"They Live" remake coming. (and other upcoming sci-fi flicks...)

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I have been jonesing for a new, killer sci fi flick for a while. Looks like there might be some stuff coming down the pike.

They Live

http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi418775833/

snip:

The original movie featured a down-on-his-luck drifter (ex-wrestler Roddy Piper!) “who discovers glasses that let him see aliens walking among us and controlling humanity.” The alien invasion is over and our elite are in fact aliens (which would explain a lot come to think of it) who lull humanity into a false sense of security with subliminal messages to “consume” and “marry and reproduce”.

“Probably one of the most subversive films to have come out of Hollywood in decades,” we wrote in our original review, They Live is an almost Marxist critique on the social impact of Reaganism. Witness for instance the extended scenes in the film in which riot police forcibly evict homeless people.

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http://www.scifimoviepage.com/upcoming/previews/theylive-remake.html

Cool site - World War Z sounds killer too (Geo-political chaos as zombies overrun societies and governments...)

Others on the horizon...

http://www.scifimoviepage.com/upcoming/upcoming.html

[BlueJazz]

1. "They Live" is one of the coolest little films made about Alien Take-over.

A Fun film to watch.
Most Reviewers still love it. :)

[Amerigo Vespucci]

2. Ehhhh...I'm not sold on remaking that one

It's just one of those movies that really doesn't need to be remade.

My favorite line comes when one of the alien women looks at Piper and speaks into her watch, in a husky voice:

"W've GOT one...he can SEE."

:scared:

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5. Yeah, love that line. And the bubblegum line. And the "purfume on a pig" line.

I dunno, if they stick to the leaders are really aliens idea, it could be good.

It'll never match the B-movie glory of the original, tho.

[Beer on a stick]

3. What is this puerile obssession Hollywood has w/remaking classics?

Why, fer chrissakes?

The only decent one I ever saw were the Brady Bunch ones, and that's saying something.

[Beer on a stick]

4. What is this puerile obssession Hollywood has w/remaking classics?

Why, fer chrissakes?

The only decent one I ever saw were the Brady Bunch ones, and that's saying something.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

6. Will the fight scene be expanded to 20 minutes now?

I swear, whenever I come in on that movie on television, it is always during that fight scene.

[Beer on a stick]

7. Put these on. PUT THESE ON!!!!!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

8. I'm giving you a choice: either put on these glasses or start eatin' that trash can.

:)

[Beer on a stick]

9. John Nada. One of the best movie names evah.

[NewJeffCT]

10. One of the great lines in movie history

"I have come here to chew bubble gum & kick ass, and I'm all outta bubble gum..."

[TK421]

11. That movie is classic...I can't wait for it

:thumbsup:

[Hayabusa]

12. Both are going to stink...

They Live was an awesome 80s movie, and one that shouldn't be remade.

As for World War Z, there's no way it can even come close to beating its source material, or even faithfully adapting it.