The first post. And I'm going to make it a frivolous, disjointed effort about Escape From New York. With Kurt Russell being basically my favourite actor and John Carpenter my favourite director, it just seemed to make sense. I'm not going to bother with a full blown review but rather concentrate on some of the smaller points of interest surrounding the film. (Which basically means I'm tired and can't write anything coherent.) There's a little linkola that'll play the theme from the movie, so that can be listened to whilst reading. Or you can just turn it off after a minute when it starts to get annoying.
It Begins!
When film posters made your pubic hair grow a little bit faster.
Yeah, that's right. They made a board game. Some crazy, wild hearted bastard at TSR boardgames took a chance and threw the dice. I'm not sure how you could re-create the heady thrills of the film in your living room, with your racist Uncle and your Grandma goading you to get your hair cut, but I found this summary for the game:
'This modest board game, based on the John Carpenter movie, casts each player as Snake Plissken, an ex-con sent on a rescue mission into a giant prison once known as New York City. Players begin with weapons and equipment cards used to help fight enemies and find clues. Cards can be lost in fights or gained at landmark spaces. Turn in matching clue cards at the corresponding location to rescue the president or his important tape. To escape, you still need to find a glider or a map to the mine fields.
Fans of the movie will enjoy the chance to encounter Slag, Brain, Cabbie, Maggie, the Duke, and Romero with the opporutnity to gain them as allies during the game. Players win by obtaining the Tape first and foremost, failing that - the President himself. The game is very faithful to the movie and players will find that they can mirror many scenes of the movie in the game.'
Finally, a chance to say to your Grandmother; “I don't give a fuck about your war... or your president.”
I'm glad the tape has 'The Tape' written both on and underneath it. I thought it was an orange when I first looked at it.
The bank robbery that puts Snake in the clutches of the government. It's a pretty cool scene with a nice flowing single take opening. I can understand why they cut it for reasons of brevity but I'd quite like it in some 'Director's Cut' doo bob:
I'm know there's a lot more Escape from New York esoterica out there; You got your comic books, quilt covers, Plissken head Lampshade etc but this guy actually made a Snake action figure by hand:
Which leads you into gawping at all the other amazing stuff he's made:
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