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arcane1

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11. It is definitely a movie worth watching at least once.

Reply to bbgrunt (Reply #7)

Mon Mar 21, 2016, 11:28 PM

Mar 2016

It has a very populist, struggling-through-recession working-class perspective, combined with the suspicion of 80's consumer culture, and that damn fight!!

The original short story the movie is based on is actually pretty short, and slightly different. They definitely did their own thing with it, and did it well.

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They Live | Based on a True Story - 2016 [View all] highoverheadspace Mar 2016 OP

Awesome movie... one of my all-time favorites. phazed0 Mar 2016 #1

It is quite interesting. A bit cheesy the way it was produced but the messages in it are amazingly highoverheadspace Mar 2016 #2

Only problem is the fight scene in the alley between the two main characters wasnt long Jackie Wilson Said Mar 2016 #3

I have this movie on DVD.... jdadd Mar 2016 #4

Illuminati? Zionist Jews? Really? Cassidy Mar 2016 #5

I think he points out that Zionist Jews are taking advantage of regular Jewish people highoverheadspace Mar 2016 #6

I always interpreted it as creeping Reaganism. navarth Mar 2016 #9

I think it was mostly because Roddy Piper was the lead. arcane1 Mar 2016 #13

Yes, all that stuff is horseshit in the Youtube video. arcane1 Mar 2016 #12

I always thought of it as the Right Wing.... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2016 #14

thanks for posting this. I've never bbgrunt Mar 2016 #7

The guy should have just "put on the damned glasses!" nt phazed0 Mar 2016 #8

It is definitely a movie worth watching at least once. arcane1 Mar 2016 #11

Just checking in... They_Live Mar 2016 #10

MARRY AND REPRODUCE navarth Mar 2016 #15