@Crazypedia wait did they actually say something about dinosaurs? I must have missed that

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@simrob so i would call this an "#OffMonsterdon" #monsterdon, a phenomenon where we sometimes will watch movies that are actually good movies and not really even monster movies because they are in the spirit of movies that monsterdon people like, but usually with monsterdon movies we are mostly "baffled by what the fuck is going on" or "there are kaiju destroying the city" or "who even made this and why"

Okay so I missed the first 15 minutes and I'm rewatching that now, and they're linking this to the extinction of the dinosaurs? But it completely dehydrates and calcifies them so there's no bones left just dust? Then explain the fossils

#Monsterdon #NightOfTheComet

If you're reading this, you're at the tail end of a long stream of posts on the feed about #Monsterdon, a fediverse community movie-watching event. This week we watched NIGHT OF THE COMET (1984). See the post at the top of this thread for more info:

https://hachyderm.io/@SnoopJ/111004128276431553

So they were protected from the comet because of metal roofs, but the scientists were exposed because of a ventilation system?

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Next movie on the tubi Auto play is "Cherry 2000". That's not a terrible film.

It's the best Mad Max rip-off about a sex doll that you'll ever watch.

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Ok I am really sorry I missed Monsterdon this week, Night of the Comet was one of my favorites when I was teenish…

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@lytta Eh, if you want a bleak ending just try picturing what happens two months after the canon ending of the film. There's gotta be like half a dozen people alive between there and Seattle now. #Monsterdon

@simrob It varies for real. Sometimes good, sometimes excellent, sometimes unintentionally hilarious, sometimes oh god why

#monsterdon #NightOfTheComet

@floatybirb i was wondering when we would see that in the back of my head bc i remembered your post but was fine with saving the battle cruiser for another movie because the earthly apocalypse was too good #monsterdon

Strange movie, but not in a bad way. Ticks off a lot of boxes for something you can expect from a movie like this, but throws plenty of curveballs.

Have a nice week #Monsterdon people!

Once again, I remind you that WE DID THIS TO OURSELVES. #monsterdon is Democracy Manifest.

Thanks and blame flow equally to @Taweret, the master of this feast. The beneficent power that curates the slate of deplorables that we vote upon each week.

Until next week. As always, of all the movies we watched this week, this has been one of them.

But I guess that would've interrupted the '80s heteronormativity ending. #Monsterdon

@moira Checkov's High Score Table. #monsterdon

@srol she just has a stress rash that the scientists mistook for zombification because their brains were already going spongy

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Ten minutes of credits just for all the eighties songs.

#Monsterdon #NightOfTheComet

Aaand that's a wrap! Thanks to @Taweret for a totally 80's-licious #Monsterdon.

And the rains came and washed away all the remains. #Monsterdon

@blue @Taweret At the beginning of the movie our Sam has the entire top 10 on Tempist except one spot suddenly belonging to a DMK

who we meet at the end of the movie ^_^

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That was silly. Also I guess they just got better?

#monsterdon #NightOfTheComet

that was definitely on track to follow a standard postapocalypse queer found family narrative for awhile but i guess it was the 1980s #monsterdon

"Video Game Consultant" named Lieberman???!!!

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The whole transformation into a suburban family was surprisingly sudden

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So Samantha isn't turning into a red zombie? Did I miss that getting resolved or is DMK gonna be dinner? #monsterdon

Gamers will inherit the Earth #monsterdon

The hero we didn't know we needed.

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So ends another #Monsterdon. As always, our heartfelt thanks to @Taweret and all the posters and lurkers, and remember #Monsterdoners: The burden of civilization is on us, okay.

NOW THEY'RE JAYWALKING #monsterdon #nightofthecomet

Apparently not she just actually has hives when she’s nervous like she said!!! #monsterdon

C'mon Sam, Hector's driving, it's his choice of music. #monsterdon

IT'S DMK! KILL HIM REG!!!!! #Monsterdon ☄️

Wait, where'd he get the personalized plate??

#Monsterdon #NightOfTheComet

#monsterdon he's a Keener.

No notes.

#monsterdon wait was that the ending

ITS FUCKING DMK LETS GOOOOOOO #monsterdon

conflict resolved, boyfriend achieved #monsterdon

...DMK appears to give Sam a boyfriend #monsterdon

See, this movie is all about found family rather than birth family.

Sure, everyone I've ever known is dead, horribly, but I found these kids, you see. So it's all okay.

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"Going to see Santa" is the euphemism of the movie #monsterdon

There were pretty much places in every mall to get family photos taken against backdrops. #monsterdon

Did they really just "we live in a society"

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AUTOMATION IS THE SECRET THEME #crosswalk #monsterdon

"the burden of civilization has fallen upon us" certified anarchist movie moment #monsterdon

Finally a little rain to wash away the populace. The environment is looking up.

#monsterdon

Why are the traffic lights still working?

#monsterdon

Marsha! Marsha! Marsha!

