Silent Hill 2 owes a lot to Christina Aguilera on the 1999 Teen Alternative Awards

Konami’s Silent Hill collection is famously impressed by movie and popular culture, as confirmed by the primary sport’s sturdy Kindergarten Cop affect. However one particular ’90s reference in Silent Hill 2 has been fascinating followers for greater than 20 years: the sport’s Christina-Aguilera-at-the-1999-Teen-Alternative-Awards connection.

Maria, one in all Silent Hill 2’s antagonists, is clearly modeled after Aguilera’s pink carpet look at that inaugural Teen Alternative Awards occasion. Aguilera, who was nominated for her “Genie in a Bottle” video, confirmed as much as the Fox community awards present carrying a raspberry cardigan, a pink and black leopard-print skirt, and a gold medallion physique chain. That’s practically similar to the outfit worn by Maria in 2001’s Silent Hill 2, which might suggest two issues:

For the document, right here is Christina Aguilera on the 1999 Teen Alternative Awards:

The visible similarities are putting, a lot in order that the Silent Hill 2 remake developer Bloober Staff and Konami have up to date Maria’s look for the brand new model — probably to lastly disassociate Maria from Xtina. In the identical preliminary assembly scene, we see that Maria is now carrying a pink leather-based jacket and a black leopard print costume. Her butterfly tattoo has been moved to her chest, now that her midriff now not abides late-’90s trend developments.

The builders of Silent Hill 2 have been fairly forthcoming about their influences, pointing to David Lynch movies Blue Velvet and Misplaced Freeway and Adrian Lyne’s Jacob’s Ladder as sources of inspiration. Stanley Kubrick was additionally a giant affect, in keeping with Japanese-language Silent Hill 3 Official Full Technique Information, which touches on the general collection’ inspirations, with builders noting that Vincent D’Onofrio’s Leonard “Gomer Pyle” Lawrence served because the reference mannequin for Silent Hill 2’s Eddie Dombrowski.

One different extra refined, however nonetheless vital, visible affect comes from one other piece of late ’90s cinema: Simon West’s Con Air. Like Maria, James’ late spouse Mary’s look seems to have been strongly impressed by an actual human. Mary’s model seems to be lifted from Tricia Poe (performed by Monica Potter), the spouse of Cameron Poe (performed by Nicolas Cage) in that memorable motion film. Tricia and Cameron’s daughter Casey can be possible the inspiration for Silent Hill 2’s Laura.

The Laura inspiration is extra than simply pores and skin deep, for what it’s price. Each Silent Hill 2’s Laura and Con Air’s Casey love to attract and have an affection for stuffed animals.

Whether or not any of this trivia is of any use to humankind is up for debate. However for the fan who needs to one-up the know-it-all who factors out that the primary Silent Hill sport was closely knowledgeable by Kindergarten Cop, you’re now armed (or mentally refreshed) with the data of the Christina Aguilera on the 1999 Teen Alternative Awards/Con Air/Silent Hill 2 connection — with which you’ll kneecap any individual making an attempt to flex their survival horror trivia powers.

Anyway, the Silent Hill 2 remake is out now on PlayStation 5 and Home windows PC. It’s nice.