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Aeon Flux : Mission Infinite
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| MTV as it was meant to be | |
|  | There was a time, in the early 1990's , when MTV was more than just wallpaper. Grunge had just opened the hearts of many a youth to emotions that had long been oppressed by bad 80's hairdos and 70's freedom and the powers that be at MTV, in a visionary moment, must have decided to go Victorian on the world; they were gonna 'teach and delight'.
Music wasn't as easy, and accessible then as it seems now and shows such as MTV's Head Bangers Ball and MTV's Alternative Nation weren't afraid to show this. When MTV launched their Real World, life itself turned out to be not that easy. MTV Sports showed that the fun in life shouldn't be sought in front of a TV, or even in music. And let us not forget Beavis and Butthead; MTV taking a piss at the whole of society as well as the record industry. All of these show were a true delight.
And then there was MTV's Oddities, not so much a show as an umbrella under which three very distinct and very different cartoons where shown. These cartoons where: The Head; an alien invasion of Earth can only be stopped by another alien, living inside the now disproportionate head of an ordinary human; the least interesting of these three in my modest opinion, The Max; a multidimensional tale of alter egos, parallel universes, hopes, dreams & traumatic experiences; a cartoon equivalent to Twin Peaks or the Sandman (the whole series has been released on one single video; a recommended buy) and Ĉon Flux; a futuristic tale that combines familiar elements of the Cold War, recently 'won' by the US, such as the Vietnam War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the divided Berlin, the Star Wars-missile shield, (counter-)espionage and a unclear distinction between good and bad, with social and cultural criticism.
Ĉon Flux, created by artist Peter Chung, was first aired in the US in 1991. It wouldn't be aired in Europe for another year. It's unorthodox portrait of human beings; shown with elongated limbs, reminiscent of Egyptian art during the reign of the rebel Pharaoh Akhnaten, it's dark corrupt society and the protagonist, Ĉon Flux, herself; perhaps the ultimate anarchist cyber punk icon, combined with the episodes topics, religion, politics, genetic manipulation, hope, salvation, oppression, war, love, lust... all of life was represented, caused this series to be an instant cult success. MTV aired three seasons of Ĉon Flux, and have released all of the episodes on three videos.
Three seasons, three videos, that seems logical, but for some reason MTV has decided not to adhere to the order in which the episodes were aired. Nevertheless these videos are true gems. When seen in isolation, they paint a picture of a society both recognizable and estranging. When viewed in succession MTV, with this series, finally manages to realize its lofty Victorian goals.
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