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#Cine

Ellos viven, John Carpenter, 1988

Esta genial producción del director estadounidense John Carpenter es una verdadera obra de culto que mezcla la ciencia ficción con una fuerte crítica social llena de acción. La historia sigue a John Nada, interpretado de forma excelente por el luchador profesional Roddy Piper, un hombre común y sin empleo que llega a la ciudad de Los Ángeles buscando una oportunidad de trabajo en la construcción. La verdadera aventura arranca cuando Nada encuentra por accidente una caja llena de lentes de sol muy particulares en una iglesia comunitaria y, al ponérselos por primera vez, descubre con asombro que el mundo real está completamente dominado por una raza de extraterrestres con rostros de calavera que viven camuflados entre la clase alta y los políticos de la sociedad.

La película se vuelve sumamente divertida y memorable por la forma en que estos lentes le permiten al protagonista ver la cruda realidad del entorno urbano en un marcado color blanco y negro. Al mirar a través de los cristales, los anuncios espectaculares de viajes, las revistas de moda y los billetes pierden sus imágenes bonitas para mostrar sus verdaderos mensajes ocultos de control social con palabras directas como Obedece, Consume, No cuestiones a la autoridad, Cásate y multiplícate o Ve la televisión. Con un ritmo muy ágil que incluye una de las peleas a golpes más largas y famosas de la historia del cine junto al actor Keith David, la obra funciona como una metáfora perfecta y muy amigable sobre cómo la publicidad masiva y el consumo desmedido pueden adormecer la mente humana, resultando una opción ideal para pasar una gran tarde de entretenimiento mientras reflexionamos sobre la soberanía de nuestros propios pensamientos.

— A. Eldritch, Periodista, Locutor, podcaster y bloger del fediverso

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#Cine #TheyLive #JohnCarpenter #CienciaFiccion #Accion #CriticaSocial #Pelicula #Ochentas

#Cine

Ellos viven, John Carpenter, 1988

Esta genial producción del director estadounidense John Carpenter es una verdadera obra de culto que mezcla la ciencia ficción con una fuerte crítica social llena de acción. La historia sigue a John Nada, interpretado de forma excelente por el luchador profesional Roddy Piper, un hombre común y sin empleo que llega a la ciudad de Los Ángeles buscando una oportunidad de trabajo en la construcción. La verdadera aventura arranca cuando Nada encuentra por accidente una caja llena de lentes de sol muy particulares en una iglesia comunitaria y, al ponérselos por primera vez, descubre con asombro que el mundo real está completamente dominado por una raza de extraterrestres con rostros de calavera que viven camuflados entre la clase alta y los políticos de la sociedad.

La película se vuelve sumamente divertida y memorable por la forma en que estos lentes le permiten al protagonista ver la cruda realidad del entorno urbano en un marcado color blanco y negro. Al mirar a través de los cristales, los anuncios espectaculares de viajes, las revistas de moda y los billetes pierden sus imágenes bonitas para mostrar sus verdaderos mensajes ocultos de control social con palabras directas como Obedece, Consume, No cuestiones a la autoridad, Cásate y multiplícate o Ve la televisión. Con un ritmo muy ágil que incluye una de las peleas a golpes más largas y famosas de la historia del cine junto al actor Keith David, la obra funciona como una metáfora perfecta y muy amigable sobre cómo la publicidad masiva y el consumo desmedido pueden adormecer la mente humana, resultando una opción ideal para pasar una gran tarde de entretenimiento mientras reflexionamos sobre la soberanía de nuestros propios pensamientos.

— A. Eldritch, Periodista, Locutor, podcaster y bloger del fediverso

Alt text via @altbot y @TeLoDescribot

#Cine #TheyLive #JohnCarpenter #CienciaFiccion #Accion #CriticaSocial #Pelicula #Ochentas

Interesting interview with John Carpenter:

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jul/20/everything-i-know-about-evil-i-learned-in-that-small-town-john-carpenter-on-terrifying-the-world-with-halloween-the-thing-and-the-fog

#scifi #johnCarpenter #scifiFilms #horrorMovies

At 78, the king of horror and sci-fi movies is as much of a rebel as ever. He talks about creativity, compromise (he’s not a fan) and how he became addicted to moviemaking In 2024, John Carpenter had… #culture #horror #johncarpenter

