Time for the Black Pearl to make an appearance

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The Enterprise-D? #Monsterdon

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@socketwench Team Daedalus! #Monsterdon

#monsterdon Come... with... me... to a land of pure imagination! 🤪

How much is a human heart worth? It's weight in gold?
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Aha, Hera is genre savvy #monsterdon

Huh. I didn't know they played Axis and Allies on Olympus. #Monsterdon

Hermes is like instacart but for unwitting mortals. #monsterdon

@blogdiva you can tell how not used to it he is by how he is using his legs lmao #monsterdon

@paco They're so impressive!

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So the Gods just sit around and play Risk all day? #Monsterdon

"or at least to loose gracefully"

no one else has, why should she?

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Warhammer Of The Gods #monsterdon

Also - foreshadowing of cheating

The get big then turn into smoke version of the transporter never really caught on past the Byzantines, unfortunately.

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Welp, he's been vaporized. Movie over.
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Wait, could a woman tell him where to find the fleece, then?

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Hermes just showing off

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Why are they standing amongst ruins at this time in history? Shouldn’t this shit be all shiny and new?

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“Hermes” “Yes?? Er, I mean, I’m not Hermes! I’m, uh, Louis Vuitton. That’s it” #Monsterdon

This old guy wants a bj behind that wall, that's his game Jason....

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"I don't believe in no stinkin' gods"
"Oh yeah, watch this!"

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Jason is an atheist?! In a world where the gods actively meddle? OK, baller move. #Monsterdon

in Greek myths, the heroes are always wary of the gods. They keep them at an arms-length because they know they are fickle -- extending and denying grace at the roll of the dice. But in Hollywood mythical film, the gods are stand-ins for the Christian God. So the protagonist must always be their champion.

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Go find this fleece stuff

Then build a ship

Then find a crew for the ship

TFW you gotta do the GRIND to level up #Monsterdon

Did Jason ever think to ask who he saved?

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Yes, that horseshoe toy harp was definitely making that harp sound we just heard

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Is that DAY POSING AS NIGHT is it?

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The whole if I destroy Jason, I destroy myself thing. That's just taken on faith I take it.

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LIke this camp isn't heavily monogrammed with Pelias on all the things?

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Jason, have you considered that the guy with the huge camp and tons of followers might not be the guy to speak freely to?

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Golden Fleece, G.E.C.K., close enough

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RE: https://timeloop.cafe/@bunnyhero/116236164715720067

Soooo many babies #Monsterdon

Why are the ruins already in ruins in these movies?
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I always keep a couple people just dancin' around my camp for like, no reason. #Monsterdon

they don't even ask to see his ID

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Boy, the Greek gods are jerks. #Monsterdon

SURPRISE, MOTHERFUCKER!

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Guy who is planning a murder in any work of fiction ever: You must accept my hospitality!

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LIMBOOOOO #Monsterdon

Campy hospitality you say?

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One sandal....not 6 fingers....that's for another guy.

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The main takeaway of a childhood spent obsessively reading Greek myth was "Man, everyone always seems to hate Hera." Very interesting this movie doesn't #monsterdon

"They all look at home in a costume. Many Americans look ill-at-ease in a toga." hahahahahahaha

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You’re not the boss of me Zeus!

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"You may help Jason five times! Five times only! After that the movies really get shitty so don't press your luck." #monsterdon

Gotta work in a little misogyny there...

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Hera: Fuck you in particular, Briseis

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The (Greek) gods must be crazy.
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That Pelicans guy is a jerk!

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Now, from the penthouse suite at Caesars Palace... #monsterdon

One sandal’d man will be there as soon as he’s done killing Richard Kimble’s wife #Monsterdon

Oh so murder is a problem because it's not a divine motivation. #Monsterdon

JSON and the api-o-nauts.

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@firefly_lightning and I are doing #Monsterdon again. This is my kind of movie.

Harryhausen
Weird magic
Day players with swords

Ah shoot. I forgot to hook up second monitor to new PC. After old PC died earlier in the week which was my second monitor for monster chatting. Gonna be funky trying to do this on phone.
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#Monsterdon #JasonandtheArgonauts1963 Quick kill all the sandal makers!

