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Remember When Snake Plissken Was in a Music Video?
In John Carpenter’s 1996 sequel Escape From L.A., there’s a scene where Kurt Russell’s character Snake Plissken has to make 10 points on a basketball court in 10 seconds. It’s ridiculous, it’s silly, and it feels completely out of place, especially since in the first film, Escape From New York the contest was a fight to the death and not Russell doing his best Michael Jordan impression. Still, the idea of Plissken participating in a violent sport is kinda cool, especially since you know he doesn’t really give a damn about rules and will do whatever it takes to win.
That’s the basis of the video “New Lands” from French electronic duo Justice and director Michael Mann (Collateral, Manhunter). It shows Snake as a member of a team that is playing a sport that mixes baseball, football, roller derby, and whatever else they could fit onto the weird field. Oh, and the opposing team has robots for players who are controlled by greedy CEO types. Snake has to deal with cheaters and violence in order to take his team to victory. Then again, what else is new when it comes to him?
Yes, the video is four years old but I only found out about it while doing some researching on Snake. Plus, it’s only got 1.3 million views, which some videos can accrue in 24 hours, so it’s a very safe bet that many of you haven’t seen it. Check it out below and then tell me in the comments if you defend Escape From L.A. or if you also can’t find many redeeming qualities about it.
AMC has announced that The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only LIVE, the standing-room-only performance celebrating AMC’s premiere of its newly-released The Vampire Lestat at New York City’s iconic Beacon Theatre last month, will debut on streaming.
The Vampire Lestat: One Night Only LIVE begins streaming on AMC+ on August 23.
Ahead of its streaming premiere, fans can preview the concert event, featuring original songs from series composer Daniel Hart and performed by Sam Reid, in Hall H at Comic Con International on July 24.
Our own Daniel Kurland attended the special event, highlighting how electric the Immortal Vampire is on stage: “It’s clear in this season of television that Reid was born to be a rock star, but it’s surreal to see him effortlessly command the stage — and the audience — at every step of the concert. He recites Shakespeare monologues and bitches out Armand between songs, all while the audience screams in support. For the duration of this concert, Reid is Lestat, and he’s given thousands of fans a memory that’s as immortal as any vampire.”
Based on Anne Rice‘s The Vampire Chronicles book series, The Vampire Lestat is the rock and roll-centric third season of AMC’s “Interview with the Vampire” created by showrunner Rolin Jones.
The Vampire Lestat goes on an electric multi-city tour while being haunted by “muses” from his wild and rebellious past. As his band’s popularity and star power rises, so does Lestat’s influence over vampires and humans alike, leaving others to contend with Lestat’s power in the face of the Great Conversion, an unnatural surge in the vampire population.
Jacob Anderson, Assad Zaman, Eric Bogosian, Delainey Hayles and Jennifer Ehle star with Reid. Executive producers include Jones, Mark Johnson, Hannah Moscovitch, the late Anne Rice, and her son Christopher Rice.
The series finale airs this Sunday, July 19, on AMC and AMC+.