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jul/20/everything-i-know-about-evil-i-learned-in-that-small-town-john-carpenter-on-terrifying-the-world-with-halloween-the-thing-and-the-fog?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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‘Everything I know about evil I learned in that small town’: John Carpenter on terrifying the world with Halloween, The Thing and The Fog: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jul/20/everything-i-know-about-evil-i-learned-in-that-small-town-john-carpenter-on-terrifying-the-world-with-halloween-the-thing-and-the-fog

'Then there’s They Live, from 1988, which seems to have taken on a life of its own. The story concerns a homeless worker (played by wrestler “Rowdy” Roddy Piper) who discovers some sunglasses that reveal subliminal propaganda messages beneath every advert, magazine and piece of packaging he sees: “Obey”, “Marry and Reproduce”, “Stay Asleep”. Even the dollar bills secretly say: “This is your God.” The glasses also reveal the aliens who walk among us undetected, controlling humanity.

Not exactly subtle, and They Live is by no means his best film (Piper is no Kurt Russell), but it has become part of the culture, endlessly mimicked, turned into memes and even co-opted into a successful clothing brand by the graphic artist Shepard Fairey – the ultimate irony, perhaps. Just last week, pranksters doctored billboards for Meta’s AI glasses They-Live-style, revealing Kylie Jenner to be an alien and the ad’s subliminal slogan to be “We’re always watching”.

Carpenter was specifically targeting the Reagan era in They Live, he says, the hyperconsumerism, but also the inequality – contrasting Piper’s homeless community with the affluent heights of 80s Los Angeles. “It’s a documentary, and it didn’t end. It’s still going on now, even worse.” He stops himself. “You’ll get me ranting here, and that’s not a good thing.” But, almost needless to say, he’s depressed by the state of his country. “Things are bad here. I guess you guys realise that over there?”

Žižek, the Slovenian philosopher, called They Live “one of the forgotten masterpieces of the Hollywood left” in his 2012 documentary The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology, which saw the film as a metaphor for not just consumerism but ideology as a whole: “When you put the glasses on, you see dictatorship in democracy. It’s the invisible order which sustains your apparent freedom.”

“I don’t know if I’d go that far,” says Carpenter (he has never heard of Žižek, and asks me to send him the clip). “It’s actually democracy under pressure from the dictator. I’m a real sucker for American values. There’s a lot of people like me and we’re constantly fighting, but we’re doing it within the system. I vote. That’s the only power I have. I’m not a rich guy like these guys. And I keep believing that we’ll fight them off one day. We’re all going to be like Roddy Piper, we’re going to give ’em the finger at the end there.”'

#JohnCarpenter #TheyLive #SlavojZizek #film #video #philosophy

‘Everything I know about evil I learned in that small town’: John Carpenter on terrifying the world with Halloween, The Thing and The Fog: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jul/20/everything-i-know-about-evil-i-learned-in-that-small-town-john-carpenter-on-terrifying-the-world-with-halloween-the-thing-and-the-fog

'Then there’s They Live, from 1988, which seems to have taken on a life of its own. The story concerns a homeless worker (played by wrestler “Rowdy” Roddy Piper) who discovers some sunglasses that reveal subliminal propaganda messages beneath every advert, magazine and piece of packaging he sees: “Obey”, “Marry and Reproduce”, “Stay Asleep”. Even the dollar bills secretly say: “This is your God.” The glasses also reveal the aliens who walk among us undetected, controlling humanity.

Not exactly subtle, and They Live is by no means his best film (Piper is no Kurt Russell), but it has become part of the culture, endlessly mimicked, turned into memes and even co-opted into a successful clothing brand by the graphic artist Shepard Fairey – the ultimate irony, perhaps. Just last week, pranksters doctored billboards for Meta’s AI glasses They-Live-style, revealing Kylie Jenner to be an alien and the ad’s subliminal slogan to be “We’re always watching”.

Carpenter was specifically targeting the Reagan era in They Live, he says, the hyperconsumerism, but also the inequality – contrasting Piper’s homeless community with the affluent heights of 80s Los Angeles. “It’s a documentary, and it didn’t end. It’s still going on now, even worse.” He stops himself. “You’ll get me ranting here, and that’s not a good thing.” But, almost needless to say, he’s depressed by the state of his country. “Things are bad here. I guess you guys realise that over there?”

Žižek, the Slovenian philosopher, called They Live “one of the forgotten masterpieces of the Hollywood left” in his 2012 documentary The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology, which saw the film as a metaphor for not just consumerism but ideology as a whole: “When you put the glasses on, you see dictatorship in democracy. It’s the invisible order which sustains your apparent freedom.”

