Line #25 Film/InvasionOfTheBodySnatchers


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2	[[caption-width-right:310: Poster for the 1978 version, which summarizes the alleged advantages of a new world.]]
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4	One morning, you notice something odd about your spouse. You can't quite put your finger on it-- they look the same, they talk the same, they even have the same birthmark on their left shoulder. But, something is wrong. Somehow, they are no longer your loved one. There's a certain emptiness to them, a void of feeling. They're also going out a lot more, far more than you've known them to. You see them getting into strange cars, meeting random people, and swapping odd packages between them, all without saying what they're doing or where they're going. Soon, everyone around you has changed. Whatever's happening is spreading, getting stronger by the minute. [[ParanoiaFuel And you're next.]]
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6	''Invasion of the Body Snatchers'' is a series of SciFiHorror movies revolving around extraterrestrial "pod people" who infiltrate the Earth by replacing humans with duplicates. Originally a 1956 film ([[AdaptationDisplacement itself based on a novel]]), the concept seems to resonate particularly well with new generations, as it has been remade no less than three times since, albeit with various changes to the plot.
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8	The films are:
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10	* ''Film/{{Invasion of the Body Snatchers\|1956}}'' (1956)
11	* ''Film/{{Invasion of the Body Snatchers\|1978}}'' (1978)
12	* ''Film/BodySnatchers'' (1993)
13	* ''Film/TheInvasion'' (2007)
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15	In 2017 it was announced that Creator/WarnerBros was working on a [[http://deadline.com/2017/07/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers-remake-warner-bros-conjuring-screenwriter-1202118307/ fifth version]].
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17	The original film also provided inspiration for the 2005 ABC series ''{{Series/Invasion}}''.
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19	Not to be confused with ''Film/TheBodySnatcher'', or ''Film/PodPeople''.
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22	!!These films include examples of:
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24	* AlienInvasion: Sounds like it. But unlike others not seen...
25	* AssimilationPlot: All of them. [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in the 1978 version.
26	* BittersweetEnding:
27	** [[spoiler:The 1956 and 1993 versions end with the aliens still at large, but humanity gaining traction and getting ready to fight back.]]
28	** [[spoiler: 2007 movie might as well be a happy ending with the aliens fully beaten, though the characters still lament [[HumansAreBastards humanity is still dumb and terrible]]]].
29	* CleanupCrew: The garbage men in the 1978 movie are implied to be this for when the duplicates fail to develop. Garbage trucks are also glimpsed in the '93 version.
30	* CassandraTruth: People trying to warn others of the invasion are usually not believed at first.
31	* EvilTwin: Kinda. The pod people are exact physical and mental duplicates of the originals, but are coldly logical and driven to ensure their species survives by converting all of humanity.
32	* HellIsThatNoise: The one, the only, the legendary pod scream that's used to ''loudly'' announce to all pods that an unconverted has been found. If you hear the pod scream, all hell is about to break loose.
33	* InvisibleAliens: The pod people, technically. Their original alien forms are protoplasmic -- they're sapient germs in the 2007 version -- and they take over people by absorbing their memories, forming perfect replicas of the bodies, and destroying the originals, so they seamlessly step into the original's life.
34	* KillAndReplace: KillAllHumans and replace them with lookalikes.
35	* NeverSleepAgain: The Pod People can only replace you when you sleep.
36	* NeverTrustATitle: The term "Body Snatcher" implies a PuppeteerParasite, but the aliens in this franchise in fact practice KillAndReplace instead. Except in the 2007 film, which ironically is the only one without "Body Snatchers" in the title.
37	* ReplicantSnatching: The entire premise of the series.
38	* TwistEnding: The 1978 ([[spoiler:[[AndThenJohnWasAZombie Matthew was transformed]]]]) and 2007 ([[spoiler:the alien virus is curable]]) remakes.
39	* StarfishAliens: In their natural state, the pod people resemble little blobs of transparent protoplasm, or an intelligent virus in the 2007 version. Either way their physiology and abilities do make them pretty otherworldly.
40	* UncannyValley: The duplicates look like, sound like, act like and have all the memories of the original, but their close relatives know ''something'' is wrong. This is featured quite heavily in the 1978 version as well, with numerous characters believing (correctly) their spouses/lovers/etc. are fakes.
41	* VampiricDraining: While not explicit, it is implied that in order to copy a living being, the Pods take something fundamental and necessary from the original, as after duplication, the original disintegrates into dust.
42	* WeAreEverywhere: How the films work; because the pods show up all over, by the time anyone has figured out what's going on, there are pod people in all sorts of positions, from lowly street people to police officers, phone operators, doctors, psychiatrists, everywhere. And of course, the pods in authority can get even ''more'' people converted before they realize what's happening, so their numbers just keep growing, and growing ...
43	* WorldOfSilence: What happens to society as the pod people take over. There's no fighting, fuss, crime, or problems ... but there's no laughter, smiling, or human warmth, either. The pod people, once in control, are like zombies of the old-school Voodoo style: fleshy automatons that just simply do their tasks without any individual thought or drives.
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