Then 5 years later, Carpenter came out with "Big Trouble in Little China" starring .............. surprise surprise ..... Kurt Russell (Another awesome movie I never grow tired of watching)
The Fonz? Sir Ernest Shackleton? Sonic the Hedgehog? In fairness, though, by his own admission, he's "way past cool" so I'm not sure of he meets the qualifications or not.
It's turning into one. People are fleeing this city. It's way too expensive to live here and still have the city locked down. Plus the riots have chased a lot of people away. It's not a safe place to be.
@steelhound duncan Ended the lockdown? You're replying to my post almost a year later. Sure, the lockdown is over now, but it lasted way too long. And the city is still plagued with nonsensical mask laws. Midtown is still not back to normal, office buildings are nowhere near full, as many people are scared to return from working from home because of the increase in violence. As to their not having been riots in NY. You must have your head in the sand. Here is some video evidence: m.czcams.com/video/3B79fn6Fmj0/video.html m.czcams.com/video/2IKkjqw3OKo/video.html m.czcams.com/video/OM9vlD7Cf6g/video.html I'm sad to say NYC, my home, has become a horrible place to be. Anyone thinking of visiting, should take vacation elsewhere.
Minty: It wasn't as though they could go to New York and destroy the city. . . Me: Oh, if only they had waited 40 years, they wouldn't have had to pay to make props.
I'm from St. Louis, and one of the things we love about EFNY is spotting all of the locations used in the movie. Thing was, it wasn't just fire damage that created a perfect set for Carpenter & Co. The downtown/midtown area was largely abandoned and a lot of the buildings were boarded up and crumbling. Honestly, St. Louis was probably more dangerous than New York at the time, so Escape From St. Louis would have been appropriate, too. The last sequence in the movie on the bridge was filmed on the old Chain of Rocks bridge, which is about five miles north of the city, and it used to carry US 66 over the Mississippi River from the 20s to the 50s. It still stands today as a pedestrian crossing, and there's a little plaque on the bridge mentioning the film.
I watched a crime doc the other night about the Chain of Rocks bridge where two girls were killed. There is supposedly a memorial on the bridge for them.
Monroville Yeah, Union Station was renovated not too long after the film, as was the Fox Theater, which you see the facade of when they go to Issac Hayes’ place. In a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment, in the helicopter wreckage at the beginning, you get a nice shot of the building that would become the Schlafly Brewery.
Since I was a kid in school in the early 1980's I wanted to rent this VHS video so bad. By 1986 I did, and it's still a classic in my mental Rolodex. Who woulda thought that this would actually occur in the year 2020? Peace.
@@dub2536 I just the same thing you did.😁 Antifa has no clue what FEMA can do. Thousands and thousands of armed drones of different types. One drone can take out a big truck.
I was like 12 when this movie came out in the theaters. My dad took me to see it. At the time, its struck me as interesting that John Carpenter, then known primarily as a horror director, could put out this riveting, deeply cynical film about the near-future. People forget, but America in the early 80s was still heavily gripped by what had happened in the Vietnam War. I remember those days well. People were distrustful of government in general, and the military in particular. And I thought Snake Plissken - and the whole film, really - seemed to personify that attitude. The ending absolutely captured the mood of the country at the time. I think Carpenter, Kurt Russell and everybody else involved knew on some level they were making a generational picture. So, everybody's committed - there's not a wasted shot, not a moment where the tension leaves off until the bitter end. But 'Escape from New York' also had a lot of important lessons in it, things I think we've lost sight of a little bit in America. And I wish more people saw 'Escape' in that perspective - a cautionary tale, one that in my estimation has more relevance now than when it came out in 1981.
The Statue of Liberty getting beheaded in Cloverfield WAS a callback to the Escape from NY poster. JJ Abrhams was part of the test screening of Escape from NY and was dissapointed that the scene was never in the movie, so he put it in Cloverfield
Kurt Russell had a camp about 13 miles from my current home and childhood camp :-) Kurt was often spotted at the hardware and car parts stores in the area when he owned the camp here in Maine :-) unfortunately I never saw him
Always respected directors and actors that consistently work together, it shows an integrity and a loyalty in what could be a pretty cut-throat industry. James Gunn also springs to mind in this regard.
Love this channel. A bonus fact I've read about "Escape from New York" is that it gave the inspiration for the now classic video game "Batman: Arkham City".
Nice one, Minty. I live in NYC and quite frankly wouldn't mind escaping this infected hell-hole filled with selfish individuals who only care about themselves.
NGMonocrom You’d have to escape this country or possibly even the world. That’s why serious attempts are be made to colonize Mars, they’ve screwed this world up so badly. Toss it aside move to the next. Disposable like everything else.
Sadly, we never got the Prequel.... _Escape from Cleveland._ The one where everyone thought Snake was killed. The one where he was betrayed and another pal was brutalized. The one where we learned how he lost his eye. Nope! Didn't get any of that. BTW, congrats on 300K subs., Minty.
@@dallasdandigitalproduction393 There also was a rewritten version of Escape from Mars, that would have been the third installment, but when Russel backed out, it got rewritten with elements from Quatermass And The Pit, and supernatural elements added including a new name - Ghosts of Mars. Look at Ice Cubes clothes, and there is no doubt that it was supposed to be Snake Plissken.
