That was a good one! Thanks @Taweret@octodon.social and everyone! #monsterdon

This plot was very Twilight Zone (complimentary)

WHOA I just saw "story by Ray Bradbury", well well well

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Another #Monsterdon is in the can!

Thanks to @Taweret for hosting!

Tonight we had all kinds of outer space shenanigans, and they were in 3D! (sort of)
* Big rock go boom!
* Monsters with a mean fish eye!
* Alien possessions!
* Lots of theremin goodness!

#ItCameFromOuterSpace

ooooo, a Not-John and he has a powerful cone!

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ooooooo, Space Wand!

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huh. google says there are in fact more violent crimes on hot summer days

the more you know

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Heh. That had to be a weird scene from the alien's POV. Sheriff knocks on the window and immediately gets slugged. Do these weird human things have some sort of cultural taboo against knocking on windows? Strange culture. #Monsterdon

reaches for his gun and starts talking about heat and violence.

Americans.....

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Welp time to move, your house has glitter herpes. #Monsterdon

"Was I thinking about Ellen"
"So was I"

*sexy music comes on...

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@socketwench waaaiiittt...Spock never wore that?

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This actor is in all these old films. #monsterdon

Why do they all exit out the driver side?

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IT'S GLITTER AT THE SCENE OF THE CRIME!!! #Monsterdon

"Maybe they walked off into the desert"
As calm, rational people often do, leaving the car door open...

She's keeper!

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Thanks to Hollywood I always equate joshua trees with alien planets

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Wait - lack of radioactivity is odd for things coming in from outer-space?

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Is the glitter the Alien's blood? What fabulous beings!

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I like how all these B monster films don't have actual music, no royalties

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Ugh, so American, almost kills....something.... out on the road...reaches for his gun to investigate. Without even thinking....

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The weird colourisation makes John's car look a very subtle shade of.....WHOA!

BIG ALIEN ROADKILL!

(almost)

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Oh good, now we can get back to the rom-com storyline. #Monsterdon #WillTheyOrWontThey

Next thing he'll be telling us is the world is round

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They shut the door? Must've thought he was a Jehovah's Witness. #Monsterdon

Go on, walk into the weird hexagon you idiot....stick your face into any eggs you see while you're at it...

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"Oh yeah, Dave has a helicopter, let's go look at the crash site in Dave's helicopter... he's always around..."

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Are we viewing the world through the Alien's eye?

Are they shitting gold?

Earth is going to be difficult for them if so

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That there is what NASA calls 'lithobraking'

Knowledge is power my friends

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he's smoking a pipe and is wearing a corduroy jacket inside the house. she's got her pearls on and they're almost making out in front of telescope. totally gentrifying. #monsterdon

Go for the crotch first lady, don't waste time with kisses. Too late...

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judging by the #monsterdon traffic on my timeline, i really missed out.

OK! Another #monsterdon in the books!
Today I learned:
sometimes good guys wear bad ties too!
Just because you have a thereminist on contract, doesn't mean they have to play through the whole movie!
Elbow patches really used to be a signifier for "Smart Guy"! Homer didn't just make that up!
Folk been like, "hahaha, I piss on your 4th Amendment" for a lot longer than we're currently able to admit.
Thanks to @Taweret & the gang for a grand ol' educational time!

@Zerofactorial 'highly emotional beings....with firearms!"

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@plaidtron3000 I expect they were hoping for the Ocean but got Land instead, hence the shenanigans

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That was an uncharacteristically good movie. It had a reasonable semblance of a plot, and an ending, and a quality soundtrack, and even character development (OMG!)

#Monsterdon has ruined my expectations

Thanks @Taweret and everyone 😛

@yatsu the engagement is off

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OH, it was a Ray Bradbury joint? That explains a lot!

Pretty enjoyable by #Monsterdon standards. See y'all for the next one!

well, the aliens did nothing and we didn't either and then they fucked off

ty for joining, everyone!!

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Hey, for once the film didn't end abruptly! Holy crap, we got an *actual ending*, that feels good. #Monsterdon

Aaaaaaand fin. That was indeed actually pretty good! And non-hostile aliens! Nice change!

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I guess the whole flaming and screaming thing is part of the ship's normal operation.

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so, they were leaving anyway so we didn't need to blow up the cave or do literally anything

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oooh even his fingers are gray + colorized

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@SnoopJ I guess I'm starting to see why Star Trek was such a big deal

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Aw, movie, did you deprive us of the scene of the alien lady doing a swan dive into an acid pit? Seriously? #monsterdon

No John, hug ALL the hostages

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I am *really* enjoying the peaceful alien angle here. That kind of optimism was (is!) kind of rare in stories of this sort.

