Evidently I failed #Monsterdon tonight 😭

@apLundell Well, we don't really know (and I suppose it doesn't matter for plot purposes), but my best guess is that that one was his actual car but after the apocalypse he "adopted" a bunch of other cars whose owners had been turned to dust. That is, when he says "I have 23" he just means 23 cars, not necessarily 23 new convertibles.

Or he doesn't have any other cars but he's just making something up to impress Samantha, and maybe he realizes it'll be easy to find 23 cars he can claim to own.

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@apLundell sometimes when lives explode people hold on to tiny bits of their old lives in strange little ways

this could be one

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@moira @diazona @jonny @simrob Yes, that's my understanding of the movie too, all the way through. #Monsterdon #NightOfTheComet

anyway good job team and the real monster was the zombies all along and thanks as always to @Taweret for hosting ^_^

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@shig The scientists mentioned symptoms including drying out, etc. I don’t know if they specifically mentioned rashes, but it didn’t seem to come out of nowhere when they saw her and thought she had been exposed. #Monsterdon

Danny Mason Keener says "I have 23" cars like that brand new convertible he's driving. That implies he just claimed an abandoned car, right? From a dealership?

So why the vanity plate?

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@moira @lytta @diazona @simrob i am imagining all those chemists huffing ether inventing quantum mechanics #monsterdon

@lytta @diazona @jonny @simrob Oh they are. But at the beginning there's a coherent plan. It just goes off the rails much faster than they expect because _they_ are going off the rails much faster than _they_ expected.

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@diazona @jonny @moira @simrob I thought they were telling us (via showing and not telling) that the scientists' minds were degrading and that's why they were shifting gears into extra weird useless experiments and treating everything as routine. just like. wheels still turning but they've lost track of so many things they're deeply off the rails and can't tell #monsterdon

@Zerofactorial @lytta hmm... Vincent took up amateur broadcasting post-apocalypse too, didn't he?

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@diazona @jonny @simrob It's all in the film in text. It's sprinkled across different parts of the film but it is all in there.

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@jonny @SRLevine ok so maybe... the radiation made people turn into dust, and then something else was the zombie-making thing? #monsterdon

@jonny @moira @simrob Ah yes see this is the kind of information that would have really helped this movie seem more coherent if I had seen it explained. (To be fair, I definitely missed some things while paying attention to the #Monsterdon feed but I usually don't miss this many pivotal details)

@lytta prolly not the possums

they're immune to rabies, you know

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@jonny @diazona @simrob Dr. White at first _also_ thought they could develop a blood-derived antidote from people who weren't turning into zombies, but then found out they didn't have enough time to even hope to make it work.

They initially assumed they had weeks to figure something out, which is bad but workable, and she figured out it was only a couple of days.

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@lytta @SRLevine i was wondering if it was electromagnetic or radioactive from the steel building thing, but the scientists said it got in through the air ducts so i assumed it had to be some kind of particle or aerosol #monsterdon

@moira @diazona @simrob and from what i take it the scientists were slowly realizing that they had been exposed and were collectively agreeing to not talk about it while knowing what they had to do, making it up in real time, which is how they got to harvesting people for blood, which didn't seem to be the original plan. #monsterdon

Okay this is about where I came in, but, she notices the keys in the wrench but not piles of clothing arranged like people on the ground?

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@jonny @simrob Ha fair enough, maybe I expect too much from this movie

Maybe that's what happens when a movie doesn't lean into the nonsense enough

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@lytta @jonny @simrob I definitely agree that it's not as incoherent as some other #Monsterdon movies we've seen. I guess the thing is, sure, I could understand most of what was happening, but I didn't understand why it was happening.

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I like how our 1980s heroine decided it was her duty to keep the light of civilisation burning by wearing a suit with giant shoulder pads.