Escape from Cleveland went through several rewrites and turned into a TV series starring Drew Carey. I know every time I leave Cleveland without losing an eye, I feel more bad ass then Snake Pliskon.
Loved this as a kid and even more today. Carpenter was a master of action and thrills. Love his movies, esp. The Thing. The creature practical fx are mindblowingly fantastic. Unbelievable what his fx team could do back then.And there's a rumored remake in prepro right now. I'm excited to see what happens with it.
I've always loved this movie I remember seeing the movie poster back when it first came out and it had the Statue of Liberty's head torn off laying in the middle of the street even though that was not in the movie. We would have to wait for Cloverfield to come out to see something like that. And I've always liked John Carpenter's synth music.
8:37 Speaking of re-used props: In this shot from "Blade Runner" the "building" in the bottom left-hand corner is the Millennium Falcon!!! True story!!!
Kojima made liquid snake in metal gear solid 2 hiding himself under 'pliskin" name. Whole liquid snake / big boss character is inspired by this movie. As to names - david lynch named main protagonist of twin peaks same as kid that was in same school as lynch :)
I'm pretty sure it was Solid Snake using the Plisskin name, not Liquid. Liquid died in part 1 and by part 2 Ocelot had grafted Liquid's right hand and forearm onto his arm creating the Liquid Ocelot character.
@@bghoody5665 beat me to it man... It was definitely Solid Snake... This is how he introduced himself to Raiden on their first meeting and Snake wears the eye patch and mullet type cut
This and They Live are probably my two favourite John Carpenter movies. Escape from NY has a wonderful early 80s feel to it, all that neon and the synth soundtrack (that Carpenter wrote). Bit of a shame the sequel, escape from LA was so bloody awful though. Also, I read that Russell was the first choice to play the lead in the TV show Buck Rogers in the 25th Century but said he wanted to break into movies and held out for this film, which turned out to be his big break. Not many actors have successfully gone from being a child star to an A list actor and stayed one.
@@calowenby1654 Joaquin Phoenix was only 12 when he was cast on 'Space Camp' and has built a solid career from then on but was never a big star as a child (unlike his older brother) until more recently so I guess that doesn't really count. Mickey Rooney was probably the classic child star, still appearing in big films well into his 80s.
People always knock EFLA. That was a fun movie to watch and I probably consistently watch it as much as EFNY. NY is definitely the better movie but LA is like if the Escape series was a theme park ride and definitely has the better ending, probably the best ending in cinematic history.
Scenes were filmed in two iconic buildings in St. Louis: St. Louis Union Station and what is now Schlafly’s Tap room (great beer). The fight in the ring was filmed what later became the Omni International hotel lobby at Union Station. I’ve got fond memory of that spot as I met Michael Hutchence and Kirk P. of INXS in that exactly location in 1987.
When I saw this in the cinema at age 15, I thought Snake was the most badass of all badassery, and although there has been competition in the years since, I don't take that back. One thing I would have liked for you to include is his backstory as a Special Forces war hero turned criminal -- another great detail to the character.
Two more fun facts about Escape from New York: A young, pre-Terminator, James Cameron worked on the film's special effects, specifically painting some of the matte backrounds. And J.J. Abrahms, producer of 2008's Cloverfield, was indeed inspired by the Statue of Liberty's head in the movie's poster saying this: “I loved that movie as a kid (Escape from New York), but one of the things that drove me crazy is the poster had this picture of the head of the Statue of Liberty sitting in the middle of a New York street - but it was never in the movie, and I always felt that was such a crazy, scary image, that it had to be in our movie.”
Could you do a video on Battle Beyond the Stars? I remember seeing it when it came out along with the movie you did from last video (the Black Hole) and Escape from New York when it came out. Did not realize back then that in the year 2020 the virus would be the reason why NY was locked down and eventually turned into a prison.......(prequel movie anyone?)
It kinda seems like we almost living the escape from New York scenario in 2020! Escape from La is underrated I wish they would make a 3rd one called like escape from Chicago or Escape from Detroit
*logically, Snake had reset humanity to a near preindustrial setting by setting off the world wide emp pulse...so things would have been really difficult everywhere, not just for the states...digital technology other than the most heavily shield would have been totally fried...and i get the impression that would have included most if not all satellite communication networks... After following up Escape from New York with Escape from L.A., Carpenter and Kurt Russell both were keen on bringing back Snake Plissken for a third movie. Determined to top the first two movies by going much bigger, the idea was to do a sequel called Escape from Earth. The plot would be set years after Snake had put an end to electricity in the second movie, essentially putting the entire planet into an apocalyptic wasteland. With no hope left of rescuing the planet, Snake looks to escape from Earth the same way he had New York and L.A. in sequels past. Despite Carpenter and Russell's best efforts, however, no studio wasn't willing to bite on funding the ambitious sequel, and Escape from Earth ultimately died in development hell...personally i think this would still work despite Kurt's age...in fact given the success of Bill and Ted 3 would most likely enhance its appeal*
I love your channel Minty! You're humor and dedication to pop culture are so far in my wheelhouse, they got their feet up in the lazy boy with the remote! Keep up the great work and endless thanks for keeping my pub trivia game, top shelf!
