that followed a far left terrorist organization based on the Symbioses Liberation Army. The intermediary between the Network and the group was a black Communist who thought that the group was too extreme, based on Angela Davis. But soon, these Communists started to become more concerned about the ratings of the TV show than anything else.

[@montxn]

"I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore"

[@TheBeird]

You should check out John Carpenter’s In the Mouth of Madness. Mainly because . . . it’s great But it does speak of society being warped by an obsession with fiction. Kinda similar themes

[@timbeck6726]

Amazing n' underated.

[@SpoopySquid]

My favourite cosmic horror movie

[@jmalmsten]

If you haven't already, I would suggest looking up the works of Philip K. Dick in general. In particular I recommend Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. I rank the movie it spawned (Blade Runner) as one of the very top films of all time (1992 DC version being my preferred edition). But if you only have seen the movie adaptation, you may find the book to be quite a wild ride. Exploring many more facets of future life that the more straight forward future noire thriller.

[@quercus3290]

Ubik

[@farerolobos9382]

He also wrote The Man in the High Castle, in which Germans and Japanese manage to convince the world that they won WW II. The recent incident of the former SS Nazi being unanimously applauded by the Canadian Parliament and the re-writing of the history of nazi collaborationism in Eastern Europe are, in my opinion as a historian, the most outstanding and dangerous examples of a dystopian prediction become true in literature.

[@Khurzan72]

He also believed that the Mandella effect is real, and reality is a program that is getting reprogrammed by an enemy entity while a godly entity is always trying to stay a few steps ahead

[@Oldbmwr100rs]

His story "A scanner darkly" was made into an amazing film, rotoscoped so as to seem like it's all a crazy dream. If you haven't seen it, i suggest you do.

[@Eldritch-1]

A scanner darkly is much closer to our current reaity.

[@thechaostrials1964]

Great video. Cronenberg is always ahead of his time. It's uncanny. I recently watched 'Crimes of the Future" and while not his best, it was, as usual, prescient.

[@OhBoy-zy5bc]

Eh, I found that movie weird as fuck.

[@steelingcable6350]

I've been obsessed with both this movie and your channel for years. I'm so glad you finally made a video on this.

[@fordtorino297]

His Crimes of the future remake had a message that went over everyone’s head. It was a commentary about there is so much plastic in the world that human bodies were adapting to eating it

[@gregs7519]

Micro plastics

[@igodreamer7096]

Great movie, I remember to be terrified by the practical effects back in the day when I watched as kid, late in night. Great video, Max! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@seejaydee9113]

Thankyou so much for this! I am obsessed with Videodrome and how it relates so accurately to nowadays society. You did an amazing job conveying this message and I am so grateful to have such a brilliant mind such as yourself. We live in a dystopian world and it's fantastic to have you point it out so precisely ❤

[@milascave2]

As a child in the 1970s, I remember watching the movie "Soylent Green." There was one scene where a guy was walking up the stairs to his apartment. The stairs were covered with homeless people lying down. He had to step over them. One said "Hey watch it." There were far less homeless people back then, and the idea of their being so many of them was in and of itself a depiction of a dystopian future. In the 1980s, when Regan became President, the number of homless people began to rapidly increase. Now, the idea of the streets being crowded with homeless people is, in some places, a daily reality.

[@GeekyShyMama]

In Soylent Green was not homelessness per se, it was overcrowding, there was not enough physical space for everyone, even the luxury apartments shown in the movie were small.

[@zerocool5395]

Living in a "Fancy neighborhood" and having to step over homeless people, watching them all drugged out on fetanyl is pretty dystopian. Couple cities like that in the US right now.

[@cuesunny]

I'm a tutor for adults in rehab in long beach CA. There is little hope but still some hope. Seems like gaslighting is the cool thing to do and it will kill us very slowly.

[@rayhill5767]

Homeless are the new hippies. The new dropouts. The scourge of them is the homeless contribute nothing culturally unlike the hippie movement. No music, art or literature. They choose to remain voiceless whining and infantile.

[@rayhill5767]

Homeless are the new hippies. The new dropouts. The scourge of them is the homeless contribute nothing culturally unlike the hippie movement. No music, art or literature. They choose to remain voiceless whining and infantile.

[@oldsoldier181]

I remember when this first came out. It was REALLY hard to watch and understand. Looking back, sadly, it was, quite simply, a road map to over "education". I mean, we literally have every conceivable piece of information at our hand-and yet, you have people deny the Holocaust happened, that the earth is flat, and that we never landed on the moon.....

[@SnlDrako]

That Legacy of Kain reference at the end was a nice touch.

