I didn't say "like the Matrix". I'm talking about the spirit behind it. Aka, a positive spiritual force that is sharing the sense that the 'reality' we are told we are living in is a facade.
I'm sure, story wise, there is no similarity to the Matrix. But, if there are good forces seeking to wake people up to the Lies, they would support both films, I suspect. (Even though I've never seen TL).
They Live is a classic. It was for a time available for free on YouTube (years ago) along with another, Harrison Bergeron, which is also a must watch dystopian nightmare from the 90s. Now I think it's an amc+ property.
The acting is a bit stymied (what do you expect from rowdy Rodney piper, he was a wrestler first and goremost) but on the plus side the story of They Live is perfection.
Short summary: country is basically socialist, with unions controlling who works and who doesn't in blue collar jobs. Bloke is struggling to find work then finds these sunglasses that show him that the reality we see is a subversion. Underneath that reality is what is being told to all: obey, consume, stay asleep, and similar messages. The glasses also show who is human and who is one of them.
Never saw this film. Sounds like it comes from a similar spirit to the Matrix.
Not even like the Matrix. It's one of those simple movies, clean but hits hard.
A must see. From 1988.
I didn't say "like the Matrix". I'm talking about the spirit behind it. Aka, a positive spiritual force that is sharing the sense that the 'reality' we are told we are living in is a facade.
I'm sure, story wise, there is no similarity to the Matrix. But, if there are good forces seeking to wake people up to the Lies, they would support both films, I suspect. (Even though I've never seen TL).
You are correct. In their own way they both make a point that there is great deception out there while people are asleep.
They Live is a classic. It was for a time available for free on YouTube (years ago) along with another, Harrison Bergeron, which is also a must watch dystopian nightmare from the 90s. Now I think it's an amc+ property.
The acting is a bit stymied (what do you expect from rowdy Rodney piper, he was a wrestler first and goremost) but on the plus side the story of They Live is perfection.
Short summary: country is basically socialist, with unions controlling who works and who doesn't in blue collar jobs. Bloke is struggling to find work then finds these sunglasses that show him that the reality we see is a subversion. Underneath that reality is what is being told to all: obey, consume, stay asleep, and similar messages. The glasses also show who is human and who is one of them.
This clip gives you the baseline of what those glasses are all about: https://youtu.be/yjw_DuNkOUw?si=Kxg2aRhMNirKP2PR
This will be you the whole time...
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Basically a group of Shapeshifting (non-reptilian) extraterrestrials have infiltrated humanity and hide behind "disguises no one knows."
In the movie, they have created a sort of matrix of mind control they use to rule over humanity.
The phrase "I've come to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm all out of bubblegum" COMES FROM THE MOVIE "THEY LIVE."