Konami/Kojima could have been sued by John Carpenter/Canal+ over 'MGS being a ripoff'

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AbbathTheGrim on 27 October 2015

- John Carpenter revealed during an interview with the Hollywood Reporter where he talked copyright case against Luc Besson

- John Carpenter said when asked the following:

HR: CanalPlus has some problem with Luc Besson?

Yes! Oh, yes. He has another company. But I think they’re actually doing some business with him, too. [CanalPlus] wanted to also go after the video game Metal Gear Solid, which is kind of a rip-off of Escape From New York, too, but I told them not to do that. I know the director of those games, and he’s a nice guy, or at least he’s nice to me.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/john-carpenter-speaks-halloween-secrets-834754

Escape from New York trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckvDo2JHB7o

So yeah, Konami/Kojima were saved the hassle of going through a legal process thanks to Hideo Kojima being a nice guy. lol

Do you think suing Konami for alledge copyright infringement had any basis when comparing Metal Gear Solid to Escape from New York?

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PieToast on 27 October 2015

Good thing they didn't because the Metal Gear series -or at least the first one- was supposed to pay homage to a lot of action movies from that era, and Escape From New York was one of the obvious inspiration that it wore on it's sleeve. I'd even go as far to say that it was intended to deconstuct them but that's a subject for another day.

Interesting piece of trivia: Solid Snake's alias in MGS2 was Iroquois Pliskin, which was also the name of the main character in Escape From New York

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Mr Puggsly on 28 October 2015

I think MGS series has been pretty upfront about being inspired by old action movies.

In fact, I'd even say the Escape From New York reference in MGS2 was blatant.

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vivster on 28 October 2015

That Metal Gear Solid trailer really looks kinda like Escape from New York.

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sethnintendo on 28 October 2015

Eye patch is on different side so it should be all gravy.

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AbbathTheGrim on 28 October 2015

PieToast said:
Good thing they didn't because the Metal Gear series -or at least the first one- was supposed to pay homage to a lot of action movies from that era, and Escape From New York was one of the obvious inspiration that it wore on it's sleeve. I'd even go as far to say that it was intended to deconstuct them but that's a subject for another day.

Interesting piece of trivia: Solid Snake's alias in MGS2 was Iroquois Pliskin, which was also the name of the main character in Escape From New York

Yeah, and can't forget "Snake" Plissken part:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_Plissken#Background

But beyond paying homage, MGS is a complete beast of it's own.

Maybe they'd end up losing a legal process though, with how things work sometimes.

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