[@dantexpcd]

Long live the new flesh!

[@evidencedestroy9743]

man and here i was thinking gallucinations started when i heard signalis ost

[@DaveButtons]

Legitimately stoked to see the work that went into this book. Todd is great at getting these creative individuals to open up about their work and passion and the product sounds awesome. I’m hoping that these people will sign my copy when I find them. [NEW QUEST UNLOCKED: Gather The Signatures]

[@jasonblundelldobebussing]

Ah yes, the Skibidi toilet prequel - The Cameraman; Origins.

[@TH-hy9kr]

😂

[@cornpop1157]

The only message you ever find in Cheerios is "ooooooo"

[@scintillatedscarboroughfair]

Whoa! Wasn't expecting this to be a Videodrome essay. Good work! Love this movie. Well... love to hate to love it...?

[@BlackieNuff]

I don't like to say these were "predictions" (because that implies some kind of clairvoyance), so much as they were warnings, based on inside knowledge that could not be disclosed except through representative means, such as film and other arts/entertainments. A sort of "tell without telling" kind of thing.

[@Claudia000]

To be honest, this plot point mirrors Don Quijote de la Mancha by Cervantes, written during the Renaissance in Spain. An older, somewhat rich guy uses his free time to read knight stories to the point that he deluded himself into believing he was a knight and went on adventures. Since 1605, when this book was published, this trope that the next generation is living in decadence and delusion has been used in literature, a supposed warning of something that never came to be. Edit: this is not a criticism of the video and I also don't mean to be a downer. Jorge Luis Borges, a genius Argentinian writer, said that all stories have already been made and that originality is cyclical due to the erasure of time. I think you would love Borges short stories, they translate well into English.

[@ftwkh85]

every generation fixates on a reason for all future generations to be degenerate and worse. video games are making you abandon reality and make you degenerate. The tv moves by demons and will make you degenerate. the camera steals your soul and will make you degenerate. books will fill your head with ideas and make you degenerate. Its kind of a tiring cycle of intergenerational conflict i hope we as a species outgrow

[@igodreamer7096]

Fair enough.

[@mat_max]

Qué grande Borges, cómo lo quiero

[@DioBrando-qr6ye]

Although I don't think Borges predicted the isolation of people attached to their screens most of their days instead of living in reality. It may also not have predicted the use of "TV names", the names KZbinrs use and that I myself am using right now.

[@Verboten-xn4rx]

Subbed

[@CellarDoor-rt8tt]

While I agree with the analysis surrounding fake news, I think it’s also making a point about the ways in which these highly stimulating and visceral experiences we have online can be so all consuming that our culture is built less and less on what is actually real and more on shared fantasy. I wish more people valued real life interactions as much as I do, but it seems like we are all slowly moving in the direction of permanently online interaction

[@Eldritch-1]

Humans are stupid, hateful and self destructive, why would anyone choose to associate with mobilized cancer?

[@c6jones720]

I just like the start where the technician is decoding a satellite signal with an atari 800 of all things

[@krono5el]

Even in Timecop in like 95' the villain completely predicted the future almost to the letter : P

[@DavidJones-pc4ft]

I think 'A Clockwork Orange' has pretty much come true.

[@carloselizondo7671]

"Smokey and the Bandit" predicted my future.

[@kenjohnson5472]

Maybe the insertion of the video tape into the abdomen is another way of saying eat the scroll as it says in the Bible. Eating the scroll is a euphemism for digesting the complete message and therefore incorporating the message into your very being.

[@Verboten-xn4rx]

Living like animals in a state of constant terror and isolation. There is only shopping and death. If adverts were honest. 😂

[@TheRKae]

Here are 2 predictive works everyone needs to experience: 1.) "The Machine Stops" (a short novella by E.M. Forster). Everyone lives in individual underground cells and communicates through TV screens. (This was written in 1909!) Their lives are controlled by "the Machine." When the Machine stops... no one knows how to fix it... or where it is. 2.) "Karn Evil 9" (a half-hour long progressive rock song by Emerson, Lake & Palmer from 1973). It tells the story of miserable people in an oppressive tech society who are entertained by a computerized circus of hedonism, then they find themselves in a war, wherein the machine is their friend... and in the end the machine turns on them, wipes out humanity and then shuts itself off.

[@Precisionetica]

Tavistock blueprint. Not a prophecy .

[@federicocrescentini4806]

Amazing video of an amazing movie! I read Cronenberg had different endings for the movie, one of them would happen after the actual ending of the movie, were the characters of James Woods and Debbie Harris appear in the videodrome set with similar body horror's deformities like in the film. I think this ending responds to the idea you presented as a form of Nirvana to be achieved, you transcend body and conscience in a new stage completly different from the known reality, perhaps a next step of evolution.

