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I hated every character in this film


Unlike Manos, which had the dynamic Torgo and the kind of interesting 'older wife', Pod People has no likeable characters in it whatsoever. The cast includes the jerk weed Rick, who you want to slap briskly every moment he's on screen; his girlfriend Sharon who let's him get away with cheating on her blatantly(right in front of her face!); the irritating Brian, who recommends that Sharon just let Rick do his thing no matter what and also tells them to let Laura go off by herself in the woods!; The horrible slut Tracey who actually quips that she's going to find a "Ranger or a bear to sleep with," and wants to watch Dallas when all of her friends are being killed; Laura who is a total beyotch and a half; and the other girl whose name I can't quite remember(she made such an impression on me...not!). Not to mention the grouchy old goat Bill, his sister who takes all this killing in stride, and her weird kid Tommy with the high whiny voice who takes in an alien monster and has vicious mood swings. A truly unlikable cast, to say the least. The only person or thing that was worthwhile in the movie was the alien 'mom' who was offing everybody. And at that she failed because she missed out on killing Tommy and Rick.

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I completely agree. Horrible movie, not ONE likable character.




"I like your nurse's uniform,guy."

"These are O.R. scrubs."

"O.R. they?"

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The only good thing about this move is that it gave s Mystery Science Theater 3000 something to make fun of! I don't think I could have watched 5 minutes of this trash without the MST3K gang.

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Yeah, it seems that there isn't even one person to root for.

Given the way the kid's Uncle and his Mom talk to him, I wouldn't be surprised if Tommy's been beaten within an inch of his life sometimes, and uses the pets as some kind of way to stay sane in that household.

The Uncle even refused to help the teenagers. At least in Red Zone Cuba, there were more trusting people like Cherokee Jack and the depressed coffee pourer and his blind and somehow deaf daughter.

"Thanks, guys." "So long, partner."

- Toy Story 3 (9/10)

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I disagree 100%. The cat was amazing. I wish we saw more of him in the movie.

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Tommy's mom, Concha Cuetos, was hot!

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I'm with you. I wish they would have killed every character in the movie and did it in the first half hour to shorten the movie.

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