Nicea, nice sunglasses there. How are your eyes looking

#Monsterdon #NightOfTheComet

Uh oh now scientist lady is wearing sunglasses

#Monsterdon

this movie's got some great women #monsterdon

This movie is cheesy and kinda cheap. But man it does occasionally have the most perfect imagery. Director of photography needs an award.
#Monsterdon #NightOfTheComet

@diazona "Shall we look for survivors, gather food?"
"No, we wait in the mall....wait for girls...."

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Lol Regina left Samantha behind in the wasteland no problem huh?

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these dudes are definitely young republicans, maybe libertarians

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"Let's go to the mall!"

#Monsterdon
#HowIMetYourMother

I'm extremely confused about how the alliances in this film got established

#Monsterdon

Turns out the real monster is American consumerism.

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#monsterdon "I'm not crazy, I just don't give a fuck!" This is a fairly entertaining, if overplayed bad guy. He really wants to be in Gotham City.

"I'm not crazy, I just don't give a fuck"

And that's America's problem

#monsterdon

Tech Bros killing the only women alive.

#NightOfTheComet1984
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Okay, I had to laugh at the "what are the odds, it's LA" line. #Monsterdon ☄️

Sunglasses indoors and fingerless leather gloves. He seems nice.

#Monsterdon

Maybe Hector doesn't dig white chicks, have you considered that?

#monsterdon

Getting the rights to use "Girls Jut Wanna Have Fun" was probably half the budget. #Monsterdon #NightOfTheComet

i am glad the protagonist women are out and armed in downtown LA but also i wish they would like remain in the place that let them survive at least until the red sky fades a little bit. i only want the best for them #monsterdon

The rash is fine it's just a curry allergy it's nothing #Monsterdon

Geoffrey Lewis! #Monsterdon

"Secret government lab abducting children!"

Ok Qanon, calm down there....

#monsterdon

Sorry, Rob, mom's tile grout now :/ #Monsterdon

"Daddy would have gotten us Uzis"

🤌🤌

#Monsterdon

Is this the movie with the most diegetic music?

#monsterdon #NightOfTheComet

Was it a bad dream or an erotic one? Exactly how twisted is this chick? #monsterdon

🦖 #MONSTERDON 🎞️

☄️ TRIVIA OF THE COMET

#NightOfTheComet1984

The two motorcycle cops? They were working for the filmmakers to manage traffic. Got into the movie!

@apLundell I can squint and say "it's from the Hoover Dam" since that's supposed to be able to run for a millenium with only simple maintenance... but it IS suspicious. heh.

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Teenage Comet Zombies is my new favorite band #Monsterdon

Turns out the vacuous teen cheerleader is also a crack audio engineer. Quickly took over the automated radio station.

#monsterdon

That's no research base, it's a cult! #monsterdon

"MAC-10 submachine gun was practically designed for housewives"

This movie has some great zingers

#Monsterdon

you don't know how sentient the zombies are, idk maybe broadcasting that you are alive in the radio station is the worst possible thing you could do #monsterdon

ooo, the mysterious government lab!

#monsterdon

The gun-toting radio-station guy is Chakotay?

I didn't know he started his career as a Erik Estrada apprentice actor.

#monsterdon

"spent last night nailing some hooker in my truck, I'm the last Man on Earth!"

#monsterdon

Cat eating discourse! I'm dying here 🤣 #Monsterdon

Somebody went to a lot of trouble to automate this radio station

#Monsterdon

I forgot to check doesthedogdie.com

#Monsterdon #NightOfTheComet

Definitely watch your drinks in this 'radio station' ladies...

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#Monsterdon there is a "Red Dust" movie poster in the projection room. Carefully chosen

#monsterdon I think we can all agree that our heroine has an unusually cute nose but I'm not sure that justifies all these motorcycle handlebar up-nostril shots

So #monsterdon has started 🤣

The idea for GTA5 was birthed by this film

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More 80's montage music #monsterdon

you could not ask for a better protagonist than video game motorcycle woman. the rare #monsterdon where i am conflicted about being on the protagonist or the monster's team

Oh fuck they talk, too.

#Monsterdon

That's two deadly movie monster upgrades.

Social skills, ability to coordinate, tool use? You're fucked.

"I've been trained..."

So much classier than "I know Kung Fu!" haha.

#monsterdon

The Zombies talk in this timeline. Much like ours. #monsterdon

Actually having a hard time making fun of this, I'm enjoying myself quite a bit tonight.

#monsterdon

The zombies have discovered tool use pretty quickly

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"a blood soaked wrench.....I'll pick that up!"

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What are the rules of this? Only people having orgasms at the moment the comet passed by remain normal and the rest either get dusted or turned into zombies?

This is worse than figuring out the vampirism rules for Twins of Evil.

#monsterdon

After a night of mediocre projection room sex, you could at least offer her an Egg McMuffin.

Wait. Is this the world's most terrible product placement? #Monsterdon

I do wonder what the deal is with the radio DJ, as to my knowledge radio stations did not have fully-automated playlists in 1984, and it was super typical for local FM stations to have morning shows with hosts and such.

Also that is not how high score lists work. #monsterdon

So we've got vaporized people, but somehow we're going to end up with zombies too?

#monsterdon

Only the hot girls will survive.

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I guess these people needed to be wearing a higher level of SPF #monsterdon

Check out the movie poster on the back of the door.

#Monsterdon #NightOfTheComet

I love this 80s idea of automations waking up in the morning #monsterdon

Effects budget: fog machine and a red light #monsterdon

Sex in a sleeping bag, nothing but the best

#monsterdon

Arcade Bellhop has a boyfriend, who is the movie projector attendee guy, which I am told was a sweet job before movies went all computerized. Anyway, he's sleazy and wants her to stay in the projector booth with him and make out, I think while he also bootlegs movies or something. I will call him Bootleg Joe because I don't know his real name.

