@moira I was listening yesterday to a podcaster's episode commentary ("Desert Skies: Episode 4") wherein he talked about how much he loves visiting old abandoned gas stations in Arizona. #Monsterdon #BeyondTheTimeBarrier
Y'know, guys, there's bullets in the other end 'o that thing. #Monsterdon
Oh hey! A classic Sci-Fi tube!
Fantastic.
Although usually it's the women that get trapped in glass tubes.
innovative triangle tunnel shot π
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ah, space filled with aircraft noises. #monsterdon
hospital?! you idiot!!!
There are two women in this scene - this really is the future! #monsterdon
I think they just plagiarized the Columbia Pictures torch right there
is HE the Beast's Rose? if he loses his last petal, the curse is permanent? #monsterdon
@ryan You could probably say that almost every week
sci-fi movies love a good triangle display #monsterdon
People of the 60s thought we were gonna have way cooler architecture than we actually do. WHo knew it was just go na be boxes, boxes everywhere. :( #monsterdon
Ah, the futuristic space-towers are just beyond the scratty trees. Easy to miss. And triangular houses with futuristic stun-rays? Blimey. #monsterdon
dude. tubular.
#Monsterdon Zapped with a ray. It is area 51 in Nevada. The trees don't look right. They should ne Joshua Trees. But otherwise...
He's down!
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Hey, I found this guy and I put him in a tube. Now what? #monsterdon
#monsterdon 2024, eye of sauron, okay it tracks so far... 13:00 the first of many TRIANGLES
Vertical hospital beds are all the rage in the future, it seems. The design is very human
#BeyondTheTimeBarrier #Monsterdon
(GENTLE SOMBER MUSIC) #monsterdon
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Can we make those beards a real 2024 thing?
I've found the matte painting city! But I seem to be walking into the woods instead of the city. Nevermind, I'm sure it'll all work out.
I wonder whether the guy with the startling beard is friendly #monsterdon
Yup, like, I said, The Master is about to demat this guy. #Monsterdon
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Low Budget Film School π¬
ποΈ Look for ways to save money on production.
#BeyondTheTimeBarrier was shot by same director at the same time as The Amazing Transparent Man. The combined shooting time for both films was two weeks.
futuristic beards #monsterdon
society if we were tripping balls after slipping into a parallel dimension #monsterdon
meanwhile, at delta house
BRING MY YOUR TIRED YOUR POOR YOUR MIND CONTROLLED HUDDLED MASSSE #monsterdon
Wow, the transition from matte painting to filmed footage is seamless. #Monsterdon
Beyond the Time Barrier (1959)
oo, triangles. that's how you KNOW it's The Future. #monsterdon
He keeps his helmet on... safety first! #Monsterdon
Ahhh, yes. The well known 2024 triangle TV!
#Monsterdon What's the Sauron Eye thing? And where do they get those beards?
It also makes Mastodon look like I'm doing work #monsterdon
okay that's literally just a painting they're showing for the city #Monsterdon
@phoutz Gotta leave something for a sequel
Hooray matte paintings~ OF THE FUTURE!!
#Monsterdon #BeyondTime
#monsterdon Somebody painted a 1960s scifi mural between those old pumps
Smooth cut to the painting. π¬#Monsterdon
Ah, yes, they nailed 2024!
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starting #monsterdon late, might 1.5Γ it to catch up to you drongos
WHAT pylons???ΒΏ?
Took a wrong turn at Albuquerque
And he passes through the magic gas pumps into Oz. #Monsterdon
oh no wait. we don't have a jetsons matte painging city
where's the dude with the broken glasses, did he manage to get to the bubble city and read some books finally? #monsterdon
Peering in ktichen windows "IS MY CHICKEN DINNER READY YET?" - my mom
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To Oz? #Monsterdon
Oh hey, Goofus and Gallant civilizations. #Monsterdon
We're through the painting on the cliff, folks. #Monsterdon
They really blew out the studio's wooden pallet budget on this film. #monsterdon
ominous gas station pumps are ominous
#Monsterdon Gas Pumps! Check the price. That will pinpoint where you are in history.
I found an easy fix - switch my laptop display to grayscale and the colorized version looks dandy #monsterdon
@rwg Looting wasn't invented until 1979
clearly youβre in a fallout game, check your pip-boy #monsterdon
that's a well preserved piano for being inside a building missing its ceiling and two walls #Monsterdon
OK, we're in the future now. But are we going to cut away to the other Major Allison in the other plane?
ugh, that poor piano. RIP. #monsterdon
To be honest I would expect more decay in 64 years #Monsterdon
Now's not the time to learn to play piano! #monsterdon
I found the base piano!
the fucking piano my god
HEY TEAM if you're watching this on a TV set you can turn the colour down to zero
strongly recommended
Wait a minute... no one looted those sweet government-issue chairs? I dont believe it. #Monsterdon
@WhiskeySailor he's thinking "did i miss our luncheon date??" #monsterdon
Waddling run and concerned look - he clearly needs the loo, and has had absolutely *enough* of defecating in that rubber altitude suit... #monsterdon
Two planes. Is this a quantum duplicate movie? I donβt expect that from 1960.
@msh AI learning how to be awful in all sorts of ways we didn't anticipate
okay ten minues in and the plot is always going. its gonna be one of those
"...oh no! Ghost chairs!"
legitimately i am so distracted by the bad colorization i have no idea what's going on #Monsterdon (never touching an ai-colorized thing again lmao)
Bewareβthat looks like Rainbow Road! Always tricky.
Well that was an awkward run... #monsterdon
The sign I got the Colonel for Christmas! He's not even using it! #monsterdon
That's what happens when you don't clean your yard and put on a fresh coat of paint.
Interesting how this antenna just fades out.
I wonder why the director put it right in the middle of the screen if the special effect was going to do that.
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The grass is startlingly green on the other side #monsterdon
Well that beard is very 2024
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So far their vision of 2024 checks out
If you thought 1980s CGA graphics had awful colour you should check out the "colour" version of this #Monsterdon movie
#monsterdon meanwhile at the Gimli motor speedway...
The colorization is giving this scene some serious 70s Doctor Who vibes. #Monsterdon
What is that fucking composite job? Right through a structure! #monsterdon
What, no brass band?!
@lytta ooogg kinda glad i'm not watching that version lol #monsterdon
Okay, good shot of his reaction when he pops the cockpit open, I'll give this movie that!
Also, this is a bit more understated than Buck Rogers returning to earth 500 years later. ;D
I THINK Iβm glad i picked the B&W version but Iβm not completely sure. #Monsterdon
The base is abandoned!? No, why didn't they listen to Newt Gingrich about closing military bases!!! #Monsterdon
In a clever twist, the writers drop the audience into the middle of a twilight zone episode. #Monsterdon
Daylight savings really needs to be abolished bc now we've got the sun shining on the damn TV #monsterdon #beyondthetimebarrier
why is he wearing a mocap suit
How did he find an airport in 1960 that looks like airports in 1970 did?! #monsterdon
(re: colorization, i mean, the grass IS green, but it's also Green, and GREEN, and GrEeN, and...) #monsterdon
"Wait a minute, this isn't Orlando!" #monsterdon
Looks about right for 2024. #Monsterdon
Okay, discordant actual piano chord was a nice touch.