“I’d like to see it”. Ma’am, scuba diving is clearly only for dudemen, so you stay to your pleasure swimming at the surface, pleaseandthankyou. #monsterdon
Fishman stories were surprisingly common back in the old days of weird tales. Like The Harbor Master by Robert W. Chambers. Alot of them also had a gillman lusting after human women. Or atleast stalking them.
Except HP Lovecraft's Shadow Over Innsmouth. His Deep Ones were only interested in the men of the town. *nudge* *wink*
#Monsterdon #CreatureFromtheBlackLagoon
Those Madonna Brassieres just won't quit, huh.
No, no, gilldude you got it backwards. YOU swim over HER eggs. #Monsterdon
damn i wonder how hard it was for the dude to swim around in that fucking suit
#monsterdon
i actually really like that parallel swimming shot, with her and the creature
gah, i can't imagine doing spending that much time underwater in a monster suit
#Monsterdon #BlackLagoon1954 They can practice all they like, but I don't think costumed synchronized swimming will take off at the Olympics.
Ah! He's comin' right for us! #Monsterdon #3d
#Monsterdon he got so nervous he just couldn't keep it up anymore
Universe, how many takes did they need to get that right...
OK, The movie Jaws stole this scene.
#Monsterdon
So is the opening scene of Jaws, with the girl swimming as the shark stalks her, a callback to this scene from #CreaturefromtheBlackLagoon ? #Monsterdon
she said she wanted to see this other world but she's not even looking down into it #monsterdon
For a creature that evolved webbed feet for speed, he sure is having a hard time keeping up!
@athena_rising I mean I kind of hope she does now
And the synchronized swimming award goes to ...
think bits of the creatures costume fell off due to swimming there
top notch
#Monsterdon
@_L1vY_ 😮 WTF? She just dove into it with nary a care.
#Monsterdon
Scuba tanks are in the fins.
Hat! Thats my flower!
#Monsterdon
Monsters are very possessive, I guess.
Why is she alternating between front crawl, breaststroke and backstroke???
Creature man is entranced by the conical boobs. #monsterdon
That is a very 50's bathing suit she's wearing. It looks significantly more practical than the teeny tiny bikinis we see in most of these movies.
#Monsterdon #CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon always use the buddy system
creature: "i'll be your buddy, ma'am!"
I gotta say, for the 1950s, having underwater shots like these is pretty spectacular.
backwards and in bullet bra
#monsterdon How did the actor playing the creature swim in that rubber suit?
Kay's doing fanservice for the folks with red-cyan glasses #monsterdon
🦖#MONSTERDON 🎞️
TRIVIA FROM THE BLACK LAGOON
Julie Adams (playing Kay Lawrence) said in interviews that despite her many roles and better acting, this role was always the fan favorite.
When she swims in the lagoon and the camera shows her legs underwater, it might remind you of a famous 1975 movie. We seem to be seeing a lot of influences for that movie recently.
swamp creatures only want one thing #monsterdon
I wish I could, but I don't think I can top the MST3k line, "I wonder why they call this Leech Pond"
#monsterdon and now for the bond movie portion of the program
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fwamp-fwamp-FWAAAAAMP!!!
Is it just me or does Julie Adams remind one of Brooke Shields? #Monsterdon
Where's his other hand in that shot? #Monsterdon #CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon
we're going to carbon date these samples right here on the boat!
#Monsterdon #TheCreatureFromTheBlackLagoon
Aaand now, more swimming
@strangefour Bridgerton + Monsterdon = #Monsterton?
Just swimming in a dank lagoon as a lady does #Monsterdon
Except maybe not in white for river swimming #Monsterdon
Ffs kill somebody
oooooooKAY
Even with just the overt crocodile danger, WHY would you jump into the lagoon alone with no witnesses!
They must be in the dry and temperate part of the Amazon based on her hair / makeup.
#Monsterdon 🌊 🔦🐸🐊🧜♂️ 😱
I think that David was ✅ inexplicably dry!