“I don’t know if I’d go that far,” says Carpenter (he has never heard of Žižek, and asks me to send him the clip). “It’s actually democracy under pressure from the dictator. I’m a real sucker for American values. There’s a lot of people like me and we’re constantly fighting, but we’re doing it within the system. I vote. That’s the only power I have. I’m not a rich guy like these guys. And I keep believing that we’ll fight them off one day. We’re all going to be like Roddy Piper, we’re going to give ’em the finger at the end there.”'

#JohnCarpenter #TheyLive #SlavojZizek #film #video #philosophy

‘Everything I know about evil I learned in that small town’: John Carpenter on terrifying the world with Halloween, The Thing and The Fog
By Steve Rose

At 78, the king of horror and sci-fi movies is as much of a rebel as ever. He talks about creativity, compromise (he’s not a fan) and how he became addicted to moviemaking

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jul/20/everything-i-know-about-evil-i-learned-in-that-small-town-john-carpenter-on-terrifying-the-world-with-halloween-the-thing-and-the-fog

#JohnCarpenter #Film #Culture #HorrorTV #USpolitics #Music #TheGuardian #SteveRose

Movie TV Tech Geeks #Horror #TheThing #JohnCarpenter Over 40 Years Later, Horror Still Hasn’t Topped This Movie's Perfect Ending http://dlvr.it/TTbd3m

Londres : une contre-publicité trolle Meta dans un brillant hommage à They Live http://dlvr.it/TTb7nd #TheyLive #JohnCarpenter

Londres : une contre-publicité trolle Meta dans un brillant hommage à They Live http://dlvr.it/TTb7nd #TheyLive #JohnCarpenter

𝐑encontre 𝐈mprobable

𝐀𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐀𝐫𝐣𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐕ersus 𝐒𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐧

#RencontreImprobable #AdriaArjona #SixUnderground
#SnakePlissken #JohnCarpenter #KurtRussell #NewYork1997
#cinegenres #culte #classic #cinema #film #movie

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John Carpenter "Escape From New York" (Official Live In Studio Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3_QOVaBA98

#JohnCarpenter #EscapeFromNewYork #Music #SacredBonesRecords

John Carpenter "Escape From New York" (Official Live In Studio Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3_QOVaBA98

#JohnCarpenter #EscapeFromNewYork #Music #SacredBonesRecords

The best 80s horror movie gets the perfect tee! 🧊👽 Show your love for Carpenter's masterpiece. Grab it now & save 15% on any 5+ full-price tees!
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#TheThing #JohnCarpenter #80sHorror #HorrorMovies #ClassicFilm

Put on your sunglasses! 😎 This classic "They Live" tee is a must-have for sci-fi fans. Shop now & save 15% on any 5+ full-price tees!
https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/95482321-they-live?store_id=263401
#TheyLive #JohnCarpenter #SciFi #CultClassic #Obey

Sam Neill, Actor in ‘Jurassic Park’ and ‘The Piano,’ Dies at 78
#MovieNews #Movies #ColinTrevorrow #HollyHunter #JaneCampion #JoeJohnston #JohnCarpenter #MerylStreep #NicoleKidman #Obituaries #RobertRedford #RobinWilliams #SamNeill #ScarlettJohansson #StevenSpielberg #TaikaWaititi #TimothyDalton

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sam-neill-dead-actor-jurassic-park-the-piano-dies-1236646308/

Sam Neill, Actor in ‘Jurassic Park’ and ‘The Piano,’ Dies at 78
#MovieNews #Movies #ColinTrevorrow #HollyHunter #JaneCampion #JoeJohnston #JohnCarpenter #MerylStreep #NicoleKidman #Obituaries #RobertRedford #RobinWilliams #SamNeill #ScarlettJohansson #StevenSpielberg #TaikaWaititi #TimothyDalton

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sam-neill-dead-actor-jurassic-park-the-piano-dies-1236646308/

The commander and doctor from John Carpenter's "The Thing" (1982) were in "The Terminal Man" (1974), which is a rather not-exciting movie, not even a very decent argument for the Butlerian Jihad compared to its contemporaries. Yes, that one guy had a bad outcome, but humanity at large wasn't threatened.
#JohnCarpenter #TheThing #film #ButlerianJihad

45 years ago today, "Escape from New York," directed by #JohnCarpenter and starring #KurtRussell and Donald Pleasence, premieres in the US.