[@randallbesch2424]

Brain becomes a transceiver to energetic frequencies that affect the brain directly changing it. Changing perceptions because of it to the surreal. How much of it is real how much is not, how much is altered perceptions of a wider world? Nirvana means stillness or hub off the Wheel of Incarnations.

[@yeah_dude03]

By far the best analysis on this movie, exactly what i was looking for. thank you ❤🎉🎉

[@zonatedspore97acamas]

Leaving comments for the algorithm!

[@maxderrat]

Thanks brotha!!!!!

[@archerpence]

All comments lead to Videodrome

[@Myytzlplk]

Why I prefer term speculative fiction to science fiction, and I've read a number of writers do as well

[@mrg3241]

Another great Cronenberg movie to follow-up this one with is the 1999 film eXistenZ. It explores many of the same themes but through video games instead of television, and it fortunately has a much improved budget.

[@Drifter2025]

I like how you snuck that in at the last moment!

[@aaronchiusano8732]

Marshall McLuhan is probably where Kojima and Cronenberg got thier philosophical influences from when it comes to the power of media.

[@HeloIV]

Brian O'Blivion was inspired by McLuhan

[@valviform]

I started nodding when you first said "Videodrome" lol

[@bruisedhelmet8819]

Ah, another instance of “It’s not the end of the world but you can see it from here” but in reality what we see is in our rear view mirror and it most certainly is the worlds end.

[@fredkeeler1234]

Brilliant filmmaker. His best film is the more restrained Stephen King' adaptation "The Dead Zone" that same year.

[@paulh2468]

I haven't read it, but apparently "Stand on Zanzibar" by John Brunner was highly predictive. Written in 1968. The historian Niall Ferguson wrote in 2021 that Brunner predicted the 21st century far better than most other fiction authors. It inspired the 3rd season of the tv show "Westworld".

[@gregmattson2238]

yeah I just watched videodrome last night, and man was it spot on. I can think of two other movies that predicted the current place we are in both worth 10 rewatches - network from 1976, and talk radio from 1988. 1970s through the 1980s was a special time for movies and these three are just stunning in their predictive power. I think they are each well worth a video of their own.

[@Geep1778]

Meanwhile the 1st iteration of VR glasses are about to come out soon… this movie is just about to start in real time

[@maxturbo45]

15:39, im looking at his tummy scar and im thinking, hmmm, i have the same kind of scar on my tummy... Synchronization or is it predicting the future again..?

[@RedneckSith]

"You said it yourself, Kain. There are only two sides to your coin!" "Apparently so. But suppose you throw a coin enough times. Suppose that one day, it lands on its edge." Your final statement made me think of that wonderful piece of dialogue from that amazingly written game series, Soul Reaver. They don't write stuff like that anymore.

[@adonisadonisadonis]

Funny that I just watched this again earlier this week!

[@frahohen]

I love that you think in concepts and do not get lost in correct use of "wording" or "language".

[@ronmackinnon9374]

One thinker who was certainly ahead of the curve in focusing on such changes in society was Guy Debord, author of 'Society of the Spectacle.'

[@pipinfresh]

I still have my VHS copy of videodrome. It used to be one of my favourite films. I still quote "all hail the new flesh" to this day.

[@Spriggan828]

'the battle for the mind of North America will be fought in the video arena", has been stuck in my head for 25yrs

[@m0n0ct0]

Ain't Videodrome an "alternative take" over some of Brave New World's subjects?

[@glendeveau4056]

"CIVIC TV" is based on a real Toronto/Southern Ontario serving cable station called City TV, owned by local media magnate Moses Znaimer at the time

[@icaroalencar99]

Hey Max, great work as always! I'd like to suggest you take a look at the book Propaganda (1928) by Edward Bernays. The guy pointed out that advertising is how society organizes information. Sounds familiar? It would be great a video crossing it with MG2 content.

[@davidwilliamson8029]

And his nephew started netflix

[@justmeeagainn]

Damn it takes you forever to get to the point! I had to go to the comments to find what the movie is.

[@JeremyDeere]

I think you are so right on many points but not all avoid pain. Many seek it. This is a science fiction world of the 80s that we live in today. I never thought I'd be alive when we got there and I never thought it would be so smoothly integrated it appeared normal par for the course.

[@maximilianoelschlegel4714]

Instead of Tumors, it's Influencers... Can I have that embroidered on a pillow?

[@randallbesch2424]

Not tumors areas of the brain so stimulated they start growing.

