they made peggy wait up past midnight too?!

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I love the interferometery calibration sub-plot

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I just want to flail excitedly every time there are Turtle Friends.

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[McDowall injects himself to get through the rest of his scene.]

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@moira They're grading on a curve so he had to go #monsterdon

One upside: The aliens are truly alien. I cannot figure out a single thought or emotion they are having.

(Aside from "How do we get out of this film"?)

#Monsterdon

Alien 1: Oh, no, I liked him in Planet of the Apes!
Alien 2: Yeah, what a shame.

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calibrating his interferometer... what about the interocitor, buddy!

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The dead of night is the best time to transport your medical samples, of course

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@allanb I guess... #monsterdon

Is that a bicentennial quarter? #Monsterdon

All cars in the 70s were actually slightly more likely to explode than that. #monsterdon #laserblast

yay the E.T.s are back to put things right

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#Monsterdon 👦 🔦 🚀 💥👽 🔦 🚀 💥👾 😱

And Roddy is now free from the confines of this terrible movie

And goodbye Roddy McDowell #Monsterdon

@b I'd also been thinking "well, half of it's gone, so at least some of her 'friends' ate some cake" and of course that was probably the joke all along and I'm angry with myself for figuring that out before Billy's snark

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So, when Billy wears the necklace thing, he becomes someone else? Is that what's going on here?

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okay, two cars, two explosions. not bad. #monsterdon

two less cars

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okay why did he burn the only good actor in thi.... oooooh, of course.

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Remember when cars were cheap enough that even B movies could afford to light a few of them on fire?

#Monsterdon

Kid's outta control now, time to call X Force

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OMG - He just Mangionied his Health Care worker! #monsterdon

damn they doing good with these car explosions
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You hate to see all that CO2 go up into the atmosphere, and we're paying for it now #monsterdon

@MargaretSefton ...ly terrible?

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"I'm surprised you notice something like lunchtime" is a pretty funny bit of men-at-work kibitz

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Medical scene wasn't too bad actually. I mean I don't know medical or filmmaking technicals but it wasn't complete rubbish I guess?

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"It will be after midnight - I've got a drag show I just can't skip. I'm the second understudy!"

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#monsterdon Laserblast, AKA Roddy McDowell just needs a fix okay?

Hmm. Feels like this is kinda surgical. Should we see more masking and maybe an assistant?

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@riedlr Too Soon!

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The chest wound make up is actually pretty good. A+ one make up guy on staff.
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Dilated pore of arcade token. #monsterdon #laserblast

I was hoping that in a movie called LASTERBLAST I was going to get some chances to deploy Mooninite gifs

#Monsterdon

How did you get a quarter lodged in your sternum?

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A planet where doctors evolved from apes!?'

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The writing for this movie script is exquisite. #Monsterdon

@hollie Franny is demure #monsterdon

My attention wavers and suddenly Billy is wearing a shirt. A long sleeved one at that! #Monsterdon

Apparently the time it takes to process a blood test hasn't changed in 47 years

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#Laserblast

"Can I get dressed now Dr. Mellon?" Well, why start now, Billy?

#monsterdon

#monsterdon

Movie: "Oh my God Billy, it's getting bigger!"

Me: Pfft 🤣

Mike is dressed in somebody else's jacket for some reason

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They're really trying to squeeze out as much juice from Roddy as they can huh #monsterdon

@apLundell why would you wake up for something like that? You can't bully or arrest the lightning! #monsterdon #eyeroll #sarcasm

Billy's masculinity is so threatened I feel bad for him.

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That Doctor doesn't seem familiar with forceps. I'd get out right quick.

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Was that a fluoroscope? ☢️

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Doctor said 'no, not yet' when Billy asked if he could get dressed. So, turns out he's been shirtless the whole movie on doctor's orders. #Monsterdon

It’s a communion wafer. #Monsterdon

At least Roddy McDowell still got to be in Batman: The Animated Series after this.

