‘They’ from They Live vs the Society from Society

[Jumblegraws]

Who do you think would win in a ruling class contest?

[Sebastian Cobb]

They

Actually I don't know 'cos I've not seen Society, is it worth a watch?

[Blumf]

They would just being Society into the fold in terms of shared class strength. They both win, we carry on loosing.

Actually I don't know 'cos I've not seen Society, is it worth a watch?

Yes, with the Moviedrome intro if possible.

https://moviedromer.tumblr.com/post/99409025198/society-1989

[Jumblegraws]

I think the Society would have a better shot at bringing collaborators on board, having direct appeal to both xenophobes and horny centrist dads. This would be important in the event of direct physical confrontations, both antagonists being surprisingly vulnerable in such situations.

I turned 33 this year.

[The Mollusk]

Actually I don't know 'cos I've not seen Society, is it worth a watch?

Absolutely. It's a brilliant and bizarre film.

[Polymorphia]

I've got the feeling from the films that 'They' controlled the entire earth (they are at least very technologically advanced) while the Society controlled the town/district or whatever... but even if they don't, 'They' seem to have better tech (flying saucers and all!)

[Jumblegraws]

I've got the feeling from the films that 'They' controlled the entire earth (they are at least very technologically advanced) while the Society controlled the town/district or whatever... but even if they don't, 'They' seem to have better tech (flying saucers and all!)

Society has the line about

Spoiler alert

having a post to fill in Washington, though.

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[zomgmouse]

They are aliens

Society are mutants

"They" would win. They have lasers

[GoblinAhFuckScary]

If everyone is Thing but they are also opposed are there factions of The Thing? Centrist Things?

[Jumblegraws]

If everyone is Thing but they are also opposed are there factions of The Thing? Centrist Things?

Thing rules are that infectees don't necessarily know they're infected till the Thing decides to assimilate, though, right? So I guess in the third option everyone Things-out before there's a decisive victor.

[Retinend]

Society! Love that film. My valuable opinion, there...