@srol It's showing us what a bad movie is like instead of telling us what a bad movie is like

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His boss is not obvious in his attempts to get him out of the office is he.

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what are the blue machines with the light-up buttons in this data center?

pretty sure some of those mid-room machines are straight out of lost in space

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He just likes turning machines on because of the soothing ambient racket. #Monsterdon

It’s like they want to get him out of the lab because they know something’s going on and don’t want him investigating.

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Yes, zoom in on blurry, unreadable text.
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Fun fact: "I still don't understand what's going on." was just something that the writers said. Unfortunately, it was picked up by the dictophone and typed into the script.

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I love the implication that NASA hires scientists to essentially give tours. Research be damned! #monsterdon

@socketwench Most compelling character so far, and it's just a location.

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Would it have killed the movie to give us some hint that the whole thing is a flashback taking place before the opening sequence?

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Ohhh, the convent's sending/receiving space signals, I see. At this point I would probably be tempted to infodump about the Vatican Observatory but I think I already did that within the past few months, y'all can google it yourselves

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"I told you, stop doing science! I order you to go make small talk w/ the public!"

I'd rather die! #Monsterdon

I just need to say that the clip of YouTube commercial was "my husband just didn't last long enough for me to finish. I love him but"

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"You didn't get canceled, did you?''

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⏳ 30 MINUTE POLL - ANSWER

Results...
18% Lew Ayres
27% Sue Lyon
45% Sir Christopher Lee
9% Dean Jagger CORRECT ANSWER

An Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor went to DEAN JAGGER for his role in Twelve O'Clock High (1949).

(sorry for multiple posts, there was a technical difficulty using the Poll on Liveblog tonight)

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That makes a lot of us who don't understand what's going on at the moment. #Monsterdon

This movie is so tense and action packed, I've resorted to making mild comments about character names and sharing saint trivia.

So there's that.

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What happened? I wish anyone knew

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Was that lingering shot supposed to be ominous? Because neither Christopher Lee nor the head nun did anything ominous

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I mistopher Christopher Lee already. :(
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@paco that's not part of their...idiom.
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This nun is so sinister
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At this point in 1977 people were like: Okay that's it. Lets sneak out and see if that Star Wars thing next door is any good. #Monsterdon #EndOfTheWorld

MEANWHILE IN THE BROWN COMPUTING ROOM.

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Remember earlier when I said I liked how this movie was showing and not telling. What the fuck do I know?

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I keep waiting for Oscar Goldman to walk in.
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@bunnyhero Object permanence is week with this one.

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#monsterdon I like the dramatic music stings on religious artifacts.

Like we're supposed to think What? Some kind of altar? IN A CONVENT?!?!?!?

They had to dolly the camera back to get all of Christopher Lee in the shot at the same time. #Monsterdon

I like how, even in the United States, priests have British accents. #monsterdon

we have a long way to go

and a short time to get there

we're gonna do what they say can't be

nun

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"Thank God they left. Now we can let Angus Scrimm out of the mortuary."

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Why did they split up if she doesn't have an annoying beepometer?

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I'm not trying to criticize or anything, but I am curious as to why Sister Patrizia decided to go with the patron saint of Naples when she chose her name. Or why the screenwriter chose it instead of something less obscure.

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An ode to 70s scifi films:

Beep beep beep beep beep.
Beep beep beep beep beep.
Beep beep beep beep beep.
Beep beep beep beep beep.
Beep.

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Andrew has some impressive sport coats.
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oh no is she going to start screaming again because she can't see her husband?

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That guy on the wall looks like he's waiting for someone to finally hug him. Maybe his dad didn't love him enough. #Monsterdon

Whatever you do, do NOT walk in that big, bright, sunny part of the shot.

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Wake me up if anything happens... #monsterdon

#monsterdon Look we need to get the film up to feature length. Let's just film a whole sixty seconds of this shot.

wonder how many roentgens he's absorbing right about now?

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my transfer has ... some issues. whatever happened in that rapid pan across the room was not good

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What is that big reflector on a tripod in the garden? Bounce light for the scene?

