Many-Outside-7594 t1_iy88e8c wrote on November 29, 2022 at 2:13 PM

I feel like this was an example of trying to stretch one good idea into a whole movie, and not having enough material to justify it.

The whole thing of putting on the glasses and the messages about conformity and all that, it's great stuff.

But then what? Body Snatchers already did this, better, just a couple years previously.

As far as the main character, he is a pretty standard Carpenter hero, which is to say he is a walking deconstruction of masculinity, much like Snake Plissken or Jack Burton.

Tastes have changed quite a bit since the late 70's, and things that used to be considered wacky hijinks are now seen in a different light.

But I don't think Carpenter ever intended for Roddy to be viewed as a conventional hero.

DaddysSloot7789 OP t1_iy9fi2v wrote on November 29, 2022 at 7:09 PM

Thank you, Jesus Christ finally someone comes in with a comprehensive point. Only you and one other person have actually come in here, read the whole post and whether or not you actually agreed with me didn’t just devolve into dumb insults because I didn’t like one thing about a John Carpenter movie. Where the movie fell apart for me aside him acting like a jackass was actually the complete wad of 80’s quotable cheese that invaded the film after being a fairly interesting and stable watch until that 30 minute mark. You don’t deserve the downvotes at all, thanks for coming in and discussing it like a rational human person.