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Aka: John Carpenter's They Live
Nada, a down-on-his-luck construction worker, discovers a pair of special sunglasses. Wearing them, he is able to see the world as it really is: people being bombarded by media and government with messages like "Stay Asleep", "No Imagination", "Submit to Authority". Even scarier is that he is able to see that some usually normal-looking people are in fact ugly aliens in charge of the massive campaign to keep humans subdued.
John Nada loopt voornamelijk maar een beetje rond in de grote stad, op zoek naar een baan. Op een dag vindt hij per toeval een zonnebril waarmee hij kan zien hoe sommige mensen er werkelijk uitzien onder hun gezicht: het zijn aliens die vermomd zijn als mens en ze zijn van plan om de wereld langzaamaan over te nemen. Hij zal ze moeten stoppen, maar hij is de enige die ze kan zien. Daarom gaat John op zoek naar de makers van deze bril om samen met hen de aliens te verslaan.
John Carpenter wrote and directed this science fiction thriller about a group of aliens who try to take over the world by disguising themselves as Young Republicans. Wrestler Roddy Piper stars as John Nada, a drifted who makes his way into an immense encampment for the homeless. There he stumbles upon a conspiracy concerning aliens who have hypnotized the populace through subliminal messages transmitted through television, magazines, posters, and movies. When Nada looks through special Ray-Bans developed by the resistance leaders, the aliens lose their clean-cut "Dan Quayle" looks and resemble crusty-looking rept...
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iles. Nada joins the underground, teaming up with rebel-leader Frank (Keith David) to eradicate the lizard-like aliens from the body politic.
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The fact that John Carpenter 's They Live is a commentary on consumption [1], subliminal messages and propaganda isn't some kind of radical statement. In fact, it's the opposite of that. But when you put Nintendo's Super Mario in the mix, things get a little bit more interesting. That's what artist [2] Fernando Reza has done [3] with a set of previously sold out posters and, after the jump, you can check them out along with a poster for They Live and another one with Mario that sort of ties the idea together. Here are the images by Fro Design Co. [4] All are available right now at the below links. [gallery columns="2"] The They Live poster is here [5], the Mario/ They Live poster is here [6] and the propaganda prints are here [7]. What do you think of these? [1] http://www.slashfilm.com/cool-stuff-shepard-faireys-they-live-mondo-poster/
[2] http://www.slashfilm.com/cool-stuff-ones-away-posters/
[3] http://www.slashfilm.com/cool-stuff-concert-posters-fictional-bands/
[4] http://frodesignco.com/
[5] http://frodesignco.
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