@Zerofactorial probably out buying Texas with his reward money. #monsterdon
#monsterdon The creature's last dying rowr: "I never saw Venus" :rimshot:
"Guns don't work!"
"OK, what about REALLY BIG guns?"
"What the fuck do I know, I'm only a scientist."
#monsterdon #20millionmilestoearth
"T'was beauty killed the beast." #Monsterdon
Monster without a heart or lungs grabs eir's chest in death throws.
Good night, sweet prince, flights of angels sing thee to thy rest #monsterdon
Nooo! Poor monster. Hold on! #monsterdon
So, still up for that glass of wine?
Scientists: Guns don't work
Military: Wait, hear me out, bigger guns?
Scientist: Um, yeah that works
#monsterdon
are any of these soldiers wearing their standard issue plot armor? #monsterdon
so how much money do we think the US gov't is going to have to wriggle out of paying for f-ing up the Colosseum like this. #monsterdon
#Monsterdon Artillery! Bazookas! Flame-throwers! How hot is Venus?
shooting up the antiquities, taking lessons from the french then are we?
I guess the troops didn't get the memo about "no lungs, no heart" #monsterdon #pointlessgunplay
@Taweret that was the main plan at first, but then as soon as we started not leaving the creature alone we committed pretty hard to it #monsterdon
Itβs half as tall as the coliseum but they had trouble spotting it. Doesnβt add up. #Monsterdon
why not get a bigger electro-net? #monsterdon
That place is ruin, should be demolished anyway.
What a fate, crushed by styrofoam blocks D: #Monsterdon
@gnomon @Taweret That's crazy talk in #Monsterdon world
Stupid soldiers. You go squish now! #Monsterdon #20MillionMilesToEarth
Ray Harryhausen made a great looking monster. Human/people stop motion suffers uncanny valley and can't be helped. #monsterdon
@Taweret this is not the American way #monsterdon
#Monsterdon Wow, these steps are a bitch. Why did I skip leg day? --each of the soldiers, maybe
"There it is"
yes, it's a giant screaming monster from another planet. we all see it.
have we at any point considered leaving the creature alone?
The monster on the Coliseum is giving me definite vibes of the space pope making a public address
Harryhausen obviously having a *fantastic* time with all this ancient architecture. So familiar... #monsterdon
@davesdogmaggie The creature is jonesing for sulphur - it's been hours since it's had that sweet, sweet taste #monsterdon
at least he loaded it in the right direction. small favours.
That's why they call him Bob "Bazooka" Jackson.
Wee babby creature pulls a Samson! #Monsterdon
The most important part of a crowd reaction shot, is that the crowd actually react.
These guys just saw a monster taken down with an artillery shell. I guess that's just another day in Rome.
Monster sure can shout and vocalize a lot for something with no lungs. #monsterdon #20millionmilestoearth
I really hope Paul signals the bazooka guys to begin firing with a thumbs down. #Monsterdon
My name is Venusian
Taken from my home world
Shot and electrocuted for my troubles
And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next!!! #monsterdon
okay, why is that kind of a good shot tho, wandering past the arches. #monsterdon
@wohali There have been lots of random things getting blown up so I'd say so
@brooke can they hurry it up, I got a bingo on the line here #monsterdon
at 5 minutes remaining, little hope of the monster fucking off into anything except off of this mortal coil :( #monsterdon
You're telling me you lost the twenty foot high monster in a shallow river? #monsterdon
... ok, the falling stone columns are a separate problem. #Monsterdon
Lions and tigers and gladiators, oh my!
#Monsterdon You know Bob, in the days of the Romans, they would fill this with water and have sea battles.
#monsterdon Bazooka!
@jonny he's got elephantiasis now #monsterdon
@jonny Its probably the high sulfur content of elephants. #monsterdon #20millionmilestoearth
@aburka Probably tastes great though
why do all the cars look so fake when they're actually real?
