Now *this* is a flying saucer!#monsterdon

"What? What do you mean theres something wrong with my rockets extended warranty?"
#monsterdon

#Monsterdon Soundproofing. Can’t hear your cries of ecstasy from down here. Daddy. Mmmm.

#Monsterdon The effects are baller. You can see the half round cutouts as slight tone variations in the sky. It’s the kind of early sfx that gives you hygge vibes.

i think that's the same lab from the magnet monster movie.
#monsterdon

"Is this one of the Nazi rockets?"
"Nah, one of ours now, but errr....built by a Nazi, so......"

#monsterdon

#FLYING TRIVIA

"It's was too much work."
- Ray Harryhausen on why this was his last stop-motion film

#EarthVsTheFlyingSaucers
#Monsterdon

Those are some very fine blinkenlights!

#Monsterdon

Out come the smokes #monsterdon

in a modern movie we would have had to sit through ten minutes of the protagonists home life and family issues before a flying saucer showed up

#monsterdon

And hanging from the door handle, there was a hook! #monsterdon

lol, good stuff with the UFO following the newlyweds...galactic perverts #monsterdon

Feeling like it'll be a strong night for #MonsterdonBingo when 2-3 squares can be marked off in the first 6 minutes.

#Monsterdon

#Monsterdon the last time anyone was happy on American Airlines. There it was. There it goes.

@SnoopJ @PatrickoftheG okay, very cool. And good to know. I was mystified by the #monsterdon hash tag, but I kinda get it now

@Lazarou Seriously, if they'd landed on some island in the Pacific and colonized some defenseless natives, the UN would've just shrugged and moved on to the next item on the agenda. #Monsterdon

Also I really did like that the aliens pushed the female lead's dad out of a UFO to his death.

Like, they could've just vaporised him or something, but no. One of the aliens actually took him down to the cargo bay and physically pushed him out an open airlock. It's a weirdly brutal thing to do, almost makes the aliens seem... Human. #Monsterdon

#monsterdon This counts as monsters fucking off into the sea, right?

That was kinda of a sensible movie. I feel weird. I'm not sure what to do with myself now.

Well, thanks @Taweret as always!

#Monsterdon

"I'm glad the world is still here"
"And still ours"

OK White Man, we hear you......

#monsterdon

#Monsterdon #EarthVsTheFlyingSaucers In conclusion, we beat the aliens, the space programmer is restarted and Professor Dad gets a medal from the UN for helping save earth. We leave open the potential for a sequel, even if this movie was made before sequels were invented.

Anyway, I liked this movie. It could have used more interesting characters and perhaps expanding the mystery of the aliens, but it was fun and had weird stuff going on.

@jonny Honestly, I'd watch a movie that was just Harryhausen blowing up landmarks. No plot, just monsters and UFOs breaking shit. :D #Monsterdon

Another #Monsterdon is in the can!

Thanks to @Taweret for hosting!

Tonight was a campy terror from the sky, and included:
* 2.6 Mega Cycles!
* Giant tissue probe!
* Brain beams!
* Disintegrating wiggle rays!

#EarthVsTheFlyingSaucers

I'm reeling a bit at how much Mars Attacks riffed on this movie and how it all went over my head until tonight.
#monsterdon

The successor to Skyhook will be named Tailhook to avoid confusion #monsterdon

Theres no time to explain how a bill becomes a law!
#monsterdon

#Monsterdon is one of the best hashtags on the fediverse because you don't even need to watch the movie they're watching to be entertained by the discussion. (Also it's a great source of monster flicks to rec to the monster flick-loving husband.)

Excellent Landmark destruction there, took out the big stone dick the Yanks have #monsterdon

all this well-rendered destruction is a delight #monsterdon

#Monsterdon #EarthVsTheFlyingSaucers While I am dismayed at the lack of toy boats, I like the little gun trucks with the noisemaking cannons, just because they are cute retro scifi technicals.

Oh no, the obelisk!

#Monsterdon

they just gave the whole rest of the movie to harryhausen like "here deal with this" #monsterdon

These saucers are really well done but this movie needs to give Harryhausen more flicky tails to animate. #Monsterdon

PEOPLE OF EARTH! ATTENTION!
PEOPLE OF EARTH! ATTENTION!

