Decent optical matteing for 1981.

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And we have monster nipple! Good job. #Monsterdon

Zeus, first holder of the Death Note. #Monsterdon

That guys real passionate about his little clay figurines... #monsterdon

Oh, Zeus is into golden showers, huh #Monsterdon

#monsterdon Maybe not the last of the Titans but... uh... come on Zeus. Surely this isn't a plot hole?

At least it's recognized as an egregious crime.

That's right. Nothing wipes out a crime of blood.

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@bunnyhero The Penguin in Batman and Robin is where you go with Burgess Meredith? Dude. #monsterdon #EatLighteningCrapThunder

NBD, just standing around holding my owl

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Saints be praised. It's a titanic clash in technicolor.
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Let the miniatures begin! #monsterdon

Burgess Meredith, of the backwards-ass name 🤨

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I'm going into this blind and it would be hilarious if Maggie Smith played Athena

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Whoa hey, Maggie Smith is in this? #monsterdon

Or at least the baby does. I haven't seen this in a million years.

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#monsterdon Johnathan Livingston Seagull!

I like how this movie shows the vulnerability of the hero, requiring help to climb the cliff. #Monsterdon #ClashoftheTitans1981

@r343l I mean, really. The gods gave him all sorts of wondrous tools, and he’s got butterfingers.

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What did they do with Medusa's head?

"I'll just put this head of Medusa into this old Lost Ark of the Covenant, I'm sure it will all work out." #Monsterdon

@aburka Don't forget how every significant character must deliver a line along the lines of "I, [PERSON NAME] of [PLACE], [ROLE IN MYTHOLOGY] decree..."
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@moira

Clash of the Titans 1981 was every bit as epic as I remember it. I've not watched this movie in a very long time.

Thanks for a wonderful evening everyone on #Monsterdon, and thank you @Taweret for hosting! See you next week!

That film holds up quite well. Greece is right in there with Turkiye, the Middle East, North Africa... and they definitely knew how to sail the Mediterranean. Still nothing but lily white actors. Surprising nobody, I'm sure, but worth noting. #Monsterdon

@trixter There appears to be a lot of GenX representation in #monsterdon. I wasn't old enough to see it in theatres, but I definitely caught it on cable.
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Hm, the author was married to Maggie Smith.

I'm not saying that someone of Maggie Smith's ability needed a connection, it's just an interesting detail.

Typical nepo-mortal, never could have done it without gifts from his divine daddy

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The moral of the story is that you can produce a big budget film set in Ancient Greece but do all the location shots in Spain, Italy, and Malta and nobody will be unhappy with that except for the Greeks #monsterdon

Well, that was fun! I never actually properly watched that movie somehow, despite being the right age. Goodnight #monsterdon, and thanks to @Taweret for hosting!

Clash of the Titans: actually a non-terrible movie despite how badly my brain wants to insist otherwise

Thanks as always @Taweret for hosting and everyone for posting! Can't wait for next week! (July 4 weekend, I hope we do something with explosions)

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good clay stare ya'll maybe next week
voting tomorrow~

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#Rifftrax did the remake from a few years ago. Maybe I should watch it next #Monsterdon

Y'know, for a two-hour, that wasn't a bad monsterdon film after all. I was worried about the length but for the most part, it moved along

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Not exactly bingo

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You know, Perseus, killing Poseidon's pets while you are standing in the sea is not smart...

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See! Even the credits don't list any Titans. Just stop motion mythologicals.
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@Taweret thank you!
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This was a ton of fun, so glad I could share my first time with all of you. The amount of people involved really made it special. Much love for y'all and much love for this wonderful little movie. Hopefully I'll be back next week for whatever we're seeing. #Monsterdon

Those are some fun end credits

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And they fucked off into…

Not yet.

And they fucked off into…

Wait for it.

And they fucked off into…

JFC!

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The movie ends as the camera fucks off into space (which is an ocean)

You could cut 30 minutes out of this movie without breaking a sweat. Great VFX, though.

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So ends another #Monsterdon masterpiece, #ClashoftheTitans1981. Our thanks to @Taweret for hosting and to all you wonderful folks who joined us. And remember #Monsterdoners: Release the Kraken!

#monsterdon And then Perseus and Andromeda fucked off into each other..

I do love that Perseus saves the day, but Pegasus gets all the real excited cheering. It’s like when a cute dog invades a tiktok. #monsterdon

They’re gonna name all the constellations aren’t they?

