Best theme ever? MORE JAW HARP THEMES

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that is a low effort title card

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#monsterdon Was that GW Bush?

I love when the Bee Girls say it's swarmin time and swarm all over those guys

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That is a shockingly fast first death! Kudos!

#InvasionOfTheBeeGirls #Monsterdon

okay, dead body in the first 10 seconds, this is looking up. #monsterdon

APPROPRIATE MUG OBTAINED #monsterdon

#monsterdon Flowers... that's never auspicious. I guess, lets start with the first prop and just go along. PIle of tires, car horn, dead body, screeching…

Hee.. He died smiling. #Monsterdon #AttackOfTheBeeGirls

#Monsterdon time to first body: less than one minute :D

#monsterdon STRONG START

I wish there were more movies about Centaurs...

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I can hardly BEElieve it, it's time for #Monsterdon

WE GOT EVERY WEIRD KINK IN THE WRITER'S PLAYBOOK SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGN

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@apLundell I had straight up kept this in my back pocket but never got a chance to use it.

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y'know i'm coming back to this:

https://mastodon.murkworks.net/@moira/113858566045437286

And you know why?

because it was all so COMPLETELY JOYLESS

seriously all of it but _particularly_ here, there was no spark of joy or affection or _anything_ in the cinemaphotography, it was so purely mechanical.

"here's the stimulant. your penis will now react."

if i thought there was talent involved i'd've considered talking about it as intentional, as echoing the _sterility_ of the situation.

but I don't, not for a moment.

uuuuuuuuuuugh

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@Configures @ohiofi oooh good point I missed that

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@GramrgednAngel

Wow. He, um, got a LOT better...

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@moira @diazona @SnoopJ I would not be surprised if someone told me that was all because of a choice the actress made, not the crew #monsterdon

@diazona @SnoopJ I remember that as well and others reacting to it as more of a standout moment than I did. I thought it was rather predictable so downgraded it - but it was competently done, and I suppose does note a moment where they were trying.

Which I'm not sure they were doing with the scene I mention, it may well have been a complete accident.

Blind pig and truffles and all that.

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Ugh this movie was so bad that I can't even recommend it to a bad movie podcast or talk about it with people who haven't seen it. I don't want anyone to see Invasion of the Bee Girls.
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@diazona @catzilla @Taweret does it count if the monsters are disguised as humans?

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@moira @SnoopJ Ahh I didn't notice that, I may have been looking away, that's fair

I believe I was thinking similarly about the scene with a bunch of small convex mirrors on the wall

but honestly, flat-out not remembering would have been an acceptable answer as well 😛

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@catzilla @Taweret https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076271/ #monsterdon

After a that last #Monsterdon it just seemed right to tuck this on my double bill, evil girls, genetic experiments and all, and it's on yt complete should you dare. Produced by #rogercorman — say no more.

https://youtu.be/tubwN9G4-Ao?si=A44pc_mwaAg3Y7MC

@catzilla @Taweret I think that happened in the one we saw that had William Shatner as the lead. Something with spiders? #monsterdon

@diazona @SnoopJ you gonna make me remember what happened in this movie?

okay so after the cop bails on whatsername whose husband whatsisname was found dead at the factory, she goes out on the front terrace and she turns for just a moment before it's cut, and the way the light is working with the transparency of her robe thing is actually quite nice.

that's all they gave you.

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@catzilla @Taweret stipulation: the non-human monster has to win

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@moira @SnoopJ Wait which shot?

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@lytta Why didn't they go with that instead of Scheherezade and Zarathusra? Would have been so much more clever #monsterdon

@davesdogmaggie @moira @wrog that definitely does sound rough

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@diazona @SnoopJ I saw medium-budget television-grade cinematography and I've definitely seen much worse than that in movies we've watched here.

I saw _one_ shot I thought rose above it and it was cut weirdly short, almost like they were going 'oh shit, we can't show this, it'll throw the rest of the movie into sharp contrast'.