#monsterdon #NightOfTheComet

Look, I'm like 18 ok, and I can watch the comet wherever I want to watch the comet! And I can also throw Milk Duds at you.

#monsterdon

"Like, I'm 18, okay?"

#Monsterdon

I like the little white cordless phone with the pull-out antenna.

Can I get that in an 5G model?

#monsterdon

"all telecommunications seem to be out on that part of the world...anyway...."

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Launching my #monsterdon thread for #NightOfTheComet! Hoping for lots of comets! Wooo space snowballs wooo!

Monsterdon is the thing where we watch an old monster movie every week and make fun of it; you may want to mute the hash tag if this isn't your thing.

And we're away…

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My first exposure to this movie was when I was a child and my parents took me to see The Last Starfighter at the movie theater. One of the trailers for coming attractions was for Night of the Comet, and I distinctly remember being scared of the zombie faces.

#Monsterdon #NightOfTheComet

@lytta @ramsey @ottaross I thought they were all dressed up because Regina and Hector Chakotay were getting ~married because it was up to them to make sure civilization survived. #NightOfTheComet #Monsterdon

@Taweret While we're on the 80s film kick, a #monsterdon submission:

The Wizard of Speed and Time (1988)

It's on YouTube in full https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR-X3yFl6OM&themeRefresh=1

and also on archive.org, maybe elsewhere too?

@apLundell@octodon.social Illuminati fingerprints all over the situation. Kid's about 17 years old and he has 23 cars? 17 and 23? 1723? The birth of Adam Weishaupt? Not a coincidence.

#Monsterdon #NightOfTheComet

Maybe the real zombies were the friends we made along the way. #NightOfTheComet #monsterdon

🦖#Monsterdon movie ends...overthinking begins

@diazona @simrob oh ya these are all the things that was i was willing to forget about because we regained samantha #monsterdon

@lytta i would wonder about insects or other rapidly breeding animals that could have hatched another generation in the apparently short time that the comet was in effect. plants seem to be fine, and any that have bulbs or otherwise make backups should have no problem #Monsterdon

Positively surprised by a 80s terror/comedy movie that didn't rely on naked boobies. I'm looking at you "Chopping Mall"
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@lytta @ottaross I’m pretty sure that’s why they were dressed up, and she was taking pictures, and the girl is holding a bunny stuffed animal. #Monsterdon

@jonny @simrob Well, yeah, to be fair this is not nearly the level of WTFery that we have seen with some other #Monsterdon movies. It did have clear main characters and they did some interesting things, sure, but there was so much unexplained (at least I thought so) like how the comet connects to anything, or why most people turned into sand, or what the scientists were really trying to do and why they were out at that base in the first place, or who exactly knew what with regard to Samantha's death, or how the kids wound up getting involved, or why they suddenly turned into a conventional family in the end, or so on.

@lytta i am torn about the amount of zombie animals you would expect to see. if the thing was airborne, there really aren't a lot of terrestrial animals that live in isolated air. you'd also either have all the aquatic animals or none of them, depending on if it's an aerosol or a particle that settles in to the ocean. #Monsterdon

@ramsey @ottaross ohhh is that what that was supposed to be? Easter dress up?

(I tend to forget Easter exists) #monsterdon

Honestly i just experience #monsterdon vicariously

@ottaross Even months later, presumably when it’s Easter! #Monsterdon

@chrisamaphone That 100% tracks and makes me love this movie 1000% more #monsterdon

I'm not convinced the "scientists" were scientists, more likely just mooks working for some billionaire with nutty ideas #monsterdon

The moral of the story is even if you've grown up with an unpleasant situation at home, everything can get better in the space of one night #monsterdon

I’m not gonna lie. I actually liked this film. I really enjoyed it. #Monsterdon

As always, thanks, @Taweret, for hosting, thanks, @cheribaker, for the bingo card, and thanks everyone else for the fun!

And, now, here’s your moment of Zen:

That was a weirdly happy ending for how dark this was getting.
I kinda wish I'd seen it back in the 80s or 90s, but I think maybe I enjoyed it more now than I would have back then.
#Monsterdon #NightOfTheComet

I could have done without the random anti-gay slur, but on the flipside, a slur in a joke that's about straight guys being the actual worst is... surprisingly less than horrible for '84.

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@jammerb Beat DMK to death for the car, with a wrench, knew DMK wasn't a zombie as well.

The sister is in trouble again!

#monsterdon

In other news I still have like a third of a beer left so I'm going to go fishing in Minecraft, good night everyone

#Monsterdon

@yatsu Hector Chakotay was wiring up the dynamite to the scientist truck while Samantha was inside making sure Regina didn't need help. I LOVED the teamwork in this movie! #Monsterdon #NightOfTheComet

rob and i have headcanonned regina and hector as ace
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@diazona @simrob ok maybe it was just me but i followed that all the way through on the rails of loving whatever the heck the main characters were up to, usually i don't even know who the main characters are or what anyone is doing #monsterdon

@fabio Humanity has transcended #monsterdon

Oh man #monsterdon is watching Night of the Comet? One of my stupid favorite movies

Is "abrupt rain fixes everything" basically an upside-down fucking off into the sea? #Monsterdon

@jonny @simrob I dunno I would definitely classify this one under "baffled by what the fuck is going on" with a side of "who even made this and why"

#Monsterdon

This was definitely a DeBartolo Mall quality film.

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