Poor monster. Poor historic architecture. #monsterdon
Ah, pieta under columns. Classic. #Monsterdon
@blue Sadly, yes. #monsterdon #20millionmilestoearth
@jonny And he only ate a little bit of elephant too!
It screams because itβs three days old and wants itβs mother. #Monsterdon
don't they know? shooting it has no effect because it has no lungs #monsterdon
are giant flamethrower tanks... a thing...? #monsterdon
#Monsterdon - Perry Mason was intercut into a Godzilla movie. And Paul Drake is in another movie? I'm having trouble.
American tanks and artillery in the streets of Rome? This must've caused some unpleasant flashbacks for folks. "Oh no, not again!" #monsterdon #20millionmilestoearth
he just wants to speak to the senate! he has a right to speak!
I got it now! #monsterdon is the modern day equivalent of H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(1938_radio_drama) Here I was looking at various news sites, trying to figure out what had happened while I had stepped away from the computer this afternoon.
@CactuarJoe he's invoicing it all to perry, he doesn't care. #monsterdon
@diazona Death becomes eir?
Good idea. Hand the rocket launcher to the astronaut. He'll know how to use it. #monsterdon
@diazona Of course, it all makes sense now :P #Monsterdon
minutes ago that guy was as big as an elephant, but eating the elephant seems to have grown them to the size of a bridge. we should avoid getting the elephants further involved in this matter #monsterdon
Yup. Thats-a a bingo for me! π
now for a nice tour of everywhere that didn't get bombed in world war II
When I saw this as a kid, that body dangling limply from the "paws" really affected me. Still remember the chill.
Paul's running up quite the Uber bill here in Rome. #Monsterdon
bridge appears to have the approximate structural integrity of a chocolate bar #monsterdon
@CactuarJoe They probably heard "seas fire"
@Configures @moira Perhaps a male elephant in musth #monsterdon
At least the Kaiju has had a nice tour of Rome
#monsterdon
#monsterdon Throws hand grenade in the water "Now _that's_ how to fish"
We've established the monster is only aggressive when not annoyed. Maybe stop annoying it for a bit. Get it a cup of tea. Take it the cafe you keep talking about. You know. Chill. #monsterdon #20millionmilestoearth
@socketwench Our official national motto is "kaboom"
wow, the ancient romans built their bridges out of styrofoam... #monsterdon
Start blastinβ! Keep blastinβ! #monsterdon
Fuck them up, Trumpy. They deserve it. #Monsterdon
whoops, found him. #monsterdon
I mean if it was a bear, we'd know something! But this thing?
so... we're gonna hand grenade the Tiber??? i mean okay, but... #monsterdon
He wears those high-waisted pants
"I can't tell what that thing'll do or where it'll do it! But it's got to poop somewhere, sometime, somehow!"
Hey, remember back in the barn when Paul Drake said the monsters weren't ferocious unless provoked?
Does driving a car into one count as "provoked"? #Monsterdon
Hot damn that's a good stop motion person getting dropped by the creature, almost real looking and VERY creepy
@apLundell This WAS a working vacation for Harryhausen. #monsterdon #20millionmilestoearth
Fountain alert! Take the poll now if you can!
#Monsterdon
#20MillionMilesToEarth
And the colosseum! It must have a tourist map of all the town's attractions. #monsterdon
Back in the day women did a lot of screaming out windows for some reason. Current events demand this practice be reinstated. #Monsterdon
Stomp! The! Pope! Stomp! The! Pope! #monsterdon
a hit-and-run'll get you 5-10, chet. better lawyer up!
Monster picks up human! By jove, I think we're going to tick all the #monsterdon bingo boxes tonight!
The reptile punching through the wall is quality cinema #monsterdon
Elephant was left alive and breathing! This monster is not a killer. #monsterdon
It's not exactly Godzilla vs. Kong, to see a scared alien kill an enraged zoo elephant, more sad all around
shot: Italians screaming from windows. go! #monsterdon
That blond scream queen in the window is going to be a #Monsterdon gif, I expect.