Episode 21. John Carpenter's Scary Movie Month: They Live

Ever wonder whether we're all living under the shroud of alien
overlords, effectively trapped in some form of mind Matrix, where
the underlying meaning and messaging behind all that we see is
hidden and obscured, all so that we can be taken advantage of to
the benefit of the few who control us? Also, is John Carpenter's
They Live just a QAnon's wet-dream come to life?

We answer those questions, but, first, Dre does it 'My Way', and
we talk about what we watched this week. Dre stayed with the
scary movies with Natalie Erika James' family horror film Relic
(not 'The Relic' starring Penelope Ann Miller and Tom
Sizemore...and Linda Hunt, directed by Peter Hyams), and 2
limited series: Unbelievable starring Toni Collette, Merritt
Wever and Kaitlyn Dever (available on Netflix), and Alex
Garland's (of Ex Machina fame) Devs (available on Hulu). While
Goodman watched Casey Affleck's directorial debut (also written
by) Light of My Life, which is basically a BOOM! of The Road,
Children of Men and Leave No Trace, so you know it's a fun
time.

Then we talk about They Live, the cast, casting the necessary
remake, the many,  many quotes (including which ones are so
bad they're bad, so bad they're good, or just plain good), the
epic Rowdy Roddy Piper/Keith David fist fight (suplexes
included), and more! We also get to the bottom of what type of
melon was Steve Buscemi eating at the end of Big
Daddy (spoiler alert: not a honeydew).

Don't forget to stay for The Quote Parade, where we reveal all
the quotes that Dre butchered and Goodman nailed during the
episode.

Coming up next week is the final movie in our John Carpenter's
Scary Month Month, just in time for everyone's favorite (only?)
October holiday: Halloween

SONG CREDITS:
Theme music: "70s Funk" by Frank Cogliano
What we watched music: "Let's all go to the lobby" by Jack K.
Tillar (lyrics)
BOOM! music: "Daddy O" by Little Red Church
Closing music: "This is My Jam" by Will Van De Crommert
The Quote Parade music: "Pelican Parade" by Richard J. Freitas
and Geraldine Brioso