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(the director of Mad Max) in the impor- have begun to find their way into the stopped meeting in person, and became
tant role of Tarman, who is the captain of mist; these entities are called BTs (bea- more isolated. Social, cultural, and politi-
the ship, one of the narrative centres, and ched things). When they come into con- cal ties between humans began to break
the base of operations for this story. He tact with humans, the result is instant down.
is a fine character. Additionally, we also annihilation, leaving a void and a massi-
have the Philippou brothers, who will re- ve crater in their wake. But that was only Death Stranding hastened the extinc-
lease «Bring Her Back» in cinemas in sum- the beginning; a strange rain began to tion of humanity. Seeing this, Bridget
mer 2025, following the success of «Talk fall from the sky and quickly influenced Strand, the last president of the United
to Me», along with notable performances everything it touched, a phenomenon States of America, founded Bridges. Bri-
(not credited) by Guillermo del Toro and nicknamed ‘Timefall.’ Structures sud- dget Strand founded Bridges to provide
Nicolas Winding Refn in key narrative ro- denly rusted and collapsed. The world a future for all of humanity. Sam was a
les. became completely unrecognisable; the humble courier who also possessed uni-
people who survived these changes be- que powers of repatriation (he never
In this storyline, the world as we know it came afraid of Timefall and the BTs and dies; he is repatriated from the world of
is in a horrible state, all because of the retreated to the remaining cities, which the dead). Equipped with a Q-pid (a ne-
‘death stranding’ that has blurred the in turn closed their doors to the out- cklace-shaped computer) from Bridget
lines between life and death. The dead side world. People stopped travelling, and a BB (future baby Lou), he embarks