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@moira @wrog I might have used one in school if I'd ever had a reason to call anyone lol

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@moira @diazona @wrog Imagine you were in tech support back in the day and all you had were pagers and pay phones. It was no way to live. #Monsterdon

before i go for the night... here's a version of Flight of the Bumblebee that I enjoy: https://soundcloud.com/atvance/flight-of-the-bumblebee

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@SnoopJ Interesting take. I thought the production value and acting were pretty medium - I mean, we've definitely seen worse, in fact we often see worse, but still none of it rises to the level I would consider *good*.

But I have not studied film criticism at all so idk

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The Bee Girls could have truly used the Anal Intruder from Top Secret! “here in Eastern Europe we use 240v. It took our entomologists 12 hours to get the smiles off their faces.” #monsterdon

@blogdiva ****ed off into the smoke. #Monsterdon #InvasionOfTheBeeGirls

@diazona @wrog I definitely used one in school. Not necessarily a lot, but I definitely remember it. Nobody had a cell phone yet and I know they'd been invented but I don't know if they were actually available or if it was all being used for pagers only or however that worked.

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@Taweret What I want to know is, was Dr. Susan really following the lab head's notes, was he really at a conference in Europe, or was his dessicated body stuffed in a closet somewhere? #InvasionOfTheBeeGirls #Monsterdon

@aprilfollies @SnoopJ *beebee gun

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@diazona @CactuarJoe It's not a good sign when it makes you angry not at its subject, but at the director and producer #monsterdon

#monsterdon Well this resolved very quickly but then back into non-sensical explanations. also woah end music choice.

@Taweret
Mutation through radiation and bee goop? #monsterdon

@ohiofi It may be for the best TBH

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@wrog @moira I like learning these historical tidbits 😀

TBH I'm not sure I ever actually used a pay phone in my life... they certainly existed when I was a kid, I knew what they were, but I wouldn't have had the faintest idea how to find out one's number to call it. So I suppose the transition to making them non-callable was probably mostly done by the time I was a kid. (90s)

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"Invasion of the Bee Girls (re-released in 1981 as Graveyard Tramps)" #monsterdon

@jonny
@SnoopJ
I did feel like they were suggesting that. But it could have been more obvious. #monsterdon

Honestly, it was watch this movie or start clearing snow while it was still snowing, and I think maybe I made the wrong choice. Perhaps too close to call.

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@Infoseepage That would explain why they're not in the IBM blue #monsterdon

@CactuarJoe Yeah that's why I was thinking it sits right at the bottom of the "Bad Movie" dip (https://xkcd.com/653/): it's about as bad as a movie can get without the badness making it entertaining. And usually when you watch a bad movie - or, when *I* watch a bad movie, I dunno about you all - I want the badness to be entertaining.

That would be somewhat less true without the rape scene, for sure, but the rest of the movie mostly wasn't holding up too well either.

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Thanks again for another great time with the #Monsterdon crew! See y'all next week!

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@Taweret You tell ‘em! #Monsterdon

@ohiofi WE SHOULD HAVE LISTENED

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Gave it one and a half stars at letterboxd https://letterboxd.com/anderson_petaq/film/invasion-of-the-bee-girls/ #monsterdon

@CactuarJoe @RobynGoodfellow I want one!

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@apLundell Oh, I thought you were referring to the producers there… #Monsterdon

@Taweret

The title sounded good. 🤷‍♂️ 🐝

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Still, the Bee Girls were more bee-like than the Cat Women from the Moon were cat-like.

So the film had that going for it.

They weren't tremendously bee-like. But they kind of had the eyes, and they made the noise. So that's something.

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@apLundell eh, if it's at his house, it's definitely his. if it's at the lab, there's dozens of people it could be, including several in his lab. way less focused blame.

