"I've never thrown a discus before, I'd like to see how it's done."

Well, uh, not like *that*

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Old Hercules is an interesting choice if intentional

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CRAIG from GLASTONBURY

(mild applause)

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i really hate Zeus in all his iterations. he’s the quintessential malignant narcissist.

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#monsterdon Humidity is a killer… so much frizz…

how come this dude is wearing a bag #monsterdon

Lyre, lyre

PANTS ON FIRE

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Green sleeves? In Greece?

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You heard there's a tree at the end of the world? Not to be confused with the restaurant at the end of the universe? #Monsterdon

Hera should check her headgasket, looks like she's burning coolant. #monsterdon

Tomorrow's #mondayactionmovie also has a lot of nice beach action... #monsterdon

DUN DUN SANDALLLLLLLL #monsterdon

#Monsterdon tried to watch tonight's film by searching for "JSON and the Argonauts".

That would be a very different movie.

the gods are always just watching people in pools and mirrors and shit. what's the point of being a god if you don't even have internet

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The first 20 minutes is all prophecies coming true. #monsterdon

Launching my #monsterdon thread for #JasonAndTheArgonauts! It's starting a minute late because I timed my pre-movie snack poorly!

Monsterdon is the thing where we watch a monster movie every week and praise and or make fun of it. Mute the hash tag if you don't want to see 9 billions posts about it, follow @Taweret, the chicken of the void, if you want to vote in the weekly poll to determine the next movie we watch.

"We used to be a gorup of young people who loved to talk amonst ourselves about travelling to the moon and Mars and outer space. Ray Bradbury was among them. He was just starting out as a writer. So every Thursday evening we had a lovely get-together. And if you spoke about these things outside, people thought you were WEIRD!"

-- commentary track

this could be about #monsterdon !

thinking that every one of the extras in these scenes was a real human being....that's a lot of people to manage...

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"Fuck the Aristos!"

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NOTE: The "Golden Fleece Award" is actually something entirely different

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Horoscopes used to be really complicated. #monsterdon

Continuity was done by Phylis Crocker, so if anybody's limp or beauty mark swaps sides, you know who to blame. #monsterdon

Got a piece of pie and a cuppa tea, it's snowing outside, and the movie is streaming. Life is good.

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Wondering if the opening art is real
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ooo, they have a Dr Who in the cast...

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Hercules will also appear in this film

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Schneeeerrrrr

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We're go for #monsterdon!

*GASP* He's moving south! How could we have never figured that out?
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And now for the title scene from Ray Harryhausen's Ray Bradbury's The Fog Horn.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fog_Horn
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@JoeWynne Medea gets up to all kinds of crazy shit after she runs off with Jason. Maybe they decided the source material was too dark for a fun sequel.

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Never got why Harryhausen went with such an outdated look for the monster in this movie. It's all splayed out like an iguana, not built like a real dinosaur. Even at the time this body plan was like 50 years out of date.
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The Beast From 100 million Years Ago. Hmm needs work.
Wait it's a dinosaur that hibernates?
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Who else thought Hera looked jealous of Jason and Medea. Weird.

To much time as a statue I guess.
(Autocorrect just changed Medea to MediaWiki . Lol. )
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Anyway, this concludes my #monsterdon thread for Jason and the Argonauts in which we learned that... um... it's okay to take things if those things are shiny golden sheep skins, just be prepared to fight a skeleton army if you do!

Hoboy, Jason's taking the high ground!

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@Violinknitter lol, everyone is a thief or a mad god! #Monsterdon

Arrow in the back? Give Nancy a potion of Cure Light Wounds!

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Fantastic, loved it, it should have been a miniseries with one big stop-motion monster fight per ep until he got home.

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RE: https://dosgame.club/@MichaelKlamerus/116236565589304437

Evergreen #Monsterdon post

I do have a bingo so that's fun too

this was good! way better than every other movie I've ever seen with Herc in it

(low bar, yes yes)

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What a sublime way to go out, one of the most seminal VFX sequences in movie history. Thanks @Taweret for hosting, @cherizilla for the bingo, @JoeWynne for the trivia, a special shout-out to @wohali for relaying the commentary track, and all of you for being such fun company!

