Wednesday 21 May 2008

They Live!

Sam and I watched the 1988 cult classic They Live while eating dinner last night.

Nada, a down-on-his-luck construction worker, discovers a pair of special sunglasses. Wearing them, he is able to see the world as it really is: people being bombarded by media and government with messages like "Stay Asleep", "No Imagination", "Submit to Authority". Even scarier is that he is able to see that some usually normal-looking people are in fact ugly aliens in charge of the massive campaign to keep humans subdued.

It's a fantastically cheesy film but brilliantly executed and carried the immortal line delivered by Roddy Pipper,

"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."


You must watch this film!
OBEY
CONFORM
CONSUME
WATCH TELEVISION
SLEEP

1 comment:

Geminii Glitz said...

Awesome film!
I haven't seen it for YEARS!