OMG. Bedford is almost giddy when he says, "He did have such a terrible cold."
You just genocided an entire civilization, just like the indigenous peoples of the Americas, and you don't even care.
The kindly scientist killed them all by staying, the end
was mister HG just obsessed with the common cold, or like...? did he know something about alien biology that the rest of us don't. #monsterdon
#Monsterdon ah yes the old "creatures with no immunity killed by any ol' germs"
but with a planetary difference they probably simply won't trigger in any way on the xenoorganisms because the biology's incompatible
My headcanon is that Cavor singlehandedly genocided the Selenites so they wouldn't aggressively defend themselves against the British Crown.
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earth smallpox even infected their architecture
That was not terrible
And the UN astronauts discover that the Selunites all died of smallpox, the end.
the aliens used the El Dorado ploy to save their city. good for them. #monsterdon
Takes the British to do a colonialism but Americans to really fucking blow the whole thing up
"on Nylon rope" ... strangely specific
literally 90 seconds left in this movie. #monsterdon
speedrunning the last 5 minutes of the film?!?!
the _evidence_ fucked off into the sea
The really tragic thing is that WASN'T the longest flashback in #Monsterdon history.
... and then I acquired all of this bad makeup
Such vandals. Unreliable narrator.
#Monsterdon #FirstMenInTheMoon
Reminder that the present-day expedition is an international one under the aegis of the UN
If he wants to stay on the Moon, let him, must you control everyone?
@ricci (extended edition)
COME ON SELENITES, KILL THE IMPERIALS! #Monsterdon
Smart moon bugs nothing good can come from the British colonising your celestial body #Monsterdon
We'll take the scenic route back to the ship. Visit the bubbling columns again.
well, I hope the moon folk learned enough about imperialism to be prepared when the americans land in the future 🥴
#monsterdon
The blinds! What about them? They’re hideous!
@ricci enjoy
True English violence would involve stealing all of the spices from the Moon along with planting a flag, wouldn't it?
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Luckily the alien leader knows that they're on 'the moon'
and there's the man of violence. how convenient!
The Selenite leader lives in his own personal Greenland #monsterdon
"Then if they make war they are defective" They catch on quick. #Monsterdon #TheFirstMenInTheMoon
See? Here the aliens are people in costumes. Really weird how they switched back and forth
Did he just “not all men” the Selenites? #Monsterdon
Selenite Leader: And tell me... of these waifu pillows...
ok and THAT thing is the final boss from Half-Life.
"Tell me of war."
That's when I would be like "yeahhhh no. You're getting a 3 hour lecture about world cuisines"
The iris can protect they eye... No not like that! Ow #Monsterdon #FirstMenintheMoon
this tweedy jerk is right in his element here, giving a history lecture to the great alien oz... #monsterdon
#Monsterdon "tell me... of war" oh no this never goes well
remember 5th element?
"Tell you of war? Well.....in my land we do love a good war...."
The tallest alien with the biggest head is clearly the leader. This is the way.
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"Is there much left back there?"
"Just the oxygen cylinders"
Famous last words
Please do not put war in the makefile
I've been trying to think of who this main character reminds me of and I think he's about 50% William Shatner and 50% Thomas Jane.
Kate left the door open AGAIN?!?!
#monsterdon
"We have an iris that protects the eyes" And an _Atmosphere_ #Monsterdon #TheFirstMenInTheMoon
There was some graffiti that said “THE MOON RULZ NUMBER 1”
Instead of bringing weapons you should have brought books....
i'm in deepest kansas for family reasons and can't currently stream anything, but it sure sounds like i'm missing a quality #monsterdon.
Guess that motion was not so perpetual after all, huh??!
Jodorowsky's Hombres En La Luna
nobody sees the great oz
They just needed a C3PO to explain things.
so many nice visuals in this
My spouse wished me a good movie and I lost it :floofLol:
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When are the aliens going to probe them?
All the Selerites together with this music is reminescent of the Ewoks.
The Selenites and their technology are almost enigmatic and spectacular to justify going through all that English whimsy.
#Monsterdon do... do they know that the earth isn't the same size as the sun when viewed from the moon?
Ah, see, Cavor, that's where the Ark of the Moonvenant is buried!
Man, these creatures have ALLL the best technology and aesthetics.
an hour and 26 minutes into this film, and i finally realized what's been bugging (a ha) me this whole time: the dumbass scientist guy sounds like the dude who voiced Meierlink in Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust. the sheer magnitude of the gap there has been kicking my brain for an hour and a half. #monsterdon
It was so good, they re-used the same exact footage from 1963's Jason and The Argonauts
GIANT BUBBLING TUBES!!
The ocean tanks and solar power tunnels are gorgeous!#Monsterdon
don't *tear* their *membrane* oh my god we can't bring you anywhere
Convenient Lunar Eclipse!
doesn't a day last two weeks on the moon?
Oh. Not perpetual motion after all I guess
*Everybody* freezes during The Dark.
Hope Jeff Bezos doesn't see how the Selenites treat their excess laborers #monsterdon
"They'll treat us the same way if they find they have no more use for us" Oh she gets it #Monsterdon
ugh, minus minus minus points, moon guys, why couldn't you be socialist or something. you're just as bad as the british in this movie now, with your putting your workers to sleep schtick. #monsterdon
Giant caterpillar has a skeleton?
First ghastly thought in the moon
hashtag shoutout to hashtag eugenics #monsterdon
"Well, it's a unique way of dealing with unemployment."
Certainly better than current measures, isn't it?
oh, sweet, the aliens are sun powered like those calculators from the 80s
#monsterdon
And now a science lesson.
#Monsterdon #FirstMenintheMoon
No more questions for now, it's Cocoon Time.
"...sorry, we're late for our molting"
Looks like me after watching #monsterdon
Cavor, you explain helium by describing its atomic make-up, not by saying "it's a gas found in the atmosphere on Earth."
Actually love these bug aliens
I fuckin' love the Selenites.
Is this going to be like Cat Women of the Moon in that they strictly restrict the population?
molten camembert cheese?
#monsterdon
Will no one think of the chickens?
@Louisa what flavor do you think it is
@trixter Perfectly normal Monsterdon science. Bugs have bones.
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Steampunk astronauts meet solarpunk moon bugs pretty cool actually #Monsterdon
Is a plot point going to be that the Selenites don't know what Helium is? (or at least don't have any)
Meanwhile in the bubbler room.
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Obviously they can generate oxygen or whatever, who cares
Oh, this is where they keep the sailors. You know, the Sailors On The Moon, the ones with harpoons. #Monsterdon
@Bluedepth Greeto, or Sleezaks? #Monsterdon