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#monsterdon #choppingmall highlights of the demo so far:

the sales bro tells us that the robots do not kill anybody, despite the demo movie showing a robot killing someone
when called out on this, he says "not killed, just neutralized"
one of the business guys said the middle robot had an unsettling "ethnic" quality. hmmm.
we are told that absolutely nothing can go wrong!

#Monsterdon “The system is absolutely foolproof… absolutely nothing can go wrong.” Is that Crowdstrike’s new tagline?

Yes, lasers! (That "just" cut through debris)

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Unfortunately, due to 1980s tech limitations, they each require very long extension cords. #monsterdon

those little claws are cute in fact.

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@jonny it's also in Fast Times At Ridgemont High! #monsterdon

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I never would have watched this on my own, but this was a perfect #Monsterdon group view. Thanks, @Taweret

@moira Like the movie, it's bad enough to be good :D #monsterdon

No mention of the killer robot rampage I see....

https://shermanoaksgalleria.com/

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@ranjit eventually everybody has to pick a side, friend

best get on it

6 minutes left

xD

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Oh shit they actually use the head exploding shot as her credit title that's awful
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Oh So we're just going to bring one of the Actors back from the dead to give the audience a happy ending I guess, okay

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#Monsterdon Aright, report card for #ChoppingMall.

Sales pitch in beginning: A, pitch perfect.
Foreshadowing: B-, too obvious.
Movie in-jokes: A
Mall bots: B+ still better than mall cops
Robotic social commentary: B, not as good as Robocop but pretty on-point.
Sex: D- No one needed to see that.
Science: D, many things that DO NOT WORK THAT WAY.
Dialogue: C for cheesy 80s - but some good lines.
Pet Shop: A, I’m sure they were all very good tarantulas.
“Have a nice day,” A+ no notes

I am now off to watch #Psych, I need more 80's references

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@SnoopJ Having the Millenium Falcon on it for no apparent reason is giving me Turkish Star Wars vibes

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Y'know, I'm genuinely impressed the movie let Debbie kill the robot herself. I thought for sure her love interest was gonna show up with, like, a flare gun to save the day. But no, he pops up afterwords. I appreciate that. #monsterdon

So I looked up the filmography of Karrie Emerson (Linda) and only MOSTLY because I have a crush on her after all that

Apparently this is her best-known movie work, but she's been in another movie that seems like it is in #Monsterdon's bailiwick: EVILS OF THE NIGHT (1985)

«Alien vampires have just landed from outer space... in search of the one substance they need to survive... TEENAGE BLOOD!»

The poster also has the Millennium Falcon on it for no apparent reason

Well. That was definitely... technically... feature length. Good job team, thanks as always to @Taweret for hosting ^_^

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Fun movie, absolutely understood the assignment. Robots always get bonus points from me, as well as practical effects. Thanks @Taweret for hosting!
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It was probably mostly acrylic paint so not really that flammable. But like paint thinner. That shit burns like a m-f-er.
#Monsterdon. #ChoppijngMall

True story, my first job was at the new Orange Julius at the mall! #Monsterdon

If you’d like the end credits music to continue, please enter two tokens. #Monsterdon

Now we have this.

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🦖#MONSTERDON Thank You

Thank you everyone for a totally educational screening of #ChoppingMall!

Thanks to @Taweret for all the work done to bring this together, starting last Monday!

And Thanks to @cheribaker for the bingo card. Good call on Corman movie posters.

And to @randy_s for assistance with the cocktails.

And to the Real Time Film Analysis Squad, thank you for using your proven ability to overthink things in a new, cinematic way. 😆

And, a shout out thank you in the credits to Gasoline.

OK, that's a wrap, the survivors fucked off into the dawn.

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My favorite thing about the killbots was sometimes they'd just say "instructions?" to each other and then make up a plan to do whatever they wanted as if it was their programming somehow

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Thank you all of #Monsterdon.
And have a nice day #ChoppijngMall

@CactuarJoe me too! #monsterdon

Special thanks to gasoline, lol #monsterdon

I feel like it would have been in keeping with the vibe of this movie to individually credit all the exposed breasts

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#Monsterdon Credits sequence reminds us we didn’t like any of those characters who died anyway.

This picture has been rated "R" for Reedonkulous! #monsterdon

this movie predates final fantasy by a year but somehow the music sounds like it was lifted directly from a game console

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honestly this soundtrack is kinda lit. i guess the takeaway really was don’t put a computer on the roof. And always be polite #Monsterdon

Thanks and good night everyone!

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Ohhhh, the irony!

