it caught fire out of sheer self-loathing for letting the humans escape.

#monsterdon #MaximumOverdrive

#monsterdon I mean I wouldn’t have let him drive in the first place

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It's too bad this is a straight flat road - based on my recent road trip I can confirm that a gentle curve or a slight uphill grade would allow that car to easily outmaneuver that truck.

lmao, it was already exploding as it crested the hill #monsterdon

i like how anti-truck this movie is #monsterdon #maximumoverdrive

EXPLOSIONS! YEAH! #MaximumOverdrive #monsterdon

DIXIE BOY TRUCK STOP: VIDEO GAMES AND SHOWER FACILITIES

everything u need on the road

#monsterdon

...And the truck spontaneously bursts into flame. Okay sure, why not. #Monsterdon

Why didn't they just stay off the road and brake hard?

Oh right -- no smart decisions allowed in a horror movie.

#Monsterdon

I think Bic may have regretted this product placement.

#Monsterdon #MaximumOverdrive

"Why?"

"I dunno"

...

I don't know either. Nobody knows WTF is going on here. Mr. King didn't even know

#Monsterdon

"Just married" is a protection spell

#Monsterdon

@europlus I guess a Boston accent would qualify, that one's pretty distinctive

I haven't heard one yet though

#Monsterdon

Also why is it in these movies that no car can outrun a trailer truck?

I'm not an expert, but I don't think diesel engines (without even turbo chargers or anything!) aren't exactly optimal for chasing cars.

This isn't even the only movie to do that.

#Monsterdon

Drive FASTER!

#Monsterdon

I'm scared too, Lisa

#monsterdon

The power of Jesus < Horsepower
#Monsterdon

Is where the movie name comes in, the Mack truck has shifted into Maximum Overdrive? Is that a thing in a Mack truck shift tree?

#Monsterdon #MaximumOverdrive

There's a bit of the Prometheus School of Running Away from Things going on #MaximumOverdrive #monsterdon

Yeah take an exit, that'll get 'em

#Monsterdon #MaximumOverdrive

There was a time a semi truck could catch up to a car on the road?

#Monsterdon

there really does continue to be no explanation for why their car hasn't turned on them. i hope it does immediately after they escape the truck

#monsterdon

What is it about trucks that lets them get taken over but not cars. It's not size, since lawn mowers can get taken over too... #Monsterdon

So are all the electronics simply murdery now? Will a classic car, lovingly restored by it's owner, still kill them?

Movie, we need answers.

What of the automotive soul?

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@jonny So in this universe, all of our wifi-enabled devices would be mostly fine, but your analog devices would be trying to kill you. This movie is IoT propaganda.

#Monsterdon

#monsterdon this is no time to load your pants

It's always sweet when cousins marry.

#Monsterdon

I can't help but to feel like all anyone truly has to do is just... You know, actually dodge the not even really that fast moving trucks or whatever and just run away on a not road that it can't just drive on. Or am I just making it too easy?

#Monsterdon

Okay everyone stay calm, we know Yeardley will be okay because we know Lisa Simpson is still alive

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'American movies, always the car chase scene." Bruno Ponce Jones
#Monsterdon

To the Capitalist, it's not that Machines are taking over and one of his workers is dead, it's that the trucks are invading HIS property....

#Monsterdon

Very important to have shower facilities with your video games.

#monsterdon

I don't remember Bibles being scarce enough in the 80s for someone to make a living selling them. Then again, I was raised in the Bible Belt...

#Monsterdon

I wonder what the truck equivalent of musical chairs is

#Monsterdon

#Monsterdon No idea what a New England reference or accent would be, though - problem with growing up in the antipodes.

Um... I missed something... This doesn't make sense. Could someone explain what's happening? #Monsterdon. I guess I should have started 30 minutes earlier. I'll catch the beginning some time... Well, if the end makes it worth sense. This is... Oops... That's a lot of fire ...

#monsterdon Has anyone though about.. tacks.. oh, never mind..

Not sure that car commercial is well placed.

#Monsterdon

#monsterdon Oh we got a great big convoy rocking through the night. We got a great big convoy, ain't she a beautiful sight.

Curtis a real catch, she done good

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Demon Convoy...

ROLL OUT!!!

#Monsterdon

Oh good I was worried about what Curt and Connie were up to

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This isn't that bad in retrospect. It certainly wastes no time getting to the action!

#monsterdon

#monsterdon ARE WE DEAD

Oh god, imagine the smell on the set.

All that vintage 80s high-sulfur diesel from poorly tuned trucks?

