The Colossus of Jupiter, ancient wonder of the not to scale world. #Monsterdon
so far we've just got a bunch of jar fragments faffin' about
Waiting to see what their take on Pluto is
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So, uhm, these actual flames in space... They're like burning air and they're burning upward as if there's gravity and, uhm... I have... questions...
The censors wouldn't let us see Pandora's Box so she had to keep it in her jar #Monsterdon
This is a lot of cosmology set up. Hope itβs going somewhere. #Monsterdon
So much swooshing
This movie is like every sci fi bit of nonsense we've seen in the last, like, five years all condensed into one aesthetic and then smushed into Jason and the Argonauts like a PB&J sandwich #Monsterdon
Pew pew swooshy space sounds.
Not that expected from a Hercules film so far
#Monsterdon
#monsterdon what if the whole movie is just this planetarium show
so many liberties taken and yet we're sticking with pandora's jar (correct)
I am here for #Monsterdon but uncertain how late I'll make it. I've seen this one before.
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/30577
The marketing for Hercules when it came out made it seem like it might have been a sci-fi take on the myth. Mom and I saw it in the theater. Fun but disappointing given our expectations. I think I've seen it maybe once since.
Were the filmmakers like, "We got all this Starcrash shit lying around, let's get some sweaty guy and blow and make a movie"?
You heard it here first, everything in existence came from a jar
Hey, I have a question. How does the mythological cosmogony square with the prevailing Aristotelian philosophical belief that the universe was eternal?β¦
Never mind I'll just go sit over here.
Wow, this opening is really something. Not good, but something.
Hercules IIIINNN SPAAACE!
This is one of those movies that Mike Jittlov would watch and think "I could have done these effects for 1/10 the cost and it would have looked WAAAAY better" #monsterdon #Hercules
Mercury doesn't usually flame....
@srol I think the oldest versions of the myth say it was a jar, actually
It's because the jar broke that Pandora then got a box? Hopefully the box was high quality. #Monsterdon #Hercules1983
I thought that was Uranus hur hur obligatory joke #monsterdon #Hercules1983
special effects courtesy Aweseom Van Paintings Ltd (1979)
Narration hell yeah β I'm getting some Manos the Hands of Fate vibes.
how much prism can we put in this intro
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oh no i got the hiccups
I say! This is a familly-orented stream! No perving after her "box"!
#monsterdon bc Iβd watch that
Okay, I could do with fewer flashing lights.
I kind of like the audio effects. Very Commodore computer chip sound.
Wait, are the Gods from Saturn? #Monsterdon
@sakhavi Yeah, the universe just... made a jar. Somehow. And conveniently filled it with elements and stuffs. Look it makes sense!
Oh God, not THAT jar. #Monsterdon #Hercules1983
the "cocaine is a helluva drug" version of Greek mythology
What about water, earth and love? /Without them we can't summon captain planet!
#Monsterdon #hercules1983
pew! whoosh!
This seems like a more thinly veiled excuse to blow some stuff up than a Mythbusters episode. #Monsterdon #Hercules1983
One of my history profs told me to never ever start a biography with βSo&so was bornβ (everyone was born, thatβs not special)
But I suppose starting with Creation is a choice
Jars were created at the beginning of time, don't ya know.
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How many jars do you got in this place, Pandora
Pandora's Amphora.
The starship Heart of Gold!?!? #Monsterdon
#monsterdon #TheIncredibleHerc
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Pandora's Jar made the Solar System? Whoa!
When Pandoraβs jar exploded, they decided a jar was too fragile, so they used a box instead.
SPPPPPPPPAAAAAACCCCCCCCEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
These Christian creation myths are getting really weird, gang.
#monsterdon is every damn thing just gonna keep blowing up?
Ya know this isn't worse since than we usually get in Monsterdon. It might actually be more accurate than most. Just with lots of poetic license.
#Monsterdon #TheIncredibleHerc
#monsterdon #Hercules1983 matter, doesn't matter....
This whole backstory is loaded with magic mushrooms and blunts. #monsterdon
... jar?
someone is seriously fucking with us here #Monsterdon
Is there any mythology/religion whose origin doesn't start in darkness?
CYBER AMPHORA
As they say, don't put all your eggs in one jar
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Nooo disco jar. #monsterdon
we are really going to watch the SciFi hercules, arnt we
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Pandora's jar just kind of ... happens in this version, I guess
Pandoraβsβ¦. Jar?
I've found wandering.shop updates really slowly these days, making it really hard to follow #monsterdon so I'll be posting from my RPG account tonight as tabletop.social updates in real time. Don't know what is going on with wandering.shop
#monsterdon there came forth a jar? WHOAH
"Night, Day, Matter, and Air.
Then Eru, the One, made the Ainur and Melko got pissy because he couldn't have a solo andββ
(checks notes)
Whoops wait wrong mythos
Jar. Box. Whatever. Stick with me here. #monsterdon #Hercules
oh man the piece of the jar clearly hanging on a wire.... fantastic
Ah yes night. We always handled that element with great care in chemistry class.
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pandora's JAR?
DISCO JAR
We're starting this #Monsterdon from THE BIG BANG I hope they have good editing and it doesn't drag on
...Wait, pandora's JAR #Monsterdon
THE EN----- DAMMIT!
someone left the universe ajar again
#monsterdon ooh a Simon jar
Over-under on how long it takes before I start wishing the primordial darkness had stuck around?
this is a LOT of exposition
#monsterdon .....
and microplastics.
Ooh an alchemical exposition!! #Monsterdon
Pandora's Jar.... now in disco floor colours!
Night and Day are elements? That's new!
Man, Chaos and Darkness β¦ get a room!
Darkness, fireworks, Darkness, firewaterair?
(Enterprise swooshes by.) #Monsterdon #Hercules1983
But everything changed when the fire nation attacked
*takes notes for this science class*
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chaos + dahkness = elements (night, day, matter and air)
wait
and darkness moved upon the . . . Oops. Wrong mythology
STELLA STAAAAAAAAAR #Monsterdon
Very explod-ey darkness there, movie.
Great another science lecture movie. #monsterdon #Hercules
#monsterdon whatβs the atomic weight of matter?
Movie, I've seen the end of The Black Hole (1979).
Wait, so the big bang was just some really bad fireworks and cheap explosion effects?
A lot of scientists are going to be very very disappointed...
these aren't the elements i remember
Night and day. Yup, elements.
Night, Day, Matter, and Air? Screw you, Earth and Water! #monsterdon
Chaos & Darkness, name a more epic duo. #Monsterdon
Can't wait to see the 80s special effects that mostly look like sparklers
"Chaos merged with Darkness, and from this union was born MAGA"