"I never did like trucks anyway"

#Monsterdon

"Maybe there's some sort of isolated haven our heroes could escape to."

King: what about an island called Haven

(AC/DC and cocaine intensifies)

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@jonny @Taweret amongst others #ToiletScene #Monsterdon

What does "make love like a hero" mean? In dactylic hexameter? #Monsterdon

Man, Billy, it’s hard enough to take a shit when someone else is in the room with you. Why do you have to poke your head over the stall door?

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Hey MAN. Yeah BUDDY.

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...Flight of the Valkyries. Okay. Very serious directorial vision there, mister King. #Monsterdon

Straight razor's not a good weapon if you want to keep your fingers

#monsterdon

He's fine, it's a head wound. Literally his least essential part. #Monsterdon

@CactuarJoe My ancient iPad? I fear it might be too old and slow to do anything much effectively. The tower fan a couple feet further however shudders

#Monsterdon

"Where are they going, Curtis?"

Why the ancient Lost Trucker Burial Grounds, of course! #Monsterdon

Is that a FROG on the hood?

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"So what are we gonna do now?"

"I don't know."

...cool to see the writing process in real time

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Everybody's named Bubba

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🦖#MONSTERDON 🎞️

⏲️ 30-minute poll 🚚🚚🚚

Steven King convinced AC/DC to do the soundtrack by doing which of the following?

#MaximumOverdrive

#Monsterdon

WHAT THE FUCK

KING OF THE ROAD?!

HOW HAVE I NEVER NOTICED THAT BEFORE #IceCreamTruck

It's a Bible with a centerfold!

#Monsterdon

@xerozohar it's a pleasure to share my first watch with #Monsterdon, including the people who knows this one already!

wow, the dog was brutal. all of this is brutal.

#Monsterdon

Why electric knives but not radio stations?

#Monsterdon

...did a guy get killed by a porch swing?

#Monsterdon #MaximumOverdrive

Long-distance TV is still a pretty big deal at this point. Hell, long-distance phone calls are.

Anyway, suburban horror.

#Monsterdon

The Wraith with Emilio's brother came out this same year and with about the same budget($10 million). The Wraith has held up a bit better I think. #monsterdon

This movie could be called Rise of the Machines #monsterdon

This man dresses like a sex tourist....

#Monsterdon

you're a BASEBALL team kids! Get the bat out and knock those cans back!

#monsterdon

I don't remember the last time I was at a gas station with 'full service'. I also don't remember when gas was $2 amd some a gallon. #monsterdon

Stephen King.
Writer. Director. Asshole.
#Monsterdon #MaximumOverdrive

C'mon,. this is some quality car crash action here, the watermelons are a lovely touch!

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we are only 5 minutes into the movie and already deeply into "what" territory #monsterdon

"Written for the screen and directed by STEPHEN KING"

Whoops, "Stephen", not "Steven". My bad.

#monsterdon

Was that the Wilhelm Scream?

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🤘 *headbangs*

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There’s our Stephen King cameo!

#Monsterdon

Steven King put himself in the _second shot_ of the first scene?! HAH

#monsterdon

We can't stop here! This is ATM country!

#Monsterdon

1st national bank of Wilmington, the bank that hates you back.

#Monsterdon #MaximumOverdrive

Root post for MAXIMUM OVERDRiVE #monsterdon

Is this stupid, stupid movie conceivably a headcanon universe setup for Pixar's Cars?

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@jonny @ryan holy hell you went to fucken town here

#monsterdon #MaximumOverdrive

@jonny @lytta @forestine @ryan yea I bet, this is so incredibly jonny-coded

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Producer 1: And it can all be because of aliens!

Producer 2: No, no! Because of the Russians!

Stephen King: I think I can work with both of those things.

#Monsterdon #MaximumOverdrive

@SnoopJ @forestine @ryan pixel sorted overdrive with a hallucinatory soundtrack is about a million times better than regular overdrive #monsterdon

@klu9 @ryan #monsterdon

if King had seen that video now playing on miru.miyaku.media, he wouldn't a needed drugs.

@aburka Well, wallop my watermelons. I reckon you're right!

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@ricci

@feliks So is the lesson here that we should support the proliferation of nuclear weapons in space? #Monsterdon

Not a good movie, but it was surprisingly fun. Also, thanks for your commentary everyone.

