I saw the movie They Live for the first time a few months ago and watched it again today. For those of you unfamiliar it stars the wrestler of early WWF fame, Rowdy Roddy Piper and includes one of the longest and most ridiculous fight scenes I’ve ever seen in modern film. Despite the bad writing and acting the plot line is great. Roddy’s character finds a pair of sunglasses that allow him to see the world as it truly is: one in which people are being bombarded by media and government messages. As it turns out these creepy low-budget aliens are in charge of a massive campaign to keep humans subdued and Roddy goes on a quest, nay rampage, to stop them.

This is the movie Shepard Fairey got inspiration for his OBEY project from and is a lazy Saturday or Sunday afternoon must see.

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