THE PLANET WILL BE CLOSING IN 15 MINUTES. PLEASE COMPLETE YOUR SHOPING AND LEAVE BEFORE THEN.

#Monsterdon

"commence stock footage, saucers coming in fast" #monsterdon

Fuckers EMP'd the Earth! #monsterdon

Oh gods. It's a Babbage Analytic Engine!

Or a foosball tournament.

#Monsterdon

Giving a solar weather forecast isn't as terrifying as say, destroying a city, sounds more like some Vulcan showing off really #monsterdon

What do you mean when Mercury is in Gatorade?
#monsterdon

*smug 21st century voice

"Of course all that can be done on one object that fits in the palm of your hand " #monsterdon

Universal translators, new materials, electro-gravitism......if the Humans win this the Galaxy had better be scared.

"The Humans are loose!"

#monsterdon

Aliens got the latest #Apple #VisionPro #monsterdon

IF WE READ. THE DICTIONARY.

i cannot. i--

my translator's heart has just broken. that awful noise you heard was my brain snapping in half. (T_T)(T_T)(T_T)

#monsterdon

I'm not sure which is less believable, the machine translation of the fact that they made the machine write in cursive

#Monsterdon

bodies dropped out the saucer was unexpected. cool tho

#monsterdon

That weird crossover between having rockets and atomic bombs but still firing machine guns out the side of bombers
Some cracking destruction for the times, this must have cost a bit

#monsterdon

#Monsterdon #EarthVsTheFlyingSaucers Randomly, I think ultrasonic technology is a strange weapon system for space travelers. Do they have a backup weapon if they have to fight in a vacuum?

it was a smart production choice to have the aliens hidden under helmets honestly

#monsterdon

The kind of instability that saucer exhibited is called "toilet bowling" (really) and is a sign of the control frame being miscalibrated to the IMU frame. Source: am drone engineer #monsterdon

Magical new super-weapon that can, erm, make magnetically suspended metal spheres fall down - and they *don't* point it at the small spherical flying saucer probe?
#monsterdon

cat scientists would've been after these flying dots from the very beginning

#monsterdon #EarthVsTheFlyingSaucers

#Monsterdon WTF!? No goggles, hearing protection, or any shielding! As a science teacher, I am giving them an F for this scene.

I can't unsee this now #monsterdon

#Monsterdon #EarthVsTheFlyingSaucers the aliens reveal that they have copied brain uploading technology from the Less Wrong forums, and uploaded General Mustache so they could learn about earth society. Unfortunately, the resolution might not be that high, because his voice sounds like a robot zombie.

Because he's a cop, Obligatory Police Presence tries shooting the aliens then gets his mind uploaded as punishment. Then the aliens dump the non-cop characters back on Earth.

They couldn’t just make a copy of all his knowledge. They had to transfer it. #monsterdon

So you did a destructive read on his brain? #Monsterdon #EarthVsTheFlyingSaucers

Earth is ours, terraform Mars and have that instead you lazy bastards #monsterdon

Always had a soft spot for "Electromagnetism vs Gravity" super science #monsterdon

The rotating universal translator rose is giving me Utena vibes #monsterdon

#Monsterdon #EarthVsTheFlyingSaucers Why do they have to spin the spaceship to extract the landing cylinder thing? Is it literally screwed inside the spaceship? And why are they still spinning the spaceship after it touches the ground? They didn't need it to hover in the first place.

How's the pace on this movie for you guys? 🏎️

#EarthVsTheFlyingSaucers
#Monsterdon

"hello Operator......I think I've just married a GAY!" #monsterdon

She’s snitching on her new husband. A marriage based on trust. #monsterdon

#Monsterdon I think I discovered why the public was "aroused."

@trixter amazing how the Soviets got all their secrets, amazing.... #Monsterdon

Didn't check the woman's ID I see, top security there #monsterdon

"Dance for me human, DANCE!" #monsterdon

*Murder On The Dancefloor comes on

General Dad looks stressed #monsterdon

@Taweret@octodon.social

Something something 1776 something something boston tea party something something communism something something America!

#monsterdon

Aliens about to defile the human bodies, as per the local tradition #monsterdon

Check out that alien power armour, that'll teach the ape- descendants! #monsterdon

@apLundell

Ray Harryhausen interviewed researchers and "victims" to come up with his saucer design. He really put in a lot of unexpected work.