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ok it's a half dollar but whatever

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Well;, that there metal plate just popped right out, easy-pleasy.

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Well son, that's an 1874 silver dollar! Don't find those in skin pores very often!

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Man, this doc has the weirdest looks ever!
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Those look like food service gloves, not surgical. Meh. Billy will be fine. #monsterdon #laserblast

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That Billy asked 'can I get dressed now' when he was wearing the same jeans and no shirt he's been wearing this whole movie 🙄

Mr Mcdowell examining every instrument like it might be the one that can tell him what he's doing here right now. #monsterdon

Spanish silver?
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Wow, a JFK Silver Dollar!

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"It won't hurt"

Yeah, sure doc

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Doc's never seen radiation burns before i guess

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Oh fuck, I was thinking Fran was the unpopular one for being the only woman in the movie who wouldn't immediately starve to death after missing a meal, and then well I shouldn't say that. Then Billy's just like "she ate the whole birthday cake? *smirk smirk*" and fuck youuuuu

#monsterdon

Oh right! I always forget Roddy McDowell is in this movie. I bet he would forget too. Unless the car it paid for was very good.
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Doc, is the rectal exam really necessary here? #monsterdon

Is it really dramatic movie?
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#monsterdon So the gun's keychain lanyard melted into his flesh? Is that the story?

Geez, doc, mask up at least #monsterdon

Yeah doc whatever. I am ambivalent about the rapidly spreading metal disc in my chest. Long as I'm not late for chilling in my van. Go nuts.

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We're all thinking it, right? #monsterdon

Universe, did JMS watch this and use it for a Babylon 5 episode?

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Roddy Mcdowell looking at that needle like it was sweet golden brown that brought him here to making this crap for pennies....

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here we go, it's the genuinely creepy bit! The point worth watching! Don't blink, or you'll miss the horrifying medical extraction procedure! #monsterdon

#monsterdon holy shit he DOES know how buttons work!

Roddy McDowall!

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"You know what Franny told me this morning? She said she's sick of people using her for her pool and telling her that cake isn't good for her, so she joined a feminist collective and invited all us girls to come with her, apparently we can eat whatever we want and we're going to deconstruct something called the 'partriarchy'? Anyway, BYE"

#Monsterdon
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It's a pore of winer. Dr. Pimple Popper gets rid of those all the time. #Monsterdon #Laserblast

Roddy McDowall is Doctor Mellon?

Didn't see that coming.

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@trixter Oh good, the movie wasn't gross enough already :/

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Suddenly a big buzzer sound happens as the doctor plays "Operation"

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Doc squeezing that like it's the world's most satisfying zit about to pop

#Monsterdon

Someone call Dr. Pimple Popper

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Roddy McDowall, courtsey of The Pending Dept Talent Agency #monsterdon

He keep the munchies! #monsterdon

What was this film about again?

"Can I get dressed yet, doctor?"

"No. Come in the other room."

...that's what she said.
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Uh oh. Chest wound turning into a solder-filled butthole, Billy. I'm a gonna pop it! #monsterdon #laserblast

Oh look! It's Roddy "I was blackmailed into appearing in this film" McDowell! #monsterdon

LMAO the dramatic close-up for the answering of the question of whether or not he can put his clothes back on. #monsterdon

"Tease shirt"
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OH NO HE'S GONNA POP IT LIKE A ZIT

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Is he gonna light the cigar or just chew on it? #Monsterdon #laserblast

The cops on "Reno 911" watch this to laugh at these cops.

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Tease Shirt.
Okay solid joke.
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Oh great, just what we need, more excuses for our main character to not put a shirt on

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I'm afraid there's only one diagnosis, son. You have sternum vagina.

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"Can I get dressed now, Doctor"

Billy, you aren't fooling anyone, you were not going to get dressed

#Monsterdon

billy, you have terminal alien hole

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The learing. Oh my goodness.

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Roddy why? how badly did you need money?

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