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

Rear-projection almost got front projected #Monsterdon

Oh, so that's how you steer a hot air balloon. Just wiggle around a lot.

#Monsterdon #MysteriousIsland

Bonk.
Sandbag aiming is strong with this one.
#Monsterdon

It's raining in the movie and there was a flash of lightning outside my living room window, startled the bejeezus out of me #monsterdon

“Don’t let me fall!” he yells, as they try to pull him in.

Once on board, one of the other guys shouts, “Lighten the basket! We need to gain more height!”

Well, you could have just let him fall.

#Monsterdon

THE REAR PROJECTION

IT'S A COMIN' RIGHT FOR US

#monsterdon #MysteriousIsland

Nobody is aiming for the balloon
#monsterdon

#monsterdon

*Storyteller voice*

"And this, my child, is the proof. Fascist cops will always be part of #monsterdon movies, one way or another"

I would admire it if this intro sequence had no connection to the rest of the film as an homage to Andrei Rublev.

#Monsterdon #MysteriousIsland

It wasn't until I was an adult that I started questioning the loud ricochet sound effect every single time a gun is fired in an old movie, no matter what it hits

#Monsterdon

Marry poppins effects up in here 😂

#Monsterdon #MysteriousIsland

"I CAN'T COME BACK, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WORKS, SORRY FOLKS" #Monsterdon

oh thank god none of those ricocheting shots punctured the giant balloon directly above them. #monsterdon
#mysteriousisland

Literally getting sandbagged.

#Monsterdon #MysteriousIsland

Five days without water? In a HOT AIR balloon without a source of heat? That's not how the human body works. That's not how hot air works.
#Monsterdon

Pure Evil is remarkably pink.

#Monsterdon #MysteriousIsland2012

"don't let me fall"'
well considering you've done f all to help this escape so far, Corporal, your chances aren't looking good.
#monsterdon

That balloon looks about as Civil War-era as a VCR. #monsterdon

flail around there a little more junior it'll help

#monsterdon #MysteriousIsland

Which side am I supposed to be rooting for? #monsterdon

@randy_s Sounds about right 👍

#Monsterdon

OZ here we come! #Monsterdon #MysteriousIsland

escaping in a hot air balloon lmao

#monsterdon

at least our protags aren't the confederates like they usually are in hollywood films

#monsterdon

Uhh, rainbows, they're using real water!
#Monsterdon

C'mon Private Load. :/ #Monsterdon

#Monsterdon "i swear we're the guys from earlier, we're just coocoo for slavery or whatever our side says"

Missed the thread with my last reply. Anyway, it's a getaway in a hotair balloon in a real torrential storm....what could go wrong?

#Monsterdon

Starting #monsterdon a few minutes late due to reasons. It looks like Spaceship Earth from EPCOT came unmoored during a storm and is on a rampage, I hope I got the right version...

You know ... you _could_ just shoot the balloon?

#Monsterdon #MysteriousIsland

Why aren't they just shooting the balloon to stop them?

#Monsterdon

@forestine It's Superdynamatastic! #Monsterdon

Oh it's a push door, of course

#Monsterdon #MysteriousIsland

*hums the theme song from The Great Escape* #Monsterdon

i don't have any experience with "jailing people" but i figure one of the main things you probably want to do is not send your main guys in there alone with nobody for backup #monsterdon

#Monsterdon Early Epcot really sucks

gotta put every colour you can imagine in the opening credits to show off the *Superdynamation*

#Monsterdon

first steam-engine powered balloon loaded with coal and ready for launch sirs

#monsterdon #MysteriousIsland

#Monsterdon mercifully spared that dude the Captain Kirk double axehand

Also thanks for the subtitles @jonny I enjoy learning new languages :blobtonguewink: #Monsterdon

"Take their clothes!"

Why don't more prison escape sequences do this one simple trick?"

#Monsterdon

#monsterdon

Cue harmonica.

Sorry Mysterious Island, but #monsterdon got pretty spoiled on epaulettes in Destination Moon.

torrented an italian version without noticing; guess it's time to learn another language

#monsterdon
#MysteriousIsland

Yet more Star Trek-like effects: he almost went in for the double-fist punch! #Monsterdon

Oh snap! Beating up Johnny Rebs is a great start to this escape plan.

