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Frank Longo
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"They Live: great movie, or greatest movie?"


  

          

They don't make movies like this anymore. When did Hollywood forget about fistfights? Now it's all either CGI blasting or some sort of kung-fu insanity.

It's not like They Live is rocket science. It's high concept with silly alien masks and lots of hammy one-liners. But it has a macho hero, guns blasting, and fist fighting. And the alley fight... cmon. Perfection.

All I can think while re-watching this movie today is how many movies I've seen in the past several years with just straight-up, knock-down drag-out fist fighting.

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RE: They Live: great movie, or greatest movie?
Jul 06th 2010
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RE: They Live: great movie, or greatest movie?
Jul 06th 2010
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I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass...
Jul 06th 2010
2
I just watched that movie on yootoob...
Jul 06th 2010
4
piper was grwat in that movie. i loved it as a kid
Jul 07th 2010
5
Keith David was NOT trying to put them glasses on!!!!
Jul 07th 2010
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Lol! Nope.
Jul 08th 2010
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Best fist fight ever!!!
Jul 08th 2010
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yep.
Jul 09th 2010
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GREAT movie
Jul 09th 2010
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Who would of thought Rowdy Piper of all people
Jul 09th 2010
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RE: Great Movie
Jul 11th 2010
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A+ Movie.
Jul 12th 2010
13
keith david and rowdy piper son
Jul 12th 2010
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one of my favorite movies of all time..
Jul 12th 2010
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Yooooo I just watched this movie for the first time on Saturday
Aug 26th 2013
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RE: They Live: great movie, or greatest movie?
Aug 26th 2013
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OKP, cast the remake.
Aug 26th 2013
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RE: OKP, cast the remake.
Aug 26th 2013
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you win. That was AWESOME. I'd watch that shit RIGHT NOW.
Aug 27th 2013
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RE: OKP, cast the remake.
Aug 26th 2013
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John Cena and Terry Crews.
Aug 26th 2013
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      ^^^ I could clap to that
Aug 26th 2013
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      Damn I kinda like this
Aug 26th 2013
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      *prepares secret email pitch to Vince McMahon and John Carpenter*
Aug 27th 2013
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           Yo, I could actually see this happening.
Aug 27th 2013
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I love the fact that its a cheesy '80s flick.
Aug 27th 2013
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double feature it with Roadhouse
Aug 27th 2013
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1. "RE: They Live: great movie, or greatest movie?"
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you've made too many posts lately.

  
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Frank Longo
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3. "RE: They Live: great movie, or greatest movie?"
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Noted.

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2. " I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass..."
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and I'm all out of bubblegum.

John Carpenter knows how to make a fun film.

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4. "I just watched that movie on yootoob..."
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....a couple of weeks ago. I forgot how dope that alley fight was.




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5. "piper was grwat in that movie. i loved it as a kid"
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men are so simple, and so subject to present necessities, that he who seeks to deceive will always find someone who will allow himself to be deceived. (c)Niccolò Machiavelli

  
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6. "Keith David was NOT trying to put them glasses on!!!!"
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7. "Lol! Nope."
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BTW, I saw Keith David in South Beach a couple of weeks back riding a bike and sweating like a pig!
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8. "Best fist fight ever!!!"
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I loved that movie as a kid. And to me, it still holds up today. Plus it was kind of a downer at the end. I liked that. Movies have too many happy endings.
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9. "yep."
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The reagonomics, campy makeup and masks, WWF wrestling scene, the whole package. Looking back it reminds me of George Romero. It's been years since I've seen it though.

  
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10. "GREAT movie"
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I agree, the fights lately, ain't brutal like that one was. Loved that shit.

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11. "Who would of thought Rowdy Piper of all people"
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would of made one of the best action movies of the 80's?

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12. "RE: Great Movie"
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I love all of John Carpenter's films. It is kinda ironic I was watching one of his flicks a few hours ago

Assault on Precinct 13.

  
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13. "A+ Movie."
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14. "keith david and rowdy piper son"
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you can't beat that combo. you're right though, everything now is over the top cgi with very little story/substance. i like the kick ass 80's sci-fi.

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15. "one of my favorite movies of all time.."
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The fight between Keith david and roddy is the goat

  
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16. "Yooooo I just watched this movie for the first time on Saturday"
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i swear it may be one of my top 10 favorite films all time lol

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17. "RE: They Live: great movie, or greatest movie?"
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"they live" glasses was one of my favorite metaphors in the lesson, introduced by scorpion, as i recall.

  
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18. "OKP, cast the remake."
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After watching The Americans, I'm thinking Derek Luke & maybe Vin dawg.

Who you got?

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19. "RE: OKP, cast the remake."
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>After watching The Americans, I'm thinking Derek Luke & maybe
>Vin dawg.
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>Who you got?

Roddy Piper ... Nada = The Rock
Keith David ... Frank = Terry Crews
Meg Forster ... Holly = Winona Ryder

  
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24. "you win. That was AWESOME. I'd watch that shit RIGHT NOW."
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20. "RE: OKP, cast the remake."
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The Rock & Craig Robinson

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21. "John Cena and Terry Crews."
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22. "^^^ I could clap to that"
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23. "Damn I kinda like this"
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27. "*prepares secret email pitch to Vince McMahon and John Carpenter*"
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28. "Yo, I could actually see this happening."
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Honestly, it's ripe for a remake.

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25. "I love the fact that its a cheesy '80s flick."
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With that being said, NO RE-MAKES. Please.
Roddy Piper was not an actor. And that was part of the appeal.
Keith David was an unkhown at that time.
Plus, yall know that a re-make would only mean wild CGI.
I was only 9 when it hit theatres, but man.... that was a movie.
John Carpenter was the man.

  
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26. "double feature it with Roadhouse"
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