Well, episode 1 done! That was a quick fun little distraction!

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Okay the mall bit is GREAT #monsterdon

#Monsterdon ooh i like the time-frozen snow effect, with voids left as she moves through it

@howler0502 omg susan is death's child!?!?!? I did this grey/platinum + streak hair color for a bit when i was trying to wear test a dark dark purple dye that turns out to be effectively black and ppl kept telling me i looked like them & i had no frame of reference. would have kept it a lot longer if i knew that #monsterdon

#Monsterdon that's way better than a bump-it

Let's stand around and discuss our ~Dark Plans~™️

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@jonny@neuromatch.social @hosford42@techhub.social Any but the first one, pretty much. I'd give the second a pass too. Mort is a solid one, or Guards Guards, or Equal Rites.

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Time to suit up!

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That's the famous line!

"You might think I've already thought of that, but I couldn't possibly comment."

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#Monsterdon say whaaaaaaaat

@jonny Don't start with the first two books, lol, even Pratchett suggested starting elsewhere in the series.

There are multiple genres within the series, including young adult, police procedural, and even a few stand-alones. "Small Gods" is one of the latter, and is well loved.
@hosford42
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#Monsterdon dude's definitely over the legal limit

"Gone." sniff! #monsterdon

@jonny Yeah I kind of missed something of how that happened

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watch out, Susan's Reached A Decision. #monsterdon

@neia ok this is helpful i thought they were just buds because i mean who wouldn't want to be orbiting death, whatever they are up to #monsterdon

Ah jeez, every time half the cast speaks there's a high pitched feedback noise, like the mic they used to record dialogue was picking up something in the background.

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"In cynicism she's about 35"

Aren't we all?

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@jonny@neuromatch.social Albert is a very powerful wizard who didn't want to die, so he summoned himself to Death and became his servant. In Death's domain, time doesn't pass properly, so his remaining lifespan doesn't tick down. He's risking mortality by helping out.

But it's not all that important.

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The Hogfather's castle totally looks like a giant stormtrooper

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#Monsterdon this is like odo pulling a jack skellington but not enjoying it

poor ridcully, he was having such a good time in that bath. #monsterdon

I'm sorry Susan, but you'll never be "normal"

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this movie is right, Santa IS a wizard #Monsterdon

Ahhhh, so Susan is actually Lady MacDeath!

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"One last job, Susan."-trope
*ugh*
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ok but a small personification of death for rats. this is good. I'm gonna need to get into these books. #Monsterdon

@RamenCatholic I actually preferred the bad movies (for #Monsterdon I mean, not for general movie-watching)

I gave up smoking years ago and don't really have cravings while watching smoking in TV or films but watching poor Albert continually rolling up and never getting a drag does start me off wanting a rollie #Monsterdon

but is mousy death familiar with moosey fate?

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#monsterdon Okay perhaps i should get into some discworld they have a death-mouse. And I couldn't catch what the one old dude was saying about the bath thing but since it was labeled old faithful I'm guessing it was the mother of all bidet washes.

@lorgonumputz I dunno, Death seems like the kind of apparition you could enjoy getting a beer with

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“You gotta put a bit more life in it, sir!” #monsterdon

"oh we'll find out" yes, that's what we're afraid of. #monsterdon

@PurpleyWitch @RamenCatholic @annathepiper @moira This might have to be my next reading project! (after I finish #WheelOfTime soon) Although I doubt I could make it through 40 books in a year

#Monsterdon #books #bookstodon

@cheribaker he *did* try a skeletal horse for a while, but it kept falling apart 🤣
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We have met the best character and it's Mouse Death

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@lorgonumputz

Must be a long lost relative of Howard the Duck!

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@lorgonumputz 100% would watch #monsterdon

Ah I know what it is (or at least this is part of it): I can't follow the timeline and pay attention to the movie at the same time, but when the movie is bad I don't mind half-ignoring it

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Okay, The Death Of Mice is amusing #monsterdon

Ghastly Omnian Inquisition Doll? Is this the pre-Reform era?

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🐀💀 #Monsterdon

"SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT"
albert like, yeah i couldda told you that. #monsterdon

Of course Death rides a magic horse named Binky.