#Monsterdon #MaximumOverdrive

«a Russian "weather satellite," which happened to be equipped with a laser cannon and class IV nuclear missiles.»

woof, well, they can't all be winners can they stevey boy lmao

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Anyway, very glad that movie was exactly as fun as I thought it was going to be, even if 95% of it is that AC/DC could soundtrack paint drying and it would instantly be exciting.

#Monsterdon

wait technically that counts as a fucking off into the sea. thanks all for another great #monsterdon and to @Taweret as always for hosting!

cocaine *must* have been involved in the deal that led to the soundtrack being like 50% AC/DC

maybe done over coke, even

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UFO in the end card has real Poochie energy #Monsterdon

I'm gonna whoops my cookies

*rock music plays

#Monsterdon

As usual, it's the Soviets who have to prevent absolute disaster.

#Monsterdon

Why do the protagonists have _magnesium tracer rounds_ that they can shoot from small arms!?

#monsterdon

Hang on. Your enemies are machines and vehicles that can, apparently, control electricity.

Exactly what percentage of a whit does it matter whether it's light out or not?

#Monsterdon

Feel sad Goblin Truck is dead

#Monsterdon

HUMANS HERE #monsterdon

lol, snitch burger point!

"HUMANS HERE!"

#Monsterdon

I guess the oxygen tank is for torches for the mechanic?

I should have expected an explosion.

#Monsterdon

#Monsterdon now all they have to do is survive another what 5 or 6 days?

Hey, the Black guy came back

#monsterdon

"Don't drop me now! I'm delicate now!"

Normal human words like normal humans normally say.

#Monsterdon

@CactuarJoe @Taweret #monsterdon

They use hearing aids, obviously.

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Honestly Emilio Estevez has not been pumping gas longer than anyone else has so why is he falling apart like that?

#monsterdon I don't want to be insensitive, but why is he so exhausted and blistered? The machines are just forcing him to do his regular job that he normally does.

He gets delusional and writes sci fi premises. #Monsterdon

grenades at a gas station 👍

#monsterdon

Seeing tons of trucks in line would be a lot bleaker if there wasn't a time limit

#Monsterdon #MaximumOverdrive

Chamberlain? Nazis? Was ist das?

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@klu9 #monsterdon

you know what it's like. You're in high school, and you dig metal and everybody sneers at you. But deep inside, you know you ROCK.

You’re in a diner. With lots of sugar.

I’m just saying that with a little planning you could have won this war.

#Monsterdon

more AC/DC lmfao

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Had that little clippy thing that holds the gas spout handle in not been invented yet?

#Monsterdon

I'm lost

I'm so lost

...I think I need a Chick Tract

#monsterdon

this does actually sound like Morse though, I wonder if it's proper

#Monsterdon

@catzilla oh no, Pet Sematary meets Trucks

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I'm recycling old gags because there's just nothing here

#monsterdon

so if all the guns are susceptible to the evil, they should probably get rid of their guns or at least aim them all outside right #monsterdon

The kid grew up to be Marilyn Manson

#monsterdon

The body count in this thing is enjoyable....

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@JoeWynne They agreed if he promised never to do that again

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#MaximumOverdrive

@JoeWynne I am not sure King singing anything would get me to do his film.

A paycheque though...

#monsterdon

FINALLY the capitalist pig bites it! God, that took way too long. #Monsterdon

The good news is that the machines can’t reload themselves.

I think.

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@JoeWynne Do you know what the snacks were? #monsterdon

"Is my dad ok?"

ooff, who wants that job?

#Monsterdon

"wish i could do that every day, what a blast" and that thing is crawling through a tunnel of piss!!!!! this guy is relentless!!!! #monsterdon

So all the machines have been pretty invested in murdering humans, seeking murder and going after humans to murder

Is there any reason these trucks haven’t destroyed the gas station? Is it an ancient sacred machine burial ground?

#monsterdon

@davesdogmaggie lol, same

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People don't know this, but Stephen King's making a classical reference: in Ancient Greece, "Curtis" (ΚΥΡΤΙΣ) was the personification of regretting your choice of spouse

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HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONK

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♫ Who made who? ♫

#Monsterdon

Really not a lot to work with here

#monsterdon

I had a history professor in college who ended every class by saying "Tits up America" #monsterdon

MD drivers are bad, but we all know PA drivers are the worst

#monsterdon

For real stupidity, you gotta go to WV

#monsterdon

@JoeWynne Yeah. That was a great 'burn' back in the day. #monsterdon

Kid, tell me you are not going to try and Solid Snake this thing. #Monsterdon