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They Live!

aku aku

17:33 / 23.07.04

Someone asked me today if i knew the name of this film he caught on tv late one night a few years ago, it all sounds so familiar, anyone got any idea what he was talking about?

Spaniel

17:43 / 23.07.04

Scalled They Live

FinderWolf

17:47 / 23.07.04

THEY LIVE. Bobossboy's little dash up above is actually a link.

aku aku

17:58 / 23.07.04

nice one!
just took a look on the imdb, for what sounds like a quite promising idea it looks like a terrible film. But that doesnt matter because i found out the name, well done, what on earth would i do without barbelith?

electricinca

18:03 / 23.07.04

It is a terribly good film with the funniest and longest fight in the history of cinema.

Tamayyurt

18:55 / 23.07.04

didn't thay recently copy that fight scene frame-by-frame on South Park? It looked just like it.

Sunny

19:53 / 23.07.04

haha I remember this movie from when I was like ten or younger. remember that one part where like that alien's doing that chick? haha that was awesome.

electricinca

20:43 / 23.07.04

didn't thay recently copy that fight scene frame-by-frame on South Park? It looked just like it.

They did indeed although I can't remember the context.

Triplets

20:44 / 23.07.04

rowdy roddy piper, memories...

this is going on my imdb list

Benny the Ball

20:59 / 23.07.04

Classic Carpenter.

I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass...

Mike Modular

23:10 / 23.07.04

didn't thay recently copy that fight scene frame-by-frame on South Park? It looked just like it.

Cripple Fight!!!

"Timmy. Put. On. The. Hat!" (or something like that)

I love They Live. Especially the longest and most unnecessary fight in film history. Probably the most subversive (contemporary/'mainstream') film I'd seen as a 14 year old. Must watch it again soon...

w1rebaby

00:54 / 24.07.04

THIS IS YOUR GOD

Does anyone have a good site for stills from it?

Lord Morgue

02:43 / 24.07.04

"I have come here to kick ass and to chew gum! And I'm allll out of gum."
Apparently that line wasn't in the script, it just popped into Roddy's head when he walked through the door of the bank.
I think Jackie Chan beat the "put on the glasses!" fight (14 1/2 minutes) in "The Young Master" (20 minutes), but, yeah, that's the longest fight in a film made in the west.

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

17:18 / 25.07.04

It is indeed an absolute all-time classic, and a personal favourite movie of mine

Especially the gratuitous wrestling scene. And the bubblegum line quoted above.

Duke Nukem did it better

H3ct0r L1m4

05:06 / 26.07.04

hey fridge...

are these any good?

Saint Keggers

02:47 / 28.07.04

The Fog was done by Carpenter? Shit that film scared the crap out of me when I was a kid. Ok so I had a fever of 103 at the time but still....scary!!

cusm

19:27 / 28.07.04

Oh yes. It seems silly now, but this little bit of subversion totally changed the way I looked at media when I saw it at a tender age. Did its job, for sure. I still love the film. Even picked it up on DVD.

Benny the Ball

20:15 / 28.07.04

Fog, fantastic. Best is still Assault on Precinct 13 - the man shoots a little girl in the opening ten minutes.

Axolotl

11:34 / 29.07.04

What ever happened to John Carpenter? He used to make really good films, write them, direct them, score them. Stuff that was always entertaining and interesting and often with a certain subtlety and depth.
Now he does crap like "Vampires" and "Ghosts of Mars" (starring Ice Cube and Jason Statham, the sign of a poor movie), which are just shit. Poorly made, poorly acted garbage really. It's a shame, because he used to be class.

grant

20:42 / 29.07.04

They Live was inspired by a Republican National Convention during the Reagan years -- when they bulldozed a homeless settlement/squatter's camp so the delegates wouldn't have to see the fruits of Reaganomics.

Has Carpenter produced anything since W took office?

Nobody's girl

19:18 / 31.07.04

This one's a little blurry, but you get the idea-

FinderWolf

14:25 / 04.08.04

>> They Live was inspired by a Republican National Convention during the Reagan years -- when they bulldozed a homeless settlement/squatter's camp so the delegates wouldn't have to see the fruits of Reaganomics.

Are you serious or kidding about this?

Regrettable Juvenilia

09:57 / 05.08.04

It actually happened, if that's what you're asking.

FinderWolf

13:22 / 05.08.04

But was the movie really inspired by that event?

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

14:35 / 05.08.04

According to the credits, it was based on a Ray Nelson (who I only know from his book "The Ganymede Takeover" with Philip K Dick" story called something like "Early One Morning"... anyways, something with "One Morning" in it.

However, I'm guessing artistic license was taken, and I kind of like the idea of it being inspired by a Rep con. Now I can tell all my friends that They Live is actually biting political satire. With wrestling.

Scrambled Password Bogus Email

18:10 / 06.08.04

OK, so of course we all know this, but the film is an extended allegory for many things, not least among them switching yourself on with acid.

Hofman Glasses, see? Which get you 'high' but leave you with a 'headache'.
And, like, you see through all the corporate bullshit to the True Message Beneath.

Its Cosmic. And fucking hilarious.

"See you - You're Okay! This one? Real Fuckin' Ugly!"

There you have it. Take drugs, kids. Fight the Alien Power!

Triplets

00:04 / 09.08.04

I talked it over with George last night over dinner and he basically admitted he stole the idea for the Invisibles from this film.

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