piranhas actually suck at eating and prefer pre-digested food, and you die from that little humming sound they make, that's the lower harmonics of them liquefying your bones with ultrasound #monsterdon
Oh the rubber fish are actually fantastic!!!
This scientist not being concerned about how his work is used feels... pre-1945
lol, a minute later he dives into the river to save a child, fucking loser....
BUT NOT MAGGIE THE SKIP TRACER DARNIT! #Piranha1978 π #Monsterdon https://mstdn.plus/@JoeWynne/113897982097585141
I never killed anybody, I just bred weaponized super fish that kill people
Meanwhile on the set of Aguirre, the Wrath of God
#Monsterdon #Piranha
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I think I'll just just my arm in the water and fall in after it's been bitten 10 times
Wait, are they rowing out into the river to torture the old science dude? That's not how 'International Waters' works
#monsterdon He seems utterly unprepared for any sort of logical carrying on with any other human being. He looks like heβs wearing an actor-suit, and there's a multi-legged arthropod deep inside him, neurotic and at a loss for what to do next.
That was a Common Loon! #monsterdon #piranha1978
Oh this is too ridiculous to be scary
IT'S BABY GODZILLA #TeamMonster
#monsterdon Hey! We got a Harryhausen figure on the loose. I don't remember this part. This makes the movie at least ten times more awesome. Ten times a very teeny number is still redic teeny. But still.
I love how they can wonder around this facility like all Humanity has died off and there are no rules any more
David and Barbara are sleeping with the fishes
Rednecks LOVE it when city folk demand to be taken somewhere #monsterdon #piranha1978
#monsterdon No, your ex-wife didn't send me, the CLINIC WITH YOUR SOCIAL DISEASE RESULTS SENT ME, you nasty dirty jerk! Damn Piranha now have both herpes and mono! You hairy oaf, not keeping your drunk peccadillos to yourself!
I wonder how many takes the 'fish fork' scene took and whether that actor ever looked at fish again
#monsterdon Man can live by booze alone. We learned that during pandemic. So shut your pinchy little face, get in that river, let the fish nuzzle you, love you, nibble their way into your RIB CAGE and let them make amuse bouche from your LIVER! ARRRRR!
this journalist lady being distracted by video games and having a 'mare in the airport is very contemporary
Thesis: The movie making industry needs more Roger Cormans.
Arguments:
1. He has not (in the research I have done this morning) been accused of inappropriate behavior.
2. His drive and tight control taught many of Hollywood's greats how to hone their craft. His movies were not called "The Roger Corman School of Filmmaking" for nothing.
3. Without the bad, you cannot have the good. And well made bad is a special treat.
4. He acknowledged past greats. Many of his later movies reference early greats of filmmaking.
5. He was not afraid of a challenge. At least one of his movies was the result of a bet.
Any counter arguments?
#Piranha1978 π #Monsterdon
First casualties ππ in 5... 4... 3...
#monsterdon Well, it's either trespassing or sex. This gets us experimental fishes, but if you have sex and trespass, you get zombies.
"Military test site" does suggest a reason you might actually not want to go in there
Who doesn't go hiking in the woods at night?
Yeah, this is Jaws-inspired.
No Tresspassing. This means you, fish.
No trespassing? I bet someone does trespass actually
if they were so qualified why are the piranha loose, HUH?
Yes. Thank you trivia writer. I got that on my own.
And Lance Henriksen, nice. In four years from this to Aliens, impressive. #monsterdon #piranha2
This movie strengthens my belief that James Cameron is a water-type pokemon.
Buddy just really really loves the water
Doing work or any sort of activity that requires higher brain function seems tough to juxtapose with #Monsterdon
@floatybirb @Lazarou My favorite part is she spends like 2 minutes of screen time trying to turn over a canoe and get it into the water, and then just gives up and grabs an inflatable raft.
@floatybirb Sure, I get it - I just don't think it works in the context of the rest of the film. It's too serious and the victims are too young.
@Taweret i miss the one fishy who had legs π’
@YsengrinWolf I assumed he escaped, because we saw him get to shore. He probably has new levels of trauma though. #monsterdon
... and what happened to the kid they rescued from the overturned canoe? He just kinda vanishes as the raft is disassembled by piranha
@Louisa Perhaps this trivia courtesy of Amazon Prime will give you some closure on the romantic tension in tonight's film. #monsterdon
Honestly this wasn't too bad, the only misstep in my opinion was the kids' camp scene, and just because there's no way to make that stupid enough to fit in with the rest of the film, and they didn't try - which is good, given it's little kids - but it's a mis-step
(thank god for this long opening sequence, this evening's timeline is HOPPING people.) #monsterdon #piranha2
So, what did happen to the mutant walking piranha? They were cute.
Y'know, I feel like this is what happens when a movie successfully *tries* to be the kind of nonsense that's perfect for #Monsterdon (as opposed to so many others when it barely seemed like they were trying for anything). I like it.
Thanks as always @Taweret for hosting and everyone for posting! And remember, bitey fishes go whirrrrblbrrrrrblhbrlbrrb
@paco frankly she's more responsible for those deaths than the hammy scientist #monsterdon
The fact that the kid knew to go get the booze canteen to make pops feel better... #Monsterdon
We never did find out if he was gay. #monsterdon
The moral of the story is that nature is out to kill you so you're better off sitting in your pathetic little cabin drinking yourself to death instead #monsterdon
Who else is watching Piranha II on @ryan 's stream? link in post above #Monsterdon
@Cherizilla I started with a normal piranha doodle and upgraded it