he looks so satisfied and excited to be decontaminated! what does it mean!?!?! #monsterdon

You know they're Americans because they sound like the most American man in the world, Cary Grant

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"We're putting the survey team down" - seems a little hasty #monsterdon

#Monsterdon Chekhov's Russian

at the opportune time he will pipe up with "You know, the Russians inwented X..."

Serious "Lunar Lander" nostalgia going on here

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Geez One Piece gets EVERYWHERE.

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...Okay that Outer Space Booping sounds a lot like my bluetooth keeps cutting out, that's really irritating. #Monsterdon

We never should have gotten rid of space helmets that look like motorcycle helmets #Monsterdon

Oh this movie envisioned a utopian future where the US got along with the Russians and we have done that and it is, um, super utopian! 😪

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@_L1vY_ Not according to the replays! https://monsterdon-replay.gerlach.dev/ But we've definitely watched a bunch of similar-looking space movies

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wait are all these dudes just in that one little capsule that landed 🥴
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@nev „Is the moon real?“
„Yes“
„Thanks, we’ll credit you”
“Wait what
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Flawless Russian accent from my guy here. #Monsterdon

Nice tie in to the original story.

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UN spaceship...pfft pull the other leg #monsterdon

UN mission but apparently the UK took over the UN #monsterdon

the colour is really vibrant in this, i love it.

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Leela is already waiting for them.

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#Monsterdon is someone adding/removing USB devices on my terminal or is this a sound effect?

The first thing I'd do when I landed on another planet is open my helmet too. #Monsterdon #firstmeninthemoon

Wow, their suits have an immense Emergency Induction Port. Tali approves.

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Ooo, a joint UN mission, clearly a better timeline than ours already....

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I was expecting a little on the ground time before getting to the moon. This movie is getting right down to the business of getting men *in* the moon.

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And the movie doesn't waste any time getting its main characters on the lunar surface #Monsterdon

That lunar lander is HUGE inside

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Laurie Johnson (composer), I appreciate the effort but you're no James Horner

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oh great another set of astronauts that have invisible mouthguards in for some reason #monsterdon

Didn't we watch FMITM last summer? Am I really out of it? I don't attend any other movie-watching clubs. 🤔

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I see that the composer Laurie Johnson (1) was a dude and (2) died just last year at age 96. I dedicate this viewing to him https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006145/ #monsterdon

I think the subtitles on my copy are in leetspeak

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Well great, the rocket just destroyed that decorative moon fountain

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in other words, "Initiate the Mothership Connection!" #monsterdon

"Let's have a look at the environmental telemetry. What's it like out there?"

"Hm, could be wensleydale, could be cheddar, could be swiss. Probably not brie."

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"Telemetry" drink
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aldrin turns to his fellow astronauts, "well dudes, we're here." #monsterdon

This was the movie level of special effects when the "moon landing" was "faked." FYI

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Please return your seat backs and your tray tables to their upright and locked positions!

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holy crap! Is this the actual footage from the "moon landing" from way back? #monsterdon

#Monsterdon 👨‍🚀 👨‍🚀 👩‍🚀 🚀 🌔🕷️ 🕷️ 😱

The moon is slightly squishy!

Capricon One reporting, we are on the moon.

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woah these are like actual space suits for once
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🦖#MONSTERDON 🎞️

Historical context for modern moon landing bookends…This movie was released in 1964. The first moon landing was actually in 1969.

For years prior to that landing there was a constant flow of news about the research and trials of the U.S. space program. The filmmakers updated Well's plot to make it more acceptable to a savvy audience.

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Love the suit padding.

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Cool that it's a UN lander though. #monsterdon #FirstMenInTheMoon1964

The lunar surface is pudding! #monsterdon

Ewwww... mushy moon! Do not like! :/

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@strangefour
Hollow *moon* theory! #monsterdon

Penetrate the moon. Get inside it. Be the first.

*you’re not the first

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I'm digging this already! #monsterdon

Spaceship brought to you by Purina.

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You guys I think this was all actually filmed on a soundstage in Burbank

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I kinda love the moon-in-moon imagery from the intro credits #Monsterdon

Moon landing sponsored by Purina

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I can really see the special thanks due NASA in this #Monsterdon opening.

@leece I mean it is Ray Harryhausen so yes!

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@wohali "wensleydale?"

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@CactuarJoe Dynaman animation? Is this sentai? #Monsterdon

they're gonna find The Watcher hanging out there. #monsterdon

Last time I landed on the moon it was quieter than this.

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Hot leg show #monsterdon

omg, it's time and I almost forgot #monsterdon

#Monsterdon fairly conventional lunar lander, not supar far off from the final NASA design

are Wallace and Grommit going to pop out or #monsterdon

Happy Easter everyone!

It's that time of year when we all gather together to uh....enjoy #Monsterdon

Right?

Well OK maybe I'm just weird anyways follow the hashtag if you are weird too and want to watch some dudes go to the moon to commemorate the death and resurrection of our Lord Saviour or filter if you do not celebrate

I'm not gonna comment much tonight because I flooded my instance the last couple weeks (sorry, easy mode!).

Just assume I'm being snarky and sardonic.
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So #Monsterdon and I'm late! Hopefully I started up the correct movie

For real this is a beautiful moon prop! Loved the intro credits images too.

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why did the moon guys decide to rainbow up all their water, thats probably why they don't have respect from their peer planetoids #monsterdon

smooshy clay moon surface!

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I don't think this is how landing on the moon works at all.

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Nice view of the landing strut. Was that NASA’s contribution? #Monsterdon

My mom, watching the bad tracking of the descent capsule: "Must be a woman driving, right?"

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luner lander is not as hard as it looks until at least level 15

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Wow, I'm surprised but the quality of these miniatures!!

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So, this post-dates the invention of Lunar Orbit Rendezvous

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🎵 Fly me to the moon, and let me kick its fucking ass, let me show you all the moves I learned in Moon-jujitsu class... 🎵

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That is a fast approach, if I've learned anything from KSP

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Nice lander!
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kinda like what we're just getting right to the moon immediately

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Whoops, lost the trash can. #Monsterdon

Ok, I genuinely like this moon backdrop #Monsterdon

ground control to Major Tom. #monsterdon

movie over, that was my aesthetic everything, no more visual enrichment for me #monsterdon

#Monsterdon tardis!

#Monsterdon the IA copy is a little artifacty on these opening credits / dark space scenes. ah well

I love models
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Also as we're doing another Victorian adaptation, I want the community to know that when I was crashing with my parents during my big move last December, I found no fewer than 3 different printings of Verne's Mysterious Island on my dad's shelves without even looking that hard.

You know. THAT Mysterious Island.

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Great credit graphics! Plus Harryhausen. This is going to be great! #Monsterdon

In Space, no one can hear you undock

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First Men 🌘In🌒 the Moon.

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We put a moon in your moon so you could, etc etc etc #Monsterdon

that's some fun camera-trickery-photography there, hehehe.

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@nev not as sorry as they are

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Yo dawg, I heard you like the Moon, so I put a Moon in the Moon

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and a moon INSIDE a moon, so you know they mean BUSINESS. #monsterdon

we put some moon in your moon so you could moon while you w

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Oooh! We get continuity!
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Better than usual title opening than most monsterdon films. #monsterdon

These opening credits are a vibe. #Monsterdon #firstmeninthemoon