# Escape from New York Appreciation Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 19, 2003, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escape-from-new-york-appreciation-thread/156210 "2003-02-19T22:04:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escape-from-new-york-appreciation-thread/156210/1 "2003-02-19T22:04:07Z")
Caught this one on a cable movie channel this afternoon. What a great flick!!! Snake Plissken kicks much ass, Kurt Russel is perfect in the role. One drawback was the tres cheesy 80’s synthesizer soundtrack. And the president played by… **Donald Pleasance**!!! Yeah…it could happen. The **Harry Dean Stanton** rule is in effect, and we even get treated to **Ernest Borgnine**!! I never saw **Escape from L.A.** ; something tells me it would pale in comparison with this one. I think along with **John Carpenter’s The Thing** EFNY rates as an underrated sci fi classic. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escape-from-new-york-appreciation-thread/156210/2 "2003-02-19T22:18:45Z")
“I thought you were dead…” ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escape-from-new-york-appreciation-thread/156210/3 "2003-02-19T22:55:58Z")
I remember enjoying EFNY. Specifically, I remember enjoying it on video disc (not laser disc–the old vinyl/stylus discs). ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escape-from-new-york-appreciation-thread/156210/4 "2003-02-19T23:08:27Z")
You have to love The Duke’s car, now that’s style.😉 ---
**Author:** ![NutWrench](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nutwrench/32/20193_2.png) [@NutWrench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NutWrench)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escape-from-new-york-appreciation-thread/156210/5 "2003-02-19T23:36:04Z")
I think _Escape from New York_ is a movie that is just begging for a decent sequel or remake. ---
**Author:** ![c\_goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@c\_goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_goat)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escape-from-new-york-appreciation-thread/156210/6 "2003-02-19T23:45:30Z")
Whatever you do, don’t accidentally rent _Escape From The Bronx_ instead. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escape-from-new-york-appreciation-thread/156210/7 "2003-02-19T23:47:40Z")
“President of what?” ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escape-from-new-york-appreciation-thread/156210/8 "2003-02-19T23:50:54Z")
It’s too late assholes!!!..all your imperialist weapons can’t save him now! ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escape-from-new-york-appreciation-thread/156210/9 "2003-02-20T00:14:31Z")
IIRC The cheesy synth music was written by Carpenter himself. Also, I remember my friend at the time being rivetted by the 3D computer display on the glider as he flies it around the NY skyscrapers. I didn’t find out for nearly 2 decades that Carpenter did this by putting reflective tape along the angles of cardboard boxes and sweeping a camera through them. Love it!! ---
**Author:** ![Mephisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@Mephisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mephisto)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escape-from-new-york-appreciation-thread/156210/10 "2003-02-20T00:17:36Z")
You’re the Duke! _gun fire_ heh heh heh . . . You’re the Duke . . . A Number One . . . Classic. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escape-from-new-york-appreciation-thread/156210/11 "2003-02-20T01:37:01Z")
Fun movie, with a perfect ending. When the hell are they going to put out a special edition DVD with some extras? Don’t bother with _Escape From L.A._; it’s practically a remake of EFNY, and a bigger budget didn’t make it any better. ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escape-from-new-york-appreciation-thread/156210/12 "2003-02-20T04:06:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TPWombat \* > \*\*Also, I remember my friend at the time being rivetted by the 3D computer display on the glider as he flies it around the NY skyscrapers. I didn’t find out for nearly 2 decades that Carpenter did this by putting reflective tape along the angles of cardboard boxes and sweeping a camera through them. Love it!! \*\* I read this on IMDB this afternoon and was totally mesmerized during this scene because of it. How ingenious!! They don’t make effects like they used to, huh…? It also says on IMDB that none other than **James Cameron** painted the matte of a darkened NYC skyline for the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escape-from-new-york-appreciation-thread/156210/13 "2003-02-20T06:55:09Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by **Baldwin** _: > **When the hell are they going to put out a special edition DVD with some extras?** December of this year, apparently. From Corona’s [Test Pattern](http://www.testpattern.net/scoops/archives/021209s.html): > [@](#): > > The features at this point include: > Retrospective Documentary > NEW Audio Commentary by John Carpenter and Kurt Russell > 10 Minutes of Deleted Scenes (including the “lost” original opening of the film) > Theatrical Trailer Does anyone know if the original commentary track from the laser disc release is on the current, bare-bones DVD? I might grab a copy of it for that, but I’m waiting for December otherwise. [sub]And personally, I liked EFLA, too. Yeah it was cheesy and hokey, but so was EFNY once upon a time. Though Carpenter really should have gotten Jamie Lee Curtis back to do the intro, again. They’re both still fun flicks.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escape-from-new-york-appreciation-thread/156210/14 "2003-02-20T07:58:13Z")
**DO NOT** see _Escape from LA_. The movie is an almost exact remake of the first (I am not kidding, you really wonder to yourself who they thought they were kidding.) that is ten times more expensive and three times as bad (I did the math). ---
**Author:** ![Skip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@Skip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skip)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escape-from-new-york-appreciation-thread/156210/15 "2003-02-20T10:41:44Z")
Yeah this was a cool film. And as an added trivia, Jamie Lee Curtis is the voice of the narrator/computer in the beginning. ---
**Author:** ![airdisc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e19adc/32.png) [@airdisc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/airdisc)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escape-from-new-york-appreciation-thread/156210/16 "2003-02-20T13:49:54Z")
God, I used to worship Escape From LA when I was in sixth grade. I watched it again a few months ago. It was hilariously stupid. Escape From NY however, is still a good movie. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escape-from-new-york-appreciation-thread/156210/17 "2003-02-20T13:56:23Z")
Ahem. \*\*And \*\* it has Adrienne Barbeau at her foxiest. Can’t ask for more than that. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escape-from-new-york-appreciation-thread/156210/18 "2003-02-20T14:27:35Z")
Hey, EFLA has Bruce Campbell. That alone gives it cool points in my book. ---
**Author:** ![TGWATY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escape-from-new-york-appreciation-thread/156210/19 "2003-02-20T14:51:06Z")
What is the Harry Dean Stanton rule? ---
**Author:** ![Keith\_Berry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/22d042/32.png) [@Keith\_Berry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keith_Berry)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escape-from-new-york-appreciation-thread/156210/20 "2003-02-20T19:03:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Skeezix \* > **Does anyone know if the original commentary track from the laser disc release is on the current, bare-bones DVD? I might grab a copy of it for that, but I’m waiting for December otherwise.** No commentary on the current DVD. No-frills release. There were rumors that MGM’s negotiations to license the old laserdisc commentary had gone nowhere, so it’s possible they recorded a new one for the upcoming SE. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/escape-from-new-york-appreciation-thread/156210.md?page=2)