Metal Gear Solid Philanthropy is out. Grab it, share it, spread the word!

[Dj Mokram]

Here's something I've been waiting for ages, and been following since it began.

Originally started as a small project in 2004, it eventually evolved into a 70 min movie.
Made by an italian crew going by the name of Hive Division,
MGSP it's a fan movie based on the legendary serie created by Hideo Kojima.

These guys made due with nearly no budget, and even managed to get Aoiffe Ferry,
the songstress of the intro and end theme of the original MGS, to sing for them.

The movie is now complete, and is ready to be shared with the world.
I encourage everyone (not just MGS fans) to give it a shot, you might enjoy. ;-)

Watch and download it here: MGS Philanthropy (http://www.mgs-philanthropy.net/).

Apparently they might also need support to finalize subtitles in japanese and chinese.
If you can help, see here (http://www.hivedivision.net/content/).

[AJ-enova]

Holy Crap!!

I never knew they were still making this!

I saw the trailers AGES ago but since there wasn't anythin since I figured they abandoned the project - guess not lol

Should be an interesting watch :)

[linkspast]

Wow, this look pretty decent, Good visuals too.
Ill be watching it.

[avaris]

Damn that was impressive!

The friggin vocals on the opening page were incredibly haunting.

[Darklink42]

Wow, I totally forgot about this until just now. I remember wondering if they were ever going to finish it. Glad to hear the project endured, and even more impressed they got that vocalist.

Edit: My only concern is that the Italian accents are a little hard for me to understand.

[Dj Mokram]

Darklink: Last time I checked, it was in english (http://vimeo.com/1501889).

Oh, and here's the full version of the theme song: Will There Be an End (http://www.mgs-philanthropy.net/ost/MGS-Philanthropy-OST_Will_There_Be_An_End.mp3).
Enjoy. ;-)

[Darklink42]

http://www.vimeo.com/hivedivisionchannel

Yeah, I was watching their old stuff, that's why. The prologue was especially compelling, but the Italian accents were really heavy.

[Dj Mokram]

The movie is out!
Check first post for details & download links.

[raziel_pm]

My g/f and I just finished watching it and we were both BLOW AWAY by how good it was. For working with no budget and working on it in some form for almost 5 years, MGS:P was truly awesome! The quality of the work really shown thru in all aspects...the locations, the effects, the music/voice-work...everything was extremely well done.

I'm gonna be seeding this thing to the MOON ^_^ Here's hoping Kojima gets a look at it.

[friendlyHunter]

Will it be enjoyable to people who don't know much about Metal Gear Solid? I want to watch it, but I'm a little hesitant...

[Dj Mokram]

Finally I've just seen it, and frankly, this was well worth the wait.
Considering it's a non-profit movie, made by fans on their spare time,
with very few tools at their disposal to begin with, It's impressive to say the least.
I hope people will enjoy it for what it is: a great fan-tribute to Kojima's work.

Production wise, it's a very solid product, action-packed, with stunning visual effects and epic soundtrack.
Everything you would expect from a Metal Gear movie adaptation.
It has plenty of references to the game that I'm sure fans of the serie will enjoy too.
But imo, any videogame enthusiast will find it enjoyable.

Apparently, this was scheduled to be a trilogy, since synopsis for two sequels were already written.
For now, this is just the first chapter, but depending on the reaction from the public and media alike, it may continue.
I'm especially interested in how Konami will react to it.
I really wish them the best.

If you want to see what a good videogame-to-movie adaptation looks like, this is it.
Grab it here (http://www.mgs-philanthropy.net/) if you haven't got it yet, and spread the word.

[Toadofsky]

Oh, and here's the full version of the theme song: Will There Be an End (http://www.mgs-philanthropy.net/ost/MGS-Philanthropy-OST_Will_There_Be_An_End.mp3).
Enjoy. ;-)

A great song, very well done. Ranks up there with the ending theme to Metal Gear Solid.

[The Pezman]

Torrent has no seeds, and download button is broken.

Fail. ;(

[Dj Mokram]

Torrent has no seeds, and download button is broken.

Fail. ;(

As indicated in small caps on the site, the other download links are 'imminent'.
Also, the torrent has nearly 80 seeds. I know, I'm one of them.
There's approximately 12 instances available. Stop lying please.
Just be patient, like everyone else. Thanks.

[The Pezman]

Relax, I wasn't lying, merely reporting what I saw at the time. As it turns out, maybe 4 or 5 minutes later, the seeds started to pick up.