[@mrdanrennie]

MGS2 mentioned (: Made an essay for the ad campaign for MGS2 and how it played a role in proving its thesis, just because I felt like no one talks about that element of the game, so was stoked to see you highlight it (:

[@themarlboromandalorian]

Wait until we hit the point where we enter the Heinlein timeline. Three words. Kinetic orbital bombardment.

[@randallbesch2424]

in the 2nd gIJoe movie we see just that set up by COBRA after the nucelar war age is over.

[@CoolguyMcCool]

Max Derrat is my new overlord

[@BlackishSaiyan]

How about The unibomer. His predictions are pretty chilling. Especially considering they where made before the conception of the internet, which heavily exasperated his predictions.

[@nikolajignatiev6323]

Calling him Unaboomer is something I've never even thought possible until now.

[@GhostOfSnuffles]

He was a literal mathematics savant who helped design the infrastructure on which the internet was built. It was in his later years he'd come to realize that he helped create was a monster and that fact slowly drove him insane. His manifesto was as much a confession of his guilt and sins as much as it was the ranting of a man who was tormented by the world he helped shape. Had he not gone all mail bomby he could have very easily been a Nobel candidate for his work.

[@BlackishSaiyan]

@@nikolajignatiev6323 why because there was more than one bomb? 🤣🤣🤣 okay, okay, mr. Kaczynski then if that’s better. 👏🏾

[@M05tly]

Not entirely related to your video, but I remember that part of the conversation betwem raiden and the genral about what are our own ideas. That is something that has influenced me ever since.

[@SoulbreakerNB]

Glad I watched it before finishing your video.

[@paulofaquin]

You low key called influencers "tumors", you are a hero.

[@Kyanzes]

Brave New World is also an interesting work.

[@DJTS1991]

Another stellar video, Max! I've now got Peter Griffin's, "I'm a tumour, I'm a tumour," song stuck in my head. Fantastic. Lol. I don't think anyone could have predicted the internet. It really changed everything. It meant people like me, who ordinarily would have not succeeded in the world, had access to information that could competitively keep me going. Perhaps you could do a video on S1MONE and how it predicted the issues with AI Actors in the world today.

[@soccerandtrack10]

The episode when peter gets a tv channel=parady of the movie?

[@dragonbro5607]

Max, on the topic of videodrome, there's a game by the developers of Killer 7 called the Silver Case where they not only reference it but they also invoke the themes of the internet and control and such. It's a Visual Novel so you'd have to be into those somewhat but I truly believe it's an incredibly profound game.

[@maxderrat]

Dude, you have no idea how badly I want to do a video covering all of Suda51's games that aren't Killer7 or No More Heroes. I want to do Silver Case, FS&R, 25th Ward, Moonlight Syndrome... the problem I face is finding time to go through all of them and how to market the video so people would be interested in it.

[@Incognito980]

​@@maxderratjust popping in to say I love your content no matter what. I come here for your intelligence and sharing of profound concepts that is so digestible. Just create what you like Max, we love you and your work no matter what ❤️

[@dragonbro5607]

@maxderrat oh man, you analyzing FSR would be a dream come true! No one talks about it! I can see why, but still lol For sure though, Grasshopper is very heady stuff. I've been working through the catalog for the better part of 2 years now. Seems like one of the only people talking Grasshopper is the channel GhenryPerez.

[@JohnnyBurnes]

And if you want a weirder Cronenberg movie, there's Naked Lunch. And if you then want a weirder Peter Weller movie, there's Buckaroo Banzai!

[@SSMLivingPictures]

Watching Naked Lunch tonight

[@thecandyman9308]

@@SSMLivingPictures NL is pretty rad ain't it?

[@SSMLivingPictures]

@@thecandyman9308 Heeey!!! yah, I loved it!! It was a trip! I'll definitly be watching it again!

[@randallbesch2424]

@@SSMLivingPictures Weller chose it over Robocop 3.

[@SSMLivingPictures]

@@randallbesch2424 Oh wow, didnt know that!

[@Lethgar_Smith]

The Andy Warhol quote was actually, "In the future Everybody will be famous. But only for 15 minutes"

[@alheno5423]

I think it’s better to hear some context first before watching the movie… it can be almost impossible to figure out what’s going on so your viewpoint could help, but then again if they see it first then watch this and then watch it gain that’s probably optimum

[@sonicboomerino7281]

Oh man I loved you tieing in MGS2, another piece of media way ahead of its time.

[@dawidklucz849]

One of most influential and important games in history!!! MGS 2 IS A MASTERPIECE!

[@kimchiwasabee]

To think,the interwebs wasn't planned 20y in advance...

