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Just saw a local production of hadestown for the first time and this is all I thought about
Also first time seeing this musical and hearing most the songs
u/At_Dril — 4 days ago
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How did you get into The Protomen?
I'm sure some version of this question gets posted here every so often, but it's always fun to share discovery stories for a group like this.
I was 16 in 2007 and my dad took me and some friends to this videogame music festival in Baltimore called BitGen Festival. I honestly don't remember much about the performance itself, but I remember feeling that it was sort of strange and impressive that this big group of people in costume - one of whom was a giant robot that functioned more as impresario than musician - were playing original music among all these other groups doing (very fun!) vg score covers. One of my friends bought the Act I CD and burned me a copy (I've since bought that album myself across a couple formats), and if he hadn't I don't know that they'd be any more than a strange and impressive memory. But he did, and they've held on as a favorite ever since. It's only on reflection that I appreciate how special a discovery that was, how lucky I was to have a father to take me to a show like that and a friend to insist that this was a group worth sticking with.
So what about you? How'd you discover this strange and impressive band? How'd you get into The Protomen?
u/SmoothDragonfruit291 — 3 days ago
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Finally got to listen to Act III. Tremendous!
My wife, my brother-in-law, and I have been Protomen fans since 2007. Seen them live multiple times. Got Act II as soon as it came out. Preordered Act III.
When Act III finally shipped, we planned to get together to have a first listen. Well, 20 years later and multiple kids tend to slow down the plan making process, but we finally got together on Saturday and listened. So, he brought his copy so we had multiple copies of the liner notes, and he took pics so the older eyes in the room could zoom in on them.
What resulted is my wife and her brother sitting together reading the notes, me reading my copy, and my 15- and 12-year-old sons reading the other copy of the notes. My 3 boys have literally been raised on The Protomen. Literally been waiting their whole lives for Act III.
Sitting in my living room with my wife, one of my best friends, and my kids listening to Act III was a seminal moment in our family. We've been waiting forever, and we were not disappointed.
u/pattyjr — 1 day ago
A perfect man, an unbeatable machine
Wanted to share this Protoman fanart I did recently, although its mainly the classic Protoman from the games I couldnt help but slap the HOPE RIDES ALONE text in there.
u/EDOARDOMASTER — 4 days ago
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If I win the protothey discord’s street team raffle I’m eating the prize
crunch crunch
u/ProspectorBugaboo — 2 days ago
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HE LIBERATED THIS CITY FROM WORK, HIS BEST FRIEND BUILT A MACHINE TO KILL A GIRL, IN THIS HOUSE DOCTOR WILY IS A HERO END OF STORY
u/Boymoder_Glowie — 7 days ago
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Would you like to see the story of the Protomen adapted into a movie or TV series format?
u/Nuvoo30 — 7 days ago
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Art I made that are inspired by The Will Of One
It’s not of the characters in the song’s story but my own
u/legendarymachao — 5 hours ago
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What is your Top 3 Protomen Songs?
Difficult question, I know. Can be from any album. My Top 3 will be:
- Light's Last Stand 2. Breaking Out 3. The Fight
u/Nuvoo30 — 8 days ago
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Reminder: Contest sponsored by The Protomen!
Hey r/Protomen!
Some of you may have already seen the announcement u/protopants made a few days ago...
Here's a reminder (AND a sneak peek at the exclusive prize you can win)!
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How does it work?
For the past few months, folks over on the Protothey Discord server have been hard at work spreading the word about Act III by contacting vinyl stores, news stations and more!
Our Street Team tracks the emails they write and calls they make to promote The Protomen on a spreadsheet. Until May 31st, all entries made in said spreadsheet will be tallied as entries in a raffle. The winner, picked at random, gets an exclusive piece of merchandise sponsored by The Protomen themselves (see below).
How do I participate?