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@jonny The sheer hydra disrespect :/ #Monsterdon

@paco @ottaross Zeus is like, “I’m tired, Hera. Let’s go to bed. Good night, Jason.”

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@b I was thinking either Peter Jurasik or Andreas Katsulas could pull that roll off #monsterdon

BINGO!

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That was fun.....way better quality than our usual fare. Night all!

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And so Jason and the Argonauts ends mid-story. Huh. Anyway, time for the poll.

Was JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS (1963) the worst #Monsterdon movie of the year?

Yeeep. Let’s not see where the Medea storyline ends

In the eternal judgement of r/AITA, “Everyone Is an A-hole Here”

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Loved all the stop-frame animation, just awesome.

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@paco They need some maces for bludgeoning damage.

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Let's continue the game... another day.

Can't be a #monsterdon without a sequel setup.

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Let us continue the game... in the sequel..

Was there a sequel to this?

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lol, of course Zeus is a sore loser...

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@b which roles would the Narns and the Centauri play in the Babylon 5 Jason and the Argonauts adaptation?

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I fucking love that scene. Loved it still
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Art department should have made the skeletons have skeletal animals on their shields

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When a skeleton kills you then your skeleton should come out and fight with them
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Genuinely amazing effects

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@Lazarou I am loving you and @blogdiva live blogging #Monsterdon - hilarious takes

This sequence is the only reason anyone remembers this movie. #monsterdon

skeletons can't jump

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Mother of god, Harryhausen. This is amazing work

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The skeleton soldiers have krakens on their shields… kool Kool!

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Oh snap, Medea is Nancy Kovack? Shweet!

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"We had stuntmen, who were excellent swordsmen, portray the skeletons. and each one had a number on his back so we could keep track of which one was moving.

"...After about 12 rehearsals, we would shoot it without the stuntmen, and the actors knew exactly when things were supposed to happen.

"We timed the choreography like a ballet."

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Just like a Grateful Dead concert

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...So you guys didn't want to, like... Run? #Monsterdon

...How long's the germination period on a skeleton, anyway? #Monsterdon

never trust a man who grows a beard but no mustache. what kind of half-assed facial hair is that?

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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.

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[sowing of hydra's teeth continues]

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@msh No action film is complete without it. #Monsterdon #JasonandtheArgonauts 🍿🎥

lol, what if the teeth did nothing?

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"JAAASON! YOU HAVE STOLEN MY PANTS!"

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Wilhelm watching this movie and shaking his head in disbelief

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"Where were you 5 minutes ago?" Jason. #monsterdon

i wonder what uh king pelias is up to #monsterdon

What? They couldn’t get the hydra’s teeth without that massive fireworks show?

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Oo, skeletal hydra :D #Monsterdon

OOOOOhhhh this is how they do the Dragons er Hydra's Teeth #Monsterdon #JasonandtheArgonauts1963

Those hats I only see in Tibet or at Festivals....

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I cannot suspend my disbelief that Jason's weak-ass poke with a sword could take out such an excellent hydra #Monsterdon

It's fools' fleece!

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@hollie 😂

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Red shirts amirite?

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Jason lost another twink. #Monsterdon

@hollie

Combat by committee?

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If the Hydra has seven heads, does it have seven anuses?
If all heads are eating thieves simultaneously could they rupture their digestive system with the traffic?

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@Taweret I think he ran off to do the "hero of another story" trope but maybe that's wrong. #monsterdon

Yayy! Harryhausen creature!

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Oo, good hydra :D #Monsterdon

Serious talk for just a moment: Medea's gauzy white dress, that affected accent, and the whole leading-a-ragtag-crew-against-a-mighty-empire thing is really giving me Princess Leia vibes for some reason. I wonder if any of that was deliberate in Star Wars (1977).

(And incidentally, you all saw the announcement about the original 1977 cut of Star Wars being released in theatres in February 2027 already, right?)

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Plot twist... the golden fleece that the "heroes" are trying to steal is actually the sacred skin of a ram that brings good fortune to the people who protect it. 🤦‍♂️

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"ooohh, Strangers, I'll betray my family and bring doom to my people for them!"

ffs Medea

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I appreciate that the Phrygians have Phrygian caps

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okay the king's bouncy beard is really giving me trouble #Monsterdon

Drugs?! At a party?!

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