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Chopping Mall, more like Do Auntie Anne-droids Dream of... uh... ah forget it, death to capitalism #monsterdon

#MonsterDon #ChoppingMall Poor shotinthehead girl

Carrying on the proud #monsterdon tradition of Movies That Just Fucking End

Perfect actor credit screen shot. No notes.
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They are thanking Gasoline??

That didn't work!!

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Even the credits are hilariouis. #monsterdon

Terrific! A tour de force of tropes. Thanks for the cool hangs #Monsterdon

That tracks.

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The least annoying humans prevailed...sorry killbots better luck next time!

THE END

Today on #Monsterdon we learned what Daleks would be like if they were created in America by Ronald Reagan instead of on Skaro by Davros

Thanks for another delightful one @Taweret !

stunt players. good job, people. #monsterdon

#monsterdon Wow her plan wasn't too bad but im sure she's gonna get fired now or worse.

OH MY GOD THAT SHOT FOR SUZEE SLATER wow #Monsterdon #ChoppingMall

that was a fun one. and like a good Corman, it got right to the running amok #Monsterdon

Tubi suggests that after this I might want to watch Transformers: Generation 1 and I mean yes always but...?
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Well, that was a romp. I love the 80s everything about this movie. Thanks @Taweret for another fun night of watching
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please don't squeeze the charmin #monsterdon

that was really fun! thanks #monsterdon !

#Monsterdon LOL at the headshot in the closing credits of #ChoppingMall

Barbara Crampton, my beloved

You deserved to be in much better movies

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Looks like someone’s camel stubbed their toe. #Monsterdon

Okay good because that smack on the head from the tile floor was a concussion injury, not a killing blow.
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Suzee Slater's end credit, 10/10 #monsterdon

okay the credit during the head explosion is funny

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roll credits!

what a goofy fucking movie lmfao

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@yogajedi@strangeobject.space never leaving the Mall #monsterdon

I was hoping to never see those smug faces again

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Another #Monsterdon is in the can!

Thanks to @Taweret for hosting!

Tonight's feature, #ChoppingMall, from 1986, was a full on 80's feature, including all the things one would expect from the 80s. We also had,
- Gum smacking!
- Killer robots! (well, that was kind of expected)
- Hanky panky on the furniture store furniture!
- Robot blood!
- Manequin shields!
- Hand drawn electricity animation!

Cute ending, I'm sure they'll be very happy together in the many many hours of therapy they will need to get over the horrifying deaths of their friends.

Assuming they can afford it, on account of all that mall destruction debt.

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Choppy ending!

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So ends another #Monsterdon. As always, our warmest thanks to @Taweret for hosting and to all the posters and lurkers, and remember #Monsterdoners: Thank you. Have a nice day!

i hope these two live happily ever after and shit

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Buddy, that's not how you clean blood off with a roll of toilet paper.

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All hail the Final Girl! #Monsterdon

Remember when you used to go to the mall to buy paint? #Monsterdon

and then she sued the entire pants off the mall, the robot company, and everyone who ever put their signature on a piece of paper approving the robots' existence, and she was able to live the rest of her life happy and content, traveling the world. #monsterdon

@CactuarJoe she's got final girl armour #Monsterdon

He's unextinguished!!!!

Thank goodness they didn't have sex so they are protected from death!

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The echo effect on that "Have a nice day!" was *chef's kiss*
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#monsterdon lol um she's not really good at parkour.

It’s called abstract art. #Monsterdon

Here's a safer idea than whatever the hell you're planning : Splash paint on its cameras.

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Well, that blowed up real good. Guess it wasn't just latex paint and soap water cleaner.

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"Have a nice day."
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#Monsterdon Hiding behind a small bag of dog food should have been on the bingo card.

That was some very explosive paint

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"Have a nice day" Everything explodes. Perfect. No notes. #monsterdon #ChoppingMall

The movie's treatment of the explosive properties of paint thinner is perhaps a bit less straight-laced

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I want to see what Alison is MacGuyvering up here!

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The "I have a marine dad" line is carrying so much weight

What kind of pet store IS this?? #monsterdon

#Monsterdon Killbots can handle stairs, but they don’t corner well.

She's goin' Jackson Pollock on that robot...

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okay, not gonna lie, i like Debbie Harry, she's good. i'm gonna be sad when she has to sacrifice herself to end the robuts. #monsterdon

Huh, I'd think that paint would be designed not to be particularly flammable. But what do I know?

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totally lost me on the "pour a bunch of paint on the ground" strategy #monsterdon

#Monsterdon Those cans are opening waaaaay to easily.

With those gas powered engines indoors you'd think they'd have died from CO poisoning by now #Monsterdon #ChoppingMall

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I love the music robot headcanon

"Ah yes, I see the girl. Time to pump up the jams" - robot 1