"Can't you do something!?"

Sure, hold on, let me exhale some helium into the balloon. Dipshit. #Monsterdon

There was no Jet Stream in the nineteenth century #monsterdon

It's so easy to mistake the ocean for a river

#Monsterdon

Wind is blowing west, they were in Virginia.... they blew plumb past America and them Confederate States as well...

#Monsterdon

"we'll all drown"
nah, just float on the hot air in that guy's accent.
#monsterdon

@jonny Look it's a VERY DRAMATIC nothing.

#monsterdon

Of COURSE it's stuck. #Monsterdon #MysteriousIsland

Dammit, I keep hearing Star Trek 2 esque James Horner riffs in the music...

#monsterdon

I want to see the vast featureless expanse of water closer maybe it'll look different. No no don't worry we're not going to go back up

#Monsterdon #MysteriousIsland

ive played tears of the kingdom, i know how to land a balloon

#monsterdon

"Look, drag marks!"

"Let's split up and search for the body."

#Monsterdon #MysteriousIsland2012

@apLundell so there are sandbags? Anything else? No?

#Monsterdon

https://youtu.be/UKkNlwpajNk?feature=shared

#monsterdon

stuff that is happening: (nothing)
the soundtrack: "BWWWOOOOOM, BWWOOOMMMM, CRASH CRASH BWWWWWOOOOM BLAAAAAAAAAAAH"

#monsterdon

Soundtrack is eager to get on with the drama, but the plot is taking its time

#Monsterdon

@davesdogmaggie @paco Everything floats down here. #Monsterdon

#Monsterdon Dwarf bread?

"Would we ever set foot on the earth again?" My guy, you didn't cast a levitate charm. It may take a while, but one way or another, that balloon is going down. #monsterdon

Oh I see, they heated the air ahead of time and just tied the balloon closed, why didn't I think of that

#Monsterdon

@Taweret Plenty of fresh air doh #monsterdon

"Oh good.....the ocean......well that's something.......ffuuucccckkk"

#monsterdon

"Take us down! We'll have a closer look!"

AT THE OCEAN?

#monsterdon
#mysteriousisland

Welcome to the DOOM BALOON

#Monsterdon #MysteriousIsland

Are you telling me we could have just pulled that single rope the entire time?

#Monsterdon

Given the prevailing winds across North America are west-east, I am dubious about this trajectory #monsterdon

Is the balloon our antagonist? Why does it have such ominous music?

#monsterdon

@paco Hope. Hope floats. #Monsterdon

#Monsterdon can you imagine complaining like this about an international flight out of Confederate Jail

cmon buddy

Westward ever onward. Soon we will Until this balloon deflates over mount Everest.
#Monsterdon #MysteriousIsland

okay, so they can't steer the balloon, but they should at least be able to steer the camera. get it out of the way. #monsterdon

it's been

four days since she laughed at me

still be two days 'til

#monsterdon #MysteriousIsland

There's not really that many controls on a balloon. I think I'd take a chance on figuring out the controls rather than keep the rebel soldier onboard. #Monsterdon

Jeez, less than a day or two in the skies and the captain is loosing it already :ACNH_Worry:

#Monsterdon #MysteriousIsland

Let me cut straight through the suspense… eventually, yeah, you’re gonna land back on Earth again. #Monsterdon

@msh lol uh i didn't realize they were burned into the archive.org version consider it a happy accident lol #monsterdon

#Monsterdon You better hope you get some water before too long, Mr. Disembodied Voice.

Really racking up the frequent flyer miles, boys #monsterdon

Watching my own version of #monsterdon (the wretched, disgusting Philadelphia Phillies)

@Crazypedia This is the origin story for the Wizard. #Monsterdon

Jeez, we have expository voiceover in addition to everything else? That’s not a great sign. #monsterdon

@yatsu Sabotage! #Monsterdon #MysteriousIsland1961

#monsterdon Where's Pegasus? I clearly ordered a pegasus.

🦖 #MONSTERDON 🎞️

TRIVIA ISLAND

🌋 #MysteriousIsland 🏝️

🌍 I hope there is no one here tonight who is hard-core on geography. This movie will destroy your mind.

@jonny So balloon travel is kinda like taking public transit in North America on a long weekend then #Monsterdon

i vote we throw the racist out of the balloon

#monsterdon

Would we ever set foot on the earth again or would we break... like the wind. #Monsterdon #MysteriousIsland

prisoners of the wind is my le vent du nord cover band

#monsterdon #MysteriousIsland

"I'm going to die up in the skies in a balloon, just like my grandma said...."

