Beyond the Alley of the Dolls Speculation Thread

[queen_of_the_lobsters]

Originally Posted by The Narrator

We'll have answers, of a sort, to these questions in our next chapter. Until then, my friends, sleep well.

Every phrase that the Narrator has said in the trailers to the Devil's Playhouse episodes was actually lifted from the very end of the games; All those phrases are actually teasers to the next episode. My question is, what does our enigmatic host mean by "Sleep well?" Will Sam be hit in the head with a blackjack and dragged to a laboratory (perhaps like the image in the leftmost painting in the trailer), and tied to an operating table before a mad scientist takes his DNA to develop the Sam clones? Or perhaps the Sam clones have already been developed, and are dormant in cryogenic chambers until the next episode?

It's never too early for speculation, my friends, and we'll have some more evidence to go on once Max's Brain is available online. In the meantime, let's investigate and speculate together, and see who will reach the truth first, about the Playhouse of the Bizarre...

[Giant Tope]

I don't think we have much context to work with right now.

[kane]

Nokia out gas

[Avistew]

Well, one episode is entitled "the city that dares not sleep" isn't it? Maybe there is a sleep-related threat about to arrive or something. Or really, could just be an expression, too.

I don't think it all comes from the end though. I think some of it comes from the beginning of the episode, some from the end, the way it was for Tomb of Sammun-Mak.

[caeska]

Speculating won't serve any practical purpose. It's Telltale so we know it's going to be awesome. Much better to be surprised and enjoy the content when it is released.

[The Highway]

Originally Posted by Avistew

Well, one episode is entitled "the city that dares not sleep" isn't it? Maybe there is a sleep-related threat about to arrive or something. Or really, could just be an expression, too.

I think Kane has the idea

Originally Posted by kane

Knock out gas

[queen_of_the_lobsters]

Originally Posted by Avistew

I don't think it all comes from the end though. I think some of it comes from the beginning of the episode, some from the end, the way it was for Tomb of Sammun-Mak.

Sorry, I meant "every phrase from the end of the trailers" is actually used in the end of the episode. "Prepare yourself for an epic comedy saga delivered in five monthly episodes" was used at the end of The Penal Zone, if I remember correctly, and "Keep your hands and arms inside the vehicle at all times. The ride's about to get...twisty!" was used at the end of Tomb of Sammun-Mak (This I remember correctly).

Also, I heard The Highway has a review copy of They Stole Max's Brain. Does this mean we should take his comment about the knock-out gas seriously?

[Gibbeynator]

Well, considering every title has been taken literally so far, there's probably going to an Alley of the Dolls, and we're probably going to go beyond it.

[GuruGuru214]

By that logic, "The City That Dares Not Sleep" sounds like an Invasion of the Body Snatchers type thing.

[kane]

or dream le-voles wher Yog Soggoth is the bogeyman and that mens View-Master's Precognition is more relative menig not is-act

[Remolay]

Originally Posted by kane (translated)

or dream levels where Yog Soggoth is the boogeyman and that means View-Master's Precognition is more relative meaning not exact

actually, that would be a pretty cool idea, like unhypnotizing Sam in 101 but on a larger scale

[splash1]

Originally Posted by Avistew

Well, one episode is entitled "the city that dares not sleep" isn't it? Maybe there is a sleep-related threat about to arrive or something. Or really, could just be an expression, too.

I think it's New York, after all... Who would sleep in that city?

Also, a speculation thread is to early at this point, we have no content for Episode 4 and no information from Episode 3 to give us some slight hint what's going to happen "Beyond the Alley of the Dolls".

[kane]

yes but the ideas are fun in there Owen

[OzzieMonkey]

Originally Posted by queen_of_the_lobsters

Also, I heard The Highway has a review copy of They Stole Max's Brain. Does this mean we should take his comment about the knock-out gas seriously?

fixed.

[Avistew]

Originally Posted by splash1

I think it's New York, after all... Who would sleep in that city?

I slept in it every night for ten days >.>

[splash1]

Originally Posted by Avistew

I slept in it every night for ten days >.>

So did I, but I meant if you were living in a unstable neighborhood like Sam & Max do, after all; explosions, giant robots, inhuman space gorillas attacking the city with giant laser eye canons.. Insurance Men. I don't think I'd sleep through any of that!

[GuruGuru214]

At least it would be more exciting than seeing Phantom of the Opera. That was the biggest waste of time during my trip to New York. I could've seen The Producers, or Avenue Q, or Spamalot, but nooooooooooooooooo... And then the show didn't even have the decency to be interrupted by a giant robot smashing through the wall.

[Rather Dashing]

Originally Posted by GuruGuru214

At least it would be more exciting than seeing Phantom of the Opera. That was the biggest waste of time during my trip to New York. I could've seen The Producers, or Avenue Q, or Spamalot, but nooooooooooooooooo... And then the show didn't even have the decency to be interrupted by a giant robot smashing through the wall.

...certainly, you didn't go into Phantom expecting a comedy? Because, and I'm not completely sure you've realized this, your listed alternatives are all comedies.

[Lena_P]

Personally, if I were in New York I'd go see "The Fantasticks". Then again I wouldn't be dragged to an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical if you paid me.

[GuruGuru214]

I knew exactly what I was getting into with Phantom. I was vocally opposed to seeing Phantom from the beginning. My stubborn dad wanted to see it, and the rest of the family loved it. I feel like I wasted my trip to Broadway.