@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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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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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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...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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[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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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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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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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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Bad ski hat, made of dish towels #monsterdon

Next time on Bronze Dance Party

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She's so posh
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"Princesses are always betraying their families for good looking strangers and it never did them any good in the end."

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I wish Hecate were voiced by Kathy Burke

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that key loop wasn't very secure at all. #Monsterdon #JasonandtheArgonauts 🍿🎥

@rebeld The real monsters were the Argonauts we met along the way.
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Oh, so they’re there to steal it and cause a genocide? Well, down with them. Jason and the Argonauts are the baddies.

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Well, this an awkward party.

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Wow, they're pretty moody here

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I guess Hecate failed to tell them the part where Jason is there to steal their fleece

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is that guy captain picard or what #monsterdon

Well, this does not seem like a quality tourist information service.

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Dammit. I am king of the gods and I still get ads!?
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Same makeup they used on Goldfinger #monsterdon

Thanks, @cherizilla.

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Star Trek aesthetics are all over this film. Or vice versa. #Monsterdon

Don't do it Jason! The she'll want to see YOURS!

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OK, William Ware Theiss, come out come out wherever you are

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Weirdly short underwater fight scene cut due to camera failure??? #monsterdon

This conversation escalated quickly

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@jonny He did offer to steer that one time

although I guess he didn't

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Where are they getting all of these clothes? #monsterdon

quick men, save the girl, ignore the dude hanging onto the rafters
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What do you mean Zeus, your whole shtick is punishing every disloyalty

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So, uh.

Who the hell was that?
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Big scene with BIG POSEIDON and all I can think is, boy, this soundtrack would sure sound different if the Argonaut crew were Celtic guys and keeping time with sea shanties rather than one dude with a drum.

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WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T POKE HIS ARMPIT, HE'S TICKLISH AS HELL

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another drummer who can't keep time

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#monsterdon I don't believe in NUS’es... Nets of Unusual Size… I doubt they exist! *whoosh*

If this boat’s rockin, there’s no back turnin’

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"Are we going through?"

"Yes. Waitaminute. No."

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Is this ship OSHA* compliant?

*United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration

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I love this old dude who’s basically always in his tighty whiteys on the ship.

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I bet the gods enhanced the acoustics of this canyon

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Everyone prepare for an easy stroke on this ship of entirely men.

I have no comment on this.
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⁉️ TRIVIA AND THE ARGOS ⛵🌊

"Argonauts" Location Scouting Summary

🔹Greece: Too "bleak and gray"
🔹Yugoslavia: Too corrupt
🔹Italy (just outside of Palermo): Perfect!

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@clew but the temples look pretty weather-beaten too. almost as though they had been standing for 2000 years, give or take... #monsterdon

Bingo!

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Okay where the fuck did they get ripe bananas?

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We learn the dude who can't have a snack without bat women attacking him is Phinneas, who was blinded for misusing the use of prophecy and the gods sent harpies to deny him of snacks.

Jason and friends come to visit him and they are all wearing snazzy new outfits for some reason. Phinneas explains his predicament, does a blasphemy and then agrees to help them if they'll rid him of the harpies.

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"gods be merciful to you"

probably not, if the run time is any indication.

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Don't build a cage. Kill them. #monsterdon

Aww. The harpies are stealing the homeless dude's food and clothes. Yup. Sounds like something Melania would do. #monsterdon

No, no, no. You put up the mosquito netting before the mosquitoes come out. #Monsterdon

We interrupt this broadcast to bring you this video of a flying bat woman attacking an old guy who is just trying to have a snack at his favorite bistro, the ruined temple.

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Jeeze, that's some dangerous filming, clamouring around on the tops of a ruin. I assume it's a real one and not a set.

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"These are dream films... you are not trying to make it realistic... you certainly don't tell artists to make photographic copies of a landscape, that is why stop motion is so useful, it helps provide the dream-like illusion. Like King Kong..... it gives that never-never-land quality, which is a great addition."

-Ray

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Also, Jason has used up his last Hera token and can no longer bother the figurehead for advice. The figurehead is now just there to leer at the boys as they row the boat.

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It's fine. Zeus was chill with Hercules freeing Prometheus, so he'll probably be okay with taking out the harpies

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"We'll make you master of the Harpies!"
"What, we're getting Fox News started so soon?"

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That thunder is just Zeus agreeing
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@SnoopJ yeah that's what i thought, that like there wasn't the manichaean good v evil thing so much as like "playing the hand you're dealt and listening up when something more powerful than you comes around and tells you what to do" #monsterdon

"throw a thunderbolt"

okay. *boom*

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Scenes with the flying demons would make a cool Metallica video. #monsterdon

"sin"

lol I do love it when milquetoast christian themes are crudely laid over Ancient Greek mythology

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...So is there gonna be any context to this or are we just watching a couple of harpies harrassing a disabled man, like, freelance style? #Monsterdon

@Taweret He just needs to remind the harpies how many carbs are in the bread

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