Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-86.46.22.35-20130403153709/@comment-24.98.187.17-20130720051408

To ponder on:

It appears that we have 3 of the 6 "Sons of Big Boss" in this game - Liquid (Eli), a young Mantis, and Ocelot. Any further evidence in future trailers that give us suspicion that Vulcan Raven and Sniper Wold (very young) may have some presence in the game strengthen the theory of a possible Big Boss decoy being Decoy Octupus (and/or possibly Ishmael).

Unrelated to Ishmael:

Second, while there are multiple reference to Moby Dick in the game, Kojima has always included Bible references in these games - Adam and Eve, Eli (Liquid) and David (Solid), etc. But also in the original trailer of THE PHANTOM PAIN (the VGA trailer), the words "Open Your Eyes" came across the screen twice. OPEN YOUR EYES was a Spanish film made in 1997 that was remade in 2001 as VANILLA SKY - similarities between the trailer and the film?

Third, it's worth looking up that the song in the E3 trailer is entitled "Sins of the Father", which was also a Black Sabbath song. Read the lyrics to the Black Sabbath song and tell me there is no connection. What it means? Probably nothing, but interesting none-the-less.

Fourth, I wouldn't be surprised if this game leaves us with some sort of cliffhanger. I have reason to believe this except for the time period. What the cliffhanger will be will lead into the next MGS game and I think, at the end of the game, we will see Big Boss meet the son he never thought of but the soldier he always respected - Solid Snake. The next game/series of games I bet we see Big Boss and Solid Snake working together (some mission we are unaware of yet) prior to Metal Gear 1.