Who the fuck are you talking about? ANOTHER guy named snake? What was his name, Naked Snake? Solid Snake? Pfffft, those names sound like crap, totally not as bad ass ever, heck, the guy could destroy helicopters or walking tanks for all I care and he's still not as cool XD
I first saw Escape from L.A and did not know about new york for at least a few years after. Snake Plissken was my Hero throughout my teens. It was even one of my first Handles on the internet back in the 90's. Keep up the good work Minty on these videos. Hope to see L.A done sometime.
Can you please do Saturday Night Fever for another video? I really wanted to know things about it with a comedic twist here and there. As you can tell from my profile picture, I really love Saturday Night Fever.
I actually have an eye patch from a few months back when I had an eye infection. I was pretty young when I watched this movie and haven’t seen it in quite a while. I guess it’s time to watch it again. It’s really strange to see the twin towers still there. Thank you for another great video Minty and I hope you have an awesome day 👍
Years ago, I had to wear an eye patch due to an eye infection. It was Christmas time and my son got a BB gun that didn't work. When I went to the store for a refund, the young girl ask me why I was returning the gun. Unplanned, and at the spur of the moment, I said "Because he shot my eye out with it!". Lmao. Poor girl looked at me and slowly and saddly said "I'm sorry.".
Shadow Wolf oh no. You probably had her freaking out thinking that your son shot you in your eye. That’s something that you and your son can laugh about for a long time. Thank you so much for your reply and I hope you have a wonderful day 👍
When I was little this is what we'd play. I had the friggin eye patch (little brother had several eye surgeries) and they still wouldn't let me be Snake!!! (Girl) Still fun though💖💖💖
I'm shocked you never bright up the fact that this was Hideo Kojima's inspiration for not only Metal Gear, but was his reason he made Metal Gear Sold the game is almost a play by play of this movie from the people he meets how he gets in to the city and people he fights. Watch this movie and play Metal Gear Solid and you will see how side by side (aside from the snake name witch hideo kojima used because of Escape From New York he was a huge fan) From snake looking for darpa chief (president), finding Ottocon (the cabbie) and Meryl, also the colonel (who is the person he talks to in the movie) I thought for sure you would have this on here as its really is the movie in game form. If you did not, now you know know (radio edit)
Escape from LA, was not nearly as good. I think though that Kurt could go for a 3rd film! I think he can still play a cool anti-hero. He was great in Hateful 8, stole the show.
Definitely a classic. Looks pretty damn good 40 years later. Favorite Carpenter movies for me: EFNY, Assault on Precinct 13 and Darkstar. Seriously though, Assault on Precinct 13 is a really fun movie and Darkstar is the sillier and darker version of 2001 A Space Odyssey crossed with Alien; Dan O'Bannon of course was a developer on Darkstar and Alien.
Nice one Minty, I watched your original upload. This is easily one of Kurt Russell's greatest characters of all time. This is a gem of Movie and another Carpenter/Russell movie that was ahead of its time.
I’m 56. Kurt Russel was great. We grew up with him in several Disney movies..the computer that wore tennis shoes...the world’s strongest man etc. so he was very popular...and clever in picking good roles. John Carpenter. Escape from New York. And Big Trouble in Little China were huge hits. Great times.
I'm going to start off by saying, they need to make one more "Escape From..... "movie with Kurt Russell. How does "Escape from Planet Earth" sound to anyone? Next, I was catering a charity event where Kurt Russell was a celebrity guest. There was a moment in there where I was setting up the dining room and for whatever reason he had to come in. It was just him and me. And I still kick myself for not saying it, " Snake Plissken! I heard you were dead." It would've been worth being fired for. I have to stop Kicking myself.
Another re-upload? Why does YT make it harder for content providers to release an educational and entertaining video like this which is clearly coveres by Fair Use?
Homeless mental patients and or drugaddicts in luxury hotels and criminals let loose from jail because of covid19. Riots and a brakedown of local goverment. They don't need a model for a modern version of that movie. Just film on the streets of New York
abcde 1234 Uh, because it’s Blaze TV? Just another propaganda machine that follows any conspiracy story that comes out of the woodwork, without any major news organizations backing it up.
I was with my dad when he made a delivery in St.Luis. They still had the plane wreckage laying around, yet there was no damage to the surrounding buildings. Dad asked someone and they said Oh they just filmed a movie here. Years later we were watching the movie and noticed scene and told the rest of the family hey we were right there. Lol
I'm always getting my film recommendations/inspiration through your videos since if I don't know it and you've made a video about it then it is probably good.
Hey minty, I don't know where you getting your info from but damn man you are on point. I thought I knew the whole background of this film. Keep up the good work
I always enjoy your videos! Thank you! The deleted opening was actually filmed in my home town. Google MARTA and Atlanta Georgia. You’ll recognize the MARTA logo on the train. So fun seeing spots that I recognize. Keep up the great work!
@@momster195 yeah right this nation doesn't have no problems, we are at a perfect place. I hope we don't get to spoiled with all this greatness. Wake up!
In some ways, the film has becomes more eerily prophetic than I would have first thought.
Escape from Seattle 🤣🤣
Hugh Jassel Life is increasingly difficult for the normies still plugged into the Matrix.
J Z your a fuckn idiot that would have been obummer
Dude watch robocop 1 and 2. It further points out your idea.
Only its BLM now..where is snake when you need him..??
Then 5 years later, Carpenter came out with "Big Trouble in Little China" starring .............. surprise surprise ..... Kurt Russell (Another awesome movie I never grow tired of watching)
don't forget the Thing.
Big Trouble in Little China was a classic. One of my guilty pleasures.
