Talk:Frank Fontaine
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[edit] Occupation
Didn't it say in the game that Fontaine started out in the Irish Mob? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.37.131.146 (talk • contribs) . Please sign your posts with ~~~~!
If you're positive, why not edit it?
Out of curiosity, how did you procure the photo of Normal Form Fontaine? Did you catch up with him in Point Prometheus?
yeah i was wondering myslef how did someone get fontains human form?
On the PC version of Bioshock you can "ghost" hack, meaning that you can enter areas or view scenes from different angles that you can't do on the XBox 360. The reason Fontaine/Atlas looks spliced at Point Prometheus is because the designers were lazy and used a splicer model for him instead. A close up of Tennenbaum using this method also reveals that a splicer model was used for her.
Wasn't it Suchong that called Tennenbaum a "diamond in the rough?". Fontaine only ever refers to her as the "Kraut."
Ken Levine says that Frank Fontaine was also partly inspired by the "Keyser Soze" character in the film, The Usual Suspects. (I'll try and find the interview link)Would this be interesting enough to be entered in the article?
[edit] Fontaine's 'Atlas' Disguise
The main article suggests that Fontaine uses ADAM to fashion his appearance into that of the handsome Atlas, which can't be right. Upon revealing himself to you following the death of Ryan, Fontaine brags about how he impersonated a Chinaman for a prolonged period, and some of the diaries imply he is able to change elements of his disguise at the drop of a hat (like his voice in the Hestia diary featuring both him and Atlas). All of this does not suggest the use of ADAM.
It isn't until much later in the game that Fontaine first uses ADAM, because he actually tells us that he's never used it before, but actually enjoys the feeling of doing so, and wants more.
How did he lift the big statue and throw it out of the way when you first see him in Point Prometheus if he never took ADAM before?
There is never a full explanation of how Fontaine changed his appearance to that of the proletariat hero. It could be a result of simple cosmetic surgery (perhaps Steinnman before he had gone mad) without the use of ADAM. Most people in Rapture were far too afraid to speak out against Fontaine, so it would of been easy for him to have it done secretively. They say that the only thing cosmetic surgery can't really change is your eyes, which makes sense seeing as how the only resemblance of Fontaine in Atlas is the eyes.The lack of Atlas and Fontaine character models makes it difficult to discern if he left the disguise behind by the time Jack sees him in Point Prometheus or his face permanently stuck as Atlas', as the recycled "waders" splicer skin looks like neither the Irish fisherman or the Bronx gangster. As for the audio diary, Fontaine was clearly able to change back to his normal voice at the drop of a hat (as seen in Fontaine's reveal).
[edit] Misanthropic?
I think Fontaine was not entirely misanthropic. What about some of his radio messages to Jack? 'You were the closest thing I ever had to a son,and that's why this hurts...'Leea 15:03, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
