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c/scifi · by inkican@kbin.social · 2y

They Live: The Story Behind How Roddy Piper Came Up with the Movie’s Most Famous Line

https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/they-live-how-roddy-piper-came-up-with-bubblegum-line

Right in the very movie moment when they heard it, the words completely freaked out the sinister skin-walking aliens of John Carpenter’s action-horror classic They Live.

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15 Comments

Binthinkin@kbin.social · 8 pts · 2y (1 reply)

This movie is a banger. This was the highlight every year while watching WPIX 11 NY in the early 90’s during their annual Shocktober run of horror films during October.

Typically hosted by Elvira it was the flag that let us kids know the year was coming to a close and the best movies were about to be shown.

Check it out: https://dinosaurdracula.com/blog/wpix-shocktober-halloween-marathon/

The list is pretty good!

osarusan@kbin.social · 2 pts · 2y

I don't know if that's your blog or not, but it hit me right in the memories!

Watching cable horror movies at night on a janky old TV and a cable splitter, all alone but feeling like you were part of a community of people you never met... I wouldn't want to go back to those times now, but they do make great memories to revisit!

Thanks for sharing!

HarkMahlberg@kbin.social · 7 pts · 2y

"The line "I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubble gum" was ad-libbed by Roddy Piper. According to director John Carpenter, Piper had previously written the line in his notebook of potential verbal bits during his wrestling career. He shared the notebook with Carpenter, and they agreed that this particular line fit the character and the film perfectly. Piper went on to use it at a wrestling match." (from IMDB)

eatthecake@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y

Saw this movie recently for the first time and this is totally the gay communist propaganda the right wing is terrified of. 10/10

Dukeofdummies@kbin.social · 6 pts · 2y (3 replies)

well I feel like an idiot. I always credited Duke Nukem for that line.

Bigmodirty@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y

I believe most of the lines in Duke Nukem 3D were lifted from movies.

n3m37h@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
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FarraigePlaisteach@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y

Yeah, piece of cake.

idiomaddict@feddit.de · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

“I’m here to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I’m all out of bubblegum,” I think. I read the first few paragraphs, but they only allude to it in that section (honestly, how???), so I’m not sure if that’s exact.

Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 2y

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

lemming741@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y (5 replies)

Hey guys have you tried peacock? I love peacock. This movie is on peacock.

n3m37h@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y (4 replies)
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lemming741@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (3 replies)

But did I mention peacock?

inkican@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y

Peacocking for Peacock? Now I've heard everything.

ivanafterall@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Fam I'm such a peacock stan. Peacock, the streaming service from our bussin' friends over at NBC Universal, just hits different. #yolo #iykyk #peacock

speck@kbin.social · 5 pts · 2y

I both admire and hate this

Arotrios@kbin.social · 0 pts · 2y

Whistles a pirate jig nonchalantly