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#monsterdon The stalking nun is not real and can't hurt you

Neat, he has a tricorder
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I'm starting to think that swapping out the ghost-mystery from Vertigo in exchange for a very slow alien invasion plot wasn't necessarily the sort of move Hitchcock would've plumped for.

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This feels a lot like "TimeWalker"/"Being from Another Planet" but even more boring.

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“I still don’t understand what is going on” neither do I lady… #monsterdon

What a sumptuously dressed set. Catholics have the best merch. #Monsterdon

Is she going to play the organ?
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It's nice to see you but we are all sitting here with our mugs from the Coffee Connection so don't mind us.

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Oh he's got a USB battery for his sonic screwdriver

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Ah yes, beeping... 🧐

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i feel like this script was written around scouted sites, rather than the other way around

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Go back tot the windmill, that's where the signal was strongest

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"Well I do sometimes hear some strange noises when Sister Patrizia is tending her bush, but otherwise no" #Monsterdon #EndOfTheWorld1977

DO NOT GIVE AWAY THE SECRETS OF THE EXCITING PROPERTY INSPECTION SCENE!
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"Do you ever hear any strange noises ... in the forest?"

"I sometimes hear ... animal noises."

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*science noises*
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religious figures putting out high levels of RF? Nunsense!

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So this is like a Geiger counter but for space vibes, right?

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"Bearly a 3.7 on the chirping birdie scale. Pitiful."

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Lipstickometer

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The device detects if it's safe for the Amish. #Monsterdon

“That’s not what I’m thinking” seems to be a frequent comment by Andy. Are we all sure this is End of the World sci-fi? With almost some hints of 70’s porn. Whoa. #Monsterdon #EndOfTheWorld1977

We are blessed with a beautiful afternoon but not a microphone that doesn't sound like it's tucked in someone's pants #monsterdon

Them nun's be looking like "fuck, he's onto us."

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power levels are over 9000!!!

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#monsterdon Like they ran invasion and horror movies trough an LLM and published it unsupervised

"i'd like to check your walls."

sure, that sounds totally normal.

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Gunshots, huh? #Monsterdon #EndOfTheWorld1977

This feels like it should have been the opening scene in a much shorter film. #Monsterdon

Is this setting up a "Jesus was a space alien!" revelation?

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It is common practice in poorly lit films to put Padres in charge of nunneries.

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Don't blame Sister Theresa, Father. The buck stops with you.

So Christopher Lee is going to put one nun on blast for having a transistor radio, but we're not going to bring up Sister I Wear My Sunglasses At Night?

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Let me list the important factors of this film.

1. Christopher Lee! He's in it!
2. ....

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I've really enjoyed the last 10 minutes, but only because I made myself a cheese sandwich.

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I work in communications. Mostly I suppress them. #Monsterdon

nuns are not creepy at all

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Christopher Lee!

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"...but Doctor, I AM Father Pergado"

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It's fine, we can trespass on this locked gated land at night, cuz we're Americans!

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WE'VE GOT CHRISTOPHER LEE SIGN!
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For all you doubting Thomases! Yes, he does reappear in this film!

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#monsterdon I'm father Pergola... FLOORING!!!

It's funny to think that this film inspired both The Fifth Element and Independence Day.

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#monsterdon I guess I don't know how catholocism works.

Can anyone just show up and wonder around a convent?

“Who’s in charge of the convent?”
“Well, God, technically.”
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oh no! The catholic church was the monster the whole time! #monsterdon

Hakuna Matata, Father Pergada #Monsterdon

We are the sisterhood of the coffee mug.

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Did anything that happened since the first convent scene matter? The cage freakout? The secret army base? The motel sex? Is there any reason we couldn't have just gone right to this part on the first go around?

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@jonny Well, there were those bats in the opening credits for that production company.

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You know, this is the perfect movie. It gives you lots of time to say, do your taxes, repaint your room, take a minor at community college...

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Finally. Where ya been Chris? #Monsterdon #EndOfTheWorld

plumbing for gas but not for water, that's a decision

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and now onto some Nunsense. #monsterdon