"Fine scientist you are, feeling empathy... having ethics..." -Biff

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@Terencio

Hate the game, not the merman

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Even Gill-man knows playa doesn't stand a chance.

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@klu9 #monsterdon #WrongCreatureFromTheBlackLagoon

dude wants to torture Gill-man, apparently.

#monsterdon just came back to say, they don't electricute the dolphins

I think he's learned a little more than that, genius.

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i bet they never once test gill mans fashion sense out in this intelligence test.
OMFG he inherently knows which skirt length goes best with kitten heels!
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But what if it was a Gillwoman trying to rescue Kay from Stockholm Syndrome & those violent men?

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So they put an old anchor and a sunken boat in his tank... just like those cheap accessories people put in goldfish bowls

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Gill-man doesn't eat bc he is nauseated by that guy's weak game.

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@gnomon @Bluedepth haha nice! Too bad though... I gotta imagine it must be one of the largest regularly occurring simultaneous streaming events they handle, even if it's probably only a tiny portion of their overall traffic

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If it wasn't for @Taweret I would almost never be thinking about anything but work and other work and worldwide crap 😨

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Funny things about the movie poster:

@kcarr2015 I assume she was wearing an intriguingly swampy perfume #monsterdon

#Monsterdon I think i'm done commenting for now. Night night

@samsagreg

21m55s on download copy

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could somebody give a timestamp for movie #2? #monsterdon

I've seen King Kong and Jurassic Park 2, so I know how well bringing the creature to the civilized world for its viewing pleasure will work out

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@SordidAmok Francis Ford Coppola ruined me, any film with a character named Kay will always make me think of Diane Keaton #monsterdon

I want this lil' ape to go full Nope on them.

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@Terencio

no budget for a costume change every 4 minutes

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#monsterdon there's a distinct lack of women in the film

@srol They were all smooching in cars at the drive-in. Nobody was watching the film...

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@paco

I don't think the epilog was invented until Quinn Martin came along

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Personally, I think this was actually a decent film. Of its time, definitely, and the score was … intrusive. But the pacing was decent, the plot mostly made sense (aside from the monster’s motivations, but those are rarely a focus), and some of the performances were quite good. I can see why it’s considered a classic of the genre (and, indeed, an important milestone in the “monster boyfriend” subgenre). #monsterdon

#monsterdon A diving suit? what happened to the aqua lung?

@moira I think the "Group Think" one might count, because they were all very onboard with doing a chemical warfare, but that still doesn't deliver a Bingo.

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that was a fun one until the Creature died.

Thank you @Taweret for hosting, @cherizilla for bingo and @JoeWynne ; also whoever it was for the maybe leopard sharks and the longnosed gar!

I love how the monster opens and closes his mouth. Blub blub. 🥺 #Monsterdon

Suddenly, the underwater fights where the Creature bites off the air hose remind me of the air valve wrestling in MAN FROM PLANET X.

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I own, though I have not read it yet, Lady From The Black Lagoon, by Mallory O'Meara. About the woman who designed, but did not get credit for, the Creature's design.

Review on NPR back in 2019:

https://www.npr.org/2019/03/28/707306134/the-forgotten-woman-who-designed-the-creature-from-the-black-lagoon

Well dang, that turned into another one of those Animals-Weirdly-Attracted-To-Human-Women-They-Should-Have-No-Business-Being-Attracted-To movies. 🤷‍♂️

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@sam The Star Trek designers might have had a week at best to design and construct that suit.

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@sam Oh, and also the time they have to make it.

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noooooo bingo

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Y'know, jokes aside, this is one #Monsterdon movie where I have sympathy for both sides, monster and humans.

I know we're supposed to pick the Creature's side (and Mark is definitely a villain, though not the mustache-twirling kind), but ... the only thing I have against them is clunky dialogue.

@sam Sometimes, it’s not about the budget—it’s about who’s making it with the materials they have.

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IS he dead, though??

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#Monsterdon Nutrition Facts (% of daily value)
Iron 1%
Calcium 0%
Vitamin C 0%
Fat 0%
Carbohydrates 0%
Abrupt Endings 99%

Not a significant source of talent, story telling or special effects.

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@CactuarJoe @ohiofi
#monsterdon Bride of Creature

@JoeWynne Post 'em if you get 'em!

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We should all watch The Shape of Water

(but not right now I have to finish doing some work)

Thanks @Taweret for a fantastic instalment of #Monsterdon!

That's a wrap!

As always, thanks to @Taweret for hosting, @cherizilla for #MonsterdonBingo, @JoeWynne for #MonsterdonDrink and trivia, and to all of you for making it awesome!

