@catzilla oh so many small appliances just like that one

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lol, "A group of blonde children in a Monsterdon movie"

let the carnage begin!

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how does any of this even work?

#Monsterdon

I swear if anyone hurts Time Pilot

#monsterdon

how did it even do that?

#Monsterdon

This waitress has never cooked eggs in her life.

#Monsterdon

"Hey those eggs comin' pony express or what?"

I would like to see that.

#monsterdon

Do not drink from the gasoline pump

#Monsterdon #MaximumOverdrive

I don't give a ... ladybug

#Monsterdon

#monsterdon I can't get beef turkey on it! I don't give a ladybug!

This is King's brain on drugs. Any questions? 🍳

#monsterdon

“You wanna ring me a light coffee when you get done jerking on that thing, honey?”

Crossed off “Sexism” on my BINGO card.

#Monsterdon

#monsterdon bring 👏 back 👏 roadside 👏 arcades

Happy Toys, a division of Green Goblin Enterprises.

#monsterdon #maximumoverdrive

There's a reason people don't refer to Stephen King as a director

#monsterdon

That truck looks like it should be a Decepticon.

#Monsterdon #MaximumOverdrive

#Monsterdon 🚚 🤖 📠 🏧 😱

some mighty fine stuntwork tho

Hey Roger, whatta ya call the middle of a song?

#monsterdon

Motor turns on

"Music by AC/DC"

#Monsterdon #MaximumOverdrive

There were a lot of movies in the 80's where comets were responsible for weird goings on. Maximum Overdrive came out in 1986. What else was going on in 1986? Halley's Comet, that's what. Will there be another round of comet-mania films when it makes its next visit in 2061?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halley's_Comet

#monsterdon

Oh that's Stephen King's nostrils!

*AD/DC soundtrack starts

the 80s!

#Monsterdon

Is the Earth meant to be on back to front?

#Monsterdon

DEG logo is a blast from the past. #monsterdon

Mirror-reversed Apollo 17 image?

#Monsterdon #MaximumOverdrive

#Monsterdon it begins

Oh look. Another chase scene in which a car apparently can't outrun a diesel truck.

Or yeah, get over and brake or literally anything other than just letting it slam into their bumper over and over.

#Monsterdon

@nazokiyoubinbou

I think because the DEA had shut down the Miami pipeline by then

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"Look, trucks just don't drive themselves, ok?"

"Maybe it just wanted some company?"

Wow the face she made... I don't know what she was mouthing exactly, but I'm guessing it was something like "oh wow..."

I'm pretty sure I made the same face.

#Monsterdon

@Newpa_Hasai @klu9 Oh yeah Gunhed is like perfect #Monsterdon material. And rife with fun useless trivia.

@Newpa_Hasai

I saw it on a dodgy NTSC-to-PAL converted VHS tape in 1993?

Seems the only streams are in Japan
https://nobraincellsleft.github.io/JustWatch-Search/title/tm143845

#Monsterdon

@diazona Why are they safe on a sailboat? If a machine gun can shoot on its own, including pivoting around a non-motorized swivel, surely a sailboat can capsize itself or trap people in its hold or something?

We just want to know the RULES!

@ramsey @lytta

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@Taweret It was Devil Girl #monsterdon

i just need to make sure everyone saw the trailer with Stephen King in it before the night is over https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClExBOS3OnA #Monsterdon

only one thing can come after MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE

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@culturednyc yes

https://monsterdon-replay.gerlach.dev/

#monsterdon #MonsterdonReplay

@CactuarJoe That would be a genuinely terrifying answer

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Haha! So Trucks is based on the same short story that Maximum Overdrive was based on. It's basically a Maximum Overdrive reboot.

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@jonny @lytta @SnoopJ @forestine @ryan

I think so https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trucks_(film)

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@CactuarJoe

soundtrack:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5lezuYh6bI

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Very wise of them to leave the completely unnecessary explanation of events for the last frames of the movie. Shit blew up, I don't care why.

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@diazona "Turns out the Muggles got tired of all the Wizards and their shit and used a Space laser to kill them all, and liberate the Fairy folk or whatever the fuck they are..."

#Monsterdon

So glad I got to do #monsterdon this week.

