Ok, I confess I got distracted by Pokopia at the end there and didnβt watch or post with my full attention
Mea culpa etc. etc. etc. #Monsterdon
Well that was...
thanks y'all. Fun as usual. Have a great night. #Monsterdon #JasonandtheArgonauts πΏπ₯
So skeletons is this like a minecraft crossover or some shit? #monsterdon
@moira is it consensual kissing, not involving him? of course he's running away π
And so they sailed off into the sea! A happy ending, if you don't know the full story of Jason and Medea! #Monsterdon #JasonAndTheArgonauts (1963)
you just can't be mad at a movie that ends with an absolutely mad skeleton fight. A+++
#monsterdon And that was our last special effects sequence so the movie is over ... now.
So .. he does not actually get to complete his quest.
Go figure.
Hey, everyone, let's just stand here while that guy throws teeth around. Seems legit. #Monsterdon
They ended a story with Jason & Medea on a positive note? I call shenanigans.
And ... THE END. Somehow think Hera is less than pleased with Jason, though.
Oh, wow! That entire fight sequence with the skeletons was amazing.
Well that was fun, thanks all! Hadn't seen that one since I was a kiddo
The lesson here us that strength training is SO IMPORTANT you can't win a battle if you lack muscle tone #Monsterdon
Hera: βAlexa, turn off my TVβ #Monsterdon
Bless you, Harryhausen.
@b which roles would the Narns and the Centauri play in the Babylon 5 Jason and the Argonauts adaptation?
Just don't let Chronos get his hands on it⦠#Monsterdon
Now they're scuba skels
the skeletons fucking rule! long live the skeletons! fuck the gods! fuck the kings! only the skeletons! #monsterdon
Skeletons? What the fuck? That's now how it works. #monsterdon
The fighting skeletons are adorbs!
I don't care how cool it looks, you don't throw away your sword or shield during battle.
#Monsterdon #JasonAndTheArgonauts1963
They call that army of skeletons The Boners.
Pretty sure animated skeletons can swim, my dude #Monsterdon
If I stab them, do they not bleed? Oh wait. #monsterdon
Ooo....he's throwing bits of the hydra. And like, those little microscopic critters in real life, you can cut them up and they all just grow back. #monsterdon
How did I not ever notice that cheerleaders are wearing Ancient Greek Fighting Skirts
lol, the one without a head!
Oh wow you can see how his sword is all dinged up
I'm not left handed EITHER! #Monsterdon #JasonandtheArgonauts1963
This is gorgeous!
#Monsterdon
Give up Skeleton, I have the higher ground!
The skeleton soldiers have krakens on their shields⦠kool Kool!
ALRIGHT IT'S ON :blobrainbow: #Monsterdon
For just a second I thought King Bouncy Beard was going to cry over the hydra like someone had killed his favorite rancor.
Screaming skeletons now? :blobdisapproval: #monsterdon
The Children of the Night⦠what lovely music they make!
β¦ Sorry, I channeled my inner Stoker for a second there. #Monsterdon
Love the skellies!
Of course bludgeoning weapons would work better.
skelly boys β€οΈ
#monsterdon
okay damn this some good skelly action
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ooo...the sweater woke up the chick and somehow she has bigger boobs now #monsterdon
lol! That scream and the sudden burst of speed made me snort laugh.
Shrieking like a little girl would also be my response to a gang of sword-wielding skeletons
Serious question, how does a skeleton monster scream without lungs?
did those skellys just... scream?
7 skeletons, one for each head?
Panning to the Argonauts for their reaction. Instead of surprise, fear, or determination, it's... confusion. Like: "hoo boy, this is a really tough math problem, how do I even approach it?"
#Monsterdon #JasonAndTheArgonauts1963
They're just skin and bones... without the skin
Imagine this on the big screen! #Monsterdon
But let's face it, this is the scene we all came for, isn't it?
Go skelly warriors!
The. HATS. Are. Sending. Me.
Hey guys, you're looking a bit thin. You been skipping breakfast?