Step 1: Join the Protothey Discord server: discord.gg/protomen
Step 2: Read the official rules & guide, pick up the "Street Team" role, join the "Street Team" channel and get started!
Step 3: Have fun spreading the word & log your efforts in the spreadsheet!
If you have any questions at all, server members, street teamers and moderators will be happy to help you out!
If you've been waiting to participate - Now's your chance. Remember, everyone who enters has a chance to win! Even just writing one (1) email or making a single call counts as an entry.
YOU ARE THE SPARK!
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As promised, here's the picture of the aforementioned mysterious prize... Mysterious indeed.
u/Jaymya — 2 days ago
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My concept on what a part 3 city would look like
I after making a miniature of sniper Joe, I was listening to it while assembling my 40k proxies army and thought "what would the chaos of the 3rd album look like?" For the normal guy I mean. That had me starting planning builds from old bits of kits that just didn't work. I thought the concept of a city grabbed so tight it's turned into A smog ridden hellhole where breathing itself has become owned by the man in the tower.
Its gonna take a while because I want to make a couple of these guys but here is what I got currently.
I'm exited to start work on these (be if my ADHD is merciful)
Edit: I realized I never thought of this but this is my take on the human choir
u/goodmods — 6 days ago
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But I Know a Hero Will Come
I made this one while in vc and watching a three hour video essay on MGS4. And it took three hours exactly. Kinda cool.
u/Healthy_Fortune_9515 — 6 days ago
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What If Dr. Light Was Up To Something?
Sorry if this is already theorized or disproven, but in A Show of Force’s liner lyrics, we’re shown both that Dr. Light has some ability to interfere with Wily’s control of his army (his device he also uses in No Way Back) but also that he knows something awful lurks beneath Wily’s compound.
In Light’s Last Stand, Dr. Light says that if he stands a chance, it is because he’s no hero. Light’s self-recrimination is a throughline in all three acts, but perhaps here he is referring to something else.
Light shows up with a knife, only to plead for Wily to let it all go. If he disabled Wily’s guard, there’s a reasonable chance Light could actually have killed him. That implies Light’s device is elsewhere.
It seems likely to me Dr. Light has disabled the worst of Wily’s mechanical monsters, weapons Wily set to ravage the city after his death. In Act IV, we may see Wily, desperate and terrified, try to call upon his weapons of last resort, and find them disabled—or worse, infected with Light’s conscious machine software, unwilling to follow their erstwhile master’s orders.
u/TarnishedSteel — 5 days ago
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The choir in Light's Last Stand
So from the official video we know, that the choir at the end of LLS, after Light is finished singing, ends on the Banger: "No matter how dark it gets - The dead of night - Even now - Remember - There's Hope - The Dawn will break - For Man - There will be... - There will be...".
But for whatever reason, neither the lyric video nor the libretto give the lyrics for the choir in the middle starting at 3:50. I'm not sure about all of the lines, but i think, they sing this:
We can't hold out through this endless dark
All a fire needs is a single... (official, from Lyric Video)
Light: One more night to get it back, make it right, show this city what they are fighting for
The Choir: One more night to take back what we are fighting for
L: Shine a light, take it back, Oh, Emily that's worth dying for
C: In the light we'll see, if its all worth dying for (pretty sure about these)
L: Oh this city's awake
C: We will see (could also be we can see)
L: They have waited so long for this day, I can feel the beating heart
C: We will not be silent
L: Pumping blood through their veins, reaching up to climb out of the grave
C: Tell the city ? (This one i don't know, could also be Take a Stand)
L: Hands of skin, Hands of bone, and a voice like a fire
C: We will not keep quite (Now this one took a while, but when i got it...)
From here the choir just echos Light, till the final lines.
Now I don't really know why that's not in the libretto, 'cause it's awesome. The we will not keep quiet part? Finally this city seems to have learned...
Anyways here's the official video, as well as a recording of a life performance were you can here some parts better:
u/Southern-Emotion-236 — 6 days ago