Have Bloober and Konami ALREADY BOTCHED Silent Hill 2 Remake's story? (and it isn't even out yet)
260Silent Hill 2 Remake's announcement trailer basically gives away the twist of the game, and erodes any confidence I may have had regarding Bloober's ability to faithfully and competently re-tell Silent Hill 2's story.
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CONTENTS:
00:00 Intro
02:25 The original (and context as a sequel)
06:30 The remake (and why we study literature in school)
11:21 Changing the ending?
14:23 Masahiro Ito & Akira Yamaoka
18:50 Outro
LINKS AND SOURCES: -----
Silent Hill 2 (remake) trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyC_qiW_4ZY
Silent Hill footage from On The Branch Gaming:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5H1MaflSUE
"Blair Witch" gameplay from SHN on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvdSi03qBAE
"The Medium" gameplay from SHN on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLMARkLs7Ss
Silent Hill Homecoming clips from Survival Horror Network (SHN):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRLc4VdAxic
"Bloober Team Doesn't Deserve Silent Hill" by James Stephanie Sterling via YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFLE_UE7Oz0
"Bloober is AWFUL at Writing Stories | Bloober's Blair Witch Review" by MertKayKay via YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMyr-kbGv5k
"How to MISS THE POINT of Silent Hill | The Medium Review" by MertKayKay via YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUvscUZzUNs
"Why are fans so resistant to the Good+ ending of Silent Hill?" by MegaBearsFan:
http://www.megabearsfan.net/post/2013/11/20/Why-are-fans-so-resistant-to-the-Good-Plus-ending-of-Silent-Hill.aspx
Masahiro Ito on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/adsk4
Tweet about Disney censorship in Falcon And Winter Soldier by MCU - The Direct:
https://twitter.com/MCU_Direct/status/1508936124886142985
"What's Lost When Censors Tamper With Classic Films" by Niela Orr @ New York Times:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/06/magazine/the-french-connection-edit-racial-slur.html
Clip from "MacBeth" (2010), copyright BBC
Clips from "Making of Silent Hill 2", from European PS2 release of the game, copyright Konami.
Clips from "Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope: Special Edition", copyright Lucasfilm, 20th Century Fox.
Clip from John Carpenter's "The Thing" and "The Thing" (2011), copyright Universal Pictures.
Musical selections "Magdalane", "White Noiz", "Forest", "The Darkness That Lurks In Our Minds", "True", "Betrayal", "Black Fairy", and "Theme Of Laura (Reprise)"
from Silent Hill 2 by Akira Yamaoka, coyright Konami.
Musical selection from Silent Hill 2 Remake trailer by Akira Yamaokia, copyright Konami.
Musical selection from "The Thing" by Ennio Morricone, copyright Universal Pictures.