@@sasavulic1236 The Thing is so good. Conceptually the most terrifying monster in any monster film. And those practical effects 😎
It's all in the reflexes.
Do you have a six demon bag like me?
Nobody is cooler than Snake Plisken.
Maybe , Maverick in Top Gun 2
Or more BAD-ASS!
I think John Rambo is on his level.
I heard he was dead.
The Fonz? Sir Ernest Shackleton? Sonic the Hedgehog? In fairness, though, by his own admission, he's "way past cool" so I'm not sure of he meets the qualifications or not.
I love how this film kicked off the early 80’s dark, post apocalyptic/authoritarian franchise.
also how in the earth they did that in early 80s? also that plane hit to building in mannhattan reference 20 years later. in 9/11
Chandeliers on a car hood. Classic
straight up OG
Newly rich Saudi Sheila had these on their cars in London during 70/80s'. Their taste improved later.
Wait a minute? This movie’s not a documentary?
It's turning into one. People are fleeing this city. It's way too expensive to live here and still have the city locked down. Plus the riots have chased a lot of people away. It's not a safe place to be.
*just as idiocracy was sent from the future to the past as a dire warning to follow a different path and not the one endorsed by Brawndo™*
@steelhound duncan Ended the lockdown? You're replying to my post almost a year later. Sure, the lockdown is over now, but it lasted way too long.
And the city is still plagued with nonsensical mask laws.
Midtown is still not back to normal, office buildings are nowhere near full, as many people are scared to return from working from home because of the increase in violence.
As to their not having been riots in NY. You must have your head in the sand. Here is some video evidence:
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I'm sad to say NYC, my home, has become a horrible place to be. Anyone thinking of visiting, should take vacation elsewhere.
Minty: It wasn't as though they could go to New York and destroy the city. . .
Me: Oh, if only they had waited 40 years, they wouldn't have had to pay to make props.
lol
Why didn't Carpenter shoot in the burned out sections of Chicago? Too dangerous? Parts of that town look like bombed out Germany in WW II
I'm from St. Louis, and one of the things we love about EFNY is spotting all of the locations used in the movie. Thing was, it wasn't just fire damage that created a perfect set for Carpenter & Co. The downtown/midtown area was largely abandoned and a lot of the buildings were boarded up and crumbling. Honestly, St. Louis was probably more dangerous than New York at the time, so Escape From St. Louis would have been appropriate, too. The last sequence in the movie on the bridge was filmed on the old Chain of Rocks bridge, which is about five miles north of the city, and it used to carry US 66 over the Mississippi River from the 20s to the 50s. It still stands today as a pedestrian crossing, and there's a little plaque on the bridge mentioning the film.
Didn’t know that. Pretty cool.
Same actually did a few drive thoughs with my New York cousins and showed them areas of filming.
I’m surprised you didn’t mention the train station used for the “wrestling match”.
Needless to say, _it got better._
I watched a crime doc the other night about the Chain of Rocks bridge where two girls were killed. There is supposedly a memorial on the bridge for them.
Monroville Yeah, Union Station was renovated not too long after the film, as was the Fox Theater, which you see the facade of when they go to Issac Hayes’ place. In a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment, in the helicopter wreckage at the beginning, you get a nice shot of the building that would become the Schlafly Brewery.
Always thought this movie was so cool, and still is.
Since I was a kid in school in the early 1980's I wanted to rent this VHS video so bad. By 1986 I did, and it's still a classic in my mental Rolodex. Who woulda thought that this would actually occur in the year 2020? Peace.
@@dub2536 I just the same thing you did.😁 Antifa has no clue what FEMA can do. Thousands and thousands of armed drones of different types. One drone can take out a big truck.
Bullshit movie
@@jothishprabu8 Run you.
I watched this with my dad when I was little.
I was like 12 when this movie came out in the theaters. My dad took me to see it. At the time, its struck me as interesting that John Carpenter, then known primarily as a horror director, could put out this riveting, deeply cynical film about the near-future. People forget, but America in the early 80s was still heavily gripped by what had happened in the Vietnam War. I remember those days well. People were distrustful of government in general, and the military in particular. And I thought Snake Plissken - and the whole film, really - seemed to personify that attitude. The ending absolutely captured the mood of the country at the time. I think Carpenter, Kurt Russell and everybody else involved knew on some level they were making a generational picture. So, everybody's committed - there's not a wasted shot, not a moment where the tension leaves off until the bitter end. But 'Escape from New York' also had a lot of important lessons in it, things I think we've lost sight of a little bit in America. And I wish more people saw 'Escape' in that perspective - a cautionary tale, one that in my estimation has more relevance now than when it came out in 1981.
Don't forget Carpenter also directed the Elvis film for TV
Hideo Kojima must be a huge fan of this movie :D
Yeah, it's a pretty open secret.
Right lol
All they need to do now is turn one of the games into a darn good movie!
😆 right!!
I always get inspired by this movie too. I think it does that anyone who seen it
Love this movie.Kurt Rusell's an underrated badass. Imagine if he,Clint Eastwood,and Charles Bronson had done a movie together.Mind blowing!.
Throw in Lee Van Cleef and Telly Savalas for good measure.
This movie can legit say "Real Life based on this Movie"
Life imitating "art"?
2020: Challenge accepted.
So can the sequel.
