It's at this point the aunt and uncle are called.
But before I knew it, the black Ford Fusion without a GPS with a driver under suspicion of being lost was headed to, of course, Connecticut. I was headed back to the George Washington Bridge. I head in the direction I think I'm supposed to go, which would have been correct if I didn't veer off into the wrong direction. Just when you start to get nervous, you spot another Interstate sign. And as I headed through a neighborhood, I could see an airplane taking off from what I later learned was a direction known as South. His most reassuring input, "Even if you miss a turn, the most it's going to cost you is probably 30 minutes."īut the turn-around wasn't so simple. Made me breakfast like always, then pronounced at 5 a.m., "Well, you better get going." He knows how this travel stuff works. So it wasn't quite time yet, as I tried to turn around, to give him a call. He used to fly into LaGuardia a lot, and I did get an inexpensive flight. My uncle was a world-traveling architect. And they did get the bad guy, Jeremy Irons. You recall how your uncle said a day or two earlier, "As long as you don't end up in Harlem, you should be OK." Yeah, it didn't seem to work out so well for Bruce Willis in one of those "Diehard" movies, although he did make a helpful friend in Samuel Jackson. You just don't want to get lost here, I tell myself. At this point, such an informational tool would not threaten my manhood. Sure would have been nice to have a GPS system. So after a while, it's obvious the rental car with a mind of its own (the driver still considers himself blameless) must turn around. Couldn't help but notice traffic backed up on the other side due to an accident. The sign didn't say North or South or East or West, so I thought perhaps there would be another for 78 (or 87?), but of course there wasn't. Just ask Hideo Kojima.Ĭheck the media page below for a nice art shot of the one-eyed Snake.That's OK. Though the character in the game was really Solid Snake (or was it?), it just goes to show that Snake Plissken is really one of the greatest action heroes ever.
Those with a keen memory might remember Snake Plissken in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty. "This reinvention of Snake in a multi-media world that did not exist 20 years ago only reinforces our belief that the character is universal in his appeal and ageless in the marketplace."īut is this really Snake's first videogame appearance? Technically speaking, no. "I am thrilled Snake Plissken Chronicles will soon be an exciting new action game from Namco," said producer Debra Hill.
We will be partnering directly with series creators John Carpenter, Debra Hill, and Kurt Russell to create a dangerous universe where players can live Snake's past, present and future adventures first hand." "The opportunity to now extend the Snake Plissken character through a video game franchise is a dream come true for us. "Snake Plissken is a pop-culture icon and Kurt Russell's portrayal of Snake set the standard by which many action heroes followed," said Andre Emerson, Senior Producer for Namco Hometek Inc.