Solid Snake, like Plissken, prefers to smoke cigarettes instead of the big cigars like his ‘father’ and his ‘double’ Big Boss. Plissken, Solid, Big Boss and Venom are also quite fond of smoking-although their brands differ. But given the name, and the movie’s effect on Kojima, I think it’s fair to say it might be a homage to Snake Plissken. Solid Snake also has an eyepatch of sorts, although in his case it’s sort of an enhanced tactical tool and not an actual sign of impairment. I suppose in a few ways it’s seen as a sign of a wound in combat, as many of these characters are vets of various conflicts (Fury, for example, fought in World War II and had several comic stories set in that period). Going back even further, it’s also associated with 17th century pirates and the Norse god Odin as well. Big Boss, Venom Snake and Solidus eventually gain eyepatches, a trademark of Plissken-although it’s also a trait that extends to several other ‘badass’ characters as well, including DC comic’s Deathstroke, Marvel’s Nick Fury, or both John Wayne and Jeff Bridge’s “True Grit” characters. Let’s start with the easy one to point out-Both characters are named Snake, although this extends to several Metal Gear characters, many of which are physically identical, mostly due to genetics: Naked Snake AKA Big Boss and his clones Solid, Liquid and Solidus, as well as his body double Venom Snake. When developing the “Metal Gear” series, one of Hideo Kojima’s favorite films was the John Carpenter/Kurt Russel film “Escape from New York”, which he reportedly was fond of when it first came out in his late teens (Although at time he’s denied that Snake in the games was based on Snake from the movie, it’s apparent there’s some kind of connection.
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