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#monsterdon The crowd barely reacted when he saved their princess by killing a seamonster, but they go wild for a flying horse.

Ricolaaaaa! #Monsterdon

#monsterdon Can we have a moment of silence for the Kraken? 😔

Perseus must working in Japanese restaurants, everyone takes his sushi for granite

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#monsterdon It's like a mystical bottle return! Toss out a Medusa Head, get back your Pegasus!

He’s … kraken up

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Medusa head desklamp

where

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makes sense that a stoned kraken is too big to be self-supporting, im glad this movie is scientifically accurate

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YOU WANNA GET

STONED

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Perseus takes 5 minutes to arrive with fanfare then gets immediately swatted down. 😂 Excellent,

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aaaaand he drops everything. again. of course

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"oh, just give me a second here, I tied kind of a weird knot"

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CLOSE YOUR EYES, BYSTANDERS! WE ARE ACTIVATING THE MEDUSA! #monsterdon

You know, I am beginning to think that carrying Medusa's head around in a sack may be unwise.

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Shit I know I left that head around here somewhere...

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What was the Kraken supposed to do with Andromeda? Eat her? Smash her? Drown her? I never quite figured #monsterdon #clashofthetitans

Seriously though. Does he have equipment down in that cage? Kraken is _ripped_. #Monsterdon #ClashOfTheTitans

Kraken is hotter than Perseus

Yeah I got a type so what

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This is where the Japanese Self Defense Force opens up with their MASER cannons

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The NHL francise in Seattle is known as the Kraken. Decent nickname. #monsterdon

Perseus is nowhere near the ocean

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How many hands does a Kraken have?

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That's prolly why they keep him submerged for the whole movie.

RIIICOLAAAAAA

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Bring back plentiful silver garments

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May the Krakenification commence #monsterdon #clashofthetitans

Like a salmon returning to its ancestral spawning grounds, Perseus returns to the amphitheater

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HE SAID THE THING! #monsterdon

The Kracken has a more regular release cycle than some mobile phone OSes.

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Hey fam I got the head of Medusa, check it out! #monsterdon

YYYYYEEEEEEEAAAAAAAH BUDDY

release that kraken

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#monsterdon Lots and lots of untanned thigh, there Perseus... mmmmmm….

I totally forgot about these people

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Oh no. Calibos's one weakness. Edged weapons.
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Glad the little guy is ok,. #monsterdon

Oh no! Oblivion NPC got stabbed in the back with a tiny trident! How will Perseus ever turn in all those quests now?
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Where did calibos get his custom duds with a tailhole #monsterdon

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💥 CLASH OF THE TRIVIA 💥

The graininess of the film behind the clearer stop-motion effect drove Harryhausen crazy. He was not allowed to fix it due to budget restrictions.

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#monsterdon For a guy with a magic sword that can cut through anything, he sure took his time with those scorpions.

When you have just lost Bubo, you must whip it! 🎶

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Perseus, whose name in Greek means "He whose fingers are like butter" #Monsterdon

wait what I thought his right hand was cut off?

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I wonder if they were happy with this. If it looked on screen the way it looked in their minds. #monsterdon

Did our helpful guard just die?

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I'm glad giant scorpions don't actually exist tbh #monsterdon

Scorpion wins!

FATALITY

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#monsterdon What gets me is, why does the scorpion bit have an upper bound? They are growing really quickly. Was it always going to be just this size, or is it have something to do with ambient concentrations of oxygen, like it is for spiders? They just get this big, because any bigger and they'd have a hard time breathing…?

[scorpion noises]

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That's why D&D parties always, always set watches. Don't trust the owl that can't even figure out a branch won't take its weight.

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How does the head still have all that blood?

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#monsterdon Paging Scorpios. Will all Scorpio's please come to the observation lounge. Your presence is requested.

Yes yes, very dramatic pose with Medusa's head, Percy. I can't believe they didn't animate a scene of her playing dead like a hognose. We were ROBBED. #Monsterdon

Oh shit. He showed medusa's face to the moon and now the moon has turned to stone!
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@ricci Definitely no funny bones

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Pretty good death sequence. Perseus probably should have brought a bag, though.

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so if seeing her in a mirror is safe, would looking at her through a video feed be ok? in which case augmented reality type goggles would make this a lot easier

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They're very careful not to give us a glimpse of any snake boobies.

...Snoobies

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