The best thing about that great extended fight scene (for me) is how it shows how much effort is necessary to get someone to open their eyes to the truth, I believe that was Carpenter's intention.

@ImonSnow

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I saw it that way as well, very well done on his part!

@Theomite

Жыл бұрын

I think it's telling that at first Frank is the conspiracy guy and Nada is the compliant one. But by the fight scene Nada is the conspiracy guy and Frank is the doubter. I've noticed this in real life: conspiracy theorists are all about the theory...but once you lay out in forensic detail how the real conspiracy works they start tuning out defensively. Once the conspiracy takes shape beyond their control they fall into denial as much as the "sheeple."

@bigmikem1578

Жыл бұрын

Watch “the perverts guide to idealogy” it’s all bout this

@Tray45489

11 ай бұрын

Hell is REAL. Repent of your sins and turn to God. He loves you. Believe in his Son Jesus and you'll be saved. KZread: 30 Days Touring HELL

@Tray45489

11 ай бұрын

​@@ImonSnowHell is REAL. Repent of your sins and turn to God. He loves you. Believe in his Son Jesus and you'll be saved. KZread: 30 Days Touring HELL

I re-watched this the other day for probably the 20th time. A line that really stood out for the first time to me.... A Black and a White man are talking to each other "They're pitting us against each other".

@ImonSnow

Жыл бұрын

Yep..

@Theomite

Жыл бұрын

Funnily enough Keith David said that exact same line in THE THING just 6 years earlier. John Carpenter really liked making him say that line in his movies.

@ginger1531

Жыл бұрын

God knows its true. If everyone could see they'd have no fuckin chance👍

@fanboyhex1555

Жыл бұрын

@@Theomite it wasn't Keith David that said "pit us against each other" line in The Thing, it was actor who played Norris (the fat dude with the belly mouth & spider head).

It’s insane how well this film has aged.

@coloradochris3952

11 ай бұрын

Modern version of 1984

@bryanbrady877

2 ай бұрын

I wish you were wrong pause wait for applause.

"I'm here to kick ass and chew bubblegum! And I'm all outta gum." Iconic goofy line.

@darthken815

Жыл бұрын

Only the late WWE Hall of Famer Rowdy Roddy PIper could've made that line work. From anybody else, it would just sound bad. R.I.P. Roddy (1954-2015)

@Kevin_Flynn

6 ай бұрын

It's not a goofy line. It will go down as one of the best lines in Cinema History.

@johankaewberg8162

3 ай бұрын

Used in the hit game Duke Nuk’em

@ouknow1446

2 ай бұрын

@@Kevin_Flynn It is one the best lines in Cinema history over 35 years later.

@Kevin_Flynn

2 ай бұрын

@@ouknow1446 100%

This movie morphed into a documentary; way ahead of its time.

@tbirdguy1

Жыл бұрын

It's history repeating itself. For as long as their have been economic systems where few benefit from the work of many, there have been cycles of boom and bust. During the bust period, people suffer terribly, they built shanty towns, live in squaller, and then the people in charge see them not as fellow humans, but as disposable people that need to be driven or sacrificed to the gods. The movie resonates because its underlying message is that we humans have to stop seeing each other as the enemy... and start caring more about each other instead of allowing powerful people to manipulate us into hating/hurting one another.

@JustSomeGoy

Ай бұрын

Not a documentary, INSTRUCTIONS...if all the TV/Radio stations went down tomorrow, who would tell us the fear propaganda to keep us all asleep?

When the money reads 'this is your god' is some heavy 💩 Carpenter really gets into next level horror with They Live!

@KittyBoom360

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, paper dollars even say, "In God we trust."

RIP Rowdy Roddy Piper

My best friend and I were big pro wrestling fans during the 80's and 90's so we went to see this movie when it first released in theaters. We didn't understand the "hidden meanings" behind the plot of the film, we just thought it was a cool sci-fi action movie. Now watching it as an adult, I understand it and find it almost prophetic. Certainly an 80's classic, thanks for reacting!😁💯

The fight scene in the alley is famous. It was remade in South Park with Timmy in the wheelchair.

