Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-86.46.22.35-20130403153709/@comment-6747658-20140811165423

64.33.250.214 wrote: 0nighthawk0 wrote: I still say the casting department made a bad call with finding an actor for Solidus for Rising and based his appearance of how he appeared in MGS2 without keeping in mind of his actual age and possible appearance during that time. And honestly, it's quite dismissable since no infant of 3 years old or younger could have started watching Big Boss, they don't produce full grown men after all. People keep forgetting the whole "accelerated aging" thing.

What if The Patriots made Solidus's have the opposite effect of the other clones? When Liquid and Snake near middle age, their aging kicks in. When Solidus nears middle age, his aging slows down. Realistic? No. But this is a video game series that often flies in the face of reality.

Remember, The Patriots wanted Solidus to age super fast to create a President in the image of Big Boss. No, in this case people are giving the accelerated aging far too much credit, first of all, I'll say it again, no clone could be watching Big Boss for 9 years because they would have to start watching him as infants. Secondly, accelerated aging just doesn't work that fast, it cannot possibly produce a fully grown man whom seems to be in his 30's at the age of 12, it just isn't possible.

And I know, people will point out the clip from Rising, but as I've said before, I still fully think the casting department made a mistake there and judged the character's appearance on how he appeared in MGS2 and not how he would actually appear since by that time, he isn't even an adult yet in terms of age. It's not the first time such casting mistakes have been made.