#monsterdon

@Princejvstin This is NOT a good southern accent by the actor for this self-acclaimed balloon expert Southerner. #Monsterdon #MysteriousIsland1961

@amyfou There is very little plot so far

#Monsterdon

Oh great, voiceover time #monsterdon

That soundtrack is trying really hard. It's VERY LOUD AND IMPORTANT. Not bad. Just bombastic alot of the time.
#Monsterdon #MysteriousIsland

@Taweret it was a choice

#Monsterdon

This accent is defying all my attempts to classify it. #monsterdon

wtf is that accent

#monsterdon

Oh good. VO expo. #Monsterdon

what could the confederate guy possibly know about steering a hot air balloon. there isn't such a thing as steering a hot air balloon. #monsterdon

They all needed to start looking up into the sky when the narrator started talking.

#Monsterdon #MysteriousIsland

Aw jeez, a narrator :/ #Monsterdon

Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal later on, Reb.

#Monsterdon

Oh! Now I get it. Actually a pretty clever plot device. #Monsterdon

ive never heard a human talk like that before in my life

#monsterdon

Reverberating narration! OH GOD NO. #monsterdon
#mysteriousisland

Is that supposed to be a southern accent?

#monsterdon

#Monsterdon 🏝️ 🐝 🦀 🦪 🐦 😱

TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES!

My mac m1 has forgotten how to talk to our roku - so we're reconfiguring our systems so that we can display the film on our TV and both the dude and I can enjoy it.

I will have to narrate your excellent comments to the dude because he can't see my screen I will do my best

aaargh I hope missing the first 15 minutes won't make it impossible to follow the plot!

#monsterdon LOL... had to fast forward to join all y'all... a baloon... Jules Verne splattered all over this movie.

#monsterdon Should I be in a hot air balloon, I would be scared of any other movement than crawling and there they are bumping each other I'm sorry I'm panicking right now

Are the subtitles on the peertube stream of monsterdon hard coded?

#monsterdon

What in the hell is this accent #monsterdon #mysteriousisland1961

"You mean you can bring this thing down any time you like?"

"No! Only when it's funny!"

#monsterdon #MysteriousIsland

"...have you ever seen a burial at sea?"
"No?"
"Have you ever seen a grown man naked?"
"Wut?"

#Monsterdon #MysteriousIsland

'wherever the wind takes us?'

but there's a war and we're on one side of it. seems like deeper into enemy territory would be bad idk

#monsterdon

"Only we're not over the sea!"

So my metaphor kinda falls apart! Sorry about that, I'm yelling! #Monsterdon

Consider: Elven hardtack

#monsterdon

sarg pin drop? is that what he said? i think he'll make a bigger splash than that when they haul him out of the basket.
#monsterdon

How's this particular "hot air" balloon staying up without an apparent burner?

#Monsterdon

They totally wanted Heston for that one guy. #Monsterdon #MysteriousIsland

#Monsterdon #MysteriousIsland Yes, let's hang the unconscious man -with the possible concussion- upside down.

Throw the press, if necessary. #Monsterdon

“Look! Food!”

It looks like he’s waving around lembas bread.

#Monsterdon

@CactuarJoe @Taweret All I'm sure of is none of them identify as female #monsterdon

#Monsterdon It’s clearly not a hot air balloon—how much helium did the Confederacy have access to?

"Gideon Spillet! I'm named after a biblical figure and a fish!" #Monsterdon

Wait. Has the black guy had any lines yet?
"look captain food!"
I sure hope that wasn't his first line.
#Monsterdon #MysteriousIsland

War crime averted

(okay, technically not a war crime at this point)

#Monsterdon

That green screen was about as good at transporting to the location as a SoulCycle wilderness ride. #monsterdon

Elfin waybread!

#Monsterdon

I see NO WAY in which having one of the guys on the escapees' balloon be a Confederate could POSSIBLY go wrong.

#Monsterdon

"Enjoy the movie!" -Thor #monsterdon

@Taweret Gotta make sure we can't tell the cast apart, right? #Monsterdon

oh lmao are they gonna fly all the way to the "mysterious island" ?

#monsterdon

I'm sorry, but the balloon has a check engine light.

#monsterdon

Drop him 👀 :punchnazi:

#Monsterdon #MysteriousIsland

Oh *now* they shoot the balloon

(and miss)

🤦

#Monsterdon

the power of telephoto compression #monsterdon

Wait, now is four of them? What did I miss

#monsterdon

Now you know why the south, and the Empire too for that matter, lost. Poor aim. #Monsterdon

I'm expecting to see Dorothy and a twister here in a moment 🌪

#Monsterdon #MysteriousIsland

the black guy is gonna die first, isn't he?

#monsterdon

so, they get zapped by lightning, time travel to 1885, and Michael J Fox has to go back to rescue him... #wrongMovie #monsterdon