Jack Frost

Cameron, had you seen Escape From New York prior to this viewing? I've seen it a number of times but had never seen L.A. until a few months ago when I watched the first half hour, got tired and went to sleep, and it got taken off of Netflix before I got to finish it. From what I saw though, as Paul points out, it does appear to be the EXACT same movie; even down to the recorded speech by the kidnappers.

He does, indeed. Hey guys, it's Judas Priestly. I got locked out of my old profile and lost my login info. So you know what they say, "New Year, New You," POOF! I'm Jack Frost now. My real name is Jack anyway. I got to rewatch this on New Years. I was struck by how astute the "Tommy Gnosis-as-other-half" observation was, especially considering the fact that Gnosis is largely a creation of Hedwig's. Tommy Gnosis actually represents very little, if any, of Tommy Speck. So that means that other half, the Gnosis, was something within her all the time. Beautifully represented by the cross on Hansel's forehead at the end. I also never caught at the very end, how the street and sidewalk traffic halts long enough for him to pass under the street light, and disappear into the darkness of the city night, before resuming again as the film fades to black. So beautiful.