@steelhound duncan Think it was a joke about NYC.
i still want another snake pliskin movie
The Statue of Liberty getting beheaded in Cloverfield WAS a callback to the Escape from NY poster. JJ Abrhams was part of the test screening of Escape from NY and was dissapointed that the scene was never in the movie, so he put it in Cloverfield
Liberty Island where the Statue of Liberty lies is pretty far from Manhattan. How would the head land there?
I dunno haven't seen cloverfield
Bullshit! Abrams was a kid when EFNY came out.
@@raydunn8262 Ever seen a game of t-ball?
Kurt Russell had a camp about 13 miles from my current home and childhood camp :-) Kurt was often spotted at the hardware and car parts stores in the area when he owned the camp here in Maine :-) unfortunately I never saw him
A camp?
Sounds a bit shady.
Kurt Russel was a force in this time. My favorite of his movies is Captain Ron. So great.
Hahahaha CPT Ron, classic
Captain Ron is Snake Plissken on vacation.
"dont worry they'll get outta the way i learned that drivin the Saratoga"
Captain Ron is an absolutely amazing movie. Martin Short and Kurt Russel complement eachother amazingly.
My vote is for Jack Burton...we are in his debt! He showed great courage!
Ok, that's 37 cents for my opinion. Shit happens, cough it up
Easily Carpenter's best movie and one of the best post apocalypse films of all time
Agreed definitely my favorite!
99.999999% correct. But I freaking loved The Thing..
Bullshit movie imo.
Halloween, The Thing?
_'The Thing'_ is better imho. Plus, I love _'Big Trouble In Little China'_ and _'The Fog'_ as well...
Minty, you’ve been killing it lately. Everytime I think you are going to run out of movies you surprise me.
Always respected directors and actors that consistently work together, it shows an integrity and a loyalty in what could be a pretty cut-throat industry. James Gunn also springs to mind in this regard.
Yes, or Depp and Burton.
NYC is starting to look like the NYC in that movie
Marc P. Big facts. I’m counting down the months till I can leave. Hopefully I get out before it’s too late.
Bad Seed I work in North Jersey and have to make forays in Long Island lol I feel your pain
Could have saved money if they filmed it today, set pieces all made to order!
I was gonna say that.
@@lars1701again Seriously is it that bad over there?
Love this channel. A bonus fact I've read about "Escape from New York" is that it gave the inspiration for the now classic video game "Batman: Arkham City".
Try Metal Gear Solid
It ought to be its own video game!
@@unclebuzzyschurchofgroove6190y'know I'm surprised no one ever thought of making this movie into a video game.
Nice one, Minty.
I live in NYC and quite frankly wouldn't mind escaping this infected hell-hole filled with selfish individuals who only care about themselves.
NGMonocrom
You’d have to escape this country or possibly even the world. That’s why serious attempts are be made to colonize Mars, they’ve screwed this world up so badly. Toss it aside move to the next. Disposable like everything else.
@kalico kat I am in Washington DC and things have changed here as well. For the worse. I feel for you. Peace! Good luck.
What a bummer. I hope things improve!
@@aaronburratwood.6957 we need to make Mars appealing to the lowlifes.... so we can enjoy earth again!
MINTY ✌️
“I thought yu were dead. “
Everytime that line makes me laugh lol
Sadly, we never got the Prequel.... _Escape from Cleveland._
The one where everyone thought Snake was killed. The one where he was betrayed and another pal was brutalized. The one where we learned how he lost his eye. Nope! Didn't get any of that.
BTW, congrats on 300K subs., Minty.
Is that real? Someone actually wrote a prequel? I know there was a garbage sequel about Los Angeles.
@@dallasdandigitalproduction393 There also was a rewritten version of Escape from Mars, that would have been the third installment, but when Russel backed out, it got rewritten with elements from Quatermass And The Pit, and supernatural elements added including a new name - Ghosts of Mars. Look at Ice Cubes clothes, and there is no doubt that it was supposed to be Snake Plissken.
Escape from la was horrible
It was actually Kansas City where everyone thought Snake was killed. Brain left Snake behind and their friend Fresno Bob ended up getting killed.
Escape from Cleveland went through several rewrites and turned into a TV series starring Drew Carey.
I know every time I leave Cleveland without losing an eye, I feel more bad ass then Snake Pliskon.
So Chef was a gangster before he started working in a school cafeteria.
"Hello, there, children."
He studied culinary arts in prison so he would have gainful employment when he got out.
Gee, I haven't seen ESCAPE in 20 years, so I don't remember: did the character mention his "salty brown balls" in this flick? Stay safe.
so this is the 'super adventure club' he left South Park to join... wow :)
Well he did do quite a bit of music in the 70s and was shot up accidentally in "I'm gonna get you, Sucka"
Loved this as a kid and even more today. Carpenter was a master of action and thrills. Love his movies, esp. The Thing. The creature practical fx are mindblowingly fantastic. Unbelievable what his fx team could do back then.And there's a rumored remake in prepro right now. I'm excited to see what happens with it.
I've always loved this movie I remember seeing the movie poster back when it first came out and it had the Statue of Liberty's head torn off laying in the middle of the street even though that was not in the movie. We would have to wait for Cloverfield to come out to see something like that. And I've always liked John Carpenter's synth music.
Yea they fkd up with the poster. Should be stuck to some actual moment from the film.
