The Weird Way Metal Gear Solid Avoided Being Sued (Fact Fiend Finally have a Sponsorship)

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Published on August 10, 2020 3:00:14 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHc_tUkJVBU

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Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004)

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The Metal Gear series is full of references and homages to many different films, so are we surprised when someone tried to sue them?

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Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbC-OFtTwOs
https://metalgear.fandom.com/wiki/Media_influences_on_the_Metal_Gear_series
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/john-carpenter-speaks-halloween-secrets-834754
https://metalgear.fandom.com/wiki/Solid_Snake
https://metalgear.fandom.com/wiki/Big_Boss
https://www.copyrightuser.org/understand/exceptions/parody-pastiche/
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/did-you-know-that-david-bowie-is-actually-every-metal-gear-solid-character/1100-6418663/#:~:text=David%20Bowie%20is%20an%20acclaimed,every%20Metal%20Gear%20Solid%20character.&text=In%20addition%2C%20series%20creator%20Hideo,to%20gaming%20goes%20deeper%20still.
https://www.digitalspy.com/videogames/a801530/13-video-games-that-stole-their-covers-shamelessly-from-movies/

Images:
Metal Gear,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_Gear
Escape From New York,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EscapefromNYposter.jpg#file
Snake Plissken,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SnakePlissken.jpeg#file
Naked Snake,
https://metalgear.fandom.com/wiki/Big_Boss
Metal Gear Solid 5,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Metal_Gear_Solid_V_The_Phantom_Pain_cover.png
Solid Snake,
https://metalgear.fandom.com/wiki/Solid_Snake
Terminator Cover,
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088247/
Metal Gear,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal_Gear_(video_game)
Hideo Kojima,
Georges Seguin (Okki) / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)
David Bowie,
Elmar J. Lordemann (de:User:Jo Atmon) / CC BY-SA 2.0 DE (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/de/deed.en)
David Bowie influence,
https://www.reddit.com/r/metalgearsolid/comments/3c0tst/bowie_references_in_mgs/
Metal Gear Solid 3,
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Metal-Gear-Solid-Subsistence-PS2/dp/B0009RWHZ0
The Fury,
https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/The_Fury_(Metal_Gear_Solid)
CanalPlus,
https://www.canalplus.com/
Konami,
https://www.konami.com/games/eu/en/
John Carpenter,
Nathan Hartley Maas / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)
Smash Bros,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Super_Smash_Bros._Ultimate.jpg#file
Twitch,
https://twitch-streamers.fandom.com/wiki/Twitch

Videos:
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (2015),
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2370518/
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004),
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365498/
Escape from New York (1981),
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082340/

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"Two Finger Johnny" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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