So the new trailer came out and holy fuck I'm stoked. Aside from Mads being resplendent as he always is, the names of the characters stands out to me. Here are some of my (dumb) theories about them!
- Cast List
- Norman Reedus: Sam Porter Bridges Porter= Someone who carries luggage around. Bridges= Something that makes connection, which is the big main theme of this game
- Mads Mikkelsen: Cliff : Cliff = A steep geographical formation where land abruptly stops and plunge into valleys or bodies of water. Bridges are often build over cliffs to form a connection, which seems funny because Cliff seems to be the main antagonist (?) of the story (though the way he sings in the start and reassure BB at the end is, not very villainous at all) Before Mad's naked rise from the inky blackness that hides his schlong, the tittle card says something about "Those who cannot break the connection" My bet is he's gonna be the scientist that discover BB's ability to make connection and ended up getting sucked into the other side. Anyways. Mads Mikkelsen is very hot.
- Léa Seydoux : Fragile : something breakable and easily damaged. Is she going to be a deliveryman like Sam, but for especially fragile stuff? Or does this refers to her character trait? In the trailer we did see a flash of her in a containment cell, reminiscent to the ones people use for quarantine. Also in the trailer we see Higgs with his tongue all up in her face. Eugh, rude, fragile stuff are not for licking man.
- Margaret Qualley : Mama : Since the Bridge Baby is an important part of the game, is Mama their creator? Someone that takes care of BBs, fix them up if they get injured, etc? Or is it more literal, like she is their mother and gave them up for use out in the field?
- Guillermo del Toro : Deadman : In the first ever trailer we see him hiding from Cliff while clutching a BB. Maybe he's someone who has gone to the 'other side' and has returned.
- Nicolas Winding Refn: Heartman : Heart : a vital organ that circulates blood through the body. His name implies he's pivotal to the organisation. If Sam is the one who creates the connection, then he's the one who maintains it and keeps the flow of information going? In the trailers we see him getting dragged off and crying, which seems preeeeety bad cuz if your heart stops beating, you're dead. Rip Heartman.
- Tommie Earl Jenkins :Die-Hardman : Probably some grizzly old veteran of the field who's survived dangerous situation and lived to tell the tales. Or he's secretly Jake Peralta.
- Troy Baker :Higgs: (bear with me, my knowledge of particle physics ranges from shit to none) Higgs field: an energy field that exist everywhere. In this field is made up by the Higgs Boson, which is very hard to detect because it only exist for a moment when matter interact with the Higgs Field before disappearing (which explains why Higgs always dissapear after summoning BTs?) Popularly, the Higgs Boson has been called the god particle, which could refer to his godlike ability to control BTs
- Lindsay Wagner :Amelie : She started something that Sam was asked to finished. Probably the connection building. Kojima is a big movie buff, so maybe her name has an allusion to the movie Amelie? Both characters wears lots of red. In the trailer she also got kidnapped by Higgs? (the fuck is higgs doing terrorising all these girls? Stop being creepy man)
- Non-Characters Names:
BB: Bridge Baby: A literal baby that allows player to form a connection to the 'other side'. Other side literally means where dead people are? Spooky.
BT: Following BB's name, BT could mean Bridge... Terrors (cuz they scary)? Tears(cuz they tear up connections)? Tendrils (cuz of those umbilical cords)? Tragedy(they seemed to happen whenever BTs are around)? idk man
Homo Demens: Well, dick sucking jokes aside, maybe a play on word on Homo Sapiens? They see themselves as the next evolution of man who utilise the power of those scary spooky ghosts (Bet they're called Demens, Ha!) The trailer called them terrorists, Militant Separatist Group, so they'll probably be the bastards that wants to stop us from building connections. Assholes :(
Edge Knot City: Knot: a fastening of ropes (or maybe in this case, between those cable that makes connections?) Edge makes me think of the very last town before an endless wild frontier. The trailer mention something about safeguarding the independence of the city, so lost of conflict is probably gonna happen there.
UCA: United Connection of America? United Continent of America?
Also fun fact: during the tittle card that introduces the cast, everyone except for Cliff and Die-Hardman is crying! Poor babies T_T
Anyways, I dont fucking know what's going on, but I'm stoked and I'm ready to throw my money at Kojima. Mads looks so fucking awesome here, especially when he's in singing lullaby mode, scientist mode, naked swamp mode, crying evil goo mode, soldier mode, and smoking mode. God bless Kojima Productions.
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