They just needed a C3PO to explain things.

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so many nice visuals in this

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My spouse wished me a good movie and I lost it ​:floofLol:​

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When are the aliens going to probe them?

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All the Selerites together with this music is reminescent of the Ewoks.

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The Selenites and their technology are almost enigmatic and spectacular to justify going through all that English whimsy.

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#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!

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Man, these creatures have ALLL the best technology and aesthetics.

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Ten bucks says he gets violent with the sleeping Selenites. #Monsterdon

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

@_L1vY_

It was so good, they re-used the same exact footage from 1963's Jason and The Argonauts

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GIANT BUBBLING TUBES!!

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The ocean tanks and solar power tunnels are gorgeous!#Monsterdon

don't *tear* their *membrane* oh my god we can't bring you anywhere

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Convenient Lunar Eclipse!

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doesn't a day last two weeks on the moon?

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Oh. Not perpetual motion after all I guess

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*Everybody* freezes during The Dark.

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Ironically helium was first discovered in the sun because it's so rare on Earth

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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?

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First ghastly thought in the moon

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hashtag shoutout to hashtag eugenics #monsterdon

"Well, it's a unique way of dealing with unemployment."

Certainly better than current measures, isn't it?

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oh, sweet, the aliens are sun powered like those calculators from the 80s
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And now a science lesson.
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No more questions for now, it's Cocoon Time.

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"...sorry, we're late for our molting"

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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."

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Actually love these bug aliens

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I fuckin' love the Selenites.

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Is this going to be like Cat Women of the Moon in that they strictly restrict the population?

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molten camembert cheese?
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Omg, the Daleks!
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Will no one think of the chickens?

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@Louisa what flavor do you think it is

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@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)

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Meanwhile in the bubbler room.
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Obviously they can generate oxygen or whatever, who cares

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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

Caterpillar has a skeleton... Okay sure. Moon ecology works different.
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Our colored liquid tech is far SUPERIOR to yours. #monsterdon

Sorry, MOONtn Dew #Monsterdon

At least Cavor has the decency to be horrified by what Bedford did to the Selenites.

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Caterpillar bones!!! ... and skull!!! #Monsterdon #FirstMenintheMoon

Going to start saying "absolutely imperial!"

actually no I'm not

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"TAKE THE HUMANS TO THE VAPING HALL"

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Oh no. They taught the moon natives how to speak in a British accent.
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Mooncow has BONES. A spine, ribs and skull!

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They're in the prototype of the red sun chamber.

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#Monsterdon So that's where the universal translator got to Earth from.

CATERPILLARS DON'T HAVE SKELETONS

FOUL

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Wow, they harvested the meat from that giant caterpillar rather quickly.
Industrious, these Selenites.....

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This guy thinks that if you shout English word by word you can be understood, just like most USians

The selenites give them one of those word button mats like they're a pair of labradoodles #monsterdon

Suddenly:

Facehuggers

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@lorgonumputz Reminds me of the zoo episode of The Orville

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"It's absolutely imperial" is their version of "wicked awesome."

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Q: How can you tell if your giant, moon caterpillar is a vegetarian?

A: Don’t worry… they’ll TELL you! 🙄

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Of COURSE the first word he tries to teach the alien is “Man”

🙄🙄🙄

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Selenites using Kate's voice to train their human diplomacy AI #monsterdon

"I wish they'd stay off the words with 'e's in them."

PAGING OULIPO.SOCIAL

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Krull had two female characters, which is twice as many as First Men In The Moon

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Moon bugs training their AI #Monsterdon

Total Recall ripped of the First Men in the Moon.
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wait skeletor alien has an xray machine?

Kate, keep talking. They're trying to calibrate their translator, and continuing to talk will help.

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Oh they've got a voice modulator. #Monsterdon

The Selenites are into boots too

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That x-ray machine has to put out a lot of rads

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Oh. My. Goodness. The x-ray machine animation. 😆

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oh man that X-ray skeleton effect was GREAT

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There's an amazing movie here going on around these two bumbling idiots

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Is it on purpose that the spears the moon creatures use look like cheese knives? Or a I just Brie-eating too much into things

(that was a stretch I realize)

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@Newpa_Hasai 👏

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Bugs zapping bugs!!!! #monsterdon

@flowerpot plot?

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#Monsterdon yay alien zap guns

I didn't think Catterpie could learn headbut!
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okay all this stuff is great

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NOW YOU FUCKED UP #monsterdon

If this were a Toho movie the creature would be attacking them with its powerful strands of silk #monsterdon

#Monsterdon Moon Centipedes in my science fever dream? It’s more common than you think…

This bug is friend-shaped, just not friend-sized.

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these Harryhausen movies seem to often stall for a long time before you see the creature because this kind of Dynamation stop motion was so time consuming #Monsterdon

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Remember, kids, we're dealing with science as understood in 1901 (the date of publication for Wells's book).

Also with Victorian sensibilities, inasmuch as Wells followed them. And what Hollywood didn't change.

Deep breaths. It's entertaining.

#Monsterdon A vegetarian? With those mandibles? Time for some Harryhausen magic to match the delicious soundtrack.

Have faith in Lunar Mothra!
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@Bluedepth Or, vice versa #Monsterdon

I'd say the big alien caterpillar knows exactly what you did and wants you Colonial bastards off the Moon!

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@Bluedepth ooooh I sense a conspiracy theory starting

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“Harmless vegetarian”

My man, y’all did a colonialism on the African continent, too. Ever hear of the hippopotamus? #Monsterdon

wow that guy fell like 2 feet lmao
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