Keep us Asleep
Keep us Selfish
Keep us Sedated

 Continuing with the John Carpenter train, They Live is a film whose themes resonate as much today as they did in 1988.  Be woke.  Nearly everything being talked about we are still dealing with today, except maybe police brutality, oh wait.  The theme of the film is keeping the population dumb and sedated while the powerful (ie rich) live off their labor.  The powerful in this case happen to be aliens from another planet which makes this film "horror" and thus, more palatable to the masses.This is also reflected in the title of the movie which is expanded in an early scene (They Live, We Sleep). The people in the movie tend to zone out watching television, allowing all the subliminal messages to influence their decisions and lifestyle.  Imagine what the film makers would think now that we have increased the number of screens we are exposed and addicted to (phones, computers, tablets, watches etc).
Politically, this film speaks volumes and the implications are very obvious, too obvious to discuss here.  There is something to be said however about the "normal" people who help the deterioration of society in exchange for a rich lifestyle.  IN other words, politicians aligning themselves with someone/something they know is not good for the country buuuuut they get a nice house, watch and spending money. .Those that oppose the narrative or see the truth, are beaten and killed.
That fight scene tho.  One of the most famous and entertaining fight scenes in movie history between the late legend "Rowdy" Roddy Piper and Keith David.  This scene is so awesome that is has been imitated in shows like  Family Guy and  South Park.   See below:



This movie is smart, entertaining and still holds up today.  So much so that it is one of the rare movie that deserves a remake.  Maybe the Piper character is a homeless disrespected war vet who stumbles
into a resistance group who uses a cell phone app instead of sunglasses. Then the people who he thought were on his side end up turning on him at the last minute and  when he knows he is going to die, he records it and the video goes viral waking up millions of people to what's going on.  Expand on something like that, you're welcome Universal.  When you run out of bubble gum this week, go ahead and check this one out.   Go vote first though.   

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