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One of the spaceship's corridors are spray-painted McDonald's containers.

🚀 Cameron showed off a proposed model of what he called a ...

"SPACESHIP WITH TITS"

because the ship was controlled by a female voiced computer. It had two engines for boobs.

Corman loved the idea. The production crew called it
"the flying uterus."

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It's the Call to Adventure!

(This is sarcasm, not an actual endorsement of the Monomyth.)

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Say what you want, these sets are terrific.

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Engage Flight of The Navigator mode #monsterdon

So you have a sentient ship that's unable to fly itself?

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I love how some team of set artists was like, "Do we make the ship look like boobs or testicles?" And one genius said, "Why not both? Imagine the artistry!"

I wonder where that person is now.

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So far my favourite character is Nell

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I can't blast 'em, we don't have the budget! #Monsterdon

Roger Corman is such a lovely twinkly-eyed grandpa in interviews, I cannot imagine him chomping on a cigar going "The rocketship's gotta have hooters" and yet #monsterdon

Didn't say NOT to blow it up...

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"You live within me now kid.....think about that....yes....even the toilet.....especially the toilet..."

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#Monsterdon muwahahahahahahahahahahaha they're so evil

THIS IS PODRACING #monsterdon

I'm calling the computer being the one character I kind of care about in this whole thing

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Muhahaha

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Corman rented from the same prop company as Knight Rider and V the miniseries, I see.

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shouldn't he be working on his uncle's moisture vaporators?

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James Cameron worked on sets so many hours a day, that he slept on site.

The film's Production Manager quit during production. The producer woke up Cameron and asked him if he wanted the job. The crew liked him. Without knowing what the PM does, he said 'Sure' and went back to sleep.

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@Newpa_Hasai Aren't they all

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Girlfriend: The ship has terra cotta vibes. I like that.

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Star Wars Episode I: The Fellowship of Violence

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Zed's ship sure has... A pair.

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“You’re a boy” as Luke’s theme starts. #Monsterdon

Fine Dr. Hephaestus? Can he smith us something good? Even after he fell from Olympus?

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Board the Flying Uterus! #Monsterdon

uh. does that spaceship have tits? #monsterdon

@ricci by God, I will not STAND this slanderous LIBEL of John Saxon
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Proto-Wesley Crusher.

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#monsterdon we love a twink hero

“…hey, are the Planet of the Apes folks using their set next week?"
“No, why?"
"Oh, no reason.”

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These wipes are indeed VERY star war

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The henchman is named Iago?

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Love how neat and tidy the space lasers are when in reality those people would explode like watermelons....

That was some top notch supervillainy though, bravo!

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Full Thrust to Umatir. She loves it like that. 😏

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This is a lot like a corporate takeover/restrcturing

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"fire at will."

*zap!* *civilian dies*

"oh no, will!"

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THERE'S John-Boy

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(which one's will)

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7. The person portraying the evil alien commander is listed in the credits as an actor. This is a lie, this person is manifestly incapable of acting.

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Space John Boy? #Monsterdon

Oh right Tubi is more of a pain in the butt for screen capping. I lag more having to rewind.
See you soon Space Cowboy
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"Which one is Will?"

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Young Davros was already a dick

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Burned to ass sounds a bit harsh

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Not a stellar converter!!! #Monsterdon

Tubi to the rescue. A cast of dozens of old western actors
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I am the great and powerful Oz!
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always good to know from the outset who the baddies are: nosey weathermen who want you to identify yourself #monsterdon

"You cannot resist me"

<winks provocatively>

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THIS IS YOUR EMERGENCY ALERT CRYSTAL #monsterdon

In technical terms that special effect "sucked"

"Hear me, we are here looking for some whales."

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I see the Star Wars inspiration.

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Okay, the planetary costumes are Star Trek #Monsterdon

[Like Sailor Moon] Akir....Crystal...PANNNNIC!

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i lurve the beepboops
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People in enlightened societies always want to wear togas for some reason

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Get zapped!
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oh no! it's the new age crystal alarm! It's telling us not to get too close to that matte painting!

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Wow, nice blowing this up effect.

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noooooooo my friend old weather ship

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Better than the Star Wars Holiday Special CHECK

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RUDE! #Monsterdon #BattleBeyondTheStars

What's a ship like you doing in an outer atmosphere like this.

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I think most planets are just rock with a green spot if they're lucky

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From the side I thought the brunette guy was Carl Sagan
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Flashy lights! More! More!!!!

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It's the cliche ship fly-by, just like Spaceballs lol

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#Monsterdon Goooo!

The old weather ship is real and it is my friend

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Am I watching Star Trek The Motion Picture? Cocoon? Battle Beyond the Stars?

James Horner: "Those are all the same movie."

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This stage gives me "I'm surrounded by assholes" vibes.

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A battlecruiser from Starcraft has clearly time-traveled back to 1980 to star in a movie

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I bet this was made out of a kitbashed superdestroyer model.

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The #monsterdon is rolling. Seems to be a bit of a slow moving intro. Oh hey, JohnBoy meets A-Team? That's 1980 for you.

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👂Alan Howarth, Sound Guy, made sure each of the seven starships had its own sound. He brought some of his synth effects from Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

🏎️ Robert Vaughn's ship was based on the recording of a dragster.
🧑‍🎤👨‍🎤👩‍🎤 The Nestor ship had sound based on community choir voices from Coalinga California.

#Monsterdon long darn thing, ain't it

#monsterdon Truth be told, I had one of my first gayboy-crushes on Richard Thomas. It was sweet and very sigh-heavy. :)

The typeface for the credits looks Star Trek #monsterdon

I think this means we're flying through space. #Monsterdon

Sounds like a lesser version of the Superman theme. #Monsterdon

Battle Beyond the Network Stars! #monsterdon

James Horner laying down the foundational work for every other soundtrack he'll write so far. #Monsterdon #BattleBeyondTheStars

Welcome to: THE SCARY (CIRCULAR) DOOR

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I know this score was salvaged from John Williams' dumpster, but I still like it #monsterdon

4. There is a cat on my lap

This is not really related to the #Monsterdon movie but maybe you wanted to know

They've got a space font so you know it's legit

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Big Welcome to all our new watch partiers tonight!!

Here we go...
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👀 Look for extra KATHY GRIFFIN early on, acting as an alien reacting to a spaceship landing.

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54321...GO!

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{%} hii what is this whole monsterdon thing and how do i join in?

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I mean I guess it's just me but I can't stop hearing him getting madder and madder at the translation system until he just thinks "fukkit" and stops trying

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straight up i think my best post of the night was this one in response to the lizard man from the lambda quadrant or whatever saying "I want his head."

https://mastodon.murkworks.net/@moira/113818774427727784

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@wilco I'm not that far along in time lord school so I don't know! it's just a setting on the sonic!

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@ranjit It wasn’t clear to me if this protein tank was for healing or for recycling. 😬

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And I would say the most memorable Bechdel test scene was the convo between Nanelia and St. Exmin about the Joy of Sex (without reference to any specific man) #monsterdon

@strangefour

We will, we will rock you.

Not really, though. A big disgrace.

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@himbovoorhees
I think the effects got reused in yet another movie called #StarSlammer as well. These effects have been around. 🤔
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https://youtu.be/7nLEVIj3v4A

@helianthropy

This was Julia Duffy's first movie!

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This is the life. Just sitting, forever, on a pile of treasure, waiting for somebody on a hero's quest to come along.

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