If your movie is too short you can always have a character walk slowly around a small space without any dialogue for as long as you need. #Monsterdon
And I give them full marks for ACTUALLY ENDING THE WORLD in a movie called
THE END OF THE WORLD
So, y'know, good job.
This scene benefits unfairly from Catholic iconography being creepy by default
"I was told quite categorically by the producer that they had Arthur Kennedy, Richard Basehart, JosΓ© Ferrer, John Carradine--I was told categorically that these people were signed to do this film. All fine actors. That was totally untrue."
ββChristopher Lee
and yet reviews said "Lee gave a very good performance, much better than the movie deserved" because he always did.
"You can't go around murdering nuns, and replacing them with clones!"
"We can, but we don't plan to make a habit of it."
Dude stole his tux from John Pertwee. #Monsterdon
On the one hand, it's nice to finally see someone not shooting day for night.
On the other hand, WHAT THE FUCK AM I LOOKING AT
Sure, ma'am. Those roses are second to nun. #Monsterdon
βWhoβs in charge of the convent?β
βWell, God, technically.β
#Monsterdon
@xerozohar NUN JOKES WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MORALE IMPROVES #Monsterdon
Somehow I knew that when the world ended, Nuns would be involved.
(Why yes, I did go to Catholic school. Why do you ask?)
Man, that NASA logo next to candy and cigarette vending machines might be the most 70s shot in film history. #Monsterdon
I choose to believe that these computers are in the basement of St Catherineβs. Obviously, theyβre beaming prayers into space and scanning for a response
I like that moment on the Fediverse when #Monsterdon and #HashtagGames overlap.
"I've been analyzing the signals from deep space. They're all cat pictures. No, sir, I haven't deciphered the captions. They appear to be in some incomprehensible language"
#monsterdon Well, the plot was completely stupid. And large parts of it were boring, but this was still better than last week's film.
I'm disappointed that a film with such an amazing poster would be so dull, though.
Christopher Lee appeared in a lot of cheesy films, but even he must have been hugely disappointed in this one. At least in other films he was allowed to chew the scenery. Here he was only allowed to act in the first five minutes of the film. After that he was just reading lines out loud like a cold fish. There was a kernel of an interesting story here, but neither the writer nor the director had the skill to nurture it. #Monsterdon
The lady actress has aged visibly over the movie. and I don't blame her. So have i.
Get the to a nunnery
There's way too much information to decode the Matrix. You get used to it, though. Your brain does the translating. I don't even see the code. All I see is blonde, brunette, redhead.
"...three words in our own language."
"What does it say?"
"Drink More Ovaltine"
Okay so they fucked, now they're checking the internet. Are we SURE mastodonians didn't exist in the 1970s? #Monsterdon
Why does this movie feel like it's B-roll for the modern world sequences of The Gods Must Be Crazy? #Monsterdon
"The sheriff's a good friend of mine"
Helped me with that little health board issue no problem! #Monsterdon
@CactuarJoe It wasn't that bad.
Like this was far from a good movie, but I could mostly see the movie that it wanted to be and the aesthetic was neat.
#monsterdon You know what these credits could use?
Some music.
Wind noise and someone occasionally hitting one key on a keyboard are not music.
lol, well you can't say that wasn't what was promised by the title, not like last week!
OK, I'm calling it: the professor and his wife jump through the Emergency Speed Teleporter and arrive on a new planet, where they become Adam and Eve on the *real* Earth
the thing is they clearly have access to some kind of synthesizer. i JUST HEARD a decent filter sweep. but they've been giving us drunken ragtime piano #monsterdon
What kind of sentence is "We have developed an emergency speed"? Discuss in the chat
Emergency speed? This technobabble is so badly written. It's like a dumb person trying to write Star Trek nonsense and somehow making it worse.
#Monsterdon #EndoftheWorld
My god, they did the Time Warp again! #Monsterdon
Wait, so one of the nuns has a zombie hand!? Wait go back! I wanna hear more about the zombie-hand nun! #Monsterdon
This movie's getting warmer... Warmer... Nope, cold. Ice cold. #Monsterdon
SPACE SHUTTLE MY BELOVED I MISS YOU SO MUCH
"What's the purpose of this tour?"
We've gotta get you to meet Chris Lee somehow. #Monsterdon
Hey, I played bass for Large Earth Disruption in college :D #Monsterdon
Here, I brought you several more ashtrays. #Monsterdon
@CactuarJoe it was poorly shot, acted, scripted and edited...but it did deliver on the title!
OMG β the Earth was full of glitter all along. I KNEW it. That's what made it so fabulous.
Christopher Lee OUT!
#Monsterdon #EndoftheWorld
"I gave you the chance of aiding me willingly, but you have elected the way of pain!"
Coffee AND orange juice? This bed & breakfast is getting atleast 4 stars.
