John Nada was a homeless man. He worked on a construction site in Los Angeles for half a day, and was with a group of homeless guys at night. Here, he discovered a secret revolutionary organization, they are convinced that aliens have taken control of mankind and our society is in jeopardy. Just like Neo chose the red pill, Nada put on the glasses they developed and saw the shocking truth-aliens with disgusting looks are mixed among us, TV, advertising signs, magazines are all outside. The tools used by the stars to "subconsciously hypnotize" us: obedience, marriage & childbirth, don't think independently, watch TV, buy, consume, don't question experts, and the dollar says "This is your God".
These aliens, dressed as Republicans, quietly occupy our earth in order to slowly deteriorate our environment and make it suitable for their survival...
"Extreme Space" is based on the novel "Morning" by Ray Nelson "Eight o'clock" is based on the adaptation, perhaps reminiscent of the classic alien invasion movies of the 1950s such as "The Magic Flower", but it no longer shows the fear of communism infiltration, but another kind of "1984" is an irony of centralization and consumerism. Of course, there is also John Carpenter's most primitive original meaning-satirizing the Reagan administration (although Carpenter has been a political conservative for many years).
Before the film was released, he strongly criticized Reagan's "fascist dictatorship" in an interview, "fundamentalist power has greatly increased, and the government uses a method similar to mind control over the people." However, Carpenter clearly underestimated his audience. "I predict that only a few people will understand the moral of the story, and most will say:'What is he doing? What message does he want to convey to me?' After that, they jumped into their BMW cars, went home, and took off. I took off my expensive clothes, took off my Rolex watch, and lay in the jacuzzi and said, "Well, this movie is nothing to do with me."" But it was clear that Carpenter, an angry young man, was wrong. The audience did understand it when the film was released. Because of its mapping, "Extreme Space" received a good audience response (and critics' praise)-although it is estimated that no one of these people will have a BMW car and a jacuzzi.
But from the current point of view, we can even more obscure this direction. Some people say that compared to George Romero, who is more post-modern, such as "Night of the Living Dead" targets liberalism and radicals with metaphorical satire, Carpenter's "Extreme Space" appears to be laid back and classical. Innocent. But I think this is what Carpenter likes. Perhaps the downside is that the film’s leading actor is starred by the former wrestler and cheap version of Kurt Russell’s Roddy Piper, which makes it contain too many comic-style fighting scenes.
The most interesting thing is that at the end of the film, Nada destroyed the alien’s sending and receiving facilities, and they have revived, including the famous film critic Gene Siskel and the famous film critics who are berating "Romero and Carpenter have gone too far" on TV. Roger Albert.
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