Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-86.46.22.35-20130403153709/@comment-64.33.250.214-20140812221849

0nighthawk0 wrote: 64.33.250.214 wrote: 0nighthawk0 wrote: Bluerock wrote:

0nighthawk0 wrote: My point remains though, his appearance in Rising isn't enough to claim he is Ishmael and I still find it impossible. Also, if it really was so, then why does Ishmael sound like Big Boss when Solidus clearly sounds different then Big Boss, voices do not change like that after all (not counting in the VA change for Big Boss) I agree. I still believe its Big Boss himself, as some kind of hallucination, and after a whole year of further fan speculation nothing yet has convinced me otherwise. Yes, I firmly believe it as well that Ishmael is a hallucination, Big Boss's mind helping himself so to speak. All these crazy theories about him being a clone or even Solidus just don't fly with me. Gray Fox is a possibility but only if Kojima decided to retcon his backstory again since he's supposed to be in Rhodessia during those 9 years. "why does Ishmael sound like Big Boss when Solidus clearly sounds different then Big Boss"

Easy answer: Kojima recast the VA, just like he did with Hayter.

Funny that you say Solidus's appearance in Rising isn't enough to go on, yet you believe Ishmael is a hallucination because he doesn't touch Boss in the trailer. Some would argue that's not exactly SOLID evidence... (see what I did there?)

Why would Kojima bother to give a hallucination a name? Why would a hallucination say he's been watching over Boss? How can a hallucination watch over someone? If Big Boss is so messed up in the head that he's hallucinating people, why do we not see the hallucination in any trailer beyond the hospital? And if this is some ability Boss has to help himself, why have we never seen it before? How is that an easy answer when it was already established that Big Boss and Solidus sound nothing alike and yet suddenly they do? That's not an easy answer that's just claiming it to be so purely to use it as excuse that he would apparently be Solidus.

And for the record, the trailer gives enough evidence on that because Ishmael clearly says they need to hurry to get out, if they were in such a hurry then he would and should have helped Big Boss move around because clearly Big Boss is incapable of doing such. Rather contradictory isn't it?

And why would a hallucination be given a name? Oh I don't know, characterization perhaps? Ever watched the movie Fight Club? In the whole movie there is a secondairy main character whom is nothing more then the illusion, the hallucionated of the lead main character.

As for the lack of further hallucinations, surely you have noticed the child Psyhco Mantis to be there? That alone is a pretty big hint why hallucinations are happening there at that time, and have we seen him in anything else passed the hospital? Nope, neither do we see Ishmael passed the Hospital. If Kojima recast Big Boss, making him sound totally different than Hayter, what makes you think he can't or wont recast Solidus? One of the reasons Big Boss was recast, was to have a veteran film actor for facial motion capture. John Cygan, the original voice of Solidus, is not as experienced as Keifer. Since Keifer has much physical experience as an actor and is already in the role of Big Boss, it only makes sense for him to replace Solidus as well. Let's not forget that Solidus in Phantom Pain would be younger, and may not have yet started the habit of smoking cigars.

Ishmael does help Big Boss in the trailers. You can see him pulling Boss and grabbing him in several scenes, and the trailer scenes are only a few clips of his entire appearance in the game. If Ishmael were Solidus, he wouldn't want to get too close to Boss. In case Boss tried to peek under or grab his bandages and reveal his identity.

Tyler Durden in Fight Club isn't a hallucination so much as he an imaginary friend. He's also a completely different character, with his own unique voice and appearance. If Big Boss is imagining someone to help him, why would he imagine a hospital patient and not some badass persona like Tyler Durden? If Ishmael were a hallucination, then Kojima could make him look like anyone.

The hallucinations Mantis projects are distorted. Ghost Volgin doesn't look exactly like Volgin, he looks like a flaming shadow version of Volgin. Ishmael is a fully realistic looking character. Again I ask, when has Boss ever shown the ability to project hallucinations? When Boss was knocked unconscious after jumping into the river in Snake Eater, he entered the spirit realm and saw ghosts. But the ghosts were clearly ghosts, and there wasn't some imaginary character there to guide him out.