Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-86.46.22.35-20130403153709/@comment-1904000-20140327061028

Elliottmaxwell wrote: 174.106.195.138 wrote: I think Ground Zeroes is a movie centered around Zero's idea to elevate the image of big boss into the legendary soldier he was portrayed as throughout the rest of the series. I'm right there with you, theres so much support for this theory it seems like it HAS to be it.

Apart from what you mentioned theres also the static used in a lot of the menus and the loading indicator.

The fast credits at the end of every mission.

The two "to be continued" at the end of Ground Zeroes. One for the game, and the other for the movie.

Theres also that poster for GZ in one of TPP trailers, athough that is a little too out there.

I'm almost positve that there is more that I can't quite remember right now. So... Big Boss having to abandon his dying comrades at Mother Base, and getting near blown-the-fuck-up, it supposed to elevate his "legendary soldier" image? Not to mention that if the "To be continued..." is meant to be for The Phantom Pain if this were a movie, then Zero is practically campaigning against himself since all Big Boss and Kaz want to do is get revenge on Cipher.

Then we have Kojima literally stating that MGSV is supposed to resemble a TV show rather than a movie. Ground Zeroes is a literal translation of that - obvious from there being credits at the end of every mission to how fast they are going. Generally, movie credits go on longer than TV show credits, and TV show credits are usually much shorter.