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Re: "They Live" spoilers [removed] (was Re: John Carpenter )
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Thu, 15 Mar 2001 18:08:31 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Dave Schuler writes:
In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Eric Kingsley writes:

Come on man!!  "They Live" is probably my favorite "B" movie of all time.

While
undeniably a good B-movie,

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 and ones which are eminently mockable).

I just couldn't think of a really bad JC movie off the top of my head.
"Halloween", for example, is a very good movie.  I've never seen *any* of "The
Fog", so I didn't feel right about judging it.

Anyway.

No one wants to take a crack at my BTiLC trivia question?  Is no one even
interested in the answer?

eric



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  Re: "They Live" spoilers [removed] (was Re: John Carpenter )
 
(...) Well I can say I enjoyed "They Live" even though it is eminently mockable. I actually found a pretty good site dedicated to "They Live"... (URL) these guy's must be wacked! Making a web site about something that silly that they loved from (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
  Re: "They Live" spoilers [removed] (was Re: John Carpenter )
 
(...) Well, you liked "Fight Club," for pity's sake, so I don't know if your definition of "really bad" matches mine! 8^) "In the Mouth of Madness" was absolutely god-awful from start to finish, and "Village of the Damned" was just about the same, (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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  "They Live" spoilers (was Re: John Carpenter )
 
(...) 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... . . . . . . spoiler space . . . . . . . the fact that the hero dies. That's fairly rare in modern (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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