Good to see that the Christians won over the atheist- I mean "alien"- pod people.
2007-09-01 11:09:38
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answered by Deof Movestofca 7
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Set in the fictional town of Santa Mira, California (actually shot in Sierra Madre, a town east of Pasadena), the plot centers on Dr. Miles Bennell (played by Kevin McCarthy), a local doctor, who finds a rash of patients accusing their loved ones of being impostors. Another patient is a former sweetheart of his; recent divorcee Becky Driscoll (Dana Wynter), who tells him that her cousin has this same strange fear.
Assured at first by the town psychiatrist (Dr. Dan Kaufman, played by Larry Gates) that the cases are nothing but "epidemic mass hysteria," Bennell soon discovers, with the help of his friend Jack Belicec (King Donovan), that the townspeople are in fact being replaced by simulations grown from plantlike pods; perfect physical duplicates who kill and dispose of their human victims. The Pod People are indistinguishable from normal people, except for their utter lack of emotion. The pod people work together to secretly spread more pods—which grew from "seeds drifting through space for years"—in order to replace the entire human race.
The film climaxes with Bennell and Driscoll attempting to escape the pod people, intending to warn the rest of humanity. They hide; Driscoll falls asleep and is subverted. With the pod people close behind, a seemingly crazed Bennell runs onto the highway frantically screaming of the alien force which has overrun Santa Mira to the passing motorists and (in a moment that could almost be considered a breaking of the 4th wall) looks into the camera and yells, "They're here already! You're next!"
The film was originally intended[citation needed] to end with Bennell screaming hysterically as truckloads of pods pass him by but the studio, wary of such a pessimistic conclusion, insisted on adding a prologue and epilogue to the movie that suggested a more optimistic outcome to the story. In this version the movie begins with Bennell about to be sent to an insane asylum. He then tells the police his story in flashback. In the closing scene, pods are discovered at a highway accident, thus confirming his warning. The FBI is notified and presumably intervenes. These scenes were deleted in a 1979 re-release after the first remake appeared, paring the movie down to 76
You must be one of the Pod People. It says they have an utter lack of emotion! That fits you perfectly, don't you think?
Or maybe you just don't have a heart.
Why are you so full of hate for Christians? What did I ever do to you?
I wish you the best.
2007-09-01 17:12:54
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answered by batgirl2good 7
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Its good that you can laugh now..so go ahead and get it all in while you can. Just remember when you see Jesus coming in the clouds it will be to gather God's people...not pod people. K? Love in Christ, ~J~
2007-09-01 17:11:01
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answered by Anonymous
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I believe that movie is actually a metaphor for 50s Communist paranoia.
2007-09-01 17:08:12
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answered by Anonymous
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I thought you were talking about "Children of the Corn"....oh well....
2007-09-01 17:07:24
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answered by Anonymous
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LOL your funny,,,love your pic,,,lol.
2007-09-01 17:10:56
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answered by Inou 3
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