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I liked this movie better


when it was called THEY LIVE.

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Know what? That's actually a very cool reply. I will take John Carpenter over the Wachowski brothers with the cross-dressing sibling any day.

I mean, Carpenter got to bonk Adrienne Barbeau.

My moronic iPhone alleged 3rd-grade spellcheck tried to change "bonk" to "blink"! Siri has the IQ of a Best Buy customer service rep.

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Wachowski sisters?

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The Matrix is better.

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It's a rewrite of They Live. Rewrites are usually better, but they're not original.

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It's too different to call it a "rewrite".

By that logic, every shark movie is a rewrite of Jaws and every movie that features certain theme is a rewrite of the movie that featured it first.

So, is The Matrix also a rewrite of Terminator because of the rise of AI theme?

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Your logical fallacy: Missing the point. Congrats. Here's your trophy...

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You literally said "It's a rewrite of They Live. Rewrites are usually better, but they're not original."
It sounds like a fairly straightforward point to me. Or am I missing some cryptic reference here?
I'd honestly like to hear what's really your point that i'm missing?

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'The Matrix' is Johnny Mnemonic, Ghost in the Shell, The Terminator, Star Wars, Enter the Dragon, Superman, ..

Well, you can see many movies in this one.

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also Welcome to Blood City

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