[@marleen14]

I watch a lot of your videos at work, it's wonderful that you're so thurough with your explinations.

[@vincentgaliano]

One of your best videos, nice to see you talk about Cronenberg ! This is not the only Cronenberg's film you could talk about though. Don't stop here !😀

[@garyphisher7375]

Shivers has always been my favourite Cronenberg film. It has stayed with me ever since I watched it as a 17 year old boy (37 years ago). It predicted the sexualisation of society, and what the effect would be. Personally I would make it a mandatory watch for every 16/17 year old. I vividly remember being incredibly turned on - then when the ending happened, feeling disgusted - and understanding why some things should remain private!

[@mountaindurag]

Weird…This Is my favorite movie I always sound crazy trying to explain the film to girls when they ask about the poster 😂

[@obsoletetortoise4785]

I love when you release new videos, gives my day so many insightful thoughts

[@RaymondMason64]

As always, Max with the best content. Love you, man. Also, any plans to explore others themes in Lost or Twin Peaks?

[@maxderrat]

Love you too, dude!!!!! Regarding Lost, I have a few ideas. I want to do videos on the nature of the Smoke Monster and the way the series tackles the theme of fate vs. free will. The question is... would those videos we watched by enough people to warrant the effort? Maybe! I just have to figure it out. As for Twin Peaks, it's inevitable, given how many people have asked me to do a video on it. The problem is... I have never seen an episode of Twin Peaks yet! I REALLY want to watch it though, because I love David Lynch. Stay tuned!

[@RaymondMason64]

@@maxderrat i wasn't expecting an answer so fast. love you even more now. I'm surprised you never watched it. But, tbh i just finished 1 month ago. There's one specific theme in Twin Peaks that everytime it was mentioned, i always found myself thinking "man, i wish Max had a video exploring that. sounds so interesting."

[@Under_Code]

@@maxderrat while Twin Peaks has a very... heavy handed pilot I suppose, the series has some great characters, and it quickly starts to grow on you after that pilot

[@pinkimietz3243]

Twin Peaks > Lost

[@RaymondMason64]

@@pinkimietz3243 I like john locke a lot, but can't disagree with you.

[@august9474]

But suppose you throw a coin enough times, suppose one day it lands on it edge. -Kain

[@ronmackinnon9374]

Seems like 'Videodrome' is a dystopia in a line of descent from Huxley and 'Brave New World.' I also saw parallels to the films 'Strange Days' (from the '90s) and 'Demonlover' (from the 2000s).

[@yootoob6003]

Long live the new flesh! The new flesh is in the metaverse, "skins" for my avatar that has value attached to it, while the physical flesh is neglected. Hallucinations of real physical identity

[@CYI3ERPUNK]

nice Legacy of Kain finish =]

[@fakename4683]

I don’t think Cronenberg was predicting the future, more identifying the change that already happened at its effects. The movie is commenting on the 1970s violent movies (Clockwork Orange already got an X rating a decade before). The sci-fi obscures the fact that by the 80s movies became more violent but nobody cared as much and now seeks them out. Scarface came out in 83 and received an R rating despite being more gratuitous in its subject matter than A Clockwork Orange. Lastly, it’s not the internet he is commentating on but the home video market. Snuff films were an urban legend and boogeyman of the 70-80s video market. This movie makes me realize how little things change over time honestly. Something I think you may get a kick out of would be “Ong’s Hat”. It’s a pre-social media ARG-like meta fiction.

[@timbeck6726]

Goofy sufi's, nuclear physicists, and time travel to the future n' back...goo stuff

[@summerkagan6049]

Another prophetic vision is the made for television mini series:" Wild Palms", produced by Oliver Stone. It predicts the confluence of mind altering drugs and media addiction.

[@thecandyman9308]

Just looked it up. Holy shit. Thank you.

[@jeremybowers3181]

Wow,great video kind of like the first time I watched THEY LIVE....haven't got it outta my head yet.

[@chalinofalcone871]

"By the way at this moment right now, we are on the air and on the air we do not have any physical body. When you're on the telephone or on radio or on TV you don't have a physical body; you're just an image on the air. When you don't have a physical body you're a discarnate body. You have a very different relation to the world around you. And this I think has been one of the big effects of the electric age. It has deprived people really of their private identity." [Marshall McLuhan, 1977, TVO, Canada]

[@STR4nG3boy]

Jiddu Krishnamurti wrote a wonderful book about this called Freedom from the Known

[@ShaaRhee]

Too bad the coin didn't actually land on it's edge 😂

[@penelopegreene]

We all predict the future, but only in ten second intervals... 😆