They Live

They Live (1988)

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Nada: Brother, life's a bitch...and she's back in heat.

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Nada: I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum.

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Nada: Frank.
Frank Armitage: Don't let nobody see you!
Nada: I've had a rough couple of days.
Frank Armitage: I want nothing to do with you! How many people did you kill?
Nada: Not people.

Alien Film Critic: All the sex and violence on the screen has gone too far for me. I'm fed up with it! Filmmakers like George Romero and John Carpenter have to show some restraint.

Alien Banker: Near the entrance. Has a shotgun. White male, thirties, long hair.
Nada: Momma don't like tattletales!

Street Preacher: They use their tongues to deceive. The venom of snakes is under their lips and their mouths are full of bitterness and curses. And in their paths, nothing but rot and misery, and the fear of God is not before their eyes! They have taken the hearts and minds of our leaders. They have recruited the rich and the powerful. And they have blinded us to the truth! Our human spirit is corrupted! Why do we worship greed? Because outside the limit of our sight, feeding off us, perched on top of us from birth to death are our owners. Our owners! They have us! They control us! They are our masters! Wake up! They're all about you, all around you!

Nada: I'm giving you a choice: either put on these glasses or start eating that trashcan!

Continuity mistake: In the big fight scene, Roddy Piper and Keith David are wrestling and struggling about and land so the black guy's pants are getting soaking wet. In the very next shot as the fight continues, his pants are dry. (00:58:55)

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Trivia: Notice that in the television station the SWAT team members use radios that look exactly like PKE meters from "Ghostbusters".

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Question: How does wearing the sunglasses allow the wearer to hear the speakers broadcasting the "sleep" command?

Answer: It affects the brain waves. Wearing those glasses disrupts the visual and audio signals.

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