They Live We Sleep (OBEY)

Good evening, Jerzy here again.

As per the usual, my co-worker Patrick has done it again with a stellar movie recommendation which I happily pass along to you all.

"They Live" is a must watch even if the action scenes are schlocky and seem more '78 than the true release date (America '88 h/t Ben). The important point to take from this film is, should we conform to power to live or stand up and die?

Keith David (of "Men at Work" fame) and Roddy Piper (of..umm..World Mullet Champion '88 fame) team up in this action flick to resist the insidious alien menace which has infiltrated our world completely. Things seem bleak despite how easily they dispatch waves and waves of aliens while wearing their "Hoffman lenses" which allow them to differentiate alien from human. Eventually our heroes find a way into the alien stronghold, Channel 54, where the central "signal" is beamed from.

This is where the story crescendos, would you rather live with your lover in opulence under the thumb of free marketeering aliens or would you rather die? Only Roddy knows what was going on under that glorious mane when he made his choice. The ending is great as we see some hot alien/hooman action.

I found this movie exceptionally awesome due to the "OBEY" shirts and hats I see all over the place. Apparently it is a direct inspiration from the film (courtesy of Shepard Fairey, of that picture of Obama fame). Nothing like an 80s film with a cult fanbase to really get me to appreciate something.

Think "V" meets "Terminator".

Fin.