@endless013

Жыл бұрын

Also Saints Row 3

The fist fight is a metaphor on how hard it is to make people see the truth.

@Kevin_Flynn

6 ай бұрын

No it was only supposed to be a minuet or two but the scene was so good they kept rolling and left it as is in the film.

@taoist32

3 ай бұрын

@@Kevin_FlynnThe metaphor still stands. It represented how hard it is to convince friends and family of what the truth is.

@Kevin_Flynn

3 ай бұрын

@@taoist32 What the hell are you talking about ?

@taoist32

3 ай бұрын

@@Kevin_Flynn What the original commenter was talking about. The fist fight is a metaphor for how hard it is to convince people of the truth.

"How is he going to trust you now?!" Male bonding is a strange thing Imon 😅

I'm here to chew bubble gum and leave a like and a comment, and I'm all out of bubblegum.

I have a thing where I wanted to start a discussion on how “They Live”, “Demolition Man”, and “Idiocracy” connect and explain what our society is like…… basically a deep philosophical dive connecting this movie and two other great movies

Idk why barely anyones mentioned it but the main character was played by Rowdy Roddy Piper, one of the most influential pro wrestlers of all time. The guy was a legend. Scottish fella from Canada. Total badass with a ton of stories.

Another Carpenter Masterpiece and a commentary that was ahead of its time!! Such an amazing and fun ride of a film. Biggest props to the Legendary Roddy Piper and Keith David. I love your reactions Imon. Always so sweet and beautiful. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Fun fact idk if someone already mentioned but The main actor is roddy piper is a famous wrestler!

This movie is a classic! One of the best fights in movie history lol.

Fantastic reaction to a cult classic. Such a powerful message even if it is under a cheesy 80s guise. Really liked your comparison to The Matrix, it really does fill that same space for a earlier generation. Also, I had not seen this in probably 15 years and i just realized, Keith David played Frank?! One of my all time favorite underrated actors.

KZread needs a “love” button. Fantastic video, Imon. Tin Foil Tuesdays should become a fixture on your wonderful channel. Your thought process is a lot of fun to untie. _They Live_ portrays the past (1930s), present (1980s) and future (2030s) of capitalism, with the gap between the rich and the rest of us getting wider, wider and wider.

This movie is super over the top and cheesy in a lot of ways, but damn is the message powerful. I mean, do I actually think that we’re ruled over by a bunch of alien lizard people? No… not exactly. But, sometimes it can be hard to tell the difference, can’t it? And the methods of control used by those in power, and the way they live and do things that are completely alien to us as common people, I think that’s the message the film is trying to portray. However, haven’t actually watched this video yet, super excited to see your reaction and commentary afterwards, didn’t expect to see you react to this movie, but super excited when I saw it pop up!

When I was a kid I used to say “I’m here to kick ass and chew bubblegum” all the time

That oufit change around 10 minutes in through me for a loop. I had to rewind once to make sure I wasn't going nuts.

Great reaction to this John Carpenter 80s classic. The fight scene is one of the biggest highlights of this movie. You are spot on at 26:26

About the beginning: he was a hobo, he traveled around getting any job he could. The social context of the movie: in the 1970s there was the Oil Crisis which melted the US economy and produced a huge recession in the 1980s, specially with the rise of Reagan and neoliberal economics. So there was huge masses of unemplyed people. And all of that was made worse by the end of the decade with the burst of Japan's economic bubble. Or something like that. Also the aliens are colonizers.

@HonzoRich

8 ай бұрын

Fake news. The bad economy was under Jimmy Carter, a Democrat, and the economic boom occured under Reagan, a Republican. It's right-wing policies that helped this America, but a lefty like you would of course lie about it. Oh, and your people are colonizers, but it's ok when they do it 😂.

Another great alien John Carpenter movie you should give some time to that also applies in the pandemic is The Thing (1982). I feel you can appreciate it's message in that movie too. Great commentary and cool view points during and at the end. I look forward to see if you watch it.

Greatest fight scene in cinematic history 🥊🥊😄

I like your analysis that greed is the worst sin. It spreads low grade hurt to the masses. But the pain is accumlative.