Saw Cloverfield. Waste of electrons. Almost rather have a root canal with no anesthetic. Trust me.
The Statue of Liberty head was meant to be symbolic. It wasn’t just a collapse of NY, it was a collapse of the American system.
Swap out New York for Portland and this film is pretty accurate. Lol!
when all that shit started, me and my dad watched this movie and said the same thing! " look its real life now!"
Maybe you should see this...
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Why?
Detroitman. Have you been following the news at all for the past three months?
abcde 1234 Will you knock off this political propaganda garbage please
8:37 Speaking of re-used props: In this shot from "Blade Runner" the "building" in the bottom left-hand corner is the Millennium Falcon!!! True story!!!
Kojima made liquid snake in metal gear solid 2 hiding himself under 'pliskin" name. Whole liquid snake / big boss character is inspired by this movie. As to names - david lynch named main protagonist of twin peaks same as kid that was in same school as lynch :)
I'm pretty sure it was Solid Snake using the Plisskin name, not Liquid. Liquid died in part 1 and by part 2 Ocelot had grafted Liquid's right hand and forearm onto his arm creating the Liquid Ocelot character.
@@bghoody5665 beat me to it man...
It was definitely Solid Snake... This is how he introduced himself to Raiden on their first meeting and Snake wears the eye patch and mullet type cut
I know, somehow i messed the codenames lol. Come to think its one of my fav games. What a mistake haha.
Big Boss was actually inspired by Sean Connery. Solid Snake was inspired by Snake Pliskin and in MGS 2, Kojima paid homage to the movie.
It was Solid Snake, I should know.
It had an iconic soundtrack too. Very memorable.
This and They Live are probably my two favourite John Carpenter movies. Escape from NY has a wonderful early 80s feel to it, all that neon and the synth soundtrack (that Carpenter wrote). Bit of a shame the sequel, escape from LA was so bloody awful though.
Also, I read that Russell was the first choice to play the lead in the TV show Buck Rogers in the 25th Century but said he wanted to break into movies and held out for this film, which turned out to be his big break. Not many actors have successfully gone from being a child star to an A list actor and stayed one.
Yeah, I feel like Kurt Russell, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Kristen Stewart are the only people I can think of who fit that description.
@@calowenby1654 Leonardo DiCaprio, I guess fits into that definition if you class child as including teenage years
@@trevorbrown6654 Oh, good call. I also forgot about Christian Bale now that I think about it.
@@calowenby1654 Joaquin Phoenix was only 12 when he was cast on 'Space Camp' and has built a solid career from then on but was never a big star as a child (unlike his older brother) until more recently so I guess that doesn't really count. Mickey Rooney was probably the classic child star, still appearing in big films well into his 80s.
People always knock EFLA. That was a fun movie to watch and I probably consistently watch it as much as EFNY. NY is definitely the better movie but LA is like if the Escape series was a theme park ride and definitely has the better ending, probably the best ending in cinematic history.
Escape From New York = A Legendary Movie, and an integral part of my childhood and early teenage years. I LOVE IT. Carpenter = genious.
Scenes were filmed in two iconic buildings in St. Louis: St. Louis Union Station and what is now Schlafly’s Tap room (great beer). The fight in the ring was filmed what later became the Omni International hotel lobby at Union Station. I’ve got fond memory of that spot as I met Michael Hutchence and Kirk P. of INXS in that exactly location in 1987.
When I saw this in the cinema at age 15, I thought Snake was the most badass of all badassery, and although there has been competition in the years since, I don't take that back. One thing I would have liked for you to include is his backstory as a Special Forces war hero turned criminal -- another great detail to the character.
I fill in that blank with the Metal Gear Solid series.
it's hilarious how a movie from nearly 40 years ago perfectly predicted modern day New York City
Actually, when this movie was made the crime rate in NYC was unbelievable, it's gone way down since 1990.
Escape From St Louis, starring the Cardinals.
Years later, the Rams starred in the sequel....
Two more fun facts about Escape from New York: A young, pre-Terminator, James Cameron worked on the film's special effects, specifically painting some of the matte backrounds. And J.J. Abrahms, producer of 2008's Cloverfield, was indeed inspired by the Statue of Liberty's head in the movie's poster saying this: “I loved that movie as a kid (Escape from New York), but one of the things that drove me crazy is the poster had this picture of the head of the Statue of Liberty sitting in the middle of a New York street - but it was never in the movie, and I always felt that was such a crazy, scary image, that it had to be in our movie.”
Could you do a video on Battle Beyond the Stars? I remember seeing it when it came out along with the movie you did from last video (the Black Hole) and Escape from New York when it came out. Did not realize back then that in the year 2020 the virus would be the reason why NY was locked down and eventually turned into a prison.......(prequel movie anyone?)
It kinda seems like we almost living the escape from New York scenario in 2020!