#Monsterdon

also #monsterdon day is one of the few times I ever see ads (b/c Tubi)

Dirty Yankee bastards

#monsterdon

#Monsterdon (commercial jingle)
Libby, Libby, Libby on the label, label, label; you will hate it, hate it, hate it in the dark cell, dark cell, dark cell.

Fairly sure this is not a historically accurate Civil War haircut. #monsterdon

And here we go with the Great Escape #monsterdon.

Captain "look we're getting kind of low on officers" Harding

What kind of pep talk was that?!

#Monsterdon

C'mon private, pull your weight here. #Monsterdon

good old two-fisted punch

#monsterdon

#monsterdon kid is useless

He was about the employ the dreaded Kirk-Chop, but decided against it! #monsterdon
#mysteriousisland

i especially appreciate old dude back there on the bed, not helping or anything. #monsterdon

Sustainable war practices also include Home Alone-ing the enemy #monsterdon

@blue 👏

#Monsterdon

@yatsu It is a very special episode of This Old House #monsterdon

So far it's all about The Balloon. Remember back a few years ago when it was all about The Balloon and if we could or should shoot it down?

Riveting stuff!

#Monsterdon

Good thing they walked down the stairs three abreast!!!

#Monsterdon

oh shit right #monsterdon

#monsterdon yeah he's scared he's about to fly over the civil war

ah. #monsterdon

@plaidtron3000 for reals

they're doing _real well_

#monsterdon #MysteriousIsland

aw gee whilikers, sarg

#monsterdon

Oh, they're Home Alone-ing this prison break :D #Monsterdon

From what I know about how the confederates treated prisoners of war, these guys are doing ok. Especially that prisoner of color. #monsterdon
#mysteriousisland

bro's epaulettes look like he glued drink coasters to his shoulders

#monsterdon

🦖 #MONSTERDON 🎞️

TRIVIA ISLAND

🌋 #MysteriousIsland 🏝️

Bernard Herrmann on the score tonight!

This movie already has more Black representation than 75% of what we watch.

#monsterdon

@diazona It might make a scary pop #monsterdon

The air force has decided to reduce its carbon footprint and return to its roots #monsterdon

I've got he movie running, catching up on getting the posts going ...

#Monsterdon #MysteriousIsland

both your hands are already through... the wood? the... what?

#monsterdon #MysteriousIsland

Why are they keeping all these New York City doormen in jail? #monsterdon

Those are some monster epaulets #monsterdon

#monsterdon is on! Mysterious Island. Civil War. Jules Verne. Hot Air Balloons...

Boring (no-action credits)!

... thus started #Monsterdon thread of #MysteriousIsland_1961 movie

Oh, fun, the US Civil War. I know that’s Verne’s period, but, well, we tend to be bad at using it in film, so I hope it’s at least only here briefly. #monsterdon

With a cast of thousands of Civil War reenactors!

#Monsterdon #MysteriousIsland2012

hahahahahaa i am sorry to anyone who is watching on @monsterdon i didn't realize the portuguese subtitles were burned in lmao this is so bad #monsterdon

That is a big ass balloon for Civil War times.
#Monsterdon #MysteriousIsland

That balloon looks a lot like the orb in the new ghostbusters.

#monsterdon

@jonny Maybe they've swapped out the snooty Englishmen for giant chickens? #monsterdon

ALL I WANTED was a NICE DRY PRISON CELL but SHE WOULDN'T GIVE IT TO ME

#monsterdon #MysteriousIsland

More stock footage and Technicolor than an original series Star Trek episode!

#monsterdon

I see Richmond hasn't changed much. #Monsterdon #MysteriousIsland

Oh for the days when military technology meant a hot air balloon #monsterdon

@moira They spoiled one bit right away in the opening credits with "[Herbert Lom] as CAPTAIN NEMO" #Monsterdon #MysteriousIsland1961 [The book didn't reveal this until near the end]

@socketwench It tastes just like purple! #Monsterdon