@paco It's amazing, @ryan really put some work into it

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@RamenCatholic @culturednyc absolutely

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@cascheranno that oxygen stuff is just wild in whatever form, terrifying when you think about it...

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#MaximumOverdrive

I got so many bingos I was going for a blackout...but...oh well...

@SnoopJ Who made this? Did @miru make this?

#Monsterdon

@Lazarou Harry Potter with space lasers sounds AMAZING

#Monsterdon

Not the worst movie we've ever seen but I think I have to agree it is at least on the short list for the dumbest

Thanks as always @Taweret for hosting and everybody for posting! Looking forward to next week, except that how can it possibly measure up to this...

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@diazona those really long ones that drag on for too long....a couple of Harry Potter movies I've been subjected to come to mind

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#monsterdon [confession] I've seen this movie a half dozen times in my life and I still love it. No plot at all, just evil trucks and some not-too-bright people trying to survive.

A perfect metaphor for capitalism if I ever saw one 😛

Missed #Monsterdon tonight. Should we watch it?

Stephen King talking to himself about Maximum Overdrive.

#monsterdon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2S9HrEiQ2g

This aged poorly #Monsterdon

And the moral of the story is that if a strange object appears in the sky, terminate it with extreme prejudice without asking any questions. The people back on earth will be fine if they have a stash of armament, don't worry about them #monsterdon

@ryan

Now playing - The Cars - Who's Gonna Drive you Home?

:D

#Monsterdon

I saw Maximum Overdrive on VHS back in the early 90s. I saw it, said "Welp, now I don't have to see it again."

And then I did. #monsterdon #MaximumOverdrive

#monsterdon right at the 90 minute mark, 2/3's the film's budget, nice timing.

I’m so sad when I see the destruction of classic pinball machines in movies. That Tommy scene is unwatchable.

#monsterdon

The large UFO was tried in the Superior Court of Los Angeles on charges of general fuckery

In a moment, the results of that trial

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Yowza—the ice cream truck! #Monsterdon

Tubi wants me to watch Trucks, which is based on the exact same King short story

#monsterdon

@klu9 #monsterdon

omg I forgot about that... what is it?

#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 don’t know why everyone is badmouthing AC/DC, but they were the perfect band for that movie’s soundtrack.

#Monsterdon

@cocaine_owlbear He earned it.

#monsterdon #MaximumOverdrive

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
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Boats are not evil? Does water prevent comet ghost possession?
#Monsterdon #MaximumOverdrive

Brad's dead

#monsterdon

@moira the beautiful comet didn't deserve to be maligned like this....

#monsterdon

Thanks @Taweret for hosting and @ryan for the stream

#Monsterdon

Looks like humans left the diner just in time.

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@lytta That's how I read it, yeah. Comet as cover.

#monsterdon #MaximumOverdrive

AC/DC would never again let anyone use their music in a movie.

#Monsterdon

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?

#monsterdon

"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...

#Monsterdon #MaximumOverdrive

*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.

#monsterdon #MaximumOverdrive

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 didn’t know the difference.

#Monsterdon

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

🤦

#Monsterdon

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.

#Monsterdon #MaximumOverdrive

All they have to do is go into the woods

#monsterdon

Also, didn't realize that "You Shook Me All Night Long" is the hardest (heh) song about premature ejaculation.

#Monsterdon

also, watch out for those "weather satellites"

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This film has a hell of a carbon footprint #monsterdon

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Oh my God, the wrap-up text is like, "By the way, a much more interesting thing also happened after this." 😆

#Monsterdon

That was fun, I mean watching it with you all, the movie was terrible.
#monsterdon

Polyus lives!

#Monsterdon #MaximumOverdrive

everyone’s favorite Real Technology, laser cannons #monsterdon

so you were clearly aware of nuclear weapons and yet chose not to incorporate that into the plot, interesting

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heyyy, fucking off into the sea!

#monsterdon #MaximumOverdrive

Really?

REALLY???

"All along it was a UFO."

FREAKING REALLY??????

#Monsterdon

“Laser cannon”.

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#Monsterdon They’re using a fucking engine on that boat!

"Poochie died on the way back to his home planet." #monsterdon