Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-83.253.11.79-20131027104259/@comment-109.149.161.167-20140421230716

Weedle McHairybug wrote: Jim Logan wrote: They were in the middle of the ocean...it was kinda  a crash landing...

I know, but the problem is that there was no place to land due to it being in the middle of the ocean, so unless some ship happened to be conveniently nearby, there's no way they should have been able to be gotten out and rushed out to the ER. If anything, they'd be stuck on the ocean floor.

Maybe it is not as it seems, as

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after the bomb inside Paz exploded the MSF medic shielded most of the blast from Big Boss (who was right behind him), if you look closely you'll see blood form on his face but no large pieces of shrapnel enter any part of his face. Also, when the smacks his head on the wall he lifts his arm up, indicating that he has not passed out etc. Right before the cutscene ends we can see that the helicopter is spinning out of control and suddenly a XOF chopper seems to collide with it....or does it? Notice how the XOF choppa doesn't actually hit the MSF one? Maybe that helicopter didn't take them down, also, the explosion wasn't THAT bad so maybe ol' Morpho could keep the whirlybird in the air long enough.

I back this up as in the red band trailer especially we can see a few shots of Big Boss wearing his MSF sneaking suit, looking out of the chopper in despair with blood on his face, however, in Ground Zeroes there was no such cutscenes and this definetly took place in 1975.

I theorise that something else brought down Morpho 1, something which would the cause Big Boss to lose his arm and have shrapnel lodged into his head. something which would cause Big Boss' heart to stop only to be revived after intensive defibrillation but to only put him into a coma. On a side note, I know Kojima would want an imitation of Zadornov's arm to be on Big Boss as a reference but personally i feel that Big Boss having an imitation of an enemies arm seems strange, there is no real attachment to it unlike the bandana. Although maybe it acts as a reminder as Zadornov coming to Big Boss in 1974 was what really caused the 'war' to begin. Yeah, I know it started in 1972 after LET but the La Le Lu.....heh....the patriots, (no speech restrictions for me) and the MSF never came into contact again until '74

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