Hi! I had to pause your video (at 6:20) because oh my! You're so right, and at the end we all need to work together, we as human beings need to help to each other. Ok... I'll watch your entire video now. Btw, I watched this movie, like 5 times and it always makes me think about so many things that we're going through...so, wow! This movie is timeless. Greetings from Mexico! Have a great day.

@WillMuny

20 күн бұрын

Working together on what? And NO generalities but Specifics!!

The foreshadowing of those "damned hackers" is the best

South Park cripple fight pays homage to this

"You probably don't want to smoke weed and watch this..." 😂I love all your takes on this movie, this one in particular made me laugh out loud.

got clued in to this film from Slovoj Zizek's film "Pervert's Guide to Ideology" which, as you may expect, contains a "take" on this film which I will leave to the sweaty boi himself instead of attempting to reproduce here

@gjits5307

Жыл бұрын

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Great reaction. And please, don't watch the trailers, they're full of spoilers. Fresh, blind reactions are the way to go!

I used to watch this movie all the time when I was younger. Scary how much it makes you look at society indepthly.

I love how deep you go about just life and everything and i couldn’t agree more with literally everything you said pretty much wow I bet your parents/family are so proud of you ya got a good head on your shoulders and good outlook on life👍

The actors are both wrestling champions. The movie was built around the fight scene. And it was built well. It truly describes the world as it is, in a metaphorical way.

Brilliant choice! Such a fun film thanks 😎👊👽

22:00 Roddy Piper was from Canada, good catch

Oh snap! Deep cut film. I saw this when it was new:)

Never has a movie been more relevant than this one is now.

Great reaction as always and such a cute fur baby! This is my 3rd favorite Carpenter film (after The Thing and Halloween) and completely agree that it hits on a lot of hard truths. In my opinion, our failure as a species, other than greed, is lack of empathy. I wish it was aliens instead of humans that treat others like trash or livestock.

Great reaction. Funny what you said about smoking weed and watching this show. The second time I ever got high I watched this. My friend and his uncle where high too, and his uncle put his own sunglasses on and off staring at me and said, "yeah he's one of us".

@ImonSnow

Жыл бұрын

Hahah that is great!

We are here to chew bubblegum and watch reactions, and we're all out of bubblegum

Doctor Who season 6 had a similar villain with the Silence. They were beings that could be only known/remembered when they were seen, but could influence people in the subconscious by leaving messages in their brain.

I'm on one thing you should definitely know is the main actor in this movie is Roddy Piper a legendary professional wrestler

Imon: "They're gonna have to box this out." Me, who has seen the movie: "Yeah... that's one way to put what's coming..."

I watched this in the theater as a fan of "Rowdy" Roddy Piper. The ANTI Hulk Hogan. I like everyone else, was disappointed but learned years later about the true power of films 'ahead of their time'. This movie didn't predict anything. Like that stupid Simpsons show, it merely PREPPED us for the inevitable.

I’ve already seen reactions to this movie but I just felt like watching more reactions, great commentary to well said well said it’s crazy how this movie is metaphorically and literally accurate referring to reality man like as silly and fun as this movie is they do such a good job of highlighting so much that is true of reality like so much of this movie is true in real life, very similar to the matrix I love it!!

It's funny listening to the host ask "why" yet ignoring the reason she's here doing THIS is WHY

You should watch Demolition Man with Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes. It's very prophetic.

@18:22 I was a big piper fan as a wrestler. About 16 years ago my lifelong neighbor who hadn't smoked sinces the 90s said bring it over & lets smoke. He then proceeded to put this movie on I'd never seen. Just thought it was funny u said u wouldnt wanna see this while high, & that's the 1st thing he did.

Yes, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper was Canadian. The film is primarily using allegory and metaphor to criticize the Reagan Administration. Reagan was the first president since Wilson to really kowtow to the laissez-faire capitalism that we know today, and started heavily deregulating business laws and ceding political power to increasingly more extreme conservative movements in the country, which is how we wound up with MAGAts and the Religious Right infiltrating government. Depicting the class war as an alien invasion softened the message into something more accessible, but it also commented on American foreign policy in the Third World. If you think *this* film is topical, you *need* to see THE PARALLAX VIEW, which was one of the first movies to speculate on the world we live in today and it was made in 1974.

