Hey SwampRat. Why 'They Live'? Did that movie just capture your

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

imagination? Can you actually SEE the lizard people, with or without glasses? :shrug:

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1. Now that is a movie!

[Richard Steele]

2. Some of Roddy Piper's finest work, IMO.

[TechBear_Seattle]

4. Pro-wrestler, actor... not much of a leap. n/t

[YOY]

5. Highly Quotable

"I'm here to kick ass and chew bubblegum and I'm all out of bubblegum,"

and skeletal faced lizard aliens are fun too.

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6. "that's like putting perfume on a pig"

lol

[YOY]

8. "Life's a bitch, and she's back in heat! "

"you look like your face fell in the cheese dip back in 1956."

Frank: "I've walked a white line my entire life, I'm not about to screw that up. "
Nada: "White line's in the middle of the road, that's the worst place to drive."

When the main hero's name is "Nada" you can't expect much more than a good laugh from a film.

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9. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"you look like your face fell in the cheese dip back in 1956."

Its like Fonzie on steriods.

[Richard Steele]

13. Actually, you can expect some heavy-handed SYMBOLISM...

Kind like when the protagonist's name is NEO.

KnowhutImean?

[YOY]

16. I think that the dialogue in "They Live" whooped the pants off of "Matrix"

Then again the dialogue in most disney films whoop the pants off of the dialogue in "The Matrix"

[jzodda]

14. that used to be my email sig..

I used that as my email sig about 10 years ago lol

[Throd]

3. Awesome premise, despite the cheez

Though at moments its production might seem ham-fisted, the story line is as timely as ever. Sleep...consume...obey...

Who would have figured Rowdy Roddy Piper starring in a sleeper subversive flick?

[jzodda]

7. that was a good movie!

Cheesie 80s stuff but great all the same!

had alot of funny 1 liners too. One scene I remember was when Rody walked into the bank with the glasses on. That was funny stuff


The premise on the other hand was not B at all, its bloody brilliant. Would love to see a 90s update

[skids]

10. Cripplefight!

I love "they live." In fact, back in college, despite the disapproval of a few snobs I included it in a fundraiser film festival I was running, and it went over pretty well (along with "The cat from Outer Space," another classic noone thought would be any good.)

A bit of trivia you may not know:

The knock-down drag-out fight between Timmy and Jimmy in South Park's Cripple Fight episode is move-for-move taken from this movie.

[smartvoter]

11. Best fight scene ever. nt

[thatgemguy]

12. They Live

(MCA) 1988 Directed / Screenplay / Music - John Carpenter

"Carpenter's great anti-Republican / George Bush science fiction movie was released on the eve of the November 1988 presidential election. They Live didn't do much business and we all know how the election turned out. Aliens secretly rule America as more people are forced to live on the streets. Characters put on special sunglasses that reveal subliminal messages (everywhere) like "Obey," "Stay Asleep," and "No Independent Thoughts."

"It was based on a short story by Ray Faraday Nelson"


Info from The Psychotronic Video Guide by Michael J. Weldon, published 1996

GREAT MOVIE!!!

[Mr Rabble]

15. "Their desire to rule, rests with the annihilation of consciousness"

"We have been lulled into a trance. We are focused only on our own gain".