They Live
by John Carpenter
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Actor: George 'Buck' Flower, Keith David, Meg Foster, Peter Jason, Roddy PiperDirector: John Carpenter
Brand: PIPER,RODDY
Cinematographer: Gary B. Kibbe
Writer: John Carpenter
Producer: Andre Blay
Producer: Larry J. Franco
Producer: Sandy King
Producer: Shep Gordon
Writer: Ray Nelson
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 93 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-09-23
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Universal Studios
DVD Reviews of They Live
DVD Review: John Carpenter saw into the future!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is just like what is happening to us now, only the people controlling us all aren't bug eyed monsters..they are just ugly humans! This movie is awesome, you will enjoy it if you like watching movies about what is really happening in the world today (another good one is "Brazil"). Most people are blind to what is going on in the world today, with new world order politics being snuck into daily living. Just like in the movie, but instead of having to use special glasses to view what is going on, you just need to go online! Especially prophetic is the invisible 'spy' plane type things that are floating around, monitoring people without their knowledge. The military are actually working on cyborg insects that are implanted with tiny cameras. Horray for nano technology! Thankfully there are many heroes out there like Roddy Piper in the movie that are helping to expose these evil bug eyed bilderberg NWO types to the world. Get this movie if you want to be reminded of what is going on right now. And pick up the book 1984 while you are at it! Great flick!!!DVD Review: Discover or revisit a cult classic!
Summary: 4 Stars
The year was 1988. Reagan was still in office. Mass consumerism and greed were now the fashionable way of life for most Americans. Was there a reason behind this? What was making our country become a cesspool of apathetic, materialistic slobs? If you have seen the sci-fi cult-classic They Live you may already have a theory.
John Carpenter, the writer/director of cult hits such as Halloween and Escape from New York decided to give us a possible answer with his visionary tale about a nameless nomadic construction worker, played by former wrestling star Roddy Piper, who stumbles upon a special pair of sunglasses which reveal high-society and dirty politicians as aliens who are controlling the human population through subliminal messages written on nearly every form of media. For example, the sunglasses reveal money to actually say "This is your god", and a billboard advertisement telling people to "get married and procreate".
Now the film itself is quite hokey in a campy sort of way in terms. The fight scenes are cheesy and drawn out far too long. The script has some great one liners, for example the often imitated classic line "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubble gum." And the acting from Piper is downright laughable at times. But these things don't take away from the satirical, yet eerie, conspiracy theory that Carpenter is nearly force-feeding down the viewers throat.
Thus, They Live has a great balance of social satire, chills, and comic relief to keep an audience tuned-in for it's brief 95 minute run.
There have also been rumors flying around about the possibility of a remake in the works under the umbrella of producers Marc Abraham and Eric Newman(2004's Dawn of the Dead, Slither)
Bryan's Grade for They Live: B+
DVD Review: They Live!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an old movie that is so cheesy, it's good! I'm a old 50's and 60's sci fi fan and when I was reminded about this movie I couldn't wait to see it again. Didn't dissapoint!DVD Review: Watch They Live or start eating that trash can.
Summary: 5 Stars
The characters, The cuts, The dialogue, The FX (sound & visial), The balls, humor, and intelligence. They Live is the greatest B/cult film ever by numbers.(.)DVD Review: Open Your Eyes!
Summary: 4 Stars
Roddy Piper plays a down out guy, unemployed, who believes in America and though life is down, there is always hope. Until he sees some suspicious activity in a church. Turns out it's a front for terrorists fighting alien creatures bent on our submission. Somehow these aliens have created a ray or some treatment that makes us see them as human, and the subliminal messages are a riot.
Is that a Woman's Day magazine? Not really. Ads that subliminally say "Obey", "Marry and Reproduce" and "Sleep" are all good ones.
A parody of sorts of our consumer culture -- more fun than science fiction. The gun battles are fair, but very one-sided. What Roddy's character has to do to convince people to wear these special sunglasses is interesting as well.
Lots of plot holes dragged the movie for me. I can buy humans cooperating in order to make money, but why so few really know and how widespread the alien influence is not made clear. And their transport technology and other scientific marvels, why do they even need the Earth?
Anyway, too much thinking. Enjoy this piece of shoot-em-up fluff!
My DVD had NOTHING in the way of special features, sadly.
Other DVDs by Roddy Piper:
Jungleground
WWE - Born to Controversy: The Roddy Piper Story
Description of They Live
No Description Available.Genre: Science Fiction
Rating: R
Release Date: 23-SEP-2003
Media Type: DVD
An economic crisis brings unemployed Nada (Roddy Piper) to L.A. in search of work. What he finds instead is that the ruling elite of the world are aliens in disguise, their aim being to keep humans in a state of mindless consumerism. His discovery comes when he dons a pair of special sunglasses made by a resistance group and sees for the first time reality unadorned. Billboards, store signs, magazine covers--all bear subliminal messages to OBEY, to CONSUME, to have NO INDEPENDENT THOUGHT. Money itself says THIS IS YOUR GOD. But worst of all, with these glasses you see which of us are really hideous, bug-eyed aliens. The conceptual breakthrough is hilarious while keeping its roots in darker matters. Although some fault the film for settling into its action plot, the ending has a great payoff. And the direction by John Carpenter is handled with superb workmanlike aplomb. One unforgettable set piece has Piper in a back-alley fistfight with a friend who won't put on the glasses that goes on and on, and just when you think it's over it goes another round. One of the most subversive films ever made in Hollywood, They Live was released on the eve of the 1988 elections. The first TV ads had two hideous alien politicians debating, then one accusing the other of being "No John Kennedy!" --Jim Gay
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