droneattack Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Is there a thread for discussing the videos? I mean narratively the videos are fun to dissect.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Is there a thread for discussing the videos? I mean narratively the videos are fun to dissect.. I tried doing it here a while ago but it didn’t really get going Go for it though, make a thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyena17 Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Should these be watched in release order or what? There's too freaking many I'm going to avoid all these videos until I've listened to the songs like 20 more times. I hate having images from videos forever matched to certain lines, etc, and it only takes one viewing for me for that to happen unfortunately. That being said, if I only watch one of these, which should it be? People seem to like BITM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Definitely not release order. I haven’t seen the latest one song yet but I’ll update my video story theory once I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OriginOfAbso Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 Should these be watched in release order or what? There's too freaking many I'm going to avoid all these videos until I've listened to the songs like 20 more times. I hate having images from videos forever matched to certain lines, etc, and it only takes one viewing for me for that to happen unfortunately. That being said, if I only watch one of these, which should it be? People seem to like BITM. If only one, go with BITM. It's more standalone than the others, not really part of a narrative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topo_musero Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 (edited) I think I can get some things, but I don't quite get why Blockades video exists Edited November 9, 2018 by topo_musero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopix Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 I'm going to watch it in full tomorrow. Could upload the whole album + videos in one go? That'd be cool. If anyone actually know/thinks they know the narrative I'd love to hear it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bohemian-Cygnus-Running-Out Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 The videos are all great. I'm amazed how much more interested I am in this absurd, discombobulated tale told through the videos for ST and that world in general than I ever was for the narrative of Drones. Dang Matt, you got it really right this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessicaSarahS Posted November 9, 2018 Share Posted November 9, 2018 I think I can get some things, but I don't quite get why Blockades video exists It's like a season recap. So weird! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topo_musero Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 It's like a season recap. So weird! Basically this . I'm still trying to see if there's some connection between the lyrics and the video, but can't seem to find it. I was waiting for an explanation at the end, but nope. Maybe they have more videos in mind? Love the BITM one btw. It doesn't add a lot to the whole story, but it's really well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s3ker Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Definitely not release order. I haven’t seen the latest one song yet but I’ll update my video story theory once I have. Please do. When they first started coming out i thought they were pretty forgetable... But they clearly tie into each other and I wouldn't mind taking a deeper look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forevermusic Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 I don't think I know of a band just uploading 14 videos to YouTube at once, each with custom vids that fully embrace the aesthetic. Top work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobby Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 I don’t tend to care about Muse vids too much anymore but Pressure, Algorithm and BITM were fun/good. Shame with Blockades ‘cos that had some of the most potential considering how video gamey it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zolic Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 So what do we reckon is the order for the videos? I haven't watched the videos enough but I guess Algorithm goes into Pressure, then Thought Contagion? The Dark Side comes right after Something Human I guess but where is Dig Down and Break It To Me in all this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duk3 Fluk3m Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 So what do we reckon is the order for the videos? I haven't watched the videos enough but I guess Algorithm goes into Pressure, then Thought Contagion? The Dark Side comes right after Something Human I guess but where is Dig Down and Break It To Me in all this? Well, Dig Down is before Thought Contagion, as at the start of the TC video, he is playing DD on an arcade machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopix Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 Well, Dig Down is before Thought Contagion, as at the start of the TC video, he is playing DD on an arcade machine. ... Surely it's in album order though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 ... Surely it's in album order though?It pretty obviously isn’t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 Pressure->Dig Down->Thought Contagion->Something Human->The Dark Side That was my understanding before the release of the new videos. I’ve only had a quick look at Algorithm and Break It To Me on my phone but both seem to be taking place after Pressure at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Little Animal Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 Pressure->Dig Down->Thought Contagion->Something Human->The Dark Side That was my understanding before the release of the new videos. I’ve only had a quick look at Algorithm and Break It To Me on my phone but both seem to be taking place after Pressure at least. I think Break it to Me can be happening simultaneously with either Pressure or Algorithm, or Thought Contagion, even. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopix Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 Pressure->Dig Down->Thought Contagion->Something Human->The Dark Side That was my understanding before the release of the new videos. I’ve only had a quick look at Algorithm and Break It To Me on my phone but both seem to be taking place after Pressure at least. I guess. I just can't see why you'd intentionally fuck up the order. Seems really dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 I think Break it to Me can be happening simultaneously with either Pressure or Algorithm, or Thought Contagion, even. Well yeah both Algorithm and BITM could be happening simultaneously with a bunch of songs since they take place in different locations. But we know that BITM at least starts after the beginning of Pressure. I would still put it afterwards in the chronology since it’s the events shown in Pressure that lead to BITM. I guess. I just can't see why you'd intentionally fuck up the order. Seems really dumb.Probably because there wasn’t a big overarching story planned from the start back in 2017. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobby Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 (edited) I interprate it as this: Dig Down / Thought Contagion Pressure / Break It To Me Something Human The Dark Side Algorithm Dig Down turns out to be an arcade game at the start of TC. Pressure starts at what looks like the wasteland from SH with a POV of a character (presumably Matt?) pulling on a VR headset to experience Pressure, where BITM also takes place. SH into TDS is an obvious and direct transition, no explaining needed there. Then, in Algorithm, big Terry escapes the simulation/game he’s in from Pressure and goes after his ‘creator’ (Matt, the one playing), treading the same path as SH and TDS. Edit: him unplugging the Max Headroom arcade machine, to me, either suggests he’s ending some loop that maybe restarts at Dig Down or that those figures were some omniscient power. Idk though, a lot of it may well be nonsense. Edited November 11, 2018 by Jobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 I interprate it as this: Dig Down / Thought Contagion Pressure / Break It To Me Something Human The Dark Side Algorithm Dig Down turns out to be an arcade game at the start of TC. Pressure starts at what looks like the wasteland from SH with a POV of a character (presumably Matt?) pulling on a VR headset to experience Pressure, where BITM also takes place. SH into TDS is an obvious and direct transition, no explaining needed there. Then, in Algorithm, big Terry escapes the simulation/game he’s in from Pressure and goes after his ‘creator’ (Matt, the one playing), treading the same path as SH and TDS. Edit: him unplugging the Max Headroom arcade machine, to me, either suggests he’s ending some loop that maybe restarts at Dig Down or that those figures were some omniscient power. Idk though, a lot of it may well be nonsense. But the vampires in TC are the ones from Pressure. It’s even the same guy at the end of Pressure that is the main guy of TC. Oh and the director apparently confirmed that Pressure was the prequel to TC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobby Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 But the vampires in TC are the ones from Pressure. It’s even the same guy at the end of Pressure that is the main guy of TC. Oh and the director apparently confirmed that Pressure was the prequel to TC. Y’know, I thought they might be but just didn’t bother to check So Pressure is where it all starts then? Makes sense, I guess, with the pulling on of the VR goggles. Only reason I linked it to SH was the desert but I guess that could just be the real world that presumably Matt’s going on this adventure to escape from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hat Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 Yeah that’s the “real world” (to our knowledge), but there could still be a lot happening between the moment he takes them on (Pressure) to when he takes them off (Something Human), which ofc takes place inside his VR simulation. There’s also the whole “infected” thing on the sign in SH which to me implies that he’s going to a simulated version of the past, before it all went wrong, and experienced it at over again. The infection starts like we see it in Pressure, and we see the result of it in Something Human. Now that doesn’t seem to be the “real” world however, but is possibly just another simulation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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