Escape from La is underrated I wish they would make a 3rd one called like escape from Chicago or Escape from Detroit
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*logically, Snake had reset humanity to a near preindustrial setting by setting off the world wide emp pulse...so things would have been really difficult everywhere, not just for the states...digital technology other than the most heavily shield would have been totally fried...and i get the impression that would have included most if not all satellite communication networks... After following up Escape from New York with Escape from L.A., Carpenter and Kurt Russell both were keen on bringing back Snake Plissken for a third movie. Determined to top the first two movies by going much bigger, the idea was to do a sequel called Escape from Earth. The plot would be set years after Snake had put an end to electricity in the second movie, essentially putting the entire planet into an apocalyptic wasteland. With no hope left of rescuing the planet, Snake looks to escape from Earth the same way he had New York and L.A. in sequels past. Despite Carpenter and Russell's best efforts, however, no studio wasn't willing to bite on funding the ambitious sequel, and Escape from Earth ultimately died in development hell...personally i think this would still work despite Kurt's age...in fact given the success of Bill and Ted 3 would most likely enhance its appeal*
'Escape from Portland' - they could be filming that right now :)
Carpenter has said that if there was a 3rd movie, it’d have to be Escape From Space.
I love your channel Minty! You're humor and dedication to pop culture are so far in my wheelhouse, they got their feet up in the lazy boy with the remote!
Keep up the great work and endless thanks for keeping my pub trivia game, top shelf!
How would the Statues head even end up on the streets of New York when its on a island?
I was expecting a mention of another guy also named Snake whos based off this Snake.
Who the fuck are you talking about? ANOTHER guy named snake? What was his name, Naked Snake? Solid Snake? Pfffft, those names sound like crap, totally not as bad ass ever, heck, the guy could destroy helicopters or walking tanks for all I care and he's still not as cool XD
Me too. In MGS2, he even goes by the alias of “Plissken”to begin with. Plus later in the franchise he ends up wearing an “eyepatch”.
SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!!!
@@bigbossiswatchingyou4624 ...On a plane :p
My father was childhood friends with the costume designer on this movie and its sequel!
13:27 "...used run down parts of St. Louis." I wonder if they used the same scene for the "asking directions" segment of National Lampoon's Vacation.
The chandeliers on the " Duke's" limo . Priceless
I first saw Escape from L.A and did not know about new york for at least a few years after. Snake Plissken was my Hero throughout my teens.
It was even one of my first Handles on the internet back in the 90's.
Keep up the good work Minty on these videos. Hope to see L.A done sometime.
Can you please do Saturday Night Fever for another video? I really wanted to know things about it with a comedic twist here and there. As you can tell from my profile picture, I really love Saturday Night Fever.
I actually have an eye patch from a few months back when I had an eye infection. I was pretty young when I watched this movie and haven’t seen it in quite a while. I guess it’s time to watch it again. It’s really strange to see the twin towers still there. Thank you for another great video Minty and I hope you have an awesome day 👍
Years ago, I had to wear an eye patch due to an eye infection. It was Christmas time and my son got a BB gun that didn't work. When I went to the store for a refund, the young girl ask me why I was returning the gun. Unplanned, and at the spur of the moment, I said "Because he shot my eye out with it!". Lmao. Poor girl looked at me and slowly and saddly said "I'm sorry.".
Shadow Wolf oh no. You probably had her freaking out thinking that your son shot you in your eye. That’s something that you and your son can laugh about for a long time. Thank you so much for your reply and I hope you have a wonderful day 👍
@@sassykaren7587 You have great day too!
Shadow Wolf thank you 😊
Love this channel, thanks for the consistant great content! You rock, man!
When I was little this is what we'd play. I had the friggin eye patch (little brother had several eye surgeries) and they still wouldn't let me be Snake!!! (Girl) Still fun though💖💖💖
I'm shocked you never bright up the fact that this was Hideo Kojima's inspiration for not only Metal Gear, but was his reason he made Metal Gear Sold the game is almost a play by play of this movie from the people he meets how he gets in to the city and people he fights. Watch this movie and play Metal Gear Solid and you will see how side by side (aside from the snake name witch hideo kojima used because of Escape From New York he was a huge fan) From snake looking for darpa chief (president), finding Ottocon (the cabbie) and Meryl, also the colonel (who is the person he talks to in the movie) I thought for sure you would have this on here as its really is the movie in game form. If you did not, now you know know (radio edit)
Escape from LA, was not nearly as good. I think though that Kurt could go for a 3rd film! I think he can still play a cool anti-hero. He was great in Hateful 8, stole the show.
You’re right, Escape From LA wasn’t as good, but it’s ending was definitely worthy of the first film.
The surfing scene was ridiculous and unnecessary
Chad Falardeau That scene was pretty bad.
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I didnt like escspe from LA at all. The original is a classic. I went to see it at the Drive In when I was 11 yrs old.
5 films I continually watched as a kid.
1. Escape from New York
2. Aliens
3. Big trouble in little China
4. Assault on precinct 13
5. Predator
Awesome! Minty, you finally have covered John Carpenter's Escape From New York! This is brilliant!
Last time I was this early, Snake still had both eyes!!!!
Love this movie of course influenced Metal Gear
Definitely a classic. Looks pretty damn good 40 years later. Favorite Carpenter movies for me: EFNY, Assault on Precinct 13 and Darkstar. Seriously though, Assault on Precinct 13 is a really fun movie and Darkstar is the sillier and darker version of 2001 A Space Odyssey crossed with Alien; Dan O'Bannon of course was a developer on Darkstar and Alien.
One of my all time favorite films. Thanks!
Even at the age of 21 I thought it funny that they put a scope on a suppressed MAC 10, lol.
Even these days they put everything they can on rifles to make them look bad-ass...
