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ChicagoRonin

(630 posts)
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 01:15 PM Apr 2020

"These people are dead!" (clip from ALIENS, 1986)

I think we can all agree that a lot of us feels like Ripley these days.

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Also, I've recently been revisiting a lot of 80s action adventure/science fiction/fantasy.
Despite the overall cultural conservatism of the decade, it's amazing to find so many populist messages.

Dragonslayer (1981) actually feels very relevant, mixing in commentary about the hypocrisy and cowardice of political leaders, a rather cynical view of Christianity, and highlighting how the upper classes shift environmental and other burdens onto the lower classes. The rich and privileged are enemies of the heroes in Gremlins (1984) and The Goonies (1985).

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"These people are dead!" (clip from ALIENS, 1986) (Original Post) ChicagoRonin Apr 2020 OP
Game Over Man, GAME OVER! Quemado Apr 2020 #1
lofl ... that's Trump in the back ground talking about building a fire and singing some songs uponit7771 Apr 2020 #2
LOL!!!! CatWoman Apr 2020 #5
That was a great scene Proud Liberal Dem Apr 2020 #3
+1, After investigations we'll find out Trump closer to Burke; he wanted to profit from CV19 uponit7771 Apr 2020 #4
Did "Aliens" (in a way) predict Trump and the coronavirus? Quemado Apr 2020 #6

Quemado

(1,262 posts)
6. Did "Aliens" (in a way) predict Trump and the coronavirus?
Thu Apr 16, 2020, 03:18 PM
Apr 2020

Check out this video, imagine Trump is Burke, and the alien is the coronavirus:




Burke was a lying sack of sh*t who was trying to make money off the alien.

Trump is a lying sack of sh*t who is trying to get re-elected by re-opening the country too soon.
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