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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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

Bitchin temple composite. #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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*scribbling furiously in a notebook labelled Professional Leadership Ideas* accuse... my team... of treachery with murderous intent... and yeet them... into the sea

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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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Katie is accusing the oar cadence drummer of "doing it wrong".

(Is there a specific name for that drummer? We must have some rowers in this monsterdon crew, don't we?)

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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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MASTER OF HARPIES IS PULLING YOUR WIIIIINGS!

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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

Where the heck did that amount of netting come from?
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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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After killing the giant robot, we get a building montage where we use carpentry to resurrect our rowboat.

Pretty sure some of the tools were anachronistic (for both the bronze age and classical era) but we did see some mortises and tenons.

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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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Guy is fortunate the orchestra is around to tell him the sudden arrival of a bunch of hot bird ladies is a bad thing.

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These creatures tormenting the blind dude are very Ableist, let him eat!

Oh they've taken his stick now!

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then hercules goes off to do the two movies we watched last time

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The giant robot's weakness is the hatch in his heel, which you can unscrew, causing hot kool-aid to flow out of it, which deflates the robot and causes him to choke, then crack, then fall down, then shatter.

I'm not sure why the hatch needed to be in one of his heels, you'd think somewhere less accessible would be better, but I am not a bronze age giant robot designer yet.

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we were, all along, the best man among us

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I don't mean to be a backseat adventurer, but Jason man you've used ALL of your wishes before the movie's half over! #Monsterdon

@bunnyhero or like Flattus Asa Pancakeus even

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Well, maybe someone shouldn't have got all klepto with the first cool looking javelin he found, should he?

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Good luck getting warranty service on Talos...

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I love a good ship-building montage

Are they building a ship or a trojan bunny?

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RIP to Hercules's twink.
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@hollie Easily confused with a manhole cover

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Rowboat 0
Bronze Robot 1

RIP Argo you will be missed.

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Just stand there while he defeats you. No big. #monsterdon

It's steam powered? Who woulda thought

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"Fight Talos with your wits"

:ohno: We're doomed

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Somehow a whispering Hera head is even creepier than a talking one. Like ASMR uncanny valley worst of both worlds.
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there should be more movies where a giant robot chases a rowboat.

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@JoeWynne maybe Daimajin? Daiei's giant statue on a rampage movie.
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"Fight telos with your wits... Uhh actually... In your case maybe just run."
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Water does not scale to miniature sizes, that or droplets used to be the size of yoga balls. #monsterdon

I switched off not long after this last time. So I don't actually know what happens past the next terrifying talking Hera head scene. #monsterdon

"The secret is that we film the background first and then reduce it to such a degree that when you rephotograph it with the model, it gives this gigantic perspective and size!"

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Whatever you do, don't look up!

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"Yeah...and don't fucking come back!" -Talos

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Wow, he abandoned quite a bit of his crew there...

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The boat looks more wall-eyed than usual.

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these effects hold up! #monsterdon

Ok, I am non-ironically loving that living bronze statue #Monsterdon