Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Sci Fi Wisdom of the Week: They Live (1988)

"It's business...that's all it is...What's wrong with having it good for a change?...What's the threat? We all sell out every day. You might as well be on the winning team!"

-The logic of selling-out, as spoken by a collaborator (George Buck Flower) in John Carpenter's They Live.
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