29. They Live (Carpenter, 1988) The Future's So Bleak I Gotta Wear Shades

Cultists, with election day just around the corner, the time feels right to put John Carpenter's They Live on the exam table. The horror maestro hid a scathing rebuke of the '80s capitalist culture under the thinnest veneer of sci-fi action, and gave a Pro Wrestler the lead role. Please join us for the Dissection.  Dissection topic https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096256/?ref_=ext_shr Unholy Sacrament https://untp.beer/d9JNK Vault Of Darkness https://www.richardkmorgan.com/writing/altered-carbon/ https://www.netflix.com/title/80097140?preventIntent=true Simulacra and Simulation (The Body, In Theory: Histories Of Cultural Materialism) https://a.co/d/3VupUOQ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLv0_UFkxlos9OXi-WkC46iS_algpzDp0&si=rr6vZfcAvYnXYbtT https://www.youtube.com/live/3g-GVXAeXVw?si=Je1Zn99KRmEHKhy9   #theylive, #johncarpenter, #johncarpenterstheylive #rowdyroddypiper, #roddypiper, #keithdavid, #megfoster, #eightoclockinthemorning, #raynelson, #frankarmitage, #johnnada, #alanhowarth, #IhavecomeheretochewbubblegumandkickassandImalloutofbubblegum, #obey, #consume, #noindependentthought, #submit, #marryandreproduce, #surrender, #thisisyourgod