And then the budget was over so the film ended #monsterdon

So ends another #Monsterdon. As always, our thanks to @Taweret for hosting and to all the posters and lurkers. And remember #Monsterdoners: You only tricked yourself.

Winged breeders?

So did we get some sort of information earlier about how wings = old enough to reproduce or is this new information?

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dang apparently they CAN fly #monsterdon

...the perplexed looks on everyone's faces in the credits mirrors the perplexed look on my face at that non-ending

I thought for sure the Doc's demon statue gift thing was going to play a key role in the climactic battle #monsterdon

WHAT is HAPPENING there #monsterdon #gargoyles1972

the gargoyles fucked off into the sky, which is the sea of the desert, so it counts #monsterdon

hoo boy THAT'S THE ENDING WHAT

"out of time, didn't try, now the 10 o'clock news and stay tuned for Johnny Carson"

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This gargoyle chief looks like the leader of a rock band, kinda like kiss.
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👹 TRIVIA ON THE ROOF 👹

Filmmakers used an old, abandoned hotel near Carlsbad for production, and burned it down.

The ruins were later mistakenly recorded as a historical archaeological site with the New Mexico Department of Historic Preservation. Whoops.

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What? That's it? LOL!

Classic #Monsterdon

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"Its only her wing. You can carry her!"

She's also got legs, I see.

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Gargoyle flight uses the same physics that allow African swallows to carry coconuts. #monsterdon

#Monsterdon Kill it with Fire is a tried and true technique, but is it a good idea in a confined space?

FLYING!

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@OldRustBucket They're organic, and also the plot needs them to be flammable, so clearly yes

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So .. those eggs seem, ummmm ... _really_ big.

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Oh, I uh...I guess that was the climax, then?

Okay.

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Did they really do a suicide bombing/self immolation?

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@apLundell I mean they have been trying several times every couple of hundred years and they don't even have guns
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White Womam In Peril!

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They're committing gargoylecide

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#Monsterdon Gargoyles surprisingly vulnerable to… bullets.

Again, guy we don't know gives orders and we obey.

Interesting police procedure.

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They must destroy the gargoyle eggs now because they can't wait until the network pays for extras. #Monsterdon

@RamenCatholic I'm totally with you up until the point where he seemed to be putting Diana in a trance and preparing to have his way with her (maybe? who really knows what's going on here)

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. . . .
Would
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Nooooo, not the mohawk gargoyle! #Monsterdon

@floatybirb They respond to emotion, just like pet rocks #monsterdon

Or two cans of gas will do I guess

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You sure that's enough gas for thousands of eggs, unless gargoyles eggs are very flammable. #monsterdon

Place your bets, folks. My money’s on the guy with wings and claws. #monsterdon

Team Daddy Gargoyle #Monsterdon

Worst Gargoyle omelets ever.

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Are they all still in the same cave together?

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I do have to say, those are some mighty big eggs. Whose cloaca did those come out of?
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The gargoyles are equally 25% the Grinch, Sleestacks, David Lee Roth, and flying monkeys. #Monsterdon

I Am Curious (Green) #monsterdon

why do we have to wipe them out tho? they seem to be sentient for one thing

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i'm not sure what's going on at all but i am just vibing to the slow motion gargoyle running scenes and would take just a supercut of this with some music for 75 minutes #Monsterdon

@ColesStreetPothole and if it's five or more does that count as an extra bingo

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@CactuarJoe ok, King Gargoyle is now "Daddy Gargoyle" now & its all your fault. #Monsterdon

Tension stings with nothing happening...nice touch

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I saw this movie over a decade ago. I remember liking it but forget exactly why. The Gargoyles are entirely why.
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10 minutes left and we have to get rid of the gargoyles ... it's '72 so I'm thinking surprise nukes?

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Gargoyle King's villain laugh leaves something to be desired, I think

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I gotta hand it to this movie, I did not at all expect a gargoyle king-captive human woman-fuzzy gargoyle woman love triangle

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the gargoyles are going to be brought down by jealousy after Mr I Can Read gets a little too close to the human lady? alright, can't be weirder than any other part of this movie. #monsterdon

There's probably a reason no creature on earth lays eggs so big that a full sized animal can come out of them.

