The population is getting poorer, dumber, and they want us like this. Talk about "smart phones" and apps and the entertainment industry leading us astray.
Throw in covid and how people switched off their brains in order to fit in and obey.
Yes, but since we didn't heed the warnings of this movie, a new movie with this movie's message will never happen again.
shareNo remake. Maybe a sequel would work, but only if John Carpenter had a hand in it.
shareReplace aliens with AI overlords.
shareI mostly agree, however I don't think people get the messaging in films anymore. Not just films, any type of narrative fiction that is supposed to be a cautionary tale, or allegory of sorts.
I'm not even sure how many people understood the social commentary Carpenter was making in this original one.