Escape from L.A. (1996)

[JohnCarpenterLives]

Here's that script. It isn't Luck's, but it is the "uncut" Carpenter/Hill script:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7S...it?usp=sharing

[popeflick]

Originally Posted by JohnCarpenterLives

Here's that script. It isn't Luck's, but it is the "uncut" Carpenter/Hill script:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7S...it?usp=sharing

I actually have the colored pages shooting script someone who worked on the film gave me. Very cool.

I'll add the colored pages are the script revisions made and distributed to the crew while shooting. The colors are so you know you have the most recent. Blue pink yellow green salmon gold etc.

[WesReviews]

People can laugh it up at the poor CGI all they want (and yes, I admit it is quite bad CGI) but you have to understand from the end of shooting to RELEASE DAY in theaters was only 3 months. 3 months only of post to edit the movie, get all the FX done and produce prints for theaters. THAT is why the CGI is so woeful.

Can't really be helped when Paramount will only give you 3 months of post-production to meet a release date. Give Carpenter a break. Sheesh.

[Todd Tomorrow]

Originally Posted by WesReviews

People can laugh it up at the poor CGI all they want (and yes, I admit it is quite bad CGI) but you have to understand from the end of shooting to RELEASE DAY in theaters was only 3 months. 3 months only of post to edit the movie, get all the FX done and produce prints for theaters. THAT is why the CGI is so woeful.

Can't really be helped when Paramount will only give you 3 months of post-production to meet a release date. Give Carpenter a break. Sheesh.

The bad CGI isn't much of a problem, the terrible screenplay is.

This is a dismal film and the worst thing is that it's a sequel to one of Carpenter's best films and he screwed it up himself.

[Blu Myers]

Originally Posted by Todd Tomorrow

The bad CGI isn't much of a problem, the terrible screenplay is.

This is a dismal film and the worst thing is that it's a sequel to one of Carpenter's best films and he screwed it up himself.

It's weird, but I see what you're saying, and yes it is bad...but it's just so much fun which is a rarity with bad movies.

[klauswhereareyou]

I keep seeing this thread thinking we're getting a new disc with features.

[BladeRunner2007]

Originally Posted by Blu Myers

It's weird, but I see what you're saying, and yes it is bad...but it's just so much fun which is a rarity with bad movies.

Fun? I don't know. Maybe if this was a stand alone movie. But it's not. Escape from New York is one of the greatest movies of all time. A masterpiece. One of Carpenter's best movies. Maybe even his very best. And then he does this abomination of a "sequel" called Escape from L.A. No, this movie is just terrible.

[Blu Myers]

Originally Posted by BladeRunner2007

Fun? I don't know. Maybe if this was a stand alone movie. But it's not. Escape from New York is one of the greatest movies of all time. A masterpiece. One of Carpenter's best movies. Maybe even his very best. And then he does this abomination of a "sequel" called Escape from L.A. No, this movie is just terrible.

I love both films for different reasons (obviously). The first one is a masterpiece and trumps LA in every way, but there is some fun to be had in the sequel if you can separate it from the tone of the first. It also has a killer soundtrack...and Bruce Campbell.

I remember the first time I saw LA I hated it. Then I watched it years later and it just struck a different cord with me. Pliskin does have some really cool moments too.