Academy Museum Unveils The Horror Show Exhibition Featuring ‘Carrie’ 50th Anniversary Screening, John Carpenter Retrospective
#Variety #News #AcademyMuseumOfMotionPictures #JohnCarpenter

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/academy-museum-horror-show-carrie-john-carpenter-1236804434/

Academy Museum Unveils The Horror Show Exhibition Featuring ‘Carrie’ 50th Anniversary Screening, John Carpenter Retrospective
#Variety #News #AcademyMuseumOfMotionPictures #JohnCarpenter

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/academy-museum-horror-show-carrie-john-carpenter-1236804434/

"Death has come to your little town, Sheriff."

All shot using real figures, lighting, miniatures and a couple of dish cloths for the sheets on the washing line.

#michaelmyers #halloween #horror #horrormovies #photography #miniaturephotography #miniatures #johncarpenter #creativephotography

"Death has come to your little town, Sheriff."

All shot using real figures, lighting, miniatures and a couple of dish cloths for the sheets on the washing line.

#michaelmyers #halloween #horror #horrormovies #photography #miniaturephotography #miniatures #johncarpenter #creativephotography

It’s my birthday in a couple days

https://snowebell.cc/its-my-birthday-in-a-couple-days/

It’s my birthday in a couple days

https://snowebell.cc/its-my-birthday-in-a-couple-days/

Movie TV Tech Geeks #BooksandComicsNews #JohnCarpenter #Horror John Carpenter Officially Reveals Release Date for Next Big Project Ahead of Horror Return http://dlvr.it/TTFylT

John Carpenter has unveiled "The Ferryman," the latest single from his upcoming audio/visual project Cathedral.

Details: https://metalinsider.net/video/john-carpenter-shares-new-the-ferryman-single-from-upcoming-cathedral-project

#JohnCarpenter #Cathedral #TheFerryman

John Carpenter has unveiled "The Ferryman," the latest single from his upcoming audio/visual project Cathedral.

Details: https://metalinsider.net/video/john-carpenter-shares-new-the-ferryman-single-from-upcoming-cathedral-project

#JohnCarpenter #Cathedral #TheFerryman

Halloween Theme ⋆｡°✩🎃✩°｡⋆
#JohnCarpenter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAkmG-VH_O4

Halloween Theme ⋆｡°✩🎃✩°｡⋆
#JohnCarpenter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAkmG-VH_O4

Today is #DisclosureDay …

now I’ve cracked out a blue flanny watching a #JohnCarpenter classic, #TheyLive 🕶️👽

Today is #DisclosureDay …

now I’ve cracked out a blue flanny watching a #JohnCarpenter classic, #TheyLive 🕶️👽

Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieFeatures #TheyLive #JohnCarpenter #SciFi 3 Decades Later, John Carpenter's Masterclass Thriller Still Hits Like a Punch to the Gut http://dlvr.it/TT6JYf

I'm one episode into my #DoctorWho: #TheCurseofFenric #revisit. #JohnCarpenter's #TheFog, right?

I'm one episode into my #DoctorWho: #TheCurseofFenric #revisit. #JohnCarpenter's #TheFog, right?

Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #JohnCarpenter #EscapeFromNewYork Zack Snyder's New Remake Sets Streaming Coming Back for John Carpenter's Best Sci-Fi Movie http://dlvr.it/TSxt33

Fuga da New York, un film profezia

@cinema @spettacoli @[email protected]

Le sue paure sono diventate la nostra realtà 👇 https://boomerissimo.it/2024/08/26/fuga-da-new-york-era-troppo-spaventoso-per-girarlo-oggi-ci-viviamo/

#boomerissimo #johncarpenter #kurtrussel #fugadanewyork #cinema #unocinema

Fuga da New York, un film profezia

@cinema @spettacoli @[email protected]

🛑Le sue paure sono diventate la nostra realtà 👇

#boomerissimo #johncarpenter #kurtrussel #fugadanewyork #cinema #unocinema

ZACK SNYDER RELEVA A JOHN CARPENTER EN EL REMAKE DE "1997: RESCATE EN NUEVA YORK".
Hay proyectos que parecen condenados a permanecer eternamente en desarrollo. El remake de 1997: Rescate en Nueva York es uno de ellos. Durante décadas, distintos nombres han intentado sacar adelante una nueva versión del clásico de ciencia ficción y acción de 1981 sin que ninguna de esas iniciativas llegara a materializarse...
https://nuevoimagenesdeactualidad.blogspot.com/2026/06/zack-snyder-releva-john-carpenter-en-el.html
#cine #cinema #zacksnyder #johncarpenter