#EarthVsTheFlyingSaucers
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oooo, creepy little alien fellas, bet we mishandle this first contact scenario...

#monsterdon

Observation Tower Eight hates his job #monsterdon

lol, all those people standing around the rocket about to launch, this is what Elon thinks is normal, isn't it?
#monsterdon #spacex

@blogdiva tbf an army of Rob Lowes coming to earth is a terrifying prospect #monsterdon

All these characters seem pretty committed to not believing in alien flying saucers

#Monsterdon

"AUROA BOREALIS?! AT THIS OF YEAR......" #monsterdon

"They're what pilots called Foo Fighters"

*Dave Grohl drum solo* #Monsterdon

That's not what St Elmo fire looks like
#Monsterdon

lol, "our sex tape, now everyone will know!" #monsterdon

#Monsterdon #EarthVsTheFlyingSaucers After the Obligatory Heterosexual Romance, we get an informative video explaining satellites and how you can do science in space. They call these satellites "birds" and also learn that asteroids look like granite popcorn balls.

But the prescient educational video has alerted the Saucer Men, who send one of their Reconnaissance Frisbees to harass the Romance Characters. This prompts the girl to light a cigarette, because the 50s.

Alternate title: birds aren't real #monsterdon

I respect this woman's determination to maintain driving speed even with a UFO half a millimeter away from the windshield #Monsterdon

HA HA narration segueing right into the movie title. <chef's kiss> This is the way.

#Monsterdon

@PatrickoftheG oh for sure! I think the monsterdon thing happens every sunday at 9pm, if you follow #monsterdon and #MonsterdonAlert tags

(I think)

Dear neuromatchstodon and surrounding fedi. If u can see this then you are entering the #monsterdon part of the timeline. Please add a filter if you do not wish to see it, or join us next week!

https://wiki.neuromatch.social/Monsterdon

@jonny I'll happily donate my upload bandwidth to @monsterdon for a smooth viewing experience...better than the surveillance capitalism model of video distribution for sure!

According to the stats on my end I downloaded about 75% of tonight's #Monsterdon from your server and the rest from other peers...and I have uploaded back to other viewers 150% of the movie...and counting...so since people are still watching I will leave by browser open for a bit LOL

Anyways, I should fix up my own rickety old #peertube instance and follow+peer with your monsterdon channel so there is reserve upload capacity available when I am not watching myself!

For those of you scrolling through your timeline, you're about to hit a big mass of Monsterdon postings about Earth vs. the Flying Saucers.

Should you not wish to read through them, here's how to filter them out, at least on the web browser:
1) right click on the gears & open in a new tab
2) choose "Filters" then "Add New Filter"
3) give the filter a title, check all boxes under contexts, choose hide completely and put "#Monsterdon" in the keyword box.
4) Click on "Save New Filter"

... and you're done.

@CactuarJoe
I was looking away when that key human-drop moment happened - going back to it (it's at about 58:35 in the Tubi version) and yep, surprisingly brutal for something seen at such a distance. #monsterdon

Me, telling my folks about tonight's movie: ...So they just *pushed the guy out of the ship* like don't you guys have guns or something?

Mom: Maybe the aliens were just from Prague.

Dad: Yeah, maybe they were KGB. #Monsterdon

Scan the QR code on your sun to learn what exciting film we'll be sharing next week on #monsterdon ! @Taweret

"Wait time has stopped for my heart and my watch, but we're still moving and talking? I DARE you to make less sense movie" #Monsterdon #EarthvstheFlyingSaucers

thanks again @Taweret ! that cheered me right up #monsterdon

@kcarp @steggy Now that's a deserving Kickstarter if I've ever seen one

#Monsterdon

My first #Monsterdon , the last half of the movie, anyway. That was fun.

If this movie's taught me anything, it's that, while there may be nothing explosive in a rocket, there's a treasure trove of it stored atop every building. Good #Monsterdon

@diazona @lytta Sure, but the humans are usually the real monsters.

And we have yet to account for his back hair, I'm just saying, it has potential

#monsterdon #EarthVsTheFlyingSaucers

@CactuarJoe After sucking his brain dry. Must have been a fun obit to have to write #monsterdon

@lytta
A surprisingly large number of times, especially with Kaiju. Sometimes we are shocked when it does not happen. This type of thing is #Monsterdon "insider" information. Soon you will have more elite knowledge like this.