Snake Plissken
S.D. Bob "Snake" Plissken is the protagonist of the films Escape from New York and Escape from L.A.. He is portrayed by Kurt Russell, and created by director John Carpenter and screenwriter Nick Castle. An anti-hero, he is a former Special Forces operator/war hero in World War III turned criminal. The movies follow his apprehension by the United States Police Force and subsequent conscription to extract top-secret material from New York City and Los Angeles — which have, in this dystopian setting, been converted entirely into maximum-security prisons.
Fictional biography
Background
Snake Plissken is a former U.S. Army Lieutenant, serving under Special Forces Unit Black Light stated by Hauk in Escape from New York, with two Purple Hearts, and the youngest soldier to be decorated by the U.S. President for bravery during campaigns in Leningrad and Siberia in World War III against the Former Soviet Alliances and Eurasian United War Union.
Some time later, he turned to a life of crime due to the perceived betrayal of the United States government during the "Leningrad Ruse" (when he lost the use of his left eye) and when his parents were burned alive in their home by the United States Police Force—events described in the Escape from New York novelization by Mike McQuay. He traveled with his war buddy and only friend, Bill Taylor. Snake took up with partners Harold Hellman (later known as "Brain") and Fresno Bob. In Kansas City around 1993, Hellman apparently let Plissken and Fresno Bob get cornered by police, at which time Fresno Bob was brutally tortured and killed by sadistic law enforcers within the United States Police Force.
Podcasts:
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by Caravels
Snake Plissken
by: Caravelsso fast that it all blurred
the days and nights with no end
lines and lights outstretching
i’m always stuck watching where you’ve been
one point to last
we’ll make due with what we have
we moved too fast
we’ll get lost without a map
taking turns taking turns
to forget where we’re from
every direction is something new
when you’d rather die young
tired of the same old bruises
of being content with content
and if it won’t come to us
then we’ll have to go to it
we have our youth and everything we need
never stop moving or get used to routine
we don’t need anything else
if we get lost, make maps ourselves
the most important things i owned i sold to you
i dug my hangs in pockets until there was nothing left
with all that you have
what’s keeping you here