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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
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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
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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
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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
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What is my talking head saying?? #newtoy #dimensionfour #plaything #adarksong #cjmccreery #paranormalactivity #poltergeist #churchofsatan #theylive #4D #talkingheads #thewalkingdead #theconjuring #halfbad
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Londres : une contre-publicité trolle Meta dans un brillant hommage à They Live http://dlvr.it/TTb7nd #TheyLive #JohnCarpenter
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Londres : une contre-publicité trolle Meta dans un brillant hommage à They Live http://dlvr.it/TTb7nd #TheyLive #JohnCarpenter
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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
> Lux Occult: 110. Pop Culture Magic: John Carpenter’s ‘They Live’ & Project SPEX w/ Literoin & Fr. Damiana
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It’s my birthday in a couple days
It's weird coming up on the 250'th for the nation and realizing you're going to outlive it. Not that I want to, just that with technofeudaleveragist pseudarchy quickly replacing our capitalism flavored democratic republic I don't see the powers that be being the same people for very long. I think the billionaires won. I think they own us. I'm not going easy though. Watched John Carpenter's "They Live" last night. First time seeing it, fantastic film starting 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper as Nada, our […] -
It’s my birthday in a couple days
It's weird coming up on the 250'th for the nation and realizing you're going to outlive it. Not that I want to, just that with technofeudaleveragist pseudarchy quickly replacing our capitalism flavored democratic republic I don't see the powers that be being the same people for very long. I think the billionaires won. I think they own us. I'm not going easy though. Watched John Carpenter's "They Live" last night. First time seeing it, fantastic film starting 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper as Nada, our […] -
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Movie TV Tech Geeks #Movie #Dragonslayer #Brazil #TheyLive 10 Greatest Forgotten '80s Cult Classic Movies http://dlvr.it/TTBB7K
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Movie TV Tech Geeks #Movie #Dragonslayer #Brazil #TheyLive 10 Greatest Forgotten '80s Cult Classic Movies http://dlvr.it/TTBB7K
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Movie TV Tech Geeks #Movie #SciFi #TheyLive #Akira 6 Classic Sci-Fi Movies Nobody Wants To See a Remake Of http://dlvr.it/TT8Fsv
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Movie TV Tech Geeks #Movie #SciFi #TheyLive #Akira 6 Classic Sci-Fi Movies Nobody Wants To See a Remake Of http://dlvr.it/TT8Fsv
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#ThisIsWater fucked with by the wealthy in too many ways to count. We have no reference for what a culture and civics unbiased by their influence would look like.
The fedi lets us change the water we're all swimming in but nobody cares cause they barely know the water exists.
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#ThisIsWater fucked with by the wealthy in too many ways to count. We have no reference for what a culture and civics unbiased by their influence would look like.
The fedi lets us change the water we're all swimming in but nobody cares cause they barely know the water exists.
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#ThisIsWater fucked with by the wealthy in too many ways to count. We have no reference for what a culture and civics unbiased by their influence would look like.
The fedi lets us change the water we're all swimming in but nobody cares cause they barely know the water exists.
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Today is #DisclosureDay …
now I’ve cracked out a blue flanny watching a #JohnCarpenter classic, #TheyLive 🕶️👽
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Today is #DisclosureDay …
now I’ve cracked out a blue flanny watching a #JohnCarpenter classic, #TheyLive 🕶️👽
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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
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Replace Ads with They Live style slogans
A fork of uBlock Origin Lite that, instead of hiding cosmetically-blocked ads, replaces them with white tiles bearing slogans from John Carpenter's 1988 film They Live: OBEY, CONSUME, WATCH TV, SLEEP, SUBMIT, CONFORM, STAY ASLEEP, BUY, WORK, NO INDEPENDENT THOUGHT, DO NOT QUESTION AUTHORITY.
(Use the original @ublockorigin for safety!)