Keith David was the narrator of the _Pillows and Blankets_ episode of Community. He shows up again in a later season as a computer programmer.

Great reaction, thx for sharing. Since you mentioned Rodney King, maybe you haven't heard "Killing in the name" by Rage against the machine.

I realize I'm late to the party, but great reaction. I was surprised to discover someone reacting who is actually aware that "all is not as it seems", in both the movie and in our perceptions of daily life. A "conspiracy theorist" may now be regarded as a derogatory term but that's just a slight by the controlling classes to cast aspersions on anyone who questions their narrative. So don't be afraid to wear your tin foil hat, at least symbolically if not physically. You made a lot of salient points when you spoke truthfully after your review of the movie, so kudos to you for doing that.

you can accept part of the truth, half of the truth, nothing but the truth or none of it at all. That's the struggle of opening people's eyes.

This movie is an absolute classic. I never get tired of it, because it is so relevant now. I totally share your views on the state of humanity as a whole. The rich get richer, the poor get poorer and the ones in the middle are confused. Hidden in plain sight is the evidence of the powerful manipulating the downtrodden.

This is also where the idea for the game Duke Nukem starts.

I assume you have also seen The Truman Show and Fight Club, both mind-expanding films

Definitely couldn't argue with your comparison between this film and The Matrix because they certainly shared similar themes and viewing such films tend to make me question what some of these directors are truly trying to tell us about our reality or our perception of it anyway? Over the years when revisiting this particular cult classic I couldn't help but have my underlying suspicions that this film and many others have served as either means of revelation about our world or for a method of predictive programming for the masses sort of like the film V For Vendetta (2005). Also to answer your question Imon, yes human civilization had been successfully invaded by an alien species with this films universe but there's no telling when precisely the invasion had occurred.

Some parts of this movie are amazing, some of the others not so much lol but the whole message and plot i love, everything we think is fake

You'll be seeing Keith David (Frank) again in Season 6 of Community.

@richardrobbins387

Жыл бұрын

He's great, remember seeing him for the first time in Platoon then later in Men at Work, both opposite Charlie Sheen. Also really enjoy that he voices the president in Rick & Morty.

Once you’re truly awake, life can get difficult & there’s literally no turning back. You just can’t unlearn some stuff… It completely alters how you live. You change your priorities

@stevenkitchen1482

4 ай бұрын

Yes it does get difficult

Yes, Piper was from Canada

Hi sweetie, i love when i see someone your age awake to whats going on! I always knew there was something wrong with this planet when I was a kid but I couldn't quite put my finger on it. It wasn't until my 30s that I figured it out and I'm 53 now! I love that the youth now has the internet and has been able to figure things out a lot quicker than it was for Our Generation. The Baton is now yours. Keep on fighting the good fight or humanity is going to go back into another Middle Ages. Except this time it's going to be an age of technocratic repression. You said it yourself the Empire is falling. Good luck to you and your peers. Peace and love and more from above. 😉😎😋

Where have you been all my life? Seriously though, welcome to the party. We could talk.

Good call on Roddy Piper. He is Canadian.

I like this

Timmy put on the Hat.

This movie is from 1988. John Carpenter and Ray Nelson are genius.

“I watched the trailer.” I wish reactors would stop watching trailers for older films before reacting to it. I think it makes for a better reaction when they go in blind.

I think I seen this movie one night channel surfing

The tin foil hat 😆❤️

John Carpenter is a genius.

This movie was more of a documentary instead of a movie.

love how much John Carpenter hates capitalism, so inspirational

@Theomite

Жыл бұрын

He's more of a liberal. He's repeatedly defined himself as a capitalist, but he's had nothing but disdain for the kind of capitalism this movie depicts.

