![]() ![]() The story of Rowdy Roddy Piper’s Nada waking up to the subliminal messages that have kept the ruling class in power is pure B-movie brilliance. John Carpenter’s 1988 cult classic They Live is essential viewing as a middle finger to greed and capitalism run amok and it’s as relevant today as it’s ever been. So, grab yourself some sunglasses, make sure you have plenty of bubblegum (you don’t want to tun out) and enjoy John Carpenter’s They Live – What’s the Difference? and Aliens, as the youtube channel looks at how the story has changed from medium to medium. The tale started life as a short story in 1963, then leapt to comic and eventually film in 1988.ĬineFix jumps onboard this train for journey into L.A. The 1988 film They Live takes viewers on a subtextual ride through the desperate streets of Los Angeles in search of the truth. The creatures human disguises and subliminal advertising can only be seen through specially made sunglasses which leads Piper on a wild mission to save mankind. only to discovers that society is being dominated by aliens. The late Roddy Piper stars as a drifter arriving in L.A. Wearing them, he is able to see the world as it really is: the average people is being dominated and subdue by subliminal messages from government and media. John Carpenter’s They Live is a classic sci-fi thriller that holds no punches.
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