knightboat
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Post by knightboat on Jun 14, 2008 22:43:34 GMT -5
I'm watching They Live right now and I almost forgot how completely awesome it is. I'm here to chew bubble gum and kick ass, and I'm all outta bubblegum. How was that not Piper's catch phrase through his entire wrestling career?
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Post by Rorschach on Jun 14, 2008 22:45:34 GMT -5
It DAMN well should have been. Roddy Piper was GREAT in that role, and I don't know HOW Hollywood missed the boat on him, consigning him to horrid Z-level movies like HELL COMES TO FROGTOWN.
Piper should have been a breakout star off of THEY LIVE alone.
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TuneinTokyo
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Post by TuneinTokyo on Jun 14, 2008 23:45:54 GMT -5
WEAR THE GLASSES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Greatest fight scene ever!
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Jiren
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Post by Jiren on Jun 14, 2008 23:47:17 GMT -5
Awesome flick
Even Matt & Trey payed homage
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Post by acressl on Jun 15, 2008 5:16:24 GMT -5
Hilariously cheesy and bad, yet Rowdy Roddy shined somehow. I'm still convinced that this was not a work of fiction.
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The Royal Our Herobaums
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Post by The Royal Our Herobaums on Jun 15, 2008 8:59:50 GMT -5
It's f***ing amazing when he just goes billy-berserk and slaughters all those aliens in the bank, not caring that he comes off like a lunatic. I love how he just suddenly decides, with no back up plan, to just kill as many of these freaks in a public forum as he can. It's such a nice divergence from the usual "I've discovered horrible things among us so I'll ineffectually try to convince everyone and fail." That shit's not for Hot Rod; he just starts shooting monsters in the dome.
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Post by x on Jun 15, 2008 9:28:54 GMT -5
"You, you're face is fine. But her, she's got a formaldehyde face. Yer an ugly motherf***er arentcha?"
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Post by strykerdarksilence on Jun 15, 2008 9:44:38 GMT -5
Awesome. The epitomy of awesome.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Jun 15, 2008 9:46:49 GMT -5
Delightfully fun flick
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SAJ Forth
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Post by SAJ Forth on Jun 15, 2008 23:28:16 GMT -5
AND WHO ARE YOU THERE LITTLE FELLA? Come to tell 'em where I'am at. Not nice.
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Joie De Vivre
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There's always next year.
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Post by Joie De Vivre on Jun 15, 2008 23:31:39 GMT -5
WEAR THE GLASSES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Greatest fight scene ever! That's the first thing I thought of when I read the title of this thread.
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Post by THE Dinobot on Jun 15, 2008 23:35:10 GMT -5
"You look like your face fell in the cheese dip back in 1957."
Still don't know what it means, but using it to this very day when I want to throw someone off with an insult.
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Post by Smokey McTrees on Jun 16, 2008 0:39:18 GMT -5
I reember being a young Piper mark, being sad that he retired (I was just a wee lad so I really believed he would stay retired) My dad let me watch this "R" movie. And I remember sitting there thinking, hmm...kind of boring...until he puts the glasses on. Then it became an hour-long Piper promo with shotgun violence and I marked myself into a little-kid frenzy.
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Post by Rorschach on Jun 16, 2008 0:52:31 GMT -5
Now, friends and fellow fans of the film, let us join hands, and recite Rorschach's Movie Prayer #1:
"Please, oh mighty Movie Gods, smile upon us today and everyday in the future, and keep this movie, which we all like JUST AS IT IS, from falling into RUIN. PLEASE DO NOT LET HOLLYWOOD REMAKE THIS MOVIE! Amen."
;D
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Corporate H
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Post by Corporate H on Jun 16, 2008 0:57:45 GMT -5
SPOILERZ:
Am I forgetting the ending or did basically everyone, including Roddy, die?
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SAJ Forth
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Post by SAJ Forth on Jun 16, 2008 1:08:03 GMT -5
Now, friends and fellow fans of the film, let us join hands, and recite Rorschach's Movie Prayer #1: "Please, oh mighty Movie Gods, smile upon us today and everyday in the future, and keep this movie, which we all like JUST AS IT IS, from falling into RUIN. PLEASE DO NOT LET HOLLYWOOD REMAKE THIS MOVIE! Amen." ;D I agree SPOILERZ: Am I forgetting the ending or did basically everyone, including Roddy, die? *Spoiler* Keith David:Blown away by Meg Foster Meg Foster:Blown by Piper Piper:Shot by baddies after destroying dish keeping them under wraps, possibly dead, but victorious. *End Spoiler*
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Corporate H
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He Buries Them Alive
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Post by Corporate H on Jun 16, 2008 1:17:52 GMT -5
Now, friends and fellow fans of the film, let us join hands, and recite Rorschach's Movie Prayer #1: "Please, oh mighty Movie Gods, smile upon us today and everyday in the future, and keep this movie, which we all like JUST AS IT IS, from falling into RUIN. PLEASE DO NOT LET HOLLYWOOD REMAKE THIS MOVIE! Amen." ;D I agree SPOILERZ: Am I forgetting the ending or did basically everyone, including Roddy, die? *Spoiler* Keith David:Blown away by Meg Foster Meg Foster:Blown by Piper Piper:Shot by baddies after destroying dish keeping them under wraps, possibly dead, but victorious. *End Spoiler* Like a true bad ass.
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JMA
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Post by JMA on Jun 16, 2008 3:56:12 GMT -5
Very good movie. In addition to the Piper awesomeness, the plot is interesting as well. Kind of reminds me of Morrison's THE INVISIBLES.
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gimmieabreakbrain
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Post by gimmieabreakbrain on Jun 16, 2008 11:09:50 GMT -5
A great film and it's been 20 years!!! Can we please get a good re-release with commentary from Roddy and John Carpenter. I know the Region 2 dvd has it but the US cheap version don't have crap!
Roddy has mentioned that there was talk to bring "They Live" into a weekly series on Sci-Fi. I would LOVE to see that happen. Wonder how they would do it "20 years later"??
Roddy got shot at the end but you never saw Roddy die! Cause you know just when the aliens think they got the answer Roddy shoots em in the head!
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Post by leapinglambert on Jun 21, 2008 10:07:23 GMT -5
Great movie! I remember reviewing it for my school paper. If I could send a message to me 20 years ago, I would tell myself "Keep the press kit!"
(Movies used to be promoted with press kits. Biographies. Other information about the movie, and several glossy pictures to use with your story...)
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