[Darklink42]

Yeah I'm seeing about 78 seeds. The main download button doesn't work though, oddly.

[AJ-enova]

Any idea where you can stream it online? Cause the link on the site doesn't seem to work - it goes to a screen saying 'uploading please wait' but nothing happens :puppyeyes:

Anywhere else - its taking a while to download the torrent (ETA - 'Several Weeks'!? WTF! how can people have seen this film already!? WHERE!!!!?)

[AJ-enova]

I'm not trying to stir up anything but it DOESN'T WORK.

The one stream link they give us - does fuck all! (I've had a 'loading
please wait message for about 6 hours now)

The one download link that works - is to a torrent that has a download speed of about 1.5kbs - ETA several weeks

Does anyone know ANYWHERE that you can actually watch this online - link?
(And its not a problem with my net cause all my other torrents download quickly and so does everything else)

[raziel_pm]

Youre connection must be trippin'. I d/l'ed it in 1.5 hours last night when it had only 2 seeds, and I've been uploading at 250kbps all night long. There's now 194 seeds and 1912 leechers.

I'd say try again :)

[AJ-enova]

Like i've said its not my connection because everything else is find and I've tried doing the torrent several times - still a really shite speed.

Why can't they just upload it somewhere on the net ( cough *youtube* streaming or sneeze *megaupload* to download it quickly from...

And why doesn't the link on th official site not work when it says it should?

[raziel_pm]

I submitted an article to Digg.com about the movie. It should be appearing in the "Gaming - Industry News" section shortly. Let's get this thing EXPOSED ^_^

http://digg.com/gaming_news/Metal_Gear_Solid_Philanthropy_Fan_Made_movie_relea sed

[AJ-enova]

I submitted an article to Digg.com about the movie. It should be appearing in the "Gaming - Industry News" section shortly. Let's get this thing EXPOSED ^_^

http://digg.com/gaming_news/Metal_Gear_Solid_Philanthropy_Fan_Made_movie_relea sed

shame it's impossible to get hold of it anymore...

[WindStrike]

It might be overloaded... afterall, it's a 2.33GB download...

You won't really find a "fast download" for this one - just use torrents (and my personal choice for the torrent program is uTorrent). For me, it probably won't be done for at least 5 more hours, but considering the size of the file, that's fine for me.

It may not be instantaneous, but give the torrent a few hours and find something else to do.

[AJ-enova]

If the ETA was a few hours I wouldnt be complaining but when its flipping between 'days' and 'weeks'

I mean, seriously?

[EdgeCrusher]

Welcome to the world of internet torrenting.

[AJ-enova]

Welcome to the world of internet torrenting.

Well said, but i'm not new to torrenting lol
It's just fuckin annoyin when you cant get hold of something when others can, ESPECIALLY when you should be able to get it somewhere else...

[Dhsu]

Wouldn't it be easier to ask this in the MGS Philanthropy thread?

[raziel_pm]

shame it's impossible to get hold of it anymore...

http://www.mininova.org/tor/2990797

I'd say try again and just leave your torrent client alone for a few minutes. The seeds don't start getting detected right when you click the button..it just takes a short bit. And it DOES work...I've been seeding this thing since last night at 250kpbs and right now am reading 161 seeders and 1953 leechers.

[WindStrike]

Did I say 5 hours? I lied - I meant at least a day. Download just suddenly dropped on me.

I think the reason I have patience for this is because I've taken a torrent of something slightly larger that had only 1-20kbs download over several weeks, and I still say it was worth it.

[DarkeSword]

Excuse me, but why did you make a brand new thread? There is already an MGSP thread.

Merged.

[AJ-enova]

http://www.mininova.org/tor/2990797

I'd say try again and just leave your torrent client alone for a few minutes. The seeds don't start getting detected right when you click the button..it just takes a short bit. And it DOES work...I've been seeding this thing since last night at 250kpbs and right now am reading 161 seeders and 1953 leechers.

Thats where I've been getting it from (thats pretty much the only place to get it from...)
in 7.5 hours its only reached 2.3%!!

I'm gonna be watching this film on christmas day at this rate!!! :puppyeyes:

[raziel_pm]

Thats where I've been getting it from (thats pretty much the only place to get it from...)
in 7.5 hours its only reached 2.3%!!

I'm gonna be watching this film on christmas day at this rate!!! :puppyeyes:

Well...patience is a virtua ;)

[AJ-enova]

ETA 9 weeks now...

