The composite shot of them crossing the matte painting giant log is pretty good.

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i think El Dorado took place on this matte painting? #monsterdon

"...it was as if nature had gone wild."
"That's literally what nature is. The wild."
"I just read the words, kid."

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Careful, you'll fall into the stock footage and be swept away.

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Interesting trees. The rare Green Screen Tropical Oak. #Monsterdon

5 minutes of everyone challenging the captain's authority to no effect

did we really need that though

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the matte paintings do look good. I';d hate to see them upscaled though #monsterdon

do they actually have green sceen movies yet because I didn't think so but I don't actually know. I think it's all rear projection

much like today's conservative politics

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Crossing some treacherous #mattepaintings in this movie

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why do they need to cross that?

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Why isn't he trying to spear a cockatoo? #monsterdon

"Walk carefully over the gorge!"

"....But it's only a model."

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#VegetableFinder is a Very Important designation in a survival party don't ever forget that #Monsterdon

Except for the incontrovertible evidence that there was at least one other person on the island, who had built a fire, we were sure that "man" had never set foot on this island...

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#monsterdon Unironically loving the painted landscapes

@jonny you’re in the wrong hashtag, Jonny. #Monsterdon

#Monsterdon Is Herbert the red shirt? I think he should be the red shirt.

4 men crossing an oil painting. That's something you don't see every day.

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ah, the elusive green screen bird #monsterdon

I have to admit this is not a Jules Verne story I'm familiar with. #monsterdon

Haha horseplay on the beach, sure would be a shame if the lads decided to explore their feelings in a tropical paradise and forget about being rescued

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They're very fractious, considering the circumstances. I'd be waiting until someone gave orders I thought were bad before trying to rebel.

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@Taweret the mixture of the strange and the beautiful!

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i can't tell if i prefer extremely loud nothing happening or interminable robinson crusoe nothing happening #monsterdon

Anyone ever heard of Matte Painting Island? #Monsterdon

"We landed in a wild, untouched wilderness, so we set about killing and burning, like a good white boy would." #Monsterdon

NATURE GONE WILD, YOUALL #monsterdon #mysteriousisland1961

another birb! :D

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#monsterdon I mean, scouting the island with that friggin voice must be quite the chore

Wait, where did the narration come from?

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#Monsterdon First, we need to find a conch, and then ...

They’re in a survival scenario, and the first thing the journalist wants to do is start a democracy. #Monsterdon

Birb! :D

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"who are you talking to? and how do you make your voice do that?" #monsterdon

Captain's log <reverberating narration>

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@ramsey Once they realized they might be in Australia

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#Monsterdon Nothing says survival like climbing into the mouth of an active volcano.

@RufusJCooter @starkraving666 Fair dinkum #monsterdon

okay i like the matte painting

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oh god, not the voice over again. is he speaking to us from inside the volcano or like...
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LOL the narrator #monsterdon #mysteriousisland1961

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I appreciate the captain's weird vest with the triangles. No idea how that'd happen

#monsterdon The agreement was with your tapeworm. So dig deep and feel who really controls the party going on in your body, bubby…

oh now it's Gatorade Frost #monsterdon

#monsterdon Oooooh a leftie?

He sounds Irish half the time, which might not be far off from some Kentucky mountain populations at the time...

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@starkraving666 The rebel's Australian now?

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As far as fiji? Maybe even tahiti.

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oi mate im a confederate ey crikey #monsterdon #mysteriousisland1961

"We'll need meat and vegetables. Fish and plankton and protein from the sea"

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The Confederate soldier just slipped into an Australian accent. #Monsterdon

i think the confederate soldier is australian ????? #monsterdon

Thr guy with the southern(??) accent has real Donal Logue energy #monsterdon

#Monsterdon Gentlemen, your grasp of geography is frightening.

wow these opening titles sure look like they're about to drown in a big vat of beer though huh #monsterdon

every time he talks I just forget everything else going on. It's like a reset button in my brain. #monsterdon

At least they're concerned about the unknown fire starter ... and they think they're in Fiji, or New Zealand. Fat chance of that.

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There is going to be some sort of noble savage on this island, isn't there?

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So is this an uncharted desert isle? #monsterdon

I don't think a volcano would be my first choice for a vista point

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Soon they will getting coconuts and string to make telephones. #monsterdon

@bunnyhero Where's he hide that pomade is what I want to know. #Monsterdon #MysteriousIsland

The confederate's accent is kinda Scarlett O'Hara-ol prospector-Cary Grant-whaling captain

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#monsterdon Loved when there was no Gen AI and somebody had to actually paint that volcano

@Taweret Maybe Australia fought for the Confederacy #monsterdon

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The dude "that's the worst rendition of 'fanfare for the common man' I've ever heard"

"Dat wind took us tasandz o miles." What is this accent?
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You figure a civil war soldier might conceive of starting a fire without matches I dunno #Monsterdon

"OMG, dude! The Civil War? Like, gag me, I'm so sure!"

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wh

WHAT

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you could tell me that was a Martian accent and i could not argue

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All that time in the water didn't do a thing to all the product/pomade that guy's got in his hair. #Monsterdon #MysteriousIsland

#monsterdon One Small Oyster Stew Special for a man...

listen, my extensive history of playing survival games tell me they need to stop standing around chatting and starting building shelter. #monsterdon

This island is the afterlife. #monsterdon
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Ooh, mysterious fire. That is great drama.

(I have never read the novel, but of course we are going to be treated to some great writing here)

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Oh no! Seaweed seasoning? Horrible! 😉

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Starting late on #monsterdon again because I had to do a bunch of stuff including some important self-care things. But I'm here more for the movie than for the commentary anyway.

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I would also not eat the raw oyster

these guys seem to be doing really well seeing as they've had no water for four or five days

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#Monsterdon ah, the era of Blue Screen effects. Shitacular.

Neb is so loyal to the captain. I feel that loyalty may be very misplaced. #Monsterdon

THREE HOUR TOUOOOOURRRR

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Is that Chekov's volcano matte painting?
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the first day on gilligan's island is going pretty well

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@moira@mastodon.murkworks.net Or maybe Shepard from Stargate Atlantis?

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#monsterdon Just gotta find out where the brass section is. #SuddenlyBrassSection

I don't usually get too hung up on accents, but how it keeps on shifting from generic southern to cajun to ye olde renaissance faire is just really throwing me for a loop. #monsterdon

Filming started 21 June 1960. The beach scenes in Mysterious Island were shot on location at Sa Conca Bay, Castell-Platja d'Aro in Catalonia, Spain. The escape from the Confederate prison - using an observation balloon - was filmed in Church Square, Shepperton, England. #monsterdon

Every time they spot anything even remotely interesting, these trumpets start playing as if it’s the most important thing ever. #Monsterdon

the captain looks a little like fox mulder

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well, found the captain, now we don't have to eat the raw-- oh, nevermind. too bad. #monsterdon

Oh good, move his spine around a lot. #Monsterdon

did he manage to start a fire before, or after he passed out? #monsterdon
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He washed up on the shore, built a fire, and then took a nap?

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Smart enough to bail early, maybe smart enough to start a fire too

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Oh good, I didn't want to eat that nasty shit, anyway.

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Aah, we have crashed *the crew all undo their top 2 buttons and show a little decolletage* #monsterdon

It'll put hair on your chest. #Monsterdon

"This is the only control we had!" he says, throwing it overboard so there's no chance of repair.
Like Stockton Rush throwing the PlayStation controller at the sub driver when they were trapped at the Andrea Doria wreck. (Sub expert repaired it.)
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