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John Carpenter Has Some Harsh Words for People Misinterpreting ‘They Live’
We all have our own interpretations of the movies we watch. But if you’re planning on adding weird meanings to John Carpenter’s films, you may want to think twice about that.
The late “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, star of They Live, once tweeted that the 1988 sci-fi film was a documentary. He was, of course, not being completely serious, but in a way, he meant what he was saying. With the film, John Carpenter brilliantly fired a shot at the media and the way it brainwashes us to buy, consume, and breed, and it’s perhaps more relevant today than ever.
But recently, there have been a handful of vastly different interpretations of They Live here on the internet. Back in 2014, YouTuber/self-proclaimed “info warrior” Libertas Bell posted a video declaring that with They Live, Carpenter was actually firing a shot at Zionists, in an attempt to expose “Jewish Hollywood.” It appears that Carpenter only recently caught wind of the video, because a tweet he posted last night seems to be directed squarely at this interpretation.
Carpenter (@TheHorrorMaster) tweeted:
THEY LIVE is about yuppies and unrestrained capitalism. It has nothing to do with Jewish control of the world, which is slander and a lie.
He subsequently re-tweeted this tweet from @BarryFreedNYC:
Amazing and appalling that this statement has become necessary. We’re all out of bubble gum you fucking Nazis.
You can watch the analysis below, which I believe to be the one Carpenter is referencing.
Stop pissing John Carpenter off, you jerks.
Brendan Fraser is back for the upcoming fourth installment in The Mummy franchise from directors Radio Silence, and Michael Johnston (Obsession) is now in talks to join him.
The Hollywood Reporter lets us know tonight that Michael Johnston is in “early talks” to join The Mummy 4, which will release in theaters on October 15, 2027 via Universal.
Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, and John Hannah will reprise their iconic roles as Rick O’Connell, Evelyn O’Connell, and Jonathan Carnahan in the upcoming movie.
Radio Silence duo Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett (Ready or Not, Scream 5-6) are directing from a script by David Coggeshall (Orphan: First Kill).
Plot details are being kept under wraps at this time, but the brand new sequel is expected to disregard the events of the third movie, in which Rachel Weisz did not appear.
“It’s just really beautiful and scary and sweeping, and it’s awesome,” Gillet teases. Bettinelli-Olpin adds that the film “has all of the heart and the character that you could hope for.”
A remake of the classic Universal monster movie that took an action-adventure approach, The Mummy was released in 1999 and grossed $417 million worldwide. It was followed by The Mummy Returns in 2001 and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor in 2008.