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@davesdogmaggie ♪ Carry on my wayward sooon~ ♫ There'll be ball when you are doooone~ ♫ #Monsterdon

@Taweret i can't help it if i'm weak for monster girls and double weak for bee girls :( bee girls are usually really good

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@moira Yeah, they literally never even mention that scene again. Bleh. #Monsterdon

“Hey guys, they came back with an X rating for ‘Invasion of the Girls with Boobies’, but I think we can make a small change to the title and get that R rating.”
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Hello beautiful #Monsterdon peeps, please consider voting for the movie, Piranha, to view next. 🙏
There is only mild sex and nudity in it, per IMDB.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078087/parentalguide/?ref_=tt_stry_pg#certificates

@CactuarJoe Yeah, take that back out - and it serves NO PURPOSE! - and it's way more laughable in the good way

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@apLundell for reals holy shit

tho' okay 1973 that's ... actually a lot more reasonable. i think we were illegal in every state (except possibly nevada) in '73

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@moira Yeah, that was really, really bad. :/

I know it's a risk but I hope it doesn't happen again. Threw me out too.

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@r343l One of the better things about this movie, imho. #Monsterdon

@neia 😂 WELL DONE

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@hollie I was seriously knocked out of the movie for a good 25 minutes

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elsewhere, where the bee women won:

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You're not supposed to show the creepy eyes until you already got him balling. #monsterdon

what the ball did I just watch

Thanks as always @Taweret for hosting and everybody for posting! Looking forward to next week!

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@aprilfollies @Lazarou @Taweret I see what you did there #monsterdon

If you're reading this, you're at the tail end of a long stream of posts on the feed about #Monsterdon, a fediverse community movie-watching event. This week we watched INVASION OF THE KILLER BEE GIRLS (1973). See the post at the top of this thread for more info:

https://hachyderm.io/@SnoopJ/111004128276431553

the costuming department just found a style of sunglasses they like and said "good enough" #monsterdon

@SnoopJ I think your review is pretty spot on. There was a lot there to work with, and they had a decent story. They just didn't follow through.

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@CactuarJoe My theory is that this movie is the reason people stopped referring to "balling" #monsterdon

@diazona @wrog Yah, this was well before the series of Mickey Mouse Protection Acts were passed so Also Spracht Zarathustra was well in the public domain by then

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For my money the bee girls were less interesting than the wasp woman was even though she never stripped down. And bees are not wasps #monsterdon

#monsterdon If this movie was un-fun, I would recommend also avoiding *Hell Comes to Frogtown*, which made for an extremely uncomfortable bad-movie night.

@sean @Taweret <claps>

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@davesdogmaggie I DID. IT DIDN'T HELP

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once more at the bottom of thread:

If you are seeing this and are unsure what #monsterdon is, it's a weekly event at 6pm Pacific on sundays where a bunch of us watch a movie together and post about on the #monsterdon hashtag.
https://wiki.neuromatch.social/Monsterdon

beneath this there are several thousand posts about a movie you weren't watching, and if you don't want to join in the future you should mute "#monsterdon" (or add a temporary mute to clean them up for your feed for now):
https://wiki.neuromatch.social/Monsterdon#Muting
https://wiki.neuromatch.social/Filters

Oof. Hadn't seen that for almost 20 years - wayyy more gratuitous non-consensual sex stuff than I'd remembered, guess I blocked it out.

Dug the soundtrack, the clothes, the set design, but... oof.

Oh well. Thanks everyone for joining in! Thanks @Taweret for hosting! Good luck this week, see you next Sunday!

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@msh @Taweret Something about the actors' desire to succeed seemed pathetic to me personally #monsterdon

The main bee woman clawing at her face is a nice touch.
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@jonny @SnoopJ Or have the one woman who tricked the army guy at the quarantine checkpoint show up on a busy city street somewhere and pull down her sunglasses to show bee eyes. #monsterdon

Hm. I guess Richard Strauss is also public domain? (though having this be only a few years after 2001:ASO seems extra-special lame/asking-for-trouble...)

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I’m working again, so I couldn’t watch #Monsterdon with yinz, and maybe I’m happy I didn’t actually see it, but I was definitely entertained. Thanks, @Taweret !

@SnoopJ like it would have made way more sense with the way the main man character was just ignoring her and wanted to shut her up with sex, it was literally harder to play also sprach there and not do a bee sound #monsterdon

#Monsterdon updated commentary: clearly some kind of beauty treatment.

@jmelesky They're so rare!

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2001 bees?
I hate this movie.
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Well, that was disturbing. But I'll live.

#BeeGirls
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There's no way I could have tolerated that without watching Liquid Sky at the same time.

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