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Subject: 
"They Live" spoilers (was Re: John Carpenter )
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Thu, 15 Mar 2001 17:16:30 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Eric Kingsley writes:
In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Eric Joslin writes:
In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Todd Lehman writes:
In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Eric Joslin writes:
Some of his recent movies have been realy bad, I agree, but "John • Carpenter's
Vampires" is thoroughly enjoyable, IMHO.

Anyone seen _Dark Star_?

I haven't, unfortunately.  John Carpenter runs very hot and cold- while
"Vampires" and "Big Trouble in Little China"[1] are great movies, "They Live"
is terrible.

Come on man!!  "They Live" is probably my favorite "B" movie of all time.  It
has one of the best fist fights I've seen in a movie,  All to get a guy to ware
a pair of sunglasses of all things

  If by "best" you mean comically protracted, I wholeheartedly agree!  While
undeniably a good B-movie, one of the things I like most about it is...
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the fact that the hero dies.  That's fairly rare in modern sequel-driven
cinema, so the novelty alone is interesting.

     Dave!



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  Re: "They Live" spoilers (was Re: John Carpenter )
 
(...) Yah that's what I mean. There have to be 4 or 5 points during the fight that you figure thats it, it's over, and they go about kicking the &%$# out of each other for another round. That is one awsome, and incredibly funny at times fight. If it (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
  Re: "They Live" spoilers [removed] (was Re: John Carpenter )
 
(...) Huh. Ok, I have to 'fess up. I've never actually seen "They Live" all the way through. And on top of that, I know that it's a good movie to sit around and watch and make fun of (there are two types of good movies in my mind- ones you can enjoy (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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  Re: John Carpenter
 
(...) Come on man!! "They Live" is probably my favorite "B" movie of all time. It has one of the best fist fights I've seen in a movie, All to get a guy to ware a pair of sunglasses of all things!! I love the movie and crack up every time I see it. (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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