Metal Gear Solid: Movies that influenced it

Rent 15 Movies That Influenced Metal Gear Solid [Hideo Kojima]
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That's Hideo Kojima. He makes Metal Gear Solid games and really likes movies — that last part is hard to believe, we know.
 

Kojima has teamed up with video rental shop Tsutaya and wants to recommend 15 flicks that influenced the Metal Gear Solid series.
 

The campaign is taking place at Tsutayas in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Fukuoka and Sapporo as well as though Tsutaya Online. There's also a giveaway.
 

Here is Kojima's list of 15 motion pictures that have influenced MGS:
 

The Guns of Navarone
 The Great Escape
 Goldfinger
 2001
 Planet of the Apes
 The Deer Hunter
 Dawn of the Dead
 Full Metal Jacket
 Die Hard
 Heat
 Predator
 Black Hawk Down
 Children of Men
 The Bourne Identity
 Casino Royale
 

Why these movies? Kojima explains on the Tsutaya Online site how each of these influenced MGS. Here's a sample:
 

• The game's basic "infiltration mission" concept is from The Guns of Navarone.
 

• Otacon's real name ("Hal") is a nod to 2001: A Space Odyssey.

• Snake's bandana is from Deer Hunter — not Rambo.
 

• Planet of the Apes influenced MGS in that it showed how a message for society could be placed in an entertaining work.
 

• MGS4's ocotocamo was inspired by Predator.
 

• The mood and the lighting of MGS4's Middle Eastern strife was inspired by Black Hawk Down.
 

•The biggest influence on Metal Gear is the 007 series — especially Sean Connery's Bond.
 

MGS4 Cinema [TSUTAYA via Famitsu]

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Source: Kotaku.- http://kotaku.com/5135173/rent-15-movies-that-influenced-metal-gear-solid