WHY WOULD YOU PUT YOUR SWORD *DOWN* #Monsterdon

@LuluHelle [screaming in Skeleton]

#Monsterdon

#monsterdon what we've been waiting for!
The children of the hydras teeth.
Skelongtons!

You can't kick these things in the bollocks or any of those tricks

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skellington said AAAAAAAA

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Keel zem. Keel zem aul. #Monsterdon

time for the skeleton war :blobfoxhyper2:

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I don't know why you set up a healing flower and then invoke a random fleece power instead

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SKELETONS, SKELETONS, SKELETONS, SKELETONS

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I wish I could summon the Dead against my enemies...

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Nice touch - the Colchis outfits/armour and shields are distinctly Persian. The ancient enemies of Greece.
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Put her under the golden weighted blanket! It has the power to smush her with excessive weight! #monsterdon

Wow, that christmas tree tinsel casts Cure 3. #Monsterdon

Jason, no - don't pull the arrow out. First Aid 101.

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Yeah yeah, can't have a woman survive in an action flick 🙄 🙄 #Monsterdon

@SnoopJ @jonny I mean literally what were their representatives doing when we met them? CLEARING A TRADE ROUTE! The necessity of the system is self-evident!

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ooo, I think the Skeletons are coming!

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"Fetch me the hydra's teeth"

*dangerously radioactive hydra teeth

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"Fetch me the Hydra's teeth. We'll check its dental records and get a positive ID!"

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"Are we the Baddies, our god is a 'Queen of the Darkness'?"

#Monsterdon

Priestess gives Jason a Potion of Cure Light Wounds to heal the scratch on his arm.

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Stretches of this movie aren’t working for me but anytime there’s a stop motion effect, this movie really sings. Beautiful stuff #Monsterdon

this hydra is a real hissypants

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"Seven headed dragon. Of course. This has not been my month." Jason. #monsterdon

The golden fleece is legit half Christmas tinsel. #monsterdon

#Monsterdon #JasonAndTheArgonauts1963 snitches get witches

The local king is on to Jason's Colonial shenanigans

#Monsterdon

🦖#MONSTERDON 🎞️

⁉️ TRIVIA AND THE ARGOS ⛵🌊

This film killed in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan.

In the U.S., though, despite its awesomeness, audiences had tired of the sword and sandals epics beloved by Harryhausen. There had been just too many flooding the theaters. It only did middling business.

The ending clearly suggests a sequel was planned, but, no.

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@allanb and yet they are apparently servants/bodyguards 😬

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My Lord....

I believe your beard and hairpiece are reversed

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The beard looks like a bad mall santa's beard. #monsterdon

Way to go, Romulan babe. #Monsterdon

OK, I was wrong. THIS is the time on #Monsterdon when we dance!

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Statue boppin' to it #Monsterdon

OK, this dance scene has serious Star Trek vibes, expect Kirk to show up and to try to seduce the golden dancer.

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"It has no name yet we use it every day in our medicine"

seems unlikely nobody has yet to give it a name...

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Why is this crew so eager to fight?

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Oh hey you have a golden fleece? Can I like... have it? It's a pretty important deliverable for this project. #monsterdon

Jason gets out the fancy tunic he has for the Ladies...

#Monsterdon

Gojiralakos

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"beat out the stroke, but keep it easy"

ancient greek sailors...

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OOOooo, a drummer, okay now it's getting cool

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The Legendary Two Clashing Rocks!

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Lily is watching. #Monsterdon

Oh hey, bananas

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This is how you stop drones btw....that or lasers..

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🦖#MONSTERDON 🎞️

⁉️ TRIVIA AND THE ARGOS ⛵🌊

🎵 Musical Appreciation

In this film, Bernard Herrmann did not use any strings. You heard only woodwinds, etc.

But afterwards, in Psycho, he only used strings.

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So many fantastic Harryhausen creatures!

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🦖#MONSTERDON 🎞️

⁉️ TRIVIA AND THE ARGOS ⛵🌊

REUSE, RECYCLE Part 2

The costumes for tonight's feature were reused from the Spartan and Thespian costumes in 'The 300 Spartans' released the previous year.

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We're down to one twink, Jason. This isn't a good start

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Hylas, you were supposed to be the smart one....

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#Monsterdon #JasonAndTheArgonauts1963 this was the 1963 version of luke swywalker taking down an at-at with his lightsaber

Lefty loosey Jason! Lefty Loosey!

