Rambo and Solid Snake - They seem to have a lot of similarities

I know many of you are kids who were too young to know about Rambo and legendary action star Sly Stallone in their prime in the 80's, but there are some huge resemblances between Rambo and Snake. I realize Snake's name comes from Snake Plissken (another 80's badass Kurt Russell) and that he's based on the appearance of Michael Biehn from The Terminator. However the way Snake dresses, the 2ndary characters like the Colonel and the bandana are very reminiscent of rambo, not to mention the jungle survival aspect. MGS 3 and the new MGS with an older Snake in particular are strongly reminiscent of First Blood and the upcoming Rambo movie next year. Look at this pic and tell me Stallone doesn't bear a passing resemblance to an older Snake...

Or this ultra violent trailer of the new Rambo 4 movie where Sly takes on the burmese army with his mercs in the jungle...you could literally retitle the movie as MGS IV.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=wlMhB7ys-K4

for some reason the pic is not showing, here is the link of Sly basically channeling Snake:

http://billpruitt.com/jrforearm2.jpg

Never compare Solid snake to anything like Rambo, thats just a insult to MGSAgentZero225

I agree

Interesting responses. First Blood is the grand daddy of modern day action movies. It inspired the whole action genre starting from the 80's onwards. Just thought I'd point that out.

Judging by the rambo sucks comments I imagine nobody here has seen First Blood once again nor have they seen the new hyper violent Rambo 4 trailer. He basically defined badass special forces soldier for movies. Kind of like how Snake defined that for video games.

Anyonewith any idea of the characterwill rightfully admit that John J. Rambo is a big influence on Solid Snake. Just look at the terrain, m.o and clothing they both wear. Not to mention the colonels in MGS and Rambo. The eyepatch and the name are the only real similarities between Snake Plissken and Snake in MGS. Their behavior and look are otherwise different.

P.S. Rambo 4 currently is going to be the most violent movie ever made. If anything I'd consider it an honor for Snake to even be associated with a legend like John Rambo, America's greatest soldier.

Agreed. Rambo is the best action hero their has ever been. I remember seeing first blood when I was 5 and ever since then I've been a big fan. Then I played metal gear and was like, wow this reminds me of rambo's stealth

:lol: Pffffffffffffff .. Rambo would wipe the floor with Snake ..

well snake would beat rambo in a fight. :P

Never compare Solid snake to anything like Rambo, thats just a insult to MGSAgentZero225

exactly. amen.

Snake's resemblence with Kyle Reese from The Terminator is uncanny:

And Snake Plissken from Escape From New York:

No, rambo is gay and no naughty character meanwhile snake is the man. I believe MGS fans know very well what i mean

Snake's resemblence with Kyle Reese from The Terminator is uncanny:

And Snake Plissken from Escape From New York:

Silent-Hal

Rambo did share the similarities of enjoying the stealth killing and picking them off one by one but had no problem resorting to the big guns when needed. Not to mention Rambo kept getting pulled out of 'retirement' just like Snake. But Old Snake pulled off the final show a lot better than Old Rambo.

No way! John Rambo totally canes Solid Snake. Sorry MGS fans. :?

My movie brain says Rambo.

My game brain says Snake.

John Matrix from Commando would wipe the floor with the girly man known as Rambobigburd

I agree, he did rule. In the movie he killed about 100 soldiers in about 10 minutes!

John Matrix from Commando would wipe the floor with the girly man known as Rambobigburd

Pffff .. Gomer Pile could take out john Matrix .. that's saying a lot .. Rambo would eat John for breakfast ..

Interesting responses. First Blood is the grand daddy of modern day action movies. It inspired the whole action genre starting from the 80's onwards. Just thought I'd point that out.

Judging by the rambo sucks comments I imagine nobody here has seen First Blood once again nor have they seen the new hyper violent Rambo 4 trailer. He basically defined badass special forces soldier for movies. Kind of like how Snake defined that for video games.

Anyonewith any idea of the characterwill rightfully admit that John J. Rambo is a big influence on Solid Snake. Just look at the terrain, m.o and clothing they both wear. Not to mention the colonels in MGS and Rambo. The eyepatch and the name are the only real similarities between Snake Plissken and Snake in MGS. Their behavior and look are otherwise different.

P.S. Rambo 4 currently is going to be the most violent movie ever made. If anything I'd consider it an honor for Snake to even be associated with a legend like John Rambo, America's greatest soldier.

GunsNVice

I agree, Rambo is probably America's greatest FICTIONAL soldier. But the only MG game that is CLEARLY heavyly inluenced by Rambo is Snake Eater....that's one of the reasons that it will always be one of my favorite games ever. It will be the closest I'll ever get to playing a rambo-like game. lol

John Matrix from Commando would wipe the floor with the girly man known as Rambobigburd

Not even on Rambo's WORST day could he lose to Commando....it wouldn't even be close.:)....Sorry Governator Lover!!!

I feel like such a dork....I just looked at the date of this thread!!!!

Snake's resemblence with Kyle Reese from The Terminator is uncanny:

And Snake Plissken from Escape From New York:

Silent-Hal

[QUOTE="AgentZero225"]Never compare Solid snake to anything like Rambo, thats just a insult to MGSdavedouble16

I agree

MGS3 gave me a HUGE Rambo vibe, to the point that I was disappointed there wasn't a Vietnam mission in the game.

While I played very Anti Rambo in MGS3 to try and be sneaky and unlock things, I couldn't help but just tear off my shirt, equip the M60 and go nuts every once in a while on a less serious replay. Its especially satisfying to hear Snake yell a battle cry mid firing.

[QUOTE="davedouble16"]

[QUOTE="AgentZero225"]Never compare Solid snake to anything like Rambo, thats just a insult to MGSFightingfan

I agree

this is going to be interesting game, lots of videos on youtube about this, i can't wait to see if this will be avalilbe on PCDFDuppal

I love the raging people at comparing snake to rambo. Just to say something, the first rambo was fanatastic, the sequels not so much. Anyways, snake is based off Snake Plisikin from Escape From New York, also note the fact that they used the name Plisikin in Metal Gear Solid 2. Also, Metal Gear Solid's concepts in general are based off of Movies (some of the plot ideas are used right from Escape From New York in Metal Gear Solid 2) because thats what Hideo Kojima loves and he was going to be a director lol

No, rambo is gay and no naughty character meanwhile snake is the man. I believe MGS fans know very well what i mean

Everiez

Man, what was I thinking back then to post such comment 2 years ago. /facedesk

Rambo and snake are complete opposites in my opinion. Rambo is charismatic, larger than life, and has emotion. Snake just talks on the radio like he's waking up from a really bad hangover.