Did you know that the Kennedy assassination,the first atomic test at the Trinity site,and the impact of the atomic bomb on Nagasaki all occurred at nearly the same line of latitude?
MGS2 connects a presidental assassination with the potential use of nuclear weapons
The president in MGS2 shares the same last name as Kennedys successor Lyndon B Johnson, who appears in Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater.
Stanley Kubrick's film Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb,which deals with mutually assured destruction, was scheduled to have its first test audience screening on the day of the Kennedy assassination. As a result of the national tragedy,the films release was pushed back to early 1964 and edits were made including changing the ending
John F. Kennedy was said to be a huge fan of Ian Flemming's 007 novels. The series of James Bond adventures began in the early 1950s, but gained mainstream international popularity at the time Kennedy was in office.
Kennedy was especially a fan of the 1957 novel From Russia With Love, which he listed as one of his top ten favorite books.The 1963 film version was released a month before the JFK assassination and it is believed that the president saw the film a short time before his death.
007 was an influence on MGS series as well
and in Oliver Stone's 1991 conspiracy-thriller JFK,District Attorney Jim Garrison arranges a meeting with a shadowy figure named Mr X, played by the actor Donald Sutherland (Kiefer's dad)
While I can't verify it,some people belive that the cemetery shown in MGS3 and MGS4 is the Arlington National Cemetery,the burial place of JFK
Kennedys role in the 1960s Space Race is also highlighted in the series
I came across an interesting analysis of Kojima's PT demo that discusses potential JFK references as well as oter historical topics.
