His office only got the brunette assistant, he should have paid extra to get the purple hair premium model. #Monsterdon

@GeoffWozniak my group has a grant in but we won't be able to start work until 2036 due to budgetary reasons #monsterdon

@aburka "Moon Means Purple"

#Monsterdon

When does Thunderbird 1 land?

#Monsterdon

https://clip.cafe/frankenstein-meets-the-spacemonster-1965/and-now-maximum-energy/

#monsterdon #invasionufo

ME?? You're saying *I* look tired?? -- was that look

#Monsterdon

@moira @nev could you have SEXY puppets though? #Monsterdon

@Binder He's very low energy. #Monsterdon #InvasionUFO 🛸👽

So we're just doing the same 20 minutes over and over again huh Gerry. #Monsterdon #invasionUFO

You say U.F.O , we say Ufoe, the important thing is the non English speakers are frozen out....

#Monsterdon

They blew up a spacefighter, but with this editing he'll be back in the next act with no explanation.
#monsterdon

@ottaross sacrificial lambs apparently #monsterdon

#monsterdon the spacecraft exploded AND a bullet ricocheted off the hull at the same time?! What are the odds

I'd like an amber visor that doesn't cover my eyes. In case I forget it's the 70s, I can just look up

#Monsterdon

getting deja vu with the reused footage

#monsterdon

Fuck you posh space computer

bad attitude!

#Monsterdon

speculative exposition, just what we needed
#Monsterdon

Nah dude, the real civilisational killer appears to be Climate Change, not what you're ranting on about...

#Monsterdon

@jsadow They kind of explained the plot in the movie, but I think they cut out more parts from the show that provided additional context.

#monsterdon

Did he say "Glam transplants?"

#monsterdon

lol, does everyone in this meeting smoke?

#Monsterdon

"Many times the speed of light"

Physics consultant was on break during that scene's shoot.

#monsterdon

I guess we just have to get used to "youfo" as though that were a sane pronunciation. #monsterdon

Aliens know about drugs. Take me to your “dealer”

#monsterdon #invasionufo

"Where do they come from.......where do they go? Cottoneye Joe? "

#Monsterdon

The doctor says that the alien has had a lot of organ transplants and also that mutilated bodies were found near the sites of UFO attacks, so the aliens are stealing our organs I guess, which is rude.

#monsterdon

So the UFO shoots its laser at the supersonic transport, but then the submarine fighter guy shoots it down with rockets. We discover a body and do an alien autopsy.

The alien looks just like a human but is green, the doctor says that the alien is green because he was submerged in green liquid. After all the wacky sets and miniatures it seems kind of weird that they just went with a green human for the alien.

#monsterdon

Cor Blimey sir, he's dehydrating!
#Monsterdon

Nurse Reaction is on call

#Monsterdon

Does the alien have a moustache ?

#monsterdon #invasionufo

Commander Straker is the only guy allowed to wear the most outlandish turtle-neck of anyone

#Monsterdon

Washing your hands is the only precaution you need after meeting an alien who just crashed

#Monsterdon

Ok I finally figured out who captain is. Dick Van Banacek

#monsterdon #InvasionUFO

The dramatic zoom in isn't done until I SEE NOSEHAIR DAMMIT.
#Monsterdon

Everyone saying “you foe” but no one asking “why foe?”

#monsterdon #invasionufo

I like that there is an alien race that developed interstellar travel just to go be video game enemies

#Monsterdon

So what is happening now is an extended interception scene, where the interceptors (which look like shoes with toe-mounted missiles) take off and launch missiles at the approaching alien ship (which looks like a spinning cone), and most of the dialog is instructions passed between the wig ladies and the fighter boys (set to extremely funky music).

#monsterdon

"Stay on target!"

#Monsterdon

"Checking boosters!"

"Yeah, we're all checking boosters, lady in the fishnet top."