#Monsterdon #EndoftheWorld
"They've taken the car"
NUN JOYRIDE, WOOOOO FUCK YEAH!!! LET'S GO SPIN DONUTS ON THE VATICAN'S LAWN WOOOOO #Monsterdon
I'd look mildly confused too if someone threatened to kill me. Oh wait, no I wouldn't
βYou are an intelligent man, Professor.β Iβve seen no evidence of that, #Monsterdon
Yeah, the nuns are working for the federal government. You're being nundermined. #Monsterdon
Imagine if this movie actually had anything happen. #Monsterdon
The world's not gonna end, it's just getting bored to death. #Monsterdon
DO SOMETHING, GOD
Hey, he's being emotionally distant and cold! See, this IS a monster movie from the 1970s! #Monsterdon
It was in this office that John Mastodon invented the toot
ewww, I don't want 70s porn, put Christopher Lee back on...
Ugh, that 70's decor. The carpet squelches with tobacco tar as you walk across. #Monsterdon
@diazona Macbook running Debian plugged into the TV by HDMI, so that I can use my normal laptop for posting. I managed, and only 2 minutes late.
It was as if a 100000 programmers all simultaneously cried out, and were suddenly silenced.
The coffee machine exploded.
This is ACTION PACKED compared to last week!
In the category of "Christopher Lee gets a paycheck and star billing for a few days work," I give #EndOfTheWorld1977 3 out of 5 stars. He's there for a terrific opening sequence, and roughly the final third. Boy, were we glad to see him. Our heroes needed emoting lessons to sell the disasters happening off screen. At least Lee took the material seriously, no matter how confusing and dull it got.
The real star was Sue Lyon's hairdresser. Her hair was sleek and perfect, whether done up in a shiny sphere, or hanging like a frozen waterfall. Never a strand out of place. Except for that one scene where they wanted you to know that shit was getting real because she had schmutz on her face and her hair was a bit windblown.
That was a #Monsterdon all right. Thanks @Taweret for hosting. Thanks @cherizilla for the Bingo card archive. Thanks @miru for the stream.
The Lady has put her tits away and is leaving...
I give End of the World 3 out of 5 exploding appliances. Its best aspect was that it was weird and made no sense. Its worst aspect was that it was weird and made no sense.
The investigation sequences entertained me more than the reveal with the evil space nuns.
The best character was the synth-laden soundtrack and the second best character was the NASA vending machines.
Once again I'm reassured that I'm not missing anything by being in the wrong time zone to watch the #Monsterdon selection. Great work, everyone, keep it up.
well i liked the last five minutes or so and the blink-and-you'll-miss-it Christopher Lee Alien Head reveal
stacks of tvs like a Nam June Paik piece
#monsterdon Haha!
Well, that was dumb, but I'll give them credit for not having a sappy ending.
#monsterdon This is all footage stolen from better monster/disaster films right?
I hear a buzzing too! Let's try decoding the signal! Maybe it's an actual plot!
"Negative velocity"? So, backwards, then?
Y'know, if you were a half-conscious writer or director, you could draw some fun comparisons between abductees and the Christian concept of the Rapture.
That's not what they're DOING here, but I mean you COULD. #Monsterdon
I had always suspected this about Nuns...
...they're heavy into ambient electronica
#Monsterdon
The aliens are trying to tell him who the Zodiac is
"You didn't get canceled did you?"
can't even aliens because woke
Y'know, there's an almost 2 hour version of this film, too. I'm not sure I could survive that. Like getting drowned in styrofoam. #Monsterdon
Time for some gross, greasy 70s heterosexuality #Monsterdon
They didn't meet Chris! That was nunexpected. #Monsterdon
So we're about 25 minutes in and we still haven't hit an actual plot point yet. #Monsterdon
Whenever Christopher Lee is not on screen, all the characters should be asking each other, "Where's Christopher Lee?"
Please stop trying to be sexy :/ #Monsterdon
If crystal throbbing noises persist stop taking green glowing crystal and call your crystallographer.
#monsterdon
Star Trek Sounds II: The Wrath of Foley
...Wait, did they actually get permission to film in NASA facilities?
...You think NASA would let me film some home movies in there, I've got *roughly* the same level of clout.
You don't get quality shag carpet like that anymore.
Itβs Christopher Lee *and* Christopher Lee in The Pontiff Trap. #Monsterdon
Bring on the Vogon constructor fleet. #Monsterdon
Basic health and safety guidlines say that if you've been scalded by your exploding coffee machine, leaping through your neon signage is not an effective remedy.
HAH! Here's that pinball table the guy was playing at the beginning of the flick. https://www.vpforums.org/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=19560
@Newpa_Hasai @CactuarJoe I didn't feel dirty after this movie as I did after last weeks' #Monsterdon
That was End of the World! I'm assuming this guy with the synth is going to leave my house after the credits.
Huge thanks to @Taweret for hosting the absolute end of everything, and extra special thanks to the #Monsterdon crew for scoring an extra ball. βͺ
I'm getting out of here before I make a Catholic joke. It used to be an ugly habit.
...oh shi-ππ₯
Aliens: We're gonna blow up the world 'cause y'all have cooties.
Protagonist and wife: They seem nice.
I sure hope the double feature is less bad than End of the World. Yall ruining my movie curve more than Weekend at Bernies.
#Monsterdon #EndoftheWorld
@ottaross @CactuarJoe in our modern age it's nice to have something which was exactly what was promised
*world ends
Rocketdyne division of Rockwell International shout-out.
@Lazarou @CactuarJoe That title was bang on!
@MatthewTitus88 could have been a 50 minute Twilight Zone episode....in Daylight