@lytta Maybe there were other listeners and only the "scientists" called in #monsterdon

@moira @maple never #monsterdon

@maple agreed people trying to over-science this need to take joel robinson's advice and repeat to themselves

it's just a show

i should really just relax xD

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@lytta @ramsey @ottaross I thought it had been a wedding #monsterdon

#monsterdon "Yes! The sky is not deep red?"

@lytta She can go back to the radio station and spin platters any time she likes now too #monsterdon

#monsterdon You don't stay to watch the fire. You just leave. Those poor kids.

Also, what kid was riding their bike at the school at that hour, and why did everyone leave he hatches for their mechanical timers open?

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@simrob no, sometimes #Monsterdon goes harder than this but don't worry if this one didn't traumatise you too badly you could handle it again

more movies should be allowed to be goofy #monsterdon

Damn that was sure hell of a light show

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We typed the word God into Netflix and the first thing that came up was Gozilla Minus One.
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Is this true for everyone?
or did the Holy Algorithm just know.

@shig Samantha’s rash was something that normally happens to her. She was in a tool shed (probably one of those metal ones), when the comet passed.

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@Zerofactorial yeah this went super well for Sam actually #monsterdon

KEATON not KEENER

i kept trying to make a "facts of life" joke and couldn't get there and it's because the "K" was KEENER and the family was KEATON okay

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tired: DTF

wired: DMK

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@shig the olds are scary but will die soon

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Are you here to talk to me about my car's extended warranty? #monsterdon

Sammy should have asked Danny Mason Keener if he went to Taft before getting in #monsterdon

Tonight we established that nothing can stop 80's music, whereas we have not established what the comet had to do with anything

Thanks for hosting @Taweret and thanks everyone for the commentary!

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@diazona @jonny @simrob wait really? I found this to be a very coherent movie that I was able to follow pretty much all the way through. Also the 'let's imagine what certain people would do if everyone else was gone' is always a fun fictional scenario #monsterdon

DMK, of Tempest game fame!

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FUCK YOU DMK!
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@fluffy All gussied up in their Sunday best! They made the kid put on a skinny tie!

I realize that I made this point during the last man on earth, but: when the apocalypse comes, I'm putting on my sweat pants, and I'm never tucking in my shirt again, ever.

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"Great car."
"Thanks. I have 23 of them."
heh
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Lmao DMK was set up in the first scenes where she's playing the arcade game 🤣

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@Crazypedia
I'm still wondering how the comet came back after hitting the Earth the first time.
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@lytta @simrob that is fair. the magnetic monster comes to mind where there was never a goddamn monster at all #monsterdon

@yatsu I couldn't quite hear what the boy said when Regina was about to take the second shot, "Another ___ mom" or "Great, there are still ___ moms" #Monsterdon #NightOfTheComet

@north damn. They nailed the ending. DMK!! #Monsterdon

#monsterdon "Turkey crap through a tin horn" -- I don't know what that means. Is this an expression of badassery or just bad?

Danny Mason Keener is DMK! #Monsterdon

@simrob I'll agree with the others about the feed being typical (though it's definitely been picking up more in the last month or so? we're clearing well over 1000 posts I think). Movies are *very* variable in quality, though I have to say usually a bit more obvious from the title what you'll be getting yourself into.

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Picture day in the apocalypse.
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and in the end Reg doesn't notice her sister just ran off with her arcade rival #monsterdon

okay, still probably would have prefered DMK = gamer lesbian version, but for a dumb 80s flick, this was absolutely made for me, an apocalypse-enamored 80s kid. A+++ #monsterdon

What motivates the zombies? Is it eating the living or molestation? #monsterdon

Hector loves a costume :)
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Were there reprehensible things in this movie? Yes

Was I surprised by a competent female protagonist, a sidekick sister who wasn't an airheaded liability, and a Latine man as a love interest and well-rounded person? Also yes

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#monsterdon Hector's response to the apocalypse is to dress up. This is great.

Well that was a weird one, folks! Good night!