#monsterdon

Imagine riding an ICBM from a sub and that's what this dude is doing....just put a decent computer in there instead, poor guy...

#Monsterdon

@elithebearded This week's #monsterdon is the "movie" they made by bashing a few episodes together.

So Shado has a computer sidekick who lives in an absurdly spacious satellite and tracks the aliens when they arrive. He radios the moon base and tells them that a UFO is incoming headed toward the Atlantic.

The wig ladies then order their moonbase fighter pilots to scramble, so they don their motorcycle space helicopters and take the slides to their space fighters.

#monsterdon

#monsterdon The interceptors have post-nut clarity. They just get all droopy, and don't want to play anymore. Take their toys and nope-out….

For monsterdon this is pretty realistic space warfare, lots of manoeuvring, looking at screens and missiles firing....

#Monsterdon

@catzilla me too! :dancing_lizard: #monsterdon

It's not and Gerry and Sylvia Anderson production unless there's an elaborate way for the heroes to get ready and some funky tunes for the moment

#Monsterdon

Thunderbirds are go!

#monsterdon

FYI most of this thread is just gonna be me rambling about the uniforms, sets and miniatures in this show, because they're all great.

#monsterdon

The first movie theater experience I remember was pre school, so probably 4. My folks took me to a double feature of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Pinocchio. It was an age where I thought both were very scary, in different ways. #monsterdon

#monsterdon Didn't the concord straighten out its nose before takeoff?

This one sure doesn't.

"oo-fo" is how father Guido Sarducci pronounced it.

#Monsterdon

I'm still not sure I care about this plot

but I do want to make off with all the set design

and most of the costumes

#monsterdon

Striker is a bit hard on the old moral guilt trip....

#Monsterdon

The anti-alien force is called "SHADO" (pronounced "SHADO").

Its headquarters is underneath a film studio, which I sign explains to us, but really I only remember from the TV show. I thought that was a fun premise that they didn't quite do enough with (at least in the episode I saw.

#monsterdon

This guy is like Jeff Goldblum got into a teleporter with a vanilla Oreo instead of a fly

#Monsterdon

"Morning Gay"

Bit rude, Straight

#Monsterdon

Is this Cat-women Of The Moon?!

#monsterdon #InvasionUFO

@PurpleJillybeans SST, the plane that never got off the ground.

#Monsterdon

Why don't we have spaceplanes in 2026? Fucking Climate Change Timeline of misery....

#Monsterdon

In the next scene, Strayker is meeting with General Henderson, who wears sunglasses in a wheelchair, I guess because the aliens attacked him and he's hurt. Strayker told the UN to put Henderson to command the anti-alien force, but Henderson tells him that they put Strayker in command instead because he's younger and hotter.

#monsterdon

Was that cocaine on the desk?

#Monsterdon #InvasionUFO

The topic of this meeting is "appropriations to create a multinational force to fight aliens, which needs a moon base for some reason." reminding some of the audience that UFO was the inspiration for the video game X-COM.

Anyway Strayker is like "give us money we need to fight aliens" and the UN guys are like "WTF y u need moon base" which is probably a good question to ask. But then they seem to be leaning toward "okay" when Strayker leaves.

#monsterdon

lol, the dude smoking on the moon base while at work....

#Monsterdon

Those vehicles are at ogle level

#Monsterdon

Work 16 hours a day for the next ten years? I didn't think this movie was about the tech industry. #Monsterdon

How am I supposed to take Colonel Aryanweht-Dreme’s threat of child mutilation seriously when he calls them “yoo-foes”
#Monsterdon

Go team Venture

#Monsterdon

Love a good vendor meeting. #Monsterdon

Invasion: Ballroom Fund

#Monsterdon

Would you turn around Colonel?
Yeah.
Yeah.
That's it.
Now stick out your butt.
#Monsterdon

oooo, first Thunderbirds model! Loved those things as a kid....

#Monsterdon

A car phone in a motorcycle. Fancy.