👁️🗨️ https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker
#addblocker #AddBlock #theylive #ublock #movies #scify #ublockorigin #ads #slogan #WebAds
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Replace Ads with They Live style slogans
A fork of uBlock Origin Lite that, instead of hiding cosmetically-blocked ads, replaces them with white tiles bearing slogans from John Carpenter's 1988 film They Live: OBEY, CONSUME, WATCH TV, SLEEP, SUBMIT, CONFORM, STAY ASLEEP, BUY, WORK, NO INDEPENDENT THOUGHT, DO NOT QUESTION AUTHORITY.
(Use the original @ublockorigin for safety!)
👁️🗨️ https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker
#addblocker #AddBlock #theylive #ublock #movies #scify #ublockorigin #ads #slogan #WebAds
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Replace Ads with They Live style slogans
A fork of uBlock Origin Lite that, instead of hiding cosmetically-blocked ads, replaces them with white tiles bearing slogans from John Carpenter's 1988 film They Live: OBEY, CONSUME, WATCH TV, SLEEP, SUBMIT, CONFORM, STAY ASLEEP, BUY, WORK, NO INDEPENDENT THOUGHT, DO NOT QUESTION AUTHORITY.
(Use the original @ublockorigin for safety!)
👁️🗨️ https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker
#addblocker #AddBlock #theylive #ublock #movies #scify #ublockorigin #ads #slogan #WebAds
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Replace Ads with They Live style slogans
A fork of uBlock Origin Lite that, instead of hiding cosmetically-blocked ads, replaces them with white tiles bearing slogans from John Carpenter's 1988 film They Live: OBEY, CONSUME, WATCH TV, SLEEP, SUBMIT, CONFORM, STAY ASLEEP, BUY, WORK, NO INDEPENDENT THOUGHT, DO NOT QUESTION AUTHORITY.
(Use the original @ublockorigin for safety!)
👁️🗨️ https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker
#addblocker #AddBlock #theylive #ublock #movies #scify #ublockorigin #ads #slogan #WebAds
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Replace Ads with They Live style slogans
A fork of uBlock Origin Lite that, instead of hiding cosmetically-blocked ads, replaces them with white tiles bearing slogans from John Carpenter's 1988 film They Live: OBEY, CONSUME, WATCH TV, SLEEP, SUBMIT, CONFORM, STAY ASLEEP, BUY, WORK, NO INDEPENDENT THOUGHT, DO NOT QUESTION AUTHORITY.
(Use the original @ublockorigin for safety!)
👁️🗨️ https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker
#addblocker #AddBlock #theylive #ublock #movies #scify #ublockorigin #ads #slogan #WebAds
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Ah yes, the pinnacle of innovation: an #adblocker that swaps out ads for "They Live" slogans. 🤯 Because nothing screams 21st-century tech like living in an 80s sci-fi dystopia. 🚀 I'm sure #advertisers are quaking in their boots. 😂
https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker #TheyLive #innovation #80sDystopia #techhumor #HackerNews #ngated -
Ah yes, the pinnacle of innovation: an #adblocker that swaps out ads for "They Live" slogans. 🤯 Because nothing screams 21st-century tech like living in an 80s sci-fi dystopia. 🚀 I'm sure #advertisers are quaking in their boots. 😂
https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker #TheyLive #innovation #80sDystopia #techhumor #HackerNews #ngated -
They Live (1988) inspired Adblocker
https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker
#HackerNews #TheyLive #Adblocker #1988Film #HackerNews #TechInnovation
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They Live (1988) inspired Adblocker
https://github.com/davmlaw/they_live_adblocker
#HackerNews #TheyLive #Adblocker #1988Film #HackerNews #TechInnovation
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If you're not familiar with the 1980's movie, "They Live!" you're really missing out.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096256/
I know you'll question the producer and distribution credits, but it was the only way a movie like this could be made.
Very counter-culture, especially with Reagan.
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass...and I'm all out of bubblegum." -- John Nada
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If you're not familiar with the 1980's movie, "They Live!" you're really missing out.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096256/
I know you'll question the producer and distribution credits, but it was the only way a movie like this could be made.
Very counter-culture, especially with Reagan.
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass...and I'm all out of bubblegum." -- John Nada
