Aw, the tunnels aren't all made of balloons this time.

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#Monsterdon Dammit you know who we need in this movie? Ea-Nasir to serve supposedly subpar copper ingots. Too bad he's LONG LONG LONG dead

Huh, aliens got a little 56k cache memory stick there. #Monsterdon

Oh no, they're Xeroxing Linda!

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So the only things the giant martian dogs managed to actually eat was someone literally pushed into their mouth. They ate for no reason at all and to no plot point whatsoever. #monsterdon

#monsterdon Rinaldi!

No Rinaldi, Christ, no

I like how Rinaldi is in this movie too, but only people who've seen the other one will know or give a shit about this guy.

oh wow, long usb sticks

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alas, rinaldi, we -- didn't know him much at all in this version, i could've used more General/Rinaldi bromance in this version. #monsterdon

Lol Death By Cop it is.
Should the General be this close to the front line, he's not looking mentally well....

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Popped into #monsterdon late and oh hey that sure is a freaky monster huh

#monsterdon Powie, punched him right in the brain!

I'm so glad they kept the low-key romance between the General and Renaldi in this version. I hope they kiss in the denoument. #Monsterdon

#Monsterdon It'll be a great twist if I like look up frogs on wikipedia and find some way they too relate to copper

At any point in this movie was it actually established that the aliens are from Mars?

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all glory to the brain toad

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Very satisfying

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This suddenly feels like a GWAR video. #Monsterdon #InvadersFromMars1986

the 80s version also has WAY better insults in it, like "dickbrain"

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lol, did that thing just accidentally eat Kai Winn?!

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Louise is In Charge Here, as she should be. #monsterdon

I'll fix you, you dick brain!

Calling it, that's the line to remember from this film.

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WHY DID THEY GO INTO THE SAND?!?!? WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THAT KID?!?!?!

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basically i'm just out here waiting for the right cult or body snatching species with the right offer #monsterdon

This must be Kuato's dad.

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these creatures are works of art

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ah, there he is! nice to see you again, Zorg (or whoever). #monsterdon

If that guy had actually fired a rocket launcher like that, everyone behind him would be toast.

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#monsterdon It's Kubric Oxide, they're smelting good movies

They're smelting copper, but is it inferior? Inquiring minds want to know

#Monsterdon

It's cupric oxide! They're smelting copper!

Keep moving!

That was actually a really good scene and delivery.

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OMG! Cervical drill goes in deep! That's gonna give me nightmares!

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that spinal drill was a really cool effect

Stan Winston and Co. really did bring their game for this one, didn't they?

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This whole time, David hasn’t exhibited any care about what’s happened to his mom and dad, and suddenly, he goes running off to the sarlac pit, screaming about this. #Monsterdon

#monsterdon what the hell kid, you could have knocked that proboscis away

Oh no, SETI failure!

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@whknott it's like a Russian general is in charge #monsterdon

I appreciate the general narrating for us so we know what's going on

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the creatures look so good. im bummed they're being wasted on this film

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@Newpa_Hasai lol

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kevin bacon did it with only one stick of dynomite, mr general. #monsterdon #wrongMovie

#Monsterdon See this is why you spend your childhood assuming you will have to deal with quicksand at some point.

@Infoseepage god, that's a good movie. I still want his little car. #Monsterdon

Oh now he wants to find his parents. #monsterdon

wait, why does fly guts if the martians are still in one piece?
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Feed the martian some burnt bacon, he'll love you long time #monsterdon

I was kind of hoping the alien was going to through the mind control device into the back of SETI guy's neck and possess him

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David! 🏋🏻‍♂️

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Double-tap, Marine!

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That's some Shatner shouting "Khan"-style leadership from the general, there
10/10, no notes
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Impulsive little shit, isn't he

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The sand turntable trapdoors are so good, a million times better than perfect CGI sand would look

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David no! Get off of the giant spinning '45!

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That Rinaldi’s such a klutz! He's always tripping over things.LOL #Monsterdon

The MARINES used CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS! It's... super effective? #monsterdon

I was never in the military, but I don't think this is how military missions are supposed to be organized #monsterdon

Oh they understood all right #Monsterdon

"I'm from SETI… we're working on an idea for an absolutely badass screensaver"

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I mean, those mouths are big enough to fit a whole person. It's a Checkov's maw.

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is this one of those "that'll teach you for trying to bring friendship and reason to this" scenes?

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eugh. wow, those creatures are A+++ #monsterdon

How eaten is this scientist going to be?

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bye scientist!

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I love these monsters
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The sand pit dragging that guy down is a great effect. #Monsterdon #InvadersFromMars1986

Damn that is a sweet effect.

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#Monsterdon Pretend I made a joke about the Spice Melange and the worms okay

my god... there's sand and stuff

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@jonny I guess the bit with the neighbor girl in the old version (who had to die) was just turned into the girl with the bandage at David's school #monsterdon

"General Wilson I have an idea! I'm a ten year old in a sci fi movie, the military should take my suggestions very seriously!" #Monsterdon

It's a bit late for diplomacy at this stage, kid #monsterdon

#monsterdon This plot seems very familiar so far.

@allanb :ms_eyes: #Monsterdon

“Marines have no qualms about killing Martians.”

I thought they were Army this whole time.

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"My god. It's full of brain butts." #Monsterdon

Those army dudes don't look very professional....

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I've said it before and I'll say it again

the practical FX in these films are just fantastic.

MOAR PRACTICAL FX!!!

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"Is this gonna be a straight up fire fight or just another bug hunt?" #Monsterdon #InvadersFromMars1986

I made a lot of jokes in the original film about all the stock footage of tanks, but now I'm not sure having the real deal brings much to the table #monsterdon

Also serious mode, NASA did not launch any planetary science missions between 1979 and 1988.

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@RufusJCooter can confirm, my pa was a jarhead. #Monsterdon

MILITARY 1, PICKET FENCE 0 - EAT THAT, MARTIANS!

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Trash the school!
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The thrilling graphics showing us what is happening. So realistic. It's almost like being there. LIke virtual reality, man. #monsterdon

Yeah nobody like that white picket fence anyway

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SPACE RADAR
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@yatsu must be a perspective movie #sideeye #Monsterdon

2/3 of the way through and we get tanks

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hut hut hut hut hut hut hut hut hut hut hut hut hut hut hut hut

FINALLY

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"LAUNCH AREA

Lethal force will be used"

like, say, the lethal force that explodes out of the bottom of a rocket?

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Using a crewed Saturn V for the model hurts my soul. Nice effects, though.

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w…why does the launch countdown screen have the ability to animate the explosive destruction of the launch scaffold?

#Monsterdon

we had a rocket explosion animation programmed in, in care the real one exploded?

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So that's a no go on launch then? #Monsterdon #InvadersFromMars1986

This scene clearly inspired Terminator 2.

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i would be checking into a hotel like three states away at this point

good luck, people in my old town. enjoy your new lives under alien mind control

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Finally, the Bud Cort ex machina #monsterdon

Ahhh, they did address the fact we knew Mars was dead....they went for the old 'conspiracy' excuse.

I'm not sure why the tanker is wired to explode or if I care if it does

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also just as before I wonder how much this movie inspired Star Trek: TNG "Conspiracy"

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@Bluedepth It's more of a hillock.
It's like Monster Island, all over again!

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ah. serious putty.

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