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@JoeWynne Pics or it didn't happen!
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@steggy too much devonian

not enough deBoneian

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Monsterdonians,

I will likely miss next week's event, but know that one place i will be visiting is Universal's Dark Universe, where I hope to get a selfie with the Gill-man!

https://www.universalorlando.com/web/en/us/epic-universe/worlds/dark-universe?msockid=0b2074f3567e6d293f3c62d657906c5e

And the creature fucks off into the lagoon.

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I solved their little love triangle problem and getting ALL SHOT UP is the thanks I get? EFF THAT I'm effing off into the lagoon to die now.

Frigging humans :blobrollingeyes:

THE END

Classic #Monsterdon when men were men, shorts were short and guns could solve all your problems.

Thanks for another wet one @Taweret !

Was that a bat?

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Better than most 50's monsters flicks. I'll give it that.

The moral is that when you dig a fossil hand out of a stream bank you should probably do a sober cost-benefit analysis before going back to get the rest of the skeleton #monsterdon

Justice for Gillbert >:| #monsterdon

And another #Monsterdon in the can. That was fun!

It's a classic movie for a reason. Thrills, frills, deliberate chemical spills, all the goodies.

Cheers!

What’s with the captain’s very silky shirt? #Monsterdon

Drown her

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Okay, that movie actually wasn't terrible.

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They keep shooting him, he's only going in for a hug! #Monsterdon

@SordidAmok Yeah that was like Chekov's diving fact and it didn't pay off. #Monsterdon

Creature fucks off to freshwater. Nothing is wrapped up. Nothing is explained.

Go fuck yourself, audience.

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Well, we've disrupted an entire ecosystem and killed an extremely rare creature. Our work here is done! #Monsterdon

Another #Monsterdon is in the can!

Thanks to @Taweret for hosting!

Tonight's feature, #CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon, from 1954, brought us face to face with the legendary Gill-Man! Apart from that, we also had,

nooooooooooooo

anyway, ty for joining, everyone!!!

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Thank you for watching, NO MORAL THEATER!

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Scientists shoot a creature in the back and don't bother to preserve the specimen.
Go figure.
The End.
Didn't get a bingo either.

Creature leads them to his wife and lil' children who are weeping...

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So ends another #Monsterdon with the masterpiece, #CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon. Our thanks to @Taweret for hosting, and for everyone lurking and posting. And remember #Monsterdoners: We didn't come here to fight with monsters. ... We came here to find fossils.

Okay y'all so, our lead? He's been in two other prior Monsterdon entries: The Magnetic Monster, and It Came From Outer Space.

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Are there stone pillars and ruins in that cave? or is the lighting just making me confuse stalactites for patterns?
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Awww, poor mer dude, this is his lagoon....

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#Monsterdon Woman gets captured: Don't shoot, you might hit her!

Dude attacked five minutes later: OPEN FIRE!

There really is something Buscemi-esque about his face #monsterdon

I dont get it did they all dive underwater to get to this cave? #monsterdon

David and the crew winch the tree trunk and debris out of the mouth of the lagoon, clearing their escape route. But the noise of the work gives cover and distraction for the Creature to climb aboard for the nineteenth or twentieth time completely undetected. It grabs Kay and leaps overboard! Lucas and co dare not use their rifles for fear of perforating Kay. The Creature drags her away to its lair, with David and his speargun in hot pursuit!

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I see columns in the distance which suggests construction...

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Gillman had a little throne ready for her <3 #Monsterdon

They actually somehow gave the creature a tongue.

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"The princess is in another cavern!"

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Random vampire in bat form.

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lol, "BAT!"

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Is that going to be chekov's bat?

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#Monsterdon The world's loneliest bat

Whoa, that was one weird looking bat!

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Mostly I'm appreciating how well the Gillman suit holds up to close inspection. So often you get suits that they try to film in closeup and you're like, ah, there's a seam, there's the zipper, there's the fasteners. But no, Gillman looks good! It's impressive! #Monsterdon

What is the source of light down in that cave? #Monsterdon

Creature's all "mate is strangely shaped? but will find out sooner or later how she lays her eggs!"

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C'mon, Creature, you had revenge within your grasp, and you go for the girl instead? Priorities! #monsterdon

"leap"
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he got a GF now
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#monsterdon it's always the woman who notices him. the men are useless

She takes so long to work up to a scream!

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Yoink! #Monsterdon

Monster is all like "Why TF doesn't anyone NOTICE ME!?" #Monsterdon

I love the monster design so much. the mouth and gills moving is awesome

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damn this creature don't stop #monsterdon

#monsterdon why isn't anyone checking the perimeter all the time

"Hey baby"

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gillman has the mother of all headaches now, and he knows who's fault it is.

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Two martyrs? Kay doesn't even acknowledge the non-whites who died

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maybe the monster can lay some eggs inside mark carcass, like in aliens franchise
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@Terencio "What's a guy with social anxiety gotta do around here?" #monsterdon