This whole movie looks like some stock footage and everything else done on a soundstage
#Monsterdon
"produced some important findings" is code for "overloaded the ship's septic tank." #monsterdon
Oh Kay!!
That’s a gorgeous swim suit. 10/10, would purchase similar #Monsterdon
#monsterdon And here we see in their natural habitat, the single-tanker and the double-tanker. AND THE MONSTER.
That's right, don't tell ANYONE you're going into the water
"What's it like down there?"
"Like another world."
"I'd like to see it."
"Silly girl, women can't swim! They're water soluble!"
ah yes, a woman is on screen, cue the violins. (-_-)
damn i thought she was about to break out into a disney song for a second there 🥴
#monsterdon
#Monsterdon #CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon no lifeguard on duty
Ut oh, right, go for a swim! Creature alert!
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How does she keep all that makeup on
#monsterdon
"hey your ambition is showing" #monsterdon
First view of the creature’s face! (Right after they stole his flower). #Monsterdon
Imagining this from the Creature's point of view
"Who are those guys?! Why are they blowing so many bubbles?! That's not normal!"
Creature paw.
What's For Dinner (tm)
I thought he wanted to play doctor, not house.
@sean Is that what the kids are calling it these days? That's what I'm gonna start calling it.
"About Mark..." What do you think about threesomes? #Monsterdon #CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon
oh some slimy sea weed...thanks
*mumbles* stupid slimy
#Monsterdon
#monsterdon The black lagoon, voted most vulnerable to sharts.
try to understand
mark's an asshole but his family provides allllll the money
#Monsterdon Thanks.... it's very... pretty? Girl you can do better
We’re almost a third of the way through this movie, and so far, it’s a movie about underwater paleontology.
"How was it down there?"
"Wet."
That is some of the stiffest seaweed I've ever seen
"...I brought you back some swamp asparagus"
#monsterdon
You kids get off my lawn (in a manner of speaking)...
i like the monsterdons where the monster plays a bigger role :neocat_laugh: #Monsterdon #TheCreatureFromTheBlackLagoon
Remember, when surfacing from a depth of 10 feet, come up slowly to adjust to the pressure. #Monsterdon
@amyfou me too! especially in 3-D! #monsterdon
I make those same bubbles in the tub.
This is equivalent to a Roger Corman walking scene, except it was in 3D in theaters with those cheap glasses
Every since this film, a giant Bowie knife has been required equipment for scuba diving. #monsterdon
Is the gillman the first movie monster with big kissable lips?
#Monsterdon #CreatureFromtheBlackLagoon
That's a weird looking rock he just picked up. I'm starting to think this joker has no idea what he's doing.
Dramatic knife pull...to collect a water plant.
@cs Looking for rocks? I guess? #monsterdon
No one will be seated during the river garbage harvesting scene. #monsterdon
"...hi, I'm Mr. McGill, please put my rocks back."
face shot!! we gotta face shot!!!
That Amazon water is awfully clear. You know, for a black lagoon. Just sayin'. #Monsterdon #BlackLagoon1954
The boat _only_ has a woman’s shower and laundry facilities.
oh had it bookmarked
https://void.rehab/notes/9kung42nr3lkrodj
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#monsterdon I'm gonna say this, the aquatic plant life and bluegill in glorious 3d are well worth the motion sickness and inability to see anything else in the room-
okay, and as if on queue we get a 3d aquagrinch, I take back the snark.
#CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon1954
#monsterdon this like like his back garden. they're tresspassing.
#Monsterdon MY PLANT!!!
this black lagoon has rather clear waters. who the hell named it?
#Monsterdon
Tension stings with nothing happening are tight!
Monster!
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If they can't find the rest of the sample, it's obvious the only answer must be that the fossilized arm was gillman's own arm, which he grew back, but never got over loosing in the first place, and left there was a reminder of the time he was too stupid, got drunk and had a unpleasant date with a giant sloth.