Yep, killing in a temple always a good idea...

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Oh hey, we have a (partially) painted statue! (For more on polychromy as it's called, see e. g. this great New Yorker feature.)

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#Monsterdon #JasonAndTheArgonauts1963 *slaps roof of the bronze age* this bad boy can hold SO MANY mythological stories about attempted infanticide

Unusual colouring in this print. Is this vaunted Dynavision? It looks like dark Cibachrome.

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Okay genuinely appreciate the color on that statue #Monsterdon

This is the musical equivalent of eating stinky tofu (which is supposed to taste really good, they say)

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Ooh, a painted [faux] marble statue! I'm loving it

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I’m late to #Monsterdon and there’s already a fleeing crying baby

Honestly sad we are not watching a Roman film on this most auspicious day of the Ides of March
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okay I like that Hera sculpture that's nice

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@plaidtron3000

That's the punchline at the end of the film.

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Why do they cover their stone buildings in kindling?

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Is the gamma really bad, is it meant to be night, or is my TV just doing a bad job here? It's so dark.
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The writing on his hands must be really really small to get all those words in.

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Don't forget the Aristo's Cats.

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Classic prophecy avoidance

It never ends well, y'know

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"Look Pyrrus, stop trying to make 'Pyrrhic victory' happen. It's NOT GOING TO HAPPEN."

200 years later

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🦖#MONSTERDON 🎞️

⁉️ TRIVIA AND THE ARGOS ⛵🌊

Oscar Night Connection

"Some people say Citizen Kane (1941) or Casablanca (1942). I say 'Jason and the Argonauts' is the greatest movie ever made."

- Tom Hanks, when giving Harryhausen the Gordon E. Sawyer Award recognizing his contributions to the film industry at the Oscars' Science & Technical Ceremony in 1992

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If you don’t want riddles and mysteries, why ask an oracle? #Monsterdon

#monsterdon god damn bbq got out of hand! ow ow ow!

Ohhhhh ASHES. I thought it was steaming manure. Scatnomancy, lol

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Right away, that they could afford actors both on the cliff and the beach below would indicate a higher budget than typical #monsterdon fare.

This charcoal guy is now a science advisor in the Trump administration. #monsterdon

The film grain is strong with this one. #monsterdon

King of the gods of the Greeks, which is us, the Greeks, just to be clear.

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Zeus as king of the gods of the greeks implies you can get *fun* bits with bringing in other pantheons

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BERNARD HERRMAN YAAAAAAYY

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it's been mythology march at #monsterdon

Okay that's an impressive establishing shot, with the perspective and the beach below.

Some serious cinematography to get us started.

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There are art history majors which are *dying* right now to tell you what ceramic style they're referencing.

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I choose to believe that was a drawing of Zeus canoodling

It wouldn't be proper ancient Greek legend without it

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@MatthewTitus88 Wait! We're supposed to be high for this? Dammit! I have have are cold cuts. #Monsterdon #JasonandtheArgonauts 🍿🎥

Banned from Argo...

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Friday the 13th: Jason goes to Greece #monsterdon

⚡ TURN DOWN YOUR LIGHTS ⚡

(this means you, Zeus)

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Isn't this sort of the plot of that Ray Bradbury story, The Foghorn? (searches online) Oh, it was written in 1951 and Wikipedia says this movie was based on it! #Monsterdon #TheBeastFrom20000Fathoms

Ohhhhh-Kay. I'm out. Thanks y'all, nite The Beast from 20000 Fathoms.

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So fun. Waves of great creatures to battle, gods betting on humans, humans betting on gods. And an abrupt ending where they are all already out at sea. Thanks for the perfect palate cleanser @Taweret, @Cherizilla and @JoeWynne. See you all next week, #Monsterdon

"a spot absolutely uninhabited by white men" so like.....Brampton?

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«Un sea-monster?? Ciboire de câlisse de tabarnak!»

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Fact check: there is a Marquette in Canada, but it's in Manitoba and…wait, also, a franco-canadien would never say "zut alors"

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I am seeing new faces at #monsterdon , which is awesome. I wonder if we should encourage people to tag their #FirstMonsterdon so we can wave and say hi and boost all their funny stuff.

Did I just hear a weed joke?

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