The new trailer for death stranding has finally landed and it's impressed everyone with a big and capital WTF in their heads. It's time for speculation time!
Once there was an explosion... a bang which gave birth to time, and space. Once there was an explosion... a bang which set a planet spinning that space. Once there was an explosion... a bang which gave rise to life as we know it. And then, came the next explosion...
This entry dialogue describes an "explosion" which sets off the birth of something. Space-time led to a planet, planets led to life, and it seems that life will give lead to something completely new; a whole, brand new creature/thing. Could it be artificial intelligence? Artificial intelligence would likely be considered to be under the category of life... but life as we know it? Perhaps not!
The next few seconds is a shot that pans up to Norman Reedus. Note how there are tiny, primitive forms of life (plants) as it pans, but they do not cover the rest of the land. They also seem to disappear later on the trailer.
Norman is wearing a suit that has the word PORTER written on it. Is Porter the name of Norman's character? Is Porter the name of another company? Norman does not wear the same outfit as the other two humans in the scene; it's then safe to assume then, that he is probably not an employee or whatever of BRIDGES, but is affiliated with them somehow.
Norman struggles to move over to what looks to be like a preserved Mummy-like thing. Could this have been an archeological mission? Were the three tasked to retrieve this mummy from somewhere? Though the land seemed to be barren, we did see plants earlier, there is weather similar to earth, and the characters do not need any breathing apparatuses. This seems to suggest that they are either on Earth, or an earth-like planet somewhere else in the cosmos; although the previous two trailers seem to suggest that there is no technology that has been developed for interstellar travel yet.
Next we get a close up of the two men in orange uniforms. They both have the BRIDGES emblem on their shoulders, suggesting that they work for this company. In the 2nd trailer, we also see the BRIDGES pin on the fat executive looking guy's tuxedo. BRIDGES is probably a key figure in this game. Maybe they helped contribute to the "explosion" mentioned earlier in the monologue?
Shit, they're here!
The 4 pin thingy (?????) starts to react and it seems like the BRIDGE folks are aware of this invisible "entity" that is roaming around. It looks like the 4 pin thing was designed for this very purpose; to detect these entities. This would suggest that BRIDGES probably had something to do with these black oil entities, or else they would not develop specific technology to detect them, or even know how to.
SAM!
Shut up, don't even breath
We now know that Norman's character's name is SAM. We also know that the BRIDGES employee are not very knowledgeable about these entities; otherwise they wouldn't need Sam to tell them to "not even breath". Does Sam know about these entities? Did he help create them in the first place?
The BRIDGES employees also have this colored ring around their wrists that seem to be an indicator of their health. As seen here, the guy who's leg got crushed has an orange light, symbolizing he's close to dying, while his partner has a blue light. Later on when the guy stabs himself to death, the light goes from blue to yellow to orange, and then red. Sam doesn't have this wrist light.
Then we see the black entity engulf the mummy figure and see it evapourate. The skull seemed to be made of gold, yet it dissolved anyway. It doesn't look like anything can stop this black entity. The black entity approaches Sam and he desperately tries to get away. It only grazes him, yet one of his foot nearly dissolves. That must hurt like shit! Yet he keeps his calm and hides his presence to the black entity. The guy behind him chooses to not listen to Sam's earlier suggestion and screams out instead - not the best idea. This is probably not Sam's first encounter with these entities.
The guy who screams get dragged away and his partner shoots him. Maybe death was the best for that guy? Could it be that the black entity strands him between life and death? When he dies, the 4 pin sensor also stops detecting anything, suggesting that this black entity is closely tied to human life. Without human life, it ceases to exist.
Next we see Darth Vador probably Mads' character. He does the signature finger pointing thing that was seen in the 2nd trailer, and seems to have a 3-pin thing on his shoulder similar to the 4 pin detector thing. Perhaps it was an earlier iteration? It's also orange, but that might just be aesthetics. The finger guns disable the 4 pin detector on the dude's suit, leaving him blind to the black entities surrounding him. He then panics and starts shooting sporadically as the black entity engulfs him.
How come Mads didn't shoot Sam as well? Was it because he kept quiet this entire time and "hid" his presence? Could Mads be a human manifestation of the black entity? He seems to have the power to control it. If that's the case, then it would make sense that maybe Mads didn't sense Sam's presence there.
The other BRIDGES guy tries to kill himself but fails. Being captured by the black entity seems like a consequence that's worst than death. He lives to see himself being pulled in by the giant; and then a huge explosion happens.
Sam picks up the baby, and his own 4-pin detector thing spins up. Is the baby a power source? Could the baby be what detects the black entity? In the 2nd trailer, the executive guy also reluctantly connects the baby to himself when the black goo approached him. Could babies be a valuable resource in the game?
Then we cut to the ocean. A brief moment passes and we're shown that some black stuff is embeded onto his skin. In the first trailer, his body was full of marks like these; but here, his body seems to be relatively clean. This could mean that the events of this trailer takes place before the first trailer.
A giant wtf swims across the surface of the ocean. As another redditor has pointed out, all the fish are swimming upside down for some reason.
We then catch a glimpse of the BRIDGES logo. Interesting that it says United Cities of somewhere. It's likely that it's America, although the picture was not clear. To reflect this, the would be country of USA (UCA?) is not divided into states but what appears to be a web structure. Each connection point could be one of the "cities". The center point of the web also has a giant chunk of land that seems to be missing when compared to a USA map. Could this have been the explosion that was mentioned earlier? If so, that's a huge fucking explosion to leave a dent on the map like that. Was New York City the epicenter? My US geography is not that good, if anyone could point out where that is we might be able to get somewhere.
Then we get that weird baby scene. It seems like Sam actually died in the explosion just a bit prior, but since the baby was there, he was revived. The baby is now full of black goo, maybe it died or lost it's use. We then see a huge crater before him, probably from the giant explosion. No way he survived that, for sure.
And then came the next explosion... an explosion that will be our last.
So far this trailer leaves a lot more questions than answers.
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Mads is probably the antagonist
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BRIDGES has something to do with the black entities. Could it have been developing weapons?
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Babies are probably a form of resource
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This likely takes place on Earth
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What are the 5 men in the air?
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why do fish swim upside down? Why is marine life dead in the other trailers?
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Is there time travel? how is Mads seen in World War 2 in the previous trailer?
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What/who is PORTER?
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