Wouldn't be a Burt I Gordon film without stock footage. #monsterdon

This movie miss some locust eating people. Just a little bit gore would be nice!
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👀 Look for the scene where the giant grasshopper is chasing the kids. They are actually friends and relatives of director Bert I. Gordon and Flora M. Gordon, and are fleeing down the street they live on.

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so we gonna try any bombs or just guns? #monsterdon

this is ambitious for a Gordon film

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Ooo double bladed chopper. #Monsterdon

I wonder if antennae count as horns for bingo purposes

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Why in the fuck are they bothering with small arms?

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If only they could translate what the locusts were saying:

"HOT DOGS, NO KETCHUP, HOT DOGS, NO KETCHUP"

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yup

drop the 'big one'

that'll totally work

(MASH theme)

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fuck yeah dog just sorta put the grasshoppers in the shot walking around that'll do it #monsterdon

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they made that one cricket appear to bonk that man

i wonder where they found all these giant locust for the special effects ​:thonk:​


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Screech helps them detect the giant grasshoppers and their intent

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#monsterdon I think this is a first, and we needed a tank to do it. But guns don't work, but ... a tank! We need more mosterdon with tanks.

Hold your fire until you see the glory of their thorax. #Monsterdon

@wohali another #monsterdon standard!

Ah yes, charge. Take them hand to hand.

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Jokes on the locusts, I can rave to this beat

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The Screech increases in intensity, you say...

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Well, there’s still the high plains locust, but they don’t swarm anymore. So basically just grasshoppers.

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OK, that TV news commentator was scarier than any locust attack I can imagine.

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Locusts were harmed in the making of this movie. #monsterdon #BeginningOfTheEnd

Ahhh, the sound of crickets in the evening on a hot summer day is a very relaxing sound to me.

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awww don't murder the giant bug fren!

@amyfou@lingo.lol "These are the shrieking locusts! They always grow louder when they're about to feed on human flesh!"

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I, too, screech at ear peicing levels before i attack ​:gooseknife:​

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If the muppets taught me anything something is about to fall on that news announcer. #monsterdon #BeginningOfTheEnd

(and fuck you spell check muppets is too a word)

If only we had a deaf mute guy who could sneak close to the locusts without being affected by their loud eardrum shattering screams. Huh.
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"Hold your fire, men!"
Half a second later: BANG!
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Well, the public has been informed of the attacking locusts, and how they screech.

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Uh oh. They're hee-ere.

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Hmmm.... I wonder what that noise means....

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Run, you fools! It's bug song! #Monsterdon

"Ear shattering proportions" - we know, we know

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It’s gonna be dangerous.
I’m not worried. I’m wearing my “dangerous story hat” you can tell because it has just a little netting.

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Wow, they had budget for a light to show when something is off. #Monsterdon

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wait, do the locust's not chirp unless they're planning an attack? I thought locusts just chirped whenever

Yeah, fuck you New York, Chicago is where it's at.
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oops.

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Fortunately the locusts will probably drown in Lake Michigan

Probably

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#monsterdon dialogue: "this stuff's no good. Forget it."

music: BUM BUMMM BAH-BAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

The locust's are listening to the news, and now they know to shut up.

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They should just start feeding that plant food to the marines to make soldiers big enough to stomp on the 'hoppers.

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"The time will come when the beasts will inherit the earth" starting to doubt the "accidental" way this guy contributed to the development of the giant bugs #Monsterdon #BeginningOfTheEnd

where are the goddamn scenes of hordes of grasshoppers fucking shit up you cowards we have only had like one big looming guy doing nothing #monsterdon

now now mike we must confound the buggies at every turn

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In addition to making the locusts giant, radioactivity also gives them +10 plot armor

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This movie turned out to be more religious than I was expecting.

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Take off and nuke Illinois from orbit.

"Wish a motherfucker would." - Illinois

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planet of the locusts #monsterdon

man, looks like Chicago is about to really get it.
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Nothing we've tried so far has been any good.

Have you tried the square-cube law?

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Roll that stock tank footage.

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the peekaboo neckline on that dress is not a good idea

#Monsterdon "give me the strongest thing you have"

A man surrounded by that much bubbling glassware can whip up any kind of chemical you like. Start splashing goo together!

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Did the locusts play in Peoria? #Monsterdon #BeginningOfTheEnd

I’m going to science the shit out it

Hunky Graves probably

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We could show the grasshoppers this movie, maybe they'd die of boredom.

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They're finally gonna get some decent deep dish.
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I made them big. I guess I can poison everyone else. #Monsterdon

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Elmo has PTSD.... YAAAAAAYYYY!!!

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CHICAGO NEXT! Then the Bachman Turner Overdrive. #monsterdon #BeginningOfTheEnd

I dare say the public knows about the giant locusts

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#monsterdon so long Peoria, Pontiac and Joliet, you got #locusted

Joliet? That's where Jake is from.

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Where are the trucks full of DDT?

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Quick, scientists! Get those test tubes humming!

What's your problem? Food...

Eat the bugs! Eat 'em!

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This is a lab. Notice the defining glassware.

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Cord-Aid? The anti-itch steroid cream? No wonder it didn't work #Monsterdon #BeginningOfTheEnd

"looks pretty bad, doesn't it?"
"You oughtta know- you wrote the story."

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Peoria is gone. Oh well, bye Peoria #Monsterdon

"You'll have to come up with something stronger" And cheaper to film. #monsterdon #BeginningOfTheEnd

NUKES!

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We have science glassware. Those locusts days are numbered..

Joliet, another place not to grieve over. #Monsterdon

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"Toxiphine"?? "Chlordane"???

I want this dude's Fuck Around budget. #Monsterdon

#monsterdon Screw Peoria, Joliet, and whatever that last stupid places name was. LOL

@randy_s

Yeah I know it’s JAWS. SHUT UP!

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Up to five towns destroyed by now? Someone might notice

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@strangefour you know what they say in moviemaking, Tell, don't Show. Oh wait

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JOLIET DESTROYED

the Blues Brothers are gonna be pissed.

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Ah, smart, they're going to stuff the locusts with deep dish and Chicago hot dogs until they can't move #Monsterdon #BeginningOfTheEnd

RIP Joliet. no more Blues Brothers.

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Jumping into Monsterdon late
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So much of this movie is "WOW SOMETHING BIG HAPPENED OFF SCREEN!" It was a good thing they saved money by not filming any of the really important shocking scenes.
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Your map people

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@amyfou

Fingers crossed!

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"Annihilation?" "Annihilation, HE SAYS THE TITLE."

Ed just has this film reel handy about locusts. He shows it to all his dates, which is why he's single.

"It will attack a man! Look at the bones!"

"Wiped out, you say? TO SHREDS, you say? Horrifically eaten alive?" Ed, I need you to go back there.

Head for Chicago. We'll get a buncha hot dogs, see a Cubs game, the locusts can wait.

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“Head for Chicago. I want a hot dog.”

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I owe you an apology. The locusts have overrun our defenses. Their tactics are incredible.

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"We can't land in Paxton!"

"Why not?"

"Because giant off-camera locusts that we're not going to show you because THAT WOULD BE EXPENSIVE have overrun the off-camera airport!"

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Such an incredibly detailed blackboard map!

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We need a map of Chicago- get our best chalk artists here STAT! #beginningoftheend
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I thought airline seats use to be more comfortable. They don’t look more comfortable there. #Monsterdon #BeginningOfTheEnd1957

Edit: what I typed was near incomprehensible