#Monsterdon #NightOfTheComet

also, day-um chakotay. okay. #monsterdon

listen, just because society has collapsed doesn't mean you can get out of wearing itchy suit jackets, kid. #monsterdon

"Hey, if you're gonna throw those guns away, can I have one?"

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Ah, a cleansing rain to remove that comet zombie stench. #Monsterdon

@moira And eventually, thanks to the water cycle, TO THE SEA #monsterdon #NightOfTheComet

All these clothes are going to clog up the storm drains something fierce. #monsterdon #NightOfTheComet

Doesn't want the kids to see him flip the bird, but he's cool with letting them watch a car full of zomb-people get blown up #monsterdon

Hello Heck Gomez!
Man how many costume changes is he gonna have? He's like a Pink Ranger in old Super Sentai.
#Monsterdon #NightOfTheComet

Damn those zombies sneaky. Snuck up on them with the full light from that bonfire across that big open space

#Monsterdon #NightOfTheComet

Rule, like seventy five of monster movies: There's always one more zombie. #Monsterdon

Hector and his little girly gun save the day

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Zombie voice: We have to get them!

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okay 54BPM makes sense in that state, but a blood pressure of 150/30? #monsterdon

Think over this! (middle finger)

Yeah, that was hilarious. Hector's nailin' it. In some ways this feels a little ahead of its time even.

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Flipping people off in the dark feels like a fairly pointless strategy. #monsterdon #NightOfTheComet

dynomite!!!
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"evil jumpsuit nurses on nitrous" has to be, like, a whole subreddit, right?

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"She had been exposed" to the comet? or what? #monsterdon

"He flipped us the bird, change all our plans and follow him! Grrrrr!"

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@apLundell That's just accepted science. #monsterdon

"I really hate this music"

She has a point

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Unable to display hr? I've got an ereader with that problem. Makes it confusing to spot scene transitions.

#Monsterdon #NightOfTheComet

SPLIT DIOPTER SIGHTING

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"My mommy told me never to breathe anything from strangers!" #monsterdon #NightOfTheComet

"I don't know, my parents told me never to breathe anything from strangers."

#Monsterdon #NightOfTheComet

lmao it is not realistic that these kids who've lost their families aren't going to freak out at having to get a shot from weird strangers who picked them up. i once hid under a table at the dr's office as a kid to get away from SCARY SHOTS #monsterdon

"oh no, the Base's Human Resources system is down, I want to file a sexual harassment complaint!"

#monsterdon

"cancer."

"you HAVE cancer?"

"no i am a cancer."

I LOVE HER

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was it the plan of the scientist cult to live off the blood of children forever or was that like an accident from leaving the HVAC system on during the comet #monsterdon

Where would adolescents with nothing to do go? #Monsterdon #NightOfTheComet

I guess this is technically a Christmas movie. #Monsterdon ☄️

#monsterdon oh I see they are zombiefying. that makes somewhat more sense.

Where do you find cartoon bundles Dynamite during the apocalypse?

#Monsterdon #NightOfTheComet

The BEST case in this movie is to live the rest of your life eating canned sardines from the back of Walmart (assuming you weren't exposed), with no electricity or running water, talking to a volleyball you've named "Wilson", and praying for the sweet release of an early death. I guess there are worse outcomes possible but I'm really not sure why the fighting. Should there be more... despair?

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Not everywhere on Earth was in the path of the comet probably, so I'm 50% expecting surviving military folks to show up at the end. #monsterdon (the other 50% is everyone dies)

You're about to be.....Scienced.

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Yeesh the gratuitous face-slapping

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Did she… did she just knock him out with a computer keyboard? #Monsterdon

Soundtrack absolutely popping off right now

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man this oil filter is cloooooooooooogged

#monsterdon #NightOfTheComet

@nev Well, you can still brain a baddie with'em, but you have to upgrade to Logitech's Platinum Monthly plan

#monsterdon

are there still zombies even?

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@fluffy I'm also getting the impression that they are not, in fact, scientists

#Monsterdon

Ah, night has fallen, and with it, they've removed the red filters 😂

#Monsterdon #NightOfTheComet

Somewhere, in this labyrinth of an evil silence bunker, we will find DMK, I have hope

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I'm getting the impression that the scientists are not, in fact, good guys. #monsterdon

YAAAAAY SHE'S ALIVE AND SPUNKY
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for a second i thought he said Soviet Pentothal lol #monsterdon #nightofthecomet

I'm really appreciating, as this movie goes on, how memory loss and poor decision making are symptoms, because it's giving the writers carte blanche to just write stupid scenes

#Monsterdon #NightOfTheComet

Oh wow, I really thought Samantha was gone! #monsterdon

Hector in full cosplay, working an angle. Go get em! Kill those mad science cult bastards. #Monsterdon

mastery of costumes is proving to be an extremely useful trait rn #monsterdon

Surely the base has a self destruct device, or a 'reactor', make it boom

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You could definitely kill someone with an old, metal case, heavy dot matrix printer. No doubt.

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