So, I agree, the effects aren't always charming and sometimes a little, bizarrely awful. 80s special effects are charming, handmade, skillful and better where as early CGI in the mid-90s is laughable and the blue/green screen work we'd forgive for looking a little wonky in the 80s, feels tired in the 90s, especially as this film comes out post Jurassic Park. I want to live in a world where they ALL exist because they're all pretty awesome, please don't make me choose!ĭo I recognise that it's not as iconic or hip as Escape From N.Y.? yes, of course, I get that but one was made at the end of the 70s/early 80s and benefits from the fact that we now find that to be a golden age of cool, weird, wonderful and even cosy film-making. That's like asking me what my favourite John Carpenter film is. Do I love it as much as Escape From N.Y.? I don't know. Well I am here to say that I love Escape From LA. People LOVE Kurt Russell and John Carpenter films, LOVE the character of Snake Plissken, buy the t-shirts, the dolls, everything, would probably still want a third movie in the franchise and, who are we kidding, probably even endorse the remake (if it ever happens) for spurious, maddening reasons but Escape from L.A.? "Nah did you see that? the CGI is so bad and Snake surfing? give me a break!" I hear countless horror fans and film fans, when a shitty, corporate remake approximation of a beloved, original film (or franchise) comes out, say "Hey! Well at least it's more Halloween/ Friday 13th/ Evil Dead/ Nightmare on Elm Street, that's cool" but give them a sequel starring the same person and produced/co-written/directed and scored by the same person as the original and if it isn't every bit its equal, or better, then it is dismissed for all time. I personally find the hatred or, to be fairer maybe, dismissal of Escape From L.A. Which is just fucking ridiculous, no matter which way you slice it. A film so hated that it was used in recent hyperbolic debates online as the real Ghostbusters film that 'raped your childhood' and not the Paul Feig remake. You can throw Ghostbusters 2 on that list as well. came out 20 years ago today, 15 years after its predecessor Escape from New York and has become one of those sequels, of insanely popular first parts, that is mostly hated or derided.
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