# The Snake Pliskin Appreciation Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 16, 2002, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snake-pliskin-appreciation-thread/98607 "2002-03-16T12:28:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2002, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snake-pliskin-appreciation-thread/98607/1 "2002-03-16T12:28:55Z")
Hey Dopers Please help me explain “Escape From New York” to my friend Christy. It came up at happy hour and I was at a loss to fully capture the essence of this cinematic masterpiece. Also, please use the word “penal” as often as possible. Chrome ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2002, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snake-pliskin-appreciation-thread/98607/2 "2002-03-16T12:30:56Z")
Sorry I ended up with multiple posts on this subject. Please close one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2002, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snake-pliskin-appreciation-thread/98607/3 "2002-03-16T12:34:05Z")
Snake Plissken? I thought you were dead! Sorry, but somebody was going to say it. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2002, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snake-pliskin-appreciation-thread/98607/4 "2002-03-16T14:02:56Z")
Simple: Snake is a kick-ass-and-take-names loner who ignores the bureaucratic bullshit rules to get the job done. The system rejected him because he wouldn’t toe the line. But when Chrunch Time comes, when the Baddest Ass on the Street has the State Department boys peeing their pants, one over-the-hill ex-warrior remembers that Snake is the ultimate Go-To Guy. There’s never been another film anything like it!😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2002, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snake-pliskin-appreciation-thread/98607/5 "2002-03-17T03:46:55Z")
And he’s such a badass that Solid Snake, the main character in the PS2 game Metal Gear Solid, saw fit to steal his name. ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snake-pliskin-appreciation-thread/98607/6 "2002-03-19T20:50:59Z")
I was upset that the only movie featuring my two favourite actors (Bruce Campbell and Kurt Russell) was so bad. _Escape from LA_ is an embarassment to the name “Pliskin.” ---
**Author:** ![Kamandi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5daacb/32.png) [@Kamandi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamandi)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snake-pliskin-appreciation-thread/98607/7 "2002-03-19T21:50:27Z")
[_“Call me Snake”_](http://www.movie-page.com/scripts/Escape_From_New_York.txt) ---
**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:** [March 19, 2002, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-snake-pliskin-appreciation-thread/98607/8 "2002-03-19T22:48:53Z")
[slight hijack] Anyone ever see “Escape From the Bronx”? Is it at all related to Escape from New York? Either way, Escape From the Bronx was a POS movie. [end hijack]