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Before Solid Snake was sneaking around Shadow Moses, Kurt Russell had already given the movies a Snake of their own. In 1981's Escape from New York, Snake Plissken walks into a nightmare wearing an eyepatch and looking thoroughly unimpressed. Hideo Kojima was watching. That influence eventually reached Metal Gear. And years later, John Carpenter said the people who shared ownership of his film wanted to go after Metal Gear Solid. He discouraged… Read more