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Diana is strangely cooperative. #Monsterdon

Is this a gargoyle romance novel she is reading?

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what is that weird Hanna Barbara running noise, is that the score? #monsterdon

Starting to think those wings are strictly ornamental #monsterdon

Think of the size of the omelettes! #monsterdon #gargoyles72

"Now you will read to me"

Is the gargoyle a toddler?

I have to say if so the reading material seems a little over age?

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Was that Autotune 1.0?

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This cave looks very Star Trek TOS #monsterdon

#monsterdon /yells into the little hole on the side of a snare drum "It will be YOU, not US"

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I LOVE that he has wings but is riding a horse while making this dude run. Power move

@Taweret AO0.7 BETA maybe

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...incubus. Man, I need this film to get LESS creepy not MORE :/ #Monsterdon

hang on. did they pull this script off AO3?

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oh no not more creepy shit. NOT MORE CREEPY CREEPAZOID SHIT #monsterdon

Read to a gargoyle - he'll think for a day. Teach a gargoyle to read - he'll think for a lifetime.

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"Alexa, tell me about gargoyles"

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@aprilfollies I just start by assuming it's the humans until convinced otherwise

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oh gods not incubus again i'm not doing that movie twice

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Now you will read it to me
Chocolate Chip cookies, four cups of flour...
Your voice pleases me
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Wait, humans can kill devils?

What kind of theology is this?

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@floatybirb extremely important question ^^^ #monsterdon

#monsterdon No one will hear me on this bike!

@berniethewordsmith it’s all his fancy book learnin’. #Monsterdon

nevermind there will be no negotiation, gargoyles are standing firm on that #monsterdon

@WhiskeySailor Yeh, but only because the truck cab was too cramped, even with the windows rolled down.

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But hear me out:

"My boss is a Gargoyle", 6pm on NBC.

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Wait... The Gargoyle wants to learn to read. THAT IS LITERALLY (hah) A EPISODE OF GARGOYLES!
https://gargoyles.fandom.com/wiki/A_Lighthouse_in_the_Sea_of_Time
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Yeah I don't know who that guy in the gargoyle suit is but he's a great actor and I love him :D #Monsterdon

This is gargoyle genocide.

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oh joy, the gargoyles are ALSO genocidal. humans don't have a monopoly #monsterdon

Oh no gargoyles have learned to ride horses! That's how the apes took over, in Planet of the Apes (spoiler alert)

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"Come with me."
"Ok."
"DO YOU THINK YOU TRICKED ME INTO BRINGING YOU HERE?!?"

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#Monsterdon Gargoyle: Congratulations, you just played yourself.

ok yes perfect the winged one has come to negotiate they just hate cops that's fine #Monsterdon

Dude has wings yet chooses to ride a horse #monsterdon

gargoyles! on horseback #monsterdon

Well, looks like I shot that hooligan by accident, oops

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500 years?
Oh, these are Periodical Gargoyles.

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#monsterdon Is there any reason for making the every action sequence super slow-mo? Other than padding that is...

Gargoyle Leap Attacks! #Monsterdon

oh I was not expected mounted gargoyle but that is just delightful

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I'm still not clear on what exactly the gargoyles are doing to them? It seems like they're just poking then and standing menacingly over them before jumping away #monsterdon #gargoyles1972

The director really likes the over the claw hand shot. #Monsterdon

@Taweret They're very tokusatsu, I like it. #monsterdon

everytime it goes into inexplicable slow motion i expect it to go solarized too and see shitty replacement credits roll

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So, the gargoyle with wings rides a horse?
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#Monsterdon Dude, you missed the chance to ride in on a pale horse.

winged gargoyle riding horse, sure #monsterdon

HE RIDES A HORSE NOW!?!? #Monsterdon

so the gargoyles are really just trying to protect their cathedral of education and culture here i think, and i think had other options like allowing the daughter to act as a liaison, but lets hear them out still #monsterdon

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This femme mullet having gargoyle is a queer icon I don't care and I will not be taking questions at this time