Fuga da New York, un film profezia

@cinema @spettacoli @[email protected]

🛑Le sue paure sono diventate la nostra realtà 👇

#boomerissimo #johncarpenter #kurtrussel #fugadanewyork #cinema #unocinema

Fuga da New York, un film profezia

@cinema @spettacoli @[email protected]

🛑Le sue paure sono diventate la nostra realtà 👇

#boomerissimo #johncarpenter #kurtrussel #fugadanewyork #cinema #unocinema

Zack Snyder Tackling Reimagining of John Carpenter’s ‘Escape From New York’ (Exclusive)
#MovieNews #Movies #EscapefromNewYork #JohnCarpenter #Justiceleague #ZackSnyder

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/zack-snyder-escape-from-new-york-remake-1236610684/

Zack Snyder Tackling Reimagining of John Carpenter’s ‘Escape From New York’ (Exclusive)
#MovieNews #Movies #EscapefromNewYork #JohnCarpenter #Justiceleague #ZackSnyder

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/zack-snyder-escape-from-new-york-remake-1236610684/

A primeros de agosto el genio John Carpenter, de 78 años, lanzará de seguido un cómic y un disco que hizo a la vez, dos proyectos que se acompañan y se retroalimentan.

El tono de Cathedral será, por supuesto, dramáticamente oscuro, y para muestra el sencillo introductorio, Lord of the Underground, que adapta en sus visuales la novela gracias al hacer de Antwan R. Johnson, y, cuya mayor sorpresa es calzar a las atmósferas arquetípicas de Carpenter guitarras que bordean el metal, seguro que gracias a la colaboración de sus músicos de confianza, Daniel Davies y Cody Carpenter (su retoño).

Nada de asustarse: el resultado es mucho más asequible de lo que parece. Hay en el tema una esencia de single de grupos góticos centroeuropeos de los que aparecen en las playlists importantes, no tanto de los que tocan en salas. De hecho, en Mayhem tampoco habría desentonado.

Lo destacable es que exista, que traiga un nuevo Carpenter siendo tan evidente la raíz del clásico y que converse con una obra en otro formato, cuya idea, de ambas, proviene de un sueño de su autor. Yo lo llamaría pesadilla. Tan primordiales son los POV.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj89q66nANs
#popazo #music #musica #nowplaying #pop #album #johncarpenter #disco #single #singles #sencillo #song #songs #terror #horror #cathedral #comic #graphicnovel #electronic #electronica #synth #synthpop #rockmusic #rock #metal #soundtrack

It's a rainy Memorial Day Weekend here, so I've picked out some trilogies for you to enjoy during your 3-Day weekend in this episode of the #VideoStore Podcast. #JohnCarpenter #LotR #nerdlyfe https://www.videostorepodcast.com/p/trilogies-for-a-3-day-weekend

cimentati con l'horror, basti pensare al maestro #JohnCarpenter), è già una dichiarazione di poetica: non La Mummia, ma "la mummia di Cronin", un atto deliberato di riappropriazione autoriale di un archetipo ormai logoro fino a sconfinare nella parodia.

E qui sta l'aspetto più stimolante dell'operazione, secondo me. #Cronin prende uno dei cliché più "mummificati" (è il caso di dirlo!) dell'immaginario horror e lo svuota dall'interno: la mummia non è più l'altro esotico che risorge
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cimentati con l'horror, basti pensare al maestro #JohnCarpenter), è già una dichiarazione di poetica: non La Mummia, ma "la mummia di Cronin", un atto deliberato di riappropriazione autoriale di un archetipo ormai logoro fino a sconfinare nella parodia.

E qui sta l'aspetto più stimolante dell'operazione, secondo me. #Cronin prende uno dei cliché più "mummificati" (è il caso di dirlo!) dell'immaginario horror e lo svuota dall'interno: la mummia non è più l'altro esotico che risorge
2/13

Love me. Love me right. You Betta #SaintJust What happens when members of the brilliant #Algiers discover #80s #synth #pop and #EBM, as well as #JohnCarpenter soundtracks, and blend them together? What a blast! You’ve got my attention. #music #industrial #postpunk #electronic youtu.be/5F7LurnwI9s

Saint Just - "You Betta"

Comics? Synths? Metal? John, fucking, Carpenter?
Looking forward to this:
#synthesizer #comics #JohnCarpenter #metal #horror

John Carpenter Goes Metal With New Book & Companion Album, Cathedral https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2026/05/21/john-carpenter-goes-metal-with-new-book-companion-album-cathedral/