Post by Tattoos on Feb 20, 2008 19:39:10 GMT -5
A well underrated sci-fi classic from 1988 puts former wrestling sensation "Rowdy" Roddy Piper in the fight of the human race. Nada is a homeless laborer who finds work on a Los Angeles construction site. One of the workers, Frank, takes him to spend the night at a local shantytown. While being shown around, he notices odd behavior at a small church across the street. Investigating the next day, he discovers that the soup kitchen they are operating is a sham. The choir practice is a recording, scientific apparatus and stacks of cardboard boxes are scattered around the rear areas of the building, and he accidentally stumbles on several more boxes hidden in a secret compartment in a wall. That night, the police surround the church, forcing the inhabitants to flee. The police then turn on the shantytown, destroying it with bulldozers and beating the blind minister of the church. John returns to the site the next day and investigates the church again, which has been emptied. He takes one of the boxes from the secret compartment and opens it in an alleyway, finding it full of sunglasses. He keeps one pair and leaves the rest in a garbage can.
When John later dons the glasses for the first time, the world appears in shades of grey, with significant differences. He notices that a billboard now simply displays the word "Obey"; without them it displays the ad that Control Data is "creating a transparent computing environment". Another billboard (normally displaying "Come to the Caribbean" written above a lovely woman lying on a beach) now displays the text "Marry and Reproduce". He also sees that paper money bears the words "This is your God". All printed matter around him contains subliminal advertising. And the rest seem to unfold from there. This movie was also popular for it's witty remarks from Nada.
"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I'm all out of bubblegum."
"Wooo. It's like a drug. Wearing these glasses gets you high, but you come down hard."
"You... you look like your face fell in the cheese dip back in 1957. You, you're ok. This one, real fuckin' ugly. You see, I take these glasses off, she looks like a regular person, doesn't she? Put 'em back on...formaldehyde-face!"
"Mama don't like tattletales."
"That's like pouring perfume on a pig." (My Favorite)
"I got news for 'em. There's gonna be hell to pay. 'Cause I ain't Daddy's little boy no more."
"Brother, life's a bitch... and she's back in heat."
"White line's in the middle of the road, that's the worst place to drive."