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LEAD HIM TO THE ROCKS

"And what will you do?"

Oh, I'm hidin'

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this is a wonderful confrontation #monsterdon

Is Jason going to tie his shoelaces together?

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"Ack! What's Ancient Greek for Ctrl-Z?!"

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REVERSE ABANDON SHIP!
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Just leave herc and his side twink behind, they don't even make decent eye candy.
#monsterdon

CUE THE RAY HARRYHAUSSEN
#monsterdon

I don't understand any of that wind-up

#Monsterdon

"Take food and water, nothing else."

"Can I take a look? Can I take my time? Can I take a chance?"

"That's enough, Hercules"
#monsterdon

This feels very much like a trap, treasure chambers usually are...

#Monsterdon

really amazing that boats are one of those technologies that have been absolutely reliable.

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I like how Jason comes up with a complete nonsense plan "I'm gonna get a golden sheepskin and that will cause a revolution!" and follows it up with an almost as zany plan "I'll tell all the famous heroes in Greece about the golden sheepskin and then they'll join me because of how cool that is!" and so far everything is working according to plan.

#monsterdon

She totem what to do

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Wait… you don’t even have a ship yet?!

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Couldn’t avoid a third Hercules film, I guess #Monsterdon

well hello there Euphemus… 😽

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#monsterdon "Discus?"

"No thanks, I already ate."

@Lazarou I was like, 'What'd Zeus ever do to you?', and then realised oh it's #Monsterdon.

I'd tell Zeus to fuck off too

#Monsterdon

Trusting in divine will is a great way to get fleeced

#Monsterdon

"Well, at least you're honest. That's more than I can say for most mortals!"

OOOOOH MORTAL BURN 🔥

#monsterdon

Jason is so smol

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Imagine a load of elite tossers playing games with people's lives across the planet, who would stand for that?

#Monsterdon

Ooh, gods playing chess

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Build a ship, and collect two of every, no no wait. Shit. How does it go again? #monsterdon

Everybody has ancient Greek names but the main guy is named like the guy who did your MOT* last

(*it's a british car thing, Jason is a mechanic)

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This movie starts in ancient Greece; the myth is supposed to be in the heroic Bronze Age but the sets and costumes look more classical.

I don't remember the actual myth very well, but that's fine since it's a movie and explains things. We got an evil tyrant who took the throne of Thessalay but there's a prophecy that one of the previous king's son will kill him, so he tries to kill all the children of the king, but a kid named Jason escapes with godly arrangement.

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Jason looks like Jack Quaid and Karl Urban had a kid together while they were filming The Boys

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This sort of thing is why time travel plots are fun but also frustrating.

#Monsterdon

Temu Vincent Price

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Couples are always arguing about the profanation of their temples...

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"A one-sandalled man will come. Beware of he who has blown out a sandal on the off ramp. Threw a shoe on the expressway. Flipped a clog on the turnpike"

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I hate it when my soothsayer lets the main character go thereby making the entire story possible. #monsterdon

how many babies were doomed by prophecies?

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Will they die tonight, or day-for-tonight

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@diazona trouble always starts with Zeus... #Monsterdon

Okay they do name the beast's made up species. Rhedosaurus. I've forgotten most of this movie. Like how glacially it's paced.
#Monsterdon #TheBeastFrom20000Fathoms

Oh how I have missed you coffee on Monsterdon. Hercules never enjoyed a fresh cup of coffee. The heathen.
#Monsterdon #TheBeastFrom20000Fathoms

Weed mentioned, kinda? Smoke Virginia Gold instead.
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wait why didn't today's #monsterdon movie inspire a whole sub-genre of ancient greeks fighting skeleton armies? I think this is the only time I've seen that trope done?

Wait... that's the end? Boooo!

#Monsterdon #JasonAndTheArgonauts1963

@ottaross Jason: “Women may only communicate thru dance”

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The Snacks From My 20 Paces Away Fridge
I have to get more carrots and juice.
#Monsterdon #BeastFrom20000Fathoms

@hollie @MichaelKlamerus accurate

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@MichaelKlamerus you’ll get used to it. That’s how #Monsterdon movies do.

Not a total brick-wall-in-the-face ending, but not exactly a denouement.

THATS IT.
#monsterdon

Once again, #monsterdon doesn't know how to end a movie. Absolute A+++ Harryhausen though! Goodnight folks, everybody in the eastern part of the UJS stay safe, and see y'all next week!