[Darklink42]

I downloaded it in about 7 hours, so I don't know what's going on for you. When I just checked it, it had a significant number of seeders, something like 195 or so. I downed it an average speed of 160 kb/s. Probably going to watch it pretty soon, after I get done with some more missions in MGS2.

[AJ-enova]

This isn't the 1st time i'm the only one to get fucked over lol

I guess God hates me 8-O

[XZero]

AJ-enova, how upset would you be if I told you that based on the timing of your first post, I started downloading after you, and three hours later, my download finished? And it's awesome.

I'm seeding at about 250kbps right now, and I'm going to continue for a couple of hours, so hopefully that helps.

Just as a note, the stuff after the credits is hilarious. The movie itself is great, too, especially in light of the fact that it is entirely fan made and had practically no budget. Everyone owes it to him- or herself to check this one out.

[dazexus]

Hey guys you can now stream direct from our homepage!

http://www.mgs-philanthropy.net/eng/

Dan

[AJ-enova]

Fuck Yeah!!!
Finally Seen it :-P
Pretty Awesome lol Really good quality through-out
Acting is Good, Dubbing is Good, Music is Good, Special Effects are surprisingly good!

5 out of 5 on my fan made movies scale lol

Stupid Question: Anyone have any idea when part 2 is likely to be released? I'm not trying to scrounge more lol, just wondering if anyone knows when...

[Dj Mokram]

Hey guys you can now stream direct from our homepage!

http://www.mgs-philanthropy.net/eng/

Dan

Great news, thanks for sharing Dan.
That should ease everyone's mind for sure. ;)


Stupid Question: Anyone have any idea when part 2 is likely to be released? I'm not trying to scrounge more lol, just wondering if anyone knows when...

Well it's up to the good people on the internet and the media that will review it.
If there's demand for it, and if some sponsors help them, the other episodes might follow.
In other terms: spread the word about MGSP, so they can make other awesome movies like this!

[AJ-enova]

Great news, thanks for sharing Dan.
That should ease everyone's mind for sure. ;)



Well it's up to the good people on the internet and the media that will review it.
If there's demand for it, and if some sponsors help them, the other episodes might follow.
In other terms: spread the word about MGSP, so they can make other awesome movies like this!

Well i'll definately try and spread the word lol I've already told all the MGS fans I know. I'll probs make a music video or something once my copy has finished downloading - to get peoples attention...

[linkspast]

:nicework: Waiting for part 2. Great CG, Good acting This was great. It felt like MGS.
Loved the two towers reference.

[DusK]

After seeing this movie, and knowing that it's no-budget and fan-made, I have a newly found disrespect for the Sci-Fi channel. The way they implemented those Metal Gears into the live-action sequences were far better than any pterodactyls, giant snakes, dragons, aliens, or other assorted beast that I've seen in Sci-Fi exclusives that actually had some money put into them.

But in all, Philanthropy was great. If you haven't watched it, you're doing yourself an injustice.

[Gollgagh]

yeah, this was pretty damn good


hahaha the extra stuff was great

[Global-Trance]

I wasn't expecting to be THAT impressed.

Freaking AWESOME.

Edit: LOL the extras...

[Thin Crust]

Geez, this is one of the best fan productions I've ever seen. It seemed kind of akward for the entire movie to be done in voice overs, but I guess it was important to produce better sound quality than what the onboard mic could record. That being said, something about snakes eyes disturbs me.

[Gollgagh]

Geez, this is one of the best fan productions I've ever seen. It seemed kind of akward for the entire movie to be done in voice overs, but I guess it was important to produce better sound quality than what the onboard mic could record. That being said, something about snakes eyes disturbs me.

pssst the voice actors and the onscreen actors are different people

[DusK]

Geez, this is one of the best fan productions I've ever seen. It seemed kind of akward for the entire movie to be done in voice overs, but I guess it was important to produce better sound quality than what the onboard mic could record. That being said, something about snakes eyes disturbs me.
The original actors had Italian accents. I think that's the real reason they dubbed it.

[raziel_pm]

Yeah, the voices of the actual actors are heavily accented and difficult to understand. An example of this is the first trailer in the building.

[Deathtank]

"hey! it's a-mee Snake!!!" :lol:

[Dhsu]

Haha, that was worth the bump.

[Thin Crust]

I loved the snake vs monkey/ape escape doll near the beginning.