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Look at the power of my cone! #monsterdon

Keep reaching for the stars!

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ellen went to the stormtrooper school of aiming #monsterdon

How de fuq do you miss somebody with a long duration beam weapon? #Monsterdon

this movie is going to end very suddenly, isn't it?

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d'awwww we're getting an aerial view of Mater and the Cars crew when they were young. #Monsterdon

@catzilla ...Doesn't that imply the dress Ellen was wearing in the desert was actually John's? :3 #Monsterdon

The Police car is such a vibrant shade of pink

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"Hey you!"

What are the chances one of the three alien clones just happened to be walking by right then?

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there's a trail of glitter in his house... and he is now in the closet. ok, this movie is totally about the gays, isn't it? starting with the EYEANUS. #Monsterdon

LOL the musical sting on the empty wardrobe

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#monsterdon (ah heck, got to get my laundry out of the dryer, ugggggh. For this I have nobody to blame but myself.)

John got exposed to eye-dick and was left wandering the desert, disorientated and distressed

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Why does everybody invading the Earth explain their plans to just one human then let them go?

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"Come out where I can see you!"

"No."

Oh. Okay, then, fine. #Monsterdon

It's all happening down the Old Mine...Arizona's hottest new fetish club!

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Ellen looks fly.
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Alien Ellen is dressed for a party
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lol, 'temptress Ellen'

ffs....

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The alien leaves a trail of glitter?
Well, that’s festive. #monsterdon

Now I DO actually have a bingo. :D

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🎬 CULTURAL INFLUENCE 🎬

In #StarTrek Deep Space 9, an episode "Little Green Men" was an homage to 50s B movies. Crewmembers go back in time.

One of the characters was named Carlson, just like the main actor in "It Came From Outer Space". Coincidence?

#ItCameFromOuterSpace 🌌
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hotboxing weed in that space cadet helmet

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haha I love the helmet
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Thankfully, the 60s greatly improved on Space Helmet design. It also added Space Fun.

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is it the 1800s now?

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lol, George and his Boss standing in the hallway like an album cover

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lol, love how George and his boss walk like Kang and Kodos exchanging long protein strands

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DON'T BE AFRAID! we won't take your souls, your minds and all that jazz cuz we don't have enough glitter. #Monsterdon

George talking like he's speaking thru a rotary phone... and dude saw Frank all dead on the ground. eeeeeeek! #Monsterdon

It Came From Outer Space And Rotated Our Owls #monsterdon

lol, as John's car turns it goes through three different colours....I would drive a car like that!

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@fabio it's the 50s, they wouldn't let you see the glitter. Fascists....

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<dialup-noises>

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John gives us his best "Listening to a phone" face. So much animation

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Are they listen to Theremin on the phone lines?
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she's not curious about the alien she also saw because she's a dumb old girl who doesn't understand stuff like that

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This movie is making me want to buy a hat for some reason

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"It's alive and waiting for you…ready to kill you if you go too far"

Real weird way to say that, John.

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@socketwench We know how to deal with copycats >:3 #Monsterdon

“This town doesn’t understand you. You have a telescope. You think for yourself. How are we supposed to accept that?” #monsterdon

“A man who thinks for himself” - such an underhanded accusation of communism because 50s #monsterdon

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"no sign of any radioactivity"

umm, that geiger counter was going nuts a few minutes ago...

Wait, they must have had a science consultant for this. (Mentioning that a meteor has a fusion crust)

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This is probably the earliest example I've seen of effective tension-building and jump scares in a horror movie

They didn't get me, but in a dark theater they probably would

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She *hates* Joshua trees.

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Oh, that eye ball coming at you through the car windshield would have looked *awesome* in 3D.

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"I thought I heard something"

Don't worry it was probably just the theremin

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Apparently Barbara Rush died just 15 days ago, age 97. R.I.P. #monsterdon

that run down Arizona air field just screams "drugs smuggling", doesn't it?

Yer man the Teacher with the meth, yeah?

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He's convinced that it came from outer space because of the size and appearance of the alien ship.

The fact that he literally watched it fall from the sky seems to be a freak coincidence.

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The whole area sealed off? This is the desert right? It's not like there's a ton of people around. #Monsterdon

"...it was a meteor. The biggest one that ever hit us!"
"ummm, the dinosaurs would like a word."

#Monsterdon #ItCameFromOuterSpace