UGH.

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didn't know Mr. Howell was a trucking magnate.

#Monsterdon

Airplanes were not affected, for reasons that I’m sure have nothing to do with budget #monsterdon

you got your ears on?

#Monsterdon #MaximumOverdrive

@CactuarJoe It's all those gears #monsterdon

"Convoy" starts playing in a minor key #monsterdon

Not even a suitcase full of Bibles--even if it is your most valued possession -- can slow down a truck.

#Monsterdon

What do you think is the pecking order of the trucks here? Because I'm gonna make a wild guess that the Bic truck is the nerd.

#Monsterdon

It's the man who can't see, but it's the car that missed.
#Monsterdon

@healyn A likely story.

#monsterdon

Break 19

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#Monsterdon Oh, I reckon a knocked over phone booth does.

[southern befuddlement throughout]

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So far the level of racism and sexism is lower than I expected. Not zero, just lower #monsterdon

The real monster in this #Monsterdon is the Fat Fuck boss man

@Victorsigmoid

We got a great big convoy, ain't she a beautiful sight!

#Monsterdon

and that ugly green goblin face truck was the evillest one of all... and that evil comet that made them all evil... was fat

#monsterdon

taking out the phone booth - smart. no need to worry about superman

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There's a freedom convoy joke in there #MaximumOverdrive #monsterdon

@jadebees TBH I don't think so, considering all the questions people are posting about why some kinds of machines are turning evil and some aren't

#Monsterdon

Green Goblin FTW!

#Monsterdon #MaximumOverdrive

This really is making me want to re-watch Repo Man.
#Monsterdon #MaximumOverdrive1986

Autobots, roll out!

#Monsterdon #MaximumOverdrive

Hey! He jumped into the back of that truck.

#Monsterdon

#monsterdon this is all just a GMC ad — kid

We got a mighty convoy, trucking thru the night...

#Monsterdon #MaximumOverdrive

#monsterdon Beautiful splatter job!

It seems like Stephen King has never met any actual people or seen any two people have a normal conversation. The dialogue and writing is kinda ridiculous.
#monsterdon

#monsterdon So, they haven't made any effort to disable any of these trucks?

#monsterdon TRUCK AVENGERS ASSEMBLE

AUTOBOTS ROLL OUT

#monsterdon

Product placement! We selling pens!

#Monsterdon

#Monsterdon radios count as phones?

we will never forgive @healyn for abandoning us

#monsterdon

#Monsterdon
#MaximumOverdrive

South Carolina version of "circling the wagons".

Aw come on! Showed the rear of the red car but no truck to hit it! Disappoint.

#MaximumOverdrive_1986 #monsterdon

Is it weird that I like the kind of guitar-riff sound "ree ree ree" like it's about to build into some serious rock? Too bad it doesn't though.

#Monsterdon

Girls got toes like someone threw a shrimp cocktail on the floor.

#monsterdon #MaximumOverdrive #Superman

I'm loving how everyone's thinking very hard about the rules of this movie. Much more so than the filmmakers #Monsterdon

It only just occurred to me that in this universe, anyone with a smart toilet probably died on the throne.

#monsterdon #maximumoverdrive

did this blond bitch just laugh at the girl being upset at being sexually harassed/assaulted. he needs 2 die

#monsterdon

I'm sorry, I had to give up on this movie...tubi keeps interrupting with ads, then restarting it

And Jaws is on TV, so I'm watching that now. I apologize to the #monsterdon community

@jammerb woohoo congrats!

#Monsterdon

How do we call on the machines to take out Bubba?

#Monsterdon

fuck THAT phone booth in particular

#monsterdon

Wonder what it's like in Amish country during this time #monsterdon

Bingo!

#monsterdon
#MaximumOverdrive

I hate it when a beloved character dies.

This is great, though!!

#Monsterdon

#Monsterdon was that guy saying he needed to check up on someone a risky plan?

Oh the doggie no...
Wait how is the guy still transmitting on the radio?
#Monsterdon #MaximumOverdrive

@Taweret The soundtrack could help establish a tone, if it weren’t just occasional guitar screams. Maybe that’s the point. #monsterdon

Are the trucks going to duel for dominance now?

#monsterdon #MaximumOverdrive

#monsterdon Right about this point, you also start rooting for Cujo, dson'tcha? Arf arf!

Oh there it is #Monsterdon

#monsterdon That preacher's got quite a mouth on him!

Herbie the murder bug!
#Monsterdon #MaximumOverdrive