#Monsterdon low-poly sphere

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Are those his battle geese?

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Ritalin could've saved this film. #Monsterdon

@Taweret Lemme guess... the geese will fall into the anti-gravity paint, while on the moon, THEN become the monster. #monsterdon

Humanity went astray when we stopped letting crazed old coots in three-piece woolen suits be in charge of science.

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Haha, “lunatic expedition” #Monsterdon

First gun in the moon

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@MagicIsTheCause just said Lionel Jeffries reminds her of Ray from Schitt's Creek and now I can't not see it. #monsterdon

“Yes, ‘lunatic’ is just the word!”

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the geese saw that launch so now they're going on strike for higher wages

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Holy velvet! The interior on that capsule is crazy posh

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Uh oh, she's let the madness infect her.

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ok, that's not a stupid way to carry a gun

All y’all discussing the practicality or not of anti-grav paint on the soles of boots, I 🫶 you all so much #Monsterdon

Gun safety skills on display

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I see gun safety was top of the list on this expedition. #Monsterdon

How long does the paint take to dry?!
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a mad scientist with a plan to defeat gravity is in need of a Gibbs

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Stupid girls always crying and wanting to get married while I'm trying to go on cool adventures with a mad scientist in his flying machine

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#monsterdon Oh, even better. Now it's red.

Amazing. Why have I never watched this film before? This is great.

It's chock-full of {moribund '60s studio} awfulness.

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When will Dick Van Dyke show up, singing "Chitty-chitty Bang-bang?"

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#Monsterdon Yes babycakes! They’re lunatics! Headed to Luna. Just like that. It’s adorable because it winks at the fourth wall so coquettishly.

"They're divers on the Moon / they carry a harpoon" #Monsterdon

this movie plays on the well know trope of how all men want is to invest in boots and go to the moon instead of getting a wife #monsterdon

"IF this batch goes well, we'll start coating the sphere tonight!"

FORESHADOWING!

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"You see dear, I'm a massive fraud." #Monsterdon

Yes the only thing to worry about on the moon is oxygen

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No, please, you really don't have to explain
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This is basically a much less compelling version of Welles "The Time Machine". #monsterdon

not a sphere #monsterdon

Goose on the ship! Goose on the ship! #Monsterdon

From personal experience—we had one near the faculty lunchroom at work—attack geese would be monstrously effective. #monsterdon

dang this guy invented rapid unscheduled disassembly for space craft too
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@brooke Shhhh.... just go with it... It's more fun that way... if we ignore science. #monsterdon

@trixter honestly the model work has been pretty good in general

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oh dear, they've upset the geese #monsterdon

@Bluedepth I momentarily read that as "moon disorder"

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Never forget, the geese had a chance to stop this

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@moira As any inventor will tell you.

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I love how these Victorian vessels always have lush, padded walls.

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Jules Verne-ass spaceship

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This movie is very unrealistic because it depicts callous, unhinged entrepreneurs attempting to exploit space travel for greedy, corrupt purposes.

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The Romans famously celebrated the geese who warned them when the Gauls had invaded Rome that they were sneaking up on their hold out

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We're going to the moon in ..... a mechanical COVID!

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The masculine urge to use geese as guards #Monsterdon

And then a toad ran them over the end

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wait The Sphere?
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Please, you don't have to explain
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Edward Judd's acting here is proof that William Shatner wasn't actually that weird for the 1960s. #monsterdon

#Monsterdon moon mining scam :(

indeed, there's a lot about this movie that resembles a fruitcake. #monsterdon

no cheeses more exotic than those of the moon

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I'm getting very worried now that this movie is almost 1hr 45m long 😨
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He's gonna pay off all of his boot debt! #Monsterdon #firstmeninthemoon

Nice bit of class exploitation there, classic Britland....

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THEY'RE going to a pub. WE have to sit here SOBER.

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Surprised by all the comedy? That was a late addition to the script.

Ray Harryhausen said it was the reason the movie didn't do as well as expected at the box office.

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“I’m a metalworker, not a stoker.”

Love it.

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#monsterdon This is a room I want in my house.

"I hope there's nothing dishonest about it"

"Oh, no, it's just a legal device"

Lady I'm sure you've had a bunch of red flags at this point, but him putting your name on the line for his money to avoid his creditors should be a big NOPE.

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“You paste it on things?” … “I’d be careful if I were you” #Monsterdon

Just think of how many boots that money can buy!

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fam, you're better off in Boston... #monsterdon

you know what else takes effect when it har—[hit by lightning] #monsterdon

The bright side of most of this being set on Earth is that I can check off "Conveniently breathable air" on the bingo card 🤦

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IRS on line one
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Wait. Is he using her signature to prevent himself from going out of debt. If things go wrong she's the one at fault...
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I am fairly reeling from the level of whimsical brass in the soundtrack. And whimsical woodwinds. Is this a sci-fi or a folly?? 🤨

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They've developed a new substance that blocks waves of "me giving a shit"

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@Violinknitter I mean it is objectively a better movie than Krull.

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Sir you just lost all your money in boots, I do NOT trust your business sense

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please break his neck on the ceiling please please

end this insufferable hell

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it's hot, is what it is

you might want to step back

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@Newpa_Hasai NASA helped them figure out how to hang a chair from the ceiling without anyone getting hurt.

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I am now discovering most of you are not dealing with ad breaks. #Monsterdon

Thanks for explaining gravity

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He invented Flubber!

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#Monsterdon *sticks his face into a crucible of molten metal with no eye or nose protection* "what's this?"

I bet there's all kinds of amazing creatures on the moon right now. running around doing cool stuff

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#Monsterdon The orchestra is the audiences emotional crutch. Tell me how to feel muted oboe! Muted oboe is… ignorance…

You mean to say there's no pub in this one? That hardly seems proper. #Monsterdon #TheFirstMenInTheMoon

This is NOT the movie I thought I was getting into tonight.... and I'm weirdly ok with it!

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I bet neat stuff is happening on the moon right now

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The tuba? French horn? lets you know Mr. Cavor is a bad scientist

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this is the problem with these freaking HG wells and jules verne movies. you either spend 90% of the time on an unrelated british countryside story or 90% of the time wandering around entirely disconnected setpiece scenes and any promising part of the premise was just like 1800's clickbait #monsterdon

If you ask me, there just aren't enough infernal contraptions in film these days. It's a pity.

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Is this guy going to end up on the moon by ACCIDENT?

Honestly, very H. G. Wells TBH #Monsterdon

It's some of the most important sciencing of all time. #monsterdon

#Monsterdon We want to throw you in solitary confinement and then beat you with a bar of soap in a pillowcase. You’ll get your solitude, all-right. ;)

it seems unlikely a monster is going to suddenly show up in this scene

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I'm sorry, this is the talk of a mad scientist looking for some guinea pigs. This ain't my first 19th century science fiction rodeo

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First Men In An English Cottage

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Since I forgot to charge my laptop (it's dead as a dodo), I will this week be trying to imagine what this film is about based solely on your jokes about it.

I'm...already a little weirded out...

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People were so very different back then. If some stranger showed up on a bike asking questions, I wouldn't just invite him into my home.

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Lionel Jeffries made a career of playing crackpots.

Remember Caractacus Potts's grandfather in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?"

Edit: Oops, wrong Potts

Somehow I'm reminded of the beginning of Tarkovsky's Solaris.

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@Lazarou @combatwombat OMG do I dare get my hopes up

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What a capital little house. And canal. And postman on a bicycle. And infernal contraption.

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