George Kollaros rifles are the shit mate. I wouldn’t trade my AR for anything
A suppressed Mac-10 that had sound effects of an unsuppressed Mac-10.
bigguy130 🤣🤣
All the OG Fans know this is a reupload from like a year ago although I'm not mad cus I love escape from New York
I’m always motivated to rewatch this movie. Also love the opening theme music.
How appropriate that you are re-uploading this film at this time, as many now would really like to escape from New York.
Kurt Russel also was father of the main character in Sky High (2005)
Can you do "In The Mouth Of Madness"?
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@@cameronwaddel4072 thank you
Nice one Minty, I watched your original upload. This is easily one of Kurt Russell's greatest characters of all time. This is a gem of Movie and another Carpenter/Russell movie that was ahead of its time.
I’m 56. Kurt Russel was great. We grew up with him in several Disney movies..the computer that wore tennis shoes...the world’s strongest man etc. so he was very popular...and clever in picking good roles. John Carpenter. Escape from New York. And Big Trouble in Little China were huge hits. Great times.
Still hoping for The Toy some day.
You ass, it’s US you dumb sum bitch 😆😆🤦🏼♂️
I'm going to start off by saying, they need to make one more "Escape From..... "movie with Kurt Russell. How does "Escape from Planet Earth" sound to anyone?
Next, I was catering a charity event where Kurt Russell was a celebrity guest. There was a moment in there where I was setting up the dining room and for whatever reason he had to come in. It was just him and me. And I still kick myself for not saying it, " Snake Plissken! I heard you were dead."
It would've been worth being fired for.
I have to stop Kicking myself.
Thanks for the great mental image of what that moment would have been like.
John Carpenter made such good movies they are still fun an just as good to watch today
Ooooh yes, This was one of my all time favorites !!!!
When is Escape from Portland due out?
Soon.
Another re-upload? Why does YT make it harder for content providers to release an educational and entertaining video like this which is clearly coveres by Fair Use?
Quality man, kudos.
Been meaning to re-watch this classic thanks Minty
Lol yeah what school did he go to?! He had Snake Plisken as a guys nick name. My school we had a guy nick named Poopy Paul! LOL! True story.
There has to be a good story behind that
It’s more of a documentary now, carpenter was telling us what was gonna happen in the future
Homeless mental patients and or drugaddicts in luxury hotels and criminals let loose from jail because of covid19.
Riots and a brakedown of local goverment.
They don't need a model for a modern version of that movie.
Just film on the streets of New York
@@obelic71 Just film in any Democrap city.
@@ghostcityshelton9378 escape from L.A. is sequel .
A franchise is born 😈
Here we go with the political garbage again. Take your whining somewhere else.
Thanks Minty. This is a great film. On a list to show my son when he’s older
Literally just watched this the other day for the first time. Loved the music and dark atmosphere
Why do you have so many copyright issues all of a sudden??
CZcams's d@*kless staff keep letting people abuse "copyright" claims.
this movie has become a reality.
Imagine this movie in the 1984 realm
Agreed, New York is spiralling down like every other Democrat run city
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abcde 1234 idiot
@@NemeanLion- Can you prove anything in that video is false?
abcde 1234 Uh, because it’s Blaze TV? Just another propaganda machine that follows any conspiracy story that comes out of the woodwork, without any major news organizations backing it up.
I was with my dad when he made a delivery in St.Luis. They still had the plane wreckage laying around, yet there was no damage to the surrounding buildings. Dad asked someone and they said Oh they just filmed a movie here. Years later we were watching the movie and noticed scene and told the rest of the family hey we were right there. Lol
Love this film. Awesome video as always :)
They don't make movies like they used to!!!
Thank you deblasio for making this reality.
I don’t see how you think a single term as governor destroyed an entire city, unless you’re a Trumper.
I loved the synth soundtrack. JC was such a renaissance man writing it himself.
I'm always getting my film recommendations/inspiration through your videos since if I don't know it and you've made a video about it then it is probably good.
Yet no mention of Adrienne Barbeau (a highlight of the movie), Lee Van Cleef, or the World Trade Center.
OR Ox Baker. A pro wrestler who I was fortunate enough to meet in the 80's. A monster but a true and super cool gentleman.
Barbeau--. WOW!!
pity the follow up *escape from L A* was such a let down!
Welcome to the human race.
Great ending though.
Hey minty, I don't know where you getting your info from but damn man you are on point. I thought I knew the whole background of this film. Keep up the good work
I always enjoy your videos! Thank you! The deleted opening was actually filmed in my home town. Google MARTA and Atlanta Georgia. You’ll recognize the MARTA logo on the train. So fun seeing spots that I recognize. Keep up the great work!
Mr. Minty, please do "20 Things You Didn't Know About 2001 and 2010"
You got to do They Live, especially with what's going on in the world right now!
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I am glad you covered this film, I love both of the films
Another great video, it'd be cool to see 10 things about the Halloween films , The Fog , and The Thing ,
No mention of sequel: "Eacape from L.A."?
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Sad to say supposedly NY is a hop and a skip away from this movie.
You pretty obviously aren’t from New York or anywhere around New York.
@@momster195 De Blasio is that you?
@@momster195 yeah right this nation doesn't have no problems, we are at a perfect place. I hope we don't get to spoiled with all this greatness. Wake up!
"This is Hell. This is fate. Now this is your world and it's great..."
And here comes the political bs.........
Minty....you simply rock. Great personality and fantastic topics. You DA man! :-D
So much respect for Minty. Great videos and phenomenal taste in films