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@tarajdactyl

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Oh god, I forgot about that part.

"That part" being the oh god, naturally.

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#Monsterdon this reminds me of a fancy hotel shower on one trip

could not work the damn thing

Love that the shower set design is clearly tardis-inspired #monsterdon

Albert and his fearsome frying pan #monsterdon

Extremely unfunny dwarf joke.

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@parvXtl So if Death loses, does it have to come take itself away?

(not asking for real, I don't want to spoil it for when I get to read the books)

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@howler0502 This is not an entirely undisputed opinion on the Discworld. #monsterdon

Yay, I love #Death - he's one of Pratchett's best characters. #Monsterdon #Hogfather

#Monsterdon so this is a sandbox escape privilege escalation, basically

Questions First, Babble…Later #monsterdon

@tarajdactyl@tech.lgbt @Taweret@octodon.social arranges it, and we're currently on Hogfather! Available on Tubi among others. Unfortunately we're already like 40 minutes in :/

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@mike aye but David Jason's already busy 'cause he's gotta absolutely nail Albert #Monsterdon

ok so how is #monsterdon coordinated? i see people participating but i have no idea how anybody knows what movie to watch or when or where to watch it

Ooh death match: Death vs Assassin.
#monsterdon #Hogfather_ep1

Hogswatch more like Nogswatch #monsterdon

The amusing thing about watching on tubi is, the ad breaks show up, and thanks to adblock, they're just like a quarter second of blank screen.

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#Monsterdon 'remember the tooth!'

I"m really so sad we're missing out on the footnotes. #monsterdon

Hmm... So, I am definitely enjoying #Monsterdon this week, but much more of the enjoyment is coming from the movie (er, show) itself and much less from the toots. It feels a little weird TBH

Love the molar helmets!

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to be fair, i'm not sure i'd wanna sluice down with those fellas either. #monsterdon

Mustrum Ridcully kicks ass. #monsterdon

This feels like someone filmed a stage play.

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Aha, Death the Investigator. #monsterdon

LOL!! Some good news, and some ... ummm ... bad news.

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@forestine
Great add!

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@forestine I have an Unseen University diploma on which my major is Creative Uncertainty. #monsterdon

#monsterdon that's not Christopher Lee

@RamenCatholic @annathepiper @moira So am I!

I mean, I've heard a fair amount about them but never read any of the books (though I want to)

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#Monsterdon oh noooooooo

I love you, Ponder Stibbons. #monsterdon

#monsterdon this movie feels too condensed. everything just happening so fast in a couple of cuts. the animated adaptations back then kinda felt the same to me

that's how you know he's a jackass. don't be making fun of banjo. (-_-) #monsterdon

@moira Those look fantastic! #monsterdon

so this has probably already been asked but harry potter ripped this off right #monsterdon

Oop, smoked out the University. #monsterdon

#Monsterdon MAGIC NERDS

@Taweret HOOK ME UP with those red corduroy robes too #monsterdon

TBH I wonder if that monster in the basement ever even hurt anyone

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#Monsterdon bahahahahahahahaha nice plan

OMG, is this where Seanan McGuire got her the Tooth Fairy is creepy and weird idea from?

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banjo calrissian!

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No one expects the teatime inquisition!

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@funkula so this IS a heist movie!?!?!? #monsterdon

Nigel Planer, who plays the wizard Sidney does some of the original audiobooks. #monsterdon

I like the idea of beating up monsters in the basement being a neighborhood spectacle

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@jonny@neuromatch.social Kind of, yeah! Not that we're rooting for the heist-ers, of course.

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I don't think that word (friends) mean what you think it means...

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@sentient_water I kind of like him actually. In a "professional respect" sense

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is this a heist movie or what #monsterdon

Hopefully that's Chekhov's Fluffy Bunnies. #Monsterdon

No! Not the fluffy bunnies!

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(jesus christ, amazon, i already pay for prime, how many ads do you want me to watch?????? (>_<) ) #monsterdon

#Monsterdon it's like when luke skywalker strolls into jabba's palace in all black like a bad motherfucker