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#monsterdon That scene at the end is great because not only do we have whatever that trope is where every new person repeats some annoying bit (bruh you shouldn't cross against the light) but also, looking back from 40 years in the future we were all just clenched up for a second there expecting Kelli Maroney to get absolutely trucked. #NightOfTheComet (1984)

🎶 Oh, thunder only happens when it's rainin'
Players only love you when they're playin'
Say women, they will come and they will go
When the rain washes you clean, you'll know
You'll know

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Send more zombies!
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@ricci @ramsey I'm good either way. #Monsterdon #NightOfTheComet

We had that Polaroid Camera! #Monsterdon

okay this movie just goes straight into proper comedy at the end #monsterdon

@Taweret Thanks for hosting!
Danny Mason Keener
EDIT: (I meant to copy paste #Monsterdon , not Danny Mason Keener 😆)

That movie was super fun and honestly I wish I had seen it as an apocalypse-adventure-obsessed teenager. Thanks to @Taweret for hosting and see y'all next week! #monsterdon

"Think over this!"
Damn he was never this fun on Star Trek.
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@jonny Yes, Dr. White explained to Hector that they left the air vents on when they went into the bunker. #Monsterdon #NightOfTheComet

@diazona @simrob

good point well made

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🦖 #MONSTERDON Goodbye

Well, that movie just FLEW BY.

THANKS to our hard-working host @Taweret and to shrewd Bingo constructor @cheribaker!

And, finally, to the red-hued commentary from the Real Time Film Analysis Squad. Try their latest recommended supplement: Calcium Powder.

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I love how Reg and Hector are cosplaying as well-adjusted Civilized People #monsterdon

Worth the wait for DMK 😄 #Monsterdon

Ok, I can't say this was at all what I was expecting when I read the one line summary posted with the movie earlier this week. Still had a good time with you all though!

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not the greatest movie I ever seen on #monsterdon, but kudos on hair and wardrobe.

Oh no, did they just waste an FJ55 Land Cruiser?
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Beat feet uncle Hector.
Welcome back diagetic music.
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I think the guy playing DMK gives the best performance in the film.

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Another Wild Ride for #Monsterdon! 😂

A big thanks to @Taweret for running these 🎉

@ramsey Your wish is granted. #Monsterdon #NightOfTheComet And HEY EVERYBODY DID YOU SEE DANNY's DMK tag at the end? #Monsterdon #NightOfTheComet

LOLZ little sis gonna hook up with Video Game Nemesis time to assume the Burden of Society and repopulate the planet!

THE END

If The Comet destroys us all next time it comes around I still hope it instantly turns me into a little pile of curry powder I don't have a whole lot of faith in these people to restore society, but nonetheless it was an awesome #Monsterdon @Taweret and I enjoyed re-living the Comet Mania of the mid eighties!

phew!

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Great ending! #monsterdon

Santa! He is real after all.
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Samantha stands across the street, looking all dejected. “Maybe I could be a nun or something?”

Also, WTF is the power still on?

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They have gone full Spider-man villain based lighting now.
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Livetooting of #monsterdon interrupted by masondon wanting pats but that's ok, it's over now

#BRMonsterdon e é um final feliz no apocalispe.
Não é das piores coisas que assisti no #Monsterdon admito.
Mas godzilla são mais divertidos

@CactuarJoe where did our gamer girl go!!! WHY IS SHE PLAYING HAPPY HETERO FAMILIES #monsterdon

@starkraving666 "Civilisation" apparently... #monsterdon

I love how they just got every musician they knew to throw in a song, a nice robust soundtrack of stuff they didn't have to license. #monsterdon

Other than a few parts that didn't age well, that was a really fun movie. Maybe the most I've enjoyed a film on #monsterdon so far.

#monsterdon This movie plot just got hella creepy what with the supposed good scientists harvesting people for their blood?!

@Newpa_Hasai I think it was actually true that Sam was never exposed and just usually get rashes #monsterdon

damn, tami holbrook, you do a damn good cindi lauper impersonation. #monsterdon