Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-86.46.22.35-20130403153709/@comment-64.33.250.214-20141201133946

I'm just saying that there's an important distinction to make here between someone like Atkin Downes playing another character in a game where Kaz doesn't appear (and to a certain extent "Kaz" Miller didn't exist yet, just Master Miller), and Kiefer Sutherland voicing up to three potentially different characters, especially considering the controversy around his appointment as Snake, and the previous issue of directors not wanting Hayter to voice Solid Snake and Big Boss in the same scene in MGS4. Regardless, it's all a bit fishy.

Downes was mentioned to point out that there is a history of actors who've been recast in the franchise, some of whom had major character roles. The biggest example, which I don't think is worth overlooking, is Hideyuki Tanaka. The Emmerichs are just as much main characters as the Snakes, and yet the Japanese VA for Otacon was chosen to voice a side character IN THE SAME GAME.

Not suggesting either Akio or Sutherland WILL voice minor characters, but that they COULD. I've learned to never say never when it comes to the MGS franchise.

Besides, look at how distinct Sutherland's voice is. Even with the pitch deepening which people needed to remove to prove to less-discerning ears, it was obviously him. All I'm doing is an estimate based on all available evidence.

One could say the same about other VA performances. If you listen to The Fury and MGS4's Big Boss side-by-side, you might be able to tell it's the same actor. Doyle's delivery for the Fury was a bit boisterous, while his take on Big Boss was more subdued. Doyle's voice work sounds disimilar enough to pass for other characters, yet you can tell it's him if you listen closely. To be honest, I didn't immediately recognize the Medic was Sutherland until game theorists like Yong Yea changed the pitch of his voice.

Ground Zeroes who would have been cheaper than Sutherland, and who would have avoided the confusion and the theories.

We need to take into consideration HOW Sutherland is being paid. Is he being paid per character, per line of dialogue, or a lump sum per game? If they latter, then Konami can afford to rehire him for multiple roles without overcharging the game's budget.

It's actually highly unlikely that you would recognise somebody who is identical to you, and that is chiefly because your perception of yourself is based on mirror-images. In reality you are a mirrored version of what you think you are. Then, would you be able to immediately recognise a younger version of yourself, with a completely different hairstyle?

If that were true, then one shouldn't be able to recognize themself in old photographs. Even if neither Big Boss nor Chico noticed, someone else should have. Wasn't the Medic a member of MSF? One of Boss's staff could have picked up on this. People notice celebrity look-alikes all the time. There are entire conspiracy theories surrounding them. Chico is a fan of conspiracies, he'd be the one most likely to spot a body double. By the time of the events of Ground Zeroes, isn't Boss already aware of the LET project? You would think he'd be a bit paranoid and looking over his shoulder for evil doppelgangers.

IF Medic were Solidus, why is he so old? LET began in 1972, and GZ takes place in 1975. Meaning Cipher had 3 years or less to create a fully formed adult clone. The Medic (from what little we've seen of him) looks at least in his 20s, and sounds even older. If Medic is Ishmael, why do the voices not totally match? I can't be the only one who didn't immediately notice that Medic and Ishmael were both voiced by Sutherland. I'm sure a lot of people didn't realize until they had it pointed out to them.