#Monsterdon #InvasionUFO

Oh fuck, we landed in Pod People! D: D: D: #Monsterdon

THAT ESCALATED QUICKLY!!!!!!

#monsterdon #InvasionUFO

Starring Carl Sagan as The UFO

#monsterdon #InvasionUFO

I want to see that logo swoop in and save the day later

#Monsterdon

Presented by Incredibly Tedious Crap Entertainment! #Monsterdon

🛸 TURN DOWN YOUR LIGHTS 🛸

(where applicable)

#Monsterdon

Well, I’m pretty sure nothing can be worse than #InvasionUFO but I am willing to be proven wrong

#Monsterdon

They are in pain because this is the first time they've ever heard jazz
#monsterdon

THE MOON! Damn Mooninites.
#Monsterdon #TheyCameFromBeyondSpace

@paco "come friendly bombs, and drop on Slough..."

#Monsterdon

@moira That is somewhat of a relief given how bad the movie is! #Monsterdon

Anyway this concludes my #monsterdon thread for this UFO movie, in which we learned that the key to defeating aliens is to invest a submarine that shoots out a fighter jet that shoots missiles, a moonbase that shoots out space fighters that each shoot out a single missile eleventy times, a satellite with a talking computer on it, a lumbering APC to explore canada and a closet full of jumpsuits, fishnet shirts, motorcycle space helmets and purple wigs.

#monsterdon

Anyone get BINGO?

@randy_s *takes another huff on the bag of paint thinner

#Monsterdon

#Monsterdon 🌍 👨 👩 🫸 🚀 👽 🌕 😱
#InvasionUFO

No idea what that was about but it was fun to watch with y'all

thanks to @Taweret for hosting and @JoeWynne for trivia and @cherizilla for making sure we had bingo cards even though she couldn't join us tonight (I missed you!)

but most of all thanks to all you #Monsterdonians for making it worthwhile

finished watching Invasion: UFO 🌕🌗🌑🌑🌑
Plenty of fun miniatures & music but... no plot???

Watched in #Monsterdon watch party on Mastodon.

#NeoDB

So we um...had too foes and we instituted Luxury Gay Soace Vommunism ti build a sexy moonbase to defend against them but we were bad at it but then we got good at it and shot them all down...?

THE END

Where does it end?

Where does it begin?

What just happened?

Why was all of...this?

I dunno but this #Monsterdon was out of this world gay which made it better. Thanks @Taweret for invading our evening with Yoo Foes!

Also, I had a typo in my hashtag for half of the movie so that was a thing. :D

#monsterdon

Digging the deep space tune

#monsterdon #InvasionUFO

why are they hiding that aliens are killing people?

#InvasionUFO #monsterdon

If anything could be bleak and grey, it is Slough. I think it explains a lot about their acting. Do you know how grueling it is to commute to Slough?

#monsterdon

@_m_cubed_ Um something about organ transplants and the world can never know and more explosions.

#monsterdon

As expected, it didn’t make any sense. But I love love love the costumes, sountrack and visuals. Who cares if it’s terrible???

Thanks everyone who joined today, this was GROOVY, y’all deserve fishnets and purple hair in your lives! Do not drink colloidal silver. Thanks @Taweret
for organizing!
#monsterdon

Who am I?
What was this all about?
We have some thinkins to do!

Thanks @Taweret for hosting, and to all the #monsterdon voyagers!

HIGH SCORE: G G G

#monsterdon

@fabio pretty sure we need a complex number to fill in that slot

#Monsterdon #InvasionUFO

This film was a waste of my sarcasm. #Monsterdon

zzzzZZZZ *snrk* What? it's over? Gerry Anderson has some cool toys, but as per usual wasn't really able to tell a story with them. Thanks again to @Taweret for hosting. Have a great week Beautiful Mutants and keep a sharp eye out for You-Foes in your area. #Monsterdon #invasionUFO