One of the ultimate “hell yeah let’s kick some ass” movies I ever watched as a young kid was the legendary Rowdy Roddy Piper in “They Live“. That movie had not only one of the very best macho fight scenes in film history… it also had some incredible one liners that could only come forth from the mouth of the Rowdy one himself.
The idea of the movie is a simple one. Aliens are controling humanity and walk among us in disguise. Through fate, Piper comes across a special set of glasses that allows him to see the Aliens as they truly are… so he can tell who is an alien and who isn’t. Then the ass kicking begins!
Well… it appears that Universal is keen on remaking They Live. According to The folks over at Movieweb the studio is already putting things in motion. As of right now there is no writer or director attached.
I’m all for remakes in general… but man I don’t know. This is one of those times where the remake is going to have a hard time feeling right if the old lead guy isn’t there. A “They Live” movie without Rowdy Roddy Piper???? Hard to imagine. Oh well… I’ll keep an open mind and see how things develop.