@HonzoRich

8 ай бұрын

Then move to a communist state. I'm sure you'll find their totalitarianism much more appealing and inspirational.

one of my favorite movies and my favorite line "I'm here to kick ass and chew bubblegum & I'm all out of bubblegum plus They Live is the most frightening movie ever considering what's going on today also the main guy is Rowdy Roddy Piper a famous wrestler of that time🤨💪

Speaking some real facts. I was homeless twice. It can happen to anybody!!

@leonardoyramm1856

11 ай бұрын

I hope you are doing well today. Sending my best wishes to you.

@mauricemartin7026

11 ай бұрын

@@leonardoyramm1856 thanks 👍

I often wonder if Half Life 2 is inspired by They Live. I recommend that game or at least reading up on the lore. Slightly different interdimensional invasion philosophy, but still a little close to home on the police state and human collaborators.

You should check out Pervert's Guide to Ideology take on They Live.

I always wanted them to remake the movie, but considering the insanely weak remakes made in the last 10-15 years, the idea might not be a good one. one thing is for sure - they should keep the ending!The last scene was just great!

The mirror film to this one...Pitch Black

This was such a great movie to watch you react to, I really enjoyed your insights. It feels pretty reassuring when my favorite content creators have the same thoughts as me about the current state of things :)

this documentary was cool.

Dont worry I still like ya, you watched my favorite movie

It's not a movie, it's a documentary.

Fun movie

Given you've watched this dystopia type of movie, perhaps you'd entertain watching the moves, "V for Vendetta", "Children of Men", or "Watchmen", in the future.

@3:42 He said it was a union job, but then he looked over to the group of "undocumented workers"and asked to speak to the shop steward. He was calling him on his bullshit.

Take the weird alien thing out and it's basically entirely true

No matter what the people in charge say, never forget we got the tools, technology, and labor power to meet all our needs. The problem ain't really the people, exactly, it's this false consciousness that turns is against each other and makes us all doomers. The best way to fight that is to learn how to look passed and tolerate differences, to focus on broad material needs that everyone has, and to find some way to get involved with your neighbors in solving things. People like us can learn about politics, philosophy, economics, and strategies to achieve our own goals. With discipline, patience, and humility we can all be the leaders we need. A good place to start now is the economist Michael Hudson and his book "...And Forgive athem Their Debts"

Very cool hearing you talk on this stuff. I've been in deep since 9/11. I think we'll live to see the day that the evil empire falls though. It's darkest before the dawn.

You might like an older short film called "Max Headroom"

If you enjoy stuff like this and The Matrix, then I highly recommend the comic book series The Invisibles by Grant Morrison. The Wachowskis borrowed a lot of their ideas for The Matrix from it.

Next could u analyze us socom

While this is a great paranoid movie, we *do* all need things-not just the basic necessities but assurances and choice, and comfort isn't just meaningless since it requires less physical and mental effort to have and enjoy both those necessities and luxuries. We can also flip the script here. Perhaps the easiest way to actually manipulate and control people is to sell them a shared story in which they are the truly awake ones. This flatters them because it fulfills the ego to believe you have either superior knowledge, perceptions, or insight your enemies deem you to lack or that they underestimated you. Throw in that they're the true victims who are the ones being persecuted. This allows them to take their own past bad experiences (which everyone has had), and unite them against some perceived enemy. (Not saying this was John Carpenter's secret intent behind making They Live, just that a lot of revolutions and would-be revolts in history often have those who positioned themselves as leaders of those revolutionaries who are often benefiting mainly themselves..) The fight scene was absurdly overly long and drawn out, I assume because Rowdy Roddy Piper is a pro wrestler and the fights in this film have a lotta wrestling style movements.

Hi imon will you continue your demon slayer reaction both the movie and season2

This is such a classic underrated movie it’s referenced in a lot of famous things in there’s a South Park episode that reenacts the fight scene between them in the parking lot also one of the famous lines from the video game character Duke Nukem he actually stole it from this movie it’s the chew bubblegum line 😂💯

If you're very much into conspiracy theories, the film Conspiracy Theory with Julia Roberts and Mel Gibson is required viewing, if you haven't already seen. ✌🏼

If you like this movie, you will love V for Vendetta, if you haven't already watched it.