Rowdy Roddy Piper dies at 61

[Mikeanaro]

His "Assault on Precinct 13" is the masterpiece. The [ice cream truck sequence] with the Richards girl is one of the noted scenes in film history. The movie is more than fit for repeated viewings.

"Escape" has not aged well as one would've expect. It's more a curiosity than a study.

I bet its an awesome movie, I´ve only seen the remake with Ethan Hawke and Brian Dennehy and it was an interesting movie.
Agreed with ¨Escape from NY¨ but still is a classic, on the other hand ¨Escape from LA¨ was a totally unnecesary movie, almost a remake of NY and it looked very class B Movie, it was like Airplane 2 where you get almost the same but this time you had to wait 15 years.
Amy has caught Carpenter.

[SpursforSix]

His "Assault on Precinct 13" is the masterpiece. The [ice cream truck sequence] with the Richards girl is one of the noted scenes in film history. The movie is more than fit for repeated viewings.

"Escape" has not aged well as one would've expect. It's more a curiosity than a study.

While the movies aren't much in toto, Carpenter always could capture a great scene or two. The dream sequences in Prince of Darkness were damn spooky and made the movie memorable.

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I bet its an awesome movie, I´ve only seen the remake with Ethan Hawke and Brian Dennehy and it was an interesting movie.
Agreed with ¨Escape from NY¨ but still is a classic, on the other hand ¨Escape from LA¨ was a totally unnecesary movie, almost a remake of NY and it looked very class B Movie, it was like Airplane 2 where you get almost the same but this time you had to wait 15 years.
Amy has caught Carpenter.

Yeah, "Escape/LA" was an abomination. And I was there with the children opening day. We couldn't wait,,,like "An American Werewolf in Paris." Good Lord. They got me both times. At least with "Paris" I had a feeling I was in trouble.

[JoeTait75]

His "Assault on Precinct 13" is the masterpiece. The [ice cream truck sequence] with the Richards girl is one of the noted scenes in film history. The movie is more than fit for repeated viewings.

Napoleon Wilson is one of the all-time great characters, imo. I agree with you that Escape from New York hasn't aged all that well (no futuristic movie really does) but it's still fun to see that cast in action- Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Harry Dean Stanton, Adrienne Barbeau, Isaac Hayes and Kurt Russell in his first post-Disney badass role.

[LaMarcus Bryant]

Thats true, Big Trouble in Little China, Escape from NY, The Thing, and They Live are classics, I really enjoyed Memoirs of an Invisible Man and In the Mouth of Madness could have been a better movie.
Cristine and Starman are meh and I dont really enjoyed The Fog.
But when the decline started in the 90s the lowest point ever was that Ghosts from Mars movie it was cheap stupid cliche and some of the worst crap ever, he did all those great movies so how the he fell into that hole?

That Natasha Henstridge panty shot scene tho

I remember Piper was on the Super Mario Bros show, the one with live actors before the cartoon started. He went ti the bros to get his bagpipes fixed and they thought it was a vacuum cleaner LOL

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Napoleon Wilson is one of the all-time great characters, imo. I agree with you that Escape from New York hasn't aged all that well (no futuristic movie really does) but it's still fun to see that cast in action- Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Harry Dean Stanton, Adrienne Barbeau, Isaac Hayes and Kurt Russell in his first post-Disney badass role.

Yep, "Brain" (Dean) & "Maggie" (Barbeau) steal the film & light the screen. A hushed, simple cadence to "Brain's" admonishment of Barbeau "Maggie..." gets your attention and assures the viewer their humanity is fully intact. One only needs to imagine what they've gone thru since arriving there on the island, yet their love endures. His death is just incomprehensible to her, then upon comprehension she has absolutely no intention of going on without him. Her only salvation rests in her (((opportunity))) to exact vengeance within minutes.

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Napoleon Wilson is one of the all-time great characters, imo. I agree with you that Escape from New York hasn't aged all that well (no futuristic movie really does) but it's still fun to see that cast in action- Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Harry Dean Stanton, Adrienne Barbeau, Isaac Hayes and Kurt Russell in his first post-Disney badass role.

Carpenter, in association with Clark, Russell, his wife (Season Hubley who would appear in "Escape" in the Coffee House scene) and Russell's father had struck "Elvis" 2 years prior to "Escape."---& there is an early part in "Escape" where Russell is in Van Cleef's office and he strikes an Elvis pose. I'm sure that wasn't done on accident.