"The skeletons were a big problem, they were only 8 inches high, and I had to conceal all of the ball joints and screw threads! ... My father actualy made the armatures for them on a lathe."
wai, he already have a bunch of soldiers, an will let the skeletons do the work?
C'mon men, attack with full force
#monsterdon
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@diazona Jason and the herbalists!
#Monsterdon
The rear projected stop motion technique was pretty good but the loss of quality on the background is brutal. #Monsterdon
Here we go. Sons of the dragon teeth!
You know, if they're slain by the Hydra, they were probably trying to get the Fleece their selves, so, y'know you'd think they'd be all more "Let's get Aetes!" #Monsterdon #JasonandtheArgonauts1963
Now for the money shot :)
I like how King Neckbeard screams "The Children of the Night!" and then lightning flashes and the hydra immolates itself so his goons can go grap its teeth.
King Neckbeard's actor had the correct energy for that scene.
@Taweret Shhh, just go with it. π#Monsterdon #JasonandtheArgonauts πΏπ₯
fancy shields they've got too. nice.
I know where this is going...
Just like a Grateful Dead concert
But the skellngtons have Grecian shields, not Persian.
Okay but why do the teeth of the hydra create HUMAN skeleton warriors?
#monsterdon
As many have pointed out... SKELETONS!!
Ooo, clacky clacky skeletons!
They're pulling off roasting meat from the snake. Very gamey tasting. #monsterdon
Final showdown time.... #monsterdon
All right! Skellies! #Monsterdon
Yissssssssssssssssssssssss HI BONES #Monsterdon
I was half expecting the tripped skeleton to collapse in a pile of bones
(me seeing the skeletons)
:sickoface: :sickos_yes:
#monsterdon
Looking at the argonauts' armor, it seems like they were trying to do a Greek linothorax armor (the common composite linen armor used in the Classical and Hellenistic eras), just made out of leather and with more bling added onto it in random places.
Meanwhile, the Colchisians seem to have a more Persian/Scythian mashup thing going for their gear.
Jason's look is going: "He's, throwing teeth on the ground? He's fuckin nuts."
#Monsterdon
"If you're not careful with this kind of sequence, it gets to be comical, and we didn't want a cartoon. Bernie's sequence was just perfect for this sequence."
Why do you hold your shield with the bird upside down?
#monsterdon I like how he just tosses the teeth out. Like he's throwing out candy to a crowd of children.
Few teeth here, a few teeth over there...
βRise up you dead slain of the Hydraβ #Monsterdon
So, like, double plus bonus for hydra animation, but minus one million points for hydra death.
Ok Argonauts, maybe you don't want to just be standing there.
Also found the City of Troy. #Monsterdon #JasonandtheArgonauts1963
Get a good nightβs sleep with the Golden Fleece. You can have your very own for only 10 to the power of 12 payments of $69.99.
@strangefour You steal his gold, he gives you teeth.
T is for his tooth-filled wrath
Your squashed ice cream cone hat is silly, sir.
This would have been a great opportunity to bring back the healing flowers. It'd be a nice show of Jason learning from Medea and using that knowledge. A sign of respect. It would also let the movie reduce the powers of the fleece: it blesses the nation rather than individuals.
Alas.
#Monsterdon #JasonAndTheArgonauts1963
Oh it's Ray time. I can sense it. #Monsterdon
"Jason and his pirates." Get his ass! #Monsterdon
Ancient Abraham Lincoln is like the anti tooth fairy.
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Sock-Hat Lincoln needs a decent pair of pants.
"In the original, rotting corpses appear, which would not be very appealing and horrific. We were out to make an unusual sequence, not a horrific one. So clean cut skeletons emerge instead.
-Ray
GURL. LET HIM DIE.
Nice touch - the Colchis outfits/armour and shields are distinctly Persian. The ancient enemies of Greece.
#Monsterdon #JaconAndTheArgonauts1963
Next christmas I'm not bothering with a tree, I want glowing golden fleece!