http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/ Engadget Comments for Movie Gadget Friday: The reality revealing sunglasses from They Live http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/Dec 19th 2005 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/
It is also the most accurate representation of our world that exists in cinema, according to David Icke.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/Dec 19th 2005 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/Dec 19th 2005 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/
The 'reality' sequences are done with style and ingenious design. I don't think carpenter takes it too seriously though, given the glasses literally let you see the world in 'black and white'.

Yes that fight scene is hilarious - just about his friend putting on the glasses. Totally absurd.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/
It's a great movie though.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/Dec 19th 2005 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/Dec 19th 2005 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/Dec 19th 2005 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/Dec 19th 2005 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/
Seriously, if you haven't seen this movie, pick up the vid, grab a Stroh's and some pork rinds and have a good time, my friend.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/Dec 19th 2005 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/Dec 19th 2005 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/
Quite how the crappy sunglasses count as a superb gadget is beyond me. Any of the gadgets Klaatu owned would be of more interest. Josie should rent better videos...]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/ Haven't seen this one, but I think ima gonna...

'DD' I'm totally with you on 'The Thing'. For some odd reason I've become fascinated by it in the last few months. I even ended up buying the PC game of it. I had wanted to buy it when it came out new..Heehee...glad I waited, I got it for $5. Good movie, far too many good scenes deleted or never made...

So I guess I'd have to disagree with you on JC's 'The Thing' 'eye'. I think there was definitely more than ONE good scene (I assume of course you're talking about the technically awesome Norris imolation/spider-head scene). As I mentioned to 'DD' the movie could have been better. The growing paranoia was done pretty well, but could have been expanded and explored much more to much better effect. This was originally done in large part with the 'lights out' scene which was filmed but never released in any cut. A shame...

I will wholeheartedly agree with you about the 1950's 'The Thing'. Scared the screamin' willys out of me as a kid. Other movies never used to scare me cause I expected my stuffed dog to protect me (ah the simplicity of being 5 years old). So when I saw that dead, drained dog fall out of the wood box...I barely slept for a week... The 'first blood drawn by the humans' was a noteable feature as well (appropriate for the cold war times of introspection), in my older years I have considered that perhaps THING was only growing his/her little seedlings as backup 'cuz he/she obviously found the environment to be hostile (and I always did find it ammusing that in JC's they never even tried to talk to it at all...). But I think he/she woulda started preying on people eventually...it lived on blood...and the Red Cross was nowhere in sight.

THEM! My absolute FAVORITE movie as a child. I watched it nearly everyday one summer, and can still (almost) recite the entire movie all the way through. That movie is where my love affair with flamethrowers began (which may be one reason I like JC's 'The Thing' so much). I still get misty eyed when I think of poor Sgt. Ben Peterson getting killed trying to rescue the Lodge boys... I'd buy that movie on DVD, but it's always like $20...to rich for my blood...

As far as recomendations go though, I'd add the original Japanese cut of Godzilla...sans Raymond Burr. Much more effective film...

And of course the original movie version of 'War of the Worlds' since the new one is coming soon and will likely be hideous...]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/Dec 19th 2005 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/Dec 19th 2005 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/
And Jeremy... that is a fantastic bit of trivia about the cripple fight scene being inspired by They Live's fight scene. Great.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/
How does the Babelfish count as a gadget?

Just roll with it man, just roll with it.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/It features all of his films in chronological order with explanations, essays and information by Carpenter and other very reliable sources.

Anyway, about "They Live"...
You know it isnot that far from the truth. Think about al the Public Service Announcements, Surgeon General's Warnings, "Do Not Try This At Home" warnings, "He was right on. We are stuck in the middle of a society ruled by money, drunk on power, and with the need to control all who are under the most powerful.
They Live is just a futuristic look at capitalism, commercialism and..dare I say....BIG BROTHER.

OOPS! I gotta go. Black helicopters are hovering over my house and I think the implanted microchip in my head is feeding me messages to shut down all internet communications.

Crap! Here they come through the door...RUN PEOPLE!! RUN! They are coming to stop you from reading thi..................................]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/
19: C'mon man! I mean, yah, you're partially right, but not everything is dictated by those in power. Stem cell research, for instance, will be unstoppable, regardless of how much the right doesn't want it. Anyway, if the powerful really all had control then we'd all be doing slave labor in some rock quarry. Seriously. If you know enough scientists, mathmaticians, or engineers or people who tend to really drive the future of humanity, then you'd know there is control, but not as far reaching as you think. I only say this cuz I know quite a few of these types of people and whenever I start with the conspiracy theories, the eyes start rolling. And then they usually go back to what they were doing like hacking on some quantum theory or curing some disease.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/
That's it, the rest is schlocky body-horror. Don't worry, body horror remade Hammer horror, Hammer horror remade Bela horror. Body horror was remade by 90s effects horror (Interview w/ vampire for example). So now CGI horror will replace that. It's cheaper to remake a hit than risk money on something new.

I always wondered in the original TTFAW, if the soldier hadn't shot the alien, maybe it would have been more peaceful.]]>Dec 19th 2005 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/Dec 19th 2005 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/Dec 19th 2005 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/Dec 19th 2005 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/Dec 19th 2005 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/Dec 19th 2005 12:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/http://www.engadget.com/2005/05/20/movie-gadget-friday-the-reality-revealing-sunglasses-from/
It reminds me of Charlie Sheen's - The Arrival. Similar concept, aliens living among us, but no sun glasses.

http://www.allmovieportal.com/m/1996_The_Arrival.html



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