#Monsterdon Glad we had to wait for the closing credits to explain the premise of the movie. UFO shot down by laser and nuclear armed weather satellite? Why wasn't that on screen? It could have landed just close enough to the the remote island where the survivors went.
I donβt know why everyone is badmouthing AC/DC, but they were the perfect band for that movieβs soundtrack.
@cocaine_owlbear He earned it.
I maintain that while this movie may have been stupid and bad, it is still not the stupidest and worst movie we have watched for #Monsterdon. Why, there wasn't even any poorly executed day-for-night.
F in chat for the cinematographer's eye.
Thanks @Taweret for hosting, @Cherizilla for the bingo, @JoeWynne for trivia, @miru for the stream, and all of you for making this actually funny
a russian weather sattelite armed with laser and nuclear missiles? Isn't this the plot for "Space Cowboys"?
#monsterdon
#maximumoverdrive
Boats are not evil? Does water prevent comet ghost possession?
#Monsterdon #MaximumOverdrive
Brad's dead
AC/DC would never again let anyone use their music in a movie.
It ends as so many misadventures in Wilmington, North Carolina, do: on a Pontoon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0O0nzkESTI #monsterdon
or...was the comet a completely normal comet and the aliens were using it as cover for stage 1 of their invasion?
"Weather satellite", nah, it's going to be something bigger to fit an 80s era (chemical?) laser. Also, what's a Class IV nuclear weapon? That sounds like a term for a laser...
*fucks off into the sea accompanied by AC/DC*
Okay, that movie was REAL dumb, but I love explosions and evil vehicles and the 80s, so I had fun. Thank you to @Taweret for hosting and see y'all next week! BE NICE TO YOUR CARS, KIDS.
Interesting tidbit: lots of movies have been filmed in Wilmington, NC. The original TMNT live action movie was filmed there, and they turned the streets of Wilmington into NYC, and audiences didnβt know the difference.
What is the story with the argument between a plane and a school bus that ended up like this?
#Monsterdon #MaximumOverdrive
So... we end with Chekhov's Laser Satellite, in the worst execution of the Chekhov's Gun trope in history
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That was a lot worse than I remembered, and I remembered it being pretty bad #monsterdon
thanks as always for organizing, @Taweret!
My partner pegged Giancarlo Esposito , but neither of us noticed Marla Maples. Huh. #Monsterdon
So they fucked off onto that island for a bit.
Also, didn't realize that "You Shook Me All Night Long" is the hardest (heh) song about premature ejaculation.
All they have to do is go into the woods
also, watch out for those "weather satellites"
This film has a hell of a carbon footprint #monsterdon
Oh my God, the wrap-up text is like, "By the way, a much more interesting thing also happened after this." π
That was fun, I mean watching it with you all, the movie was terrible.
#monsterdon
Polyus lives!
heyyy, fucking off into the sea!
βLaser cannonβ.
#Monsterdon Theyβre using a fucking engine on that boat!
"Poochie died on the way back to his home planet." #monsterdon
Can't believe you all don't love Shake Your Foundations playing while trucks ram a truck stop, no appreciation for the arts I tell ya
is the twist supposed to be that this was the first stage of an alien invasion?
and also that motor boats for some reason are immune just like the married couple's car?
Stephen King, director: "I know they're just shooting at it but I need this ice cream truck to get launched like it's on a fucking pogo stick"
#monsterdon And they fucked off into a river?
None of these people have heard of motorboats.
Time for some celebratory AC/DC!
They just destroyed the leader of the rebellion didn't they? Will that end this movie?
Please?
OK. Can we have credits? #Monsterdon. This time I did not vote to watch this. The music is good. I mean... It wasn't like, "I really wish I hadn't watched" or worse... But I can't say it was one of the better ones.
I guess I'm glad I watched. Because now I know. I'm sure it "all makes sense" if you don't miss the first half hour. Right? I mean... It didn't not make sense, but it was, "why is this an hour and a half, not 20 minutes"... But that probably can be expected.
Later, they were all killed by an electric can opener who was in the boat's hold.
#monsterdon feel like they couldβve done that 90m ago?
You know ... you could just untie the rope?
OK but what I want to know is did AC/DC record that psycho rip-off sting they used throughout the movie #monsterdon
Chekov's hand grenade #monsterdon
Technically we never figured out if the ice cream truck was friendly
...or at least would have been willing to share some ice cream before starting violence
Okay, one man gets to be scared too #monsterdon
That ice cream truck followed this kid for two days just for that. I almost feel bad for it. #Monsterdon
I'm awake
@Lazarou Yes, but not well #monsterdon
#monsterdon Humans Here. Some of them barely qualify.
Show us the aliens, don't tell us about them, movie #monsterdon
@Taweret Highest Budget per Stupid? #Monsterdon
My agoraphobic brain at a party
So that was fun to watch, I guess, but WHY did the trucks self-imolate? #Monsterdon
snitches get glitches!
Oh my god the plane in a school bus LMAO #monsterdon #maximumoverdrive1986
That was more of a detonation :|
LOX leak, rapid deflagration immanent?
no, I want this to end with a scene in the future where an elderly truck is telling this story to its truck grandchild, the story of how the truck society began
This is like Spielberg's 1941, the best parts of it are footage of large structures and vehicles getting destroyed
Truck vs cars, the most ancient enemies
#monsterdon
I want the end of the movie to explain what the comet has been getting out of all this nonsense #monsterdon
I do the same thing when the restaurant I'm at runs out of bacon.
Two days into being sentient, they finally realize they can drive into the truck stop?
Have you ever been bullied by a Mack truck?
Emilio Estevez has.
#Monsterdon #MaximumOverdrive
TRUCK MOSH TRUCK MOSH
#monsterdon
Bell tolling.
The main character's watch has appeared and disappeared between shots a few times in this movie.
Which is usually a mistake, but in *this* movie, I think it's just hopping off to do its own side quest for a few minutes.
Pumping gas is hard work.
@nsmckinnon i got it :)
#monsterdon
can the trucks hear? can they see? how do they-
@Taweret it's a military vehicle, so it was imprinted I guess
Things you would not be allowed to do today: find an old gas staiton and BLOW IT UP
And here it is, the moment we've all waited for: gas pumping montage!
Does it go on for entirely too long? You bet!
Are there gags, that don't land? 'Course!
But, hey, the music's great. Just ask Tony Stark!
#monsterdon I am hearing so much about brooms right now, and I am perplexed
Dude, gas stations sell gloves. You didnβt have to get manly blisters of manliness #Monsterdon
@kamikat Not sure if it was also a book, but Stephen King did write and direct this...
Anyone behind the gun car could simply grab the gun #MaximumOverdrive #monsterdon
This soundtrack rules I don't care what any of you haters say
#monsterdon pretty sure they just couldnβt afford a tank
As a Class A CDL holder, I do know that there's something else you have to do when filling from a truck or the whole trailer will implode. #Monsterdon
#monsterdon King missed a real opportunity to include Cars by Gary Numan in this thing.
I can't tell if communicating with the machines with Morse code makes this movie smarter or even dumber now.
#Monsterdon #MaximumOverdrive
Well ... ACDC seemed like a good choice at the time....
#monsterdon The real horror : What if we had to do our jobs without getting paid!?!?
Apparently the crazy energy gave the trucks telepathy also? So they could call all their truck friends for miles around?
#monsterdon
If I didnβt know this was a Steven King movie, Iβd swear this was a fever dream some trucker had midway across Nebraska after eating a very bad truck station cheeseburger
So, I guess the headlights are eyes? #monsterdon
Awe - it wants him to pull a thorn out of its tire
I just really didnβt expect them to communicate with the murderous machines #monsterdon
there have been movies where I was surprised by how much I liked the soundtrack, like Blacula, but not this movie
not this movie
lol so much AC/DC love here #Monsterdon
The bulldozer honking out a message in Morse code begging humans for fuel service reveals that the killer machines..:
1. understand written English
2. possess a theory of mind about the humans they're killing
3. are willing to reprioritize their objectives when circumstances change...
4. ...but lacked the foresight to anticipate their fuel running out beforehand..?
Serious question, how simultaneously smart and foolish are these antagonists supposed to be, exactly?
π SHOWERS
be neat...
this mean's You
So it basically took the trucks 24 hours to realize they need humans to fuel them?
When are they gonna figure out where the refineries are? #Monsterdon
i dunno folks, any time AC/DC is playing i'm like, yeah this movie is awesome #Monsterdon