John Nada

"I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass and I'm all out of bubble gum"

- by John Nada. "I'm giving you a choice. Either put these glasses on or start eating that trash can."

- Nada to Frank Armitage about the glasses.

John Nada is a lone wanderer in the 1988 cult classic They Live; who gets a pair of glasses in which he finds out about a ruling class of aliens in disquise and manipulating people to spend money, breed, and accept the status quo with subliminal messages in the media. He finds these glasses behind a church that was destroyed in a box full of sunglasses like this which, also allow him to see the world in black and white which, gives him the ability stated above. He then goes on a shooting spree in a nearby bank where he spews the famous line above above before he kills all of the skull-looking aliens in the bank.

He then, goes back to the box where it seems like they were going to get destroyed by a garbage truck where he saves them, then he goes to his friend, Frank Armitage (played by Keith David), and talks to him about the glasses what is happening but, Frank refuses to believe him. John then, tries to force the glasses on him and a long fistfight ensues. The fight ends with John putting the glasses on Frank. They then, go to an apartment to talk about this and a member of the shantytown that had the destroyed church and invites them to a group of activists that are trying to do the same thing. There, they are given special contact lenses to replace their glasses. They learn from a bearded man's broadcast that the aliens control Earth as their third world, depleting its resources and causing global warming before moving on to another one.

They then learn that there subliminal signals that broadcast that givees the aliens the ability to camoflouge themselves, with this signal destroyed they lose this ability. The police then, attack and kill all on sight while, both Frank and Nada are hiding in a corner to then, killing their way out of the building. Frank accidently causes a portal from an alien wristwatch he was given during the meeting, and they both jump through it to find the aliens celebrating in a grand hall with their elite human collaborators. A well-dressed collaborators believe them to be collaborators as well and takes them on a tour of underground passages and reveals the link to the alien society, including an alien space port. He then, leads them to the basement of the Cable 54 news station, which is the source of the alien signal.

The two launch an attack which they kill many alien soldiers, throughout the building to find that the broadcast signal is on the roof and finding Holly, bringing her along with them. As Nada is climbing the ladder to destroy the signal, Holly kills Frank, she then persuades Nada to stop as aliens are piloting a helicopter overhead, Nada complies to ut his weapon down as he pulls out his hidden weapon which is the Baretta Jetfire and kills Holly. He then, destroys the broadcast signal and is fatally wounded by the helicopter and before he dies, he gives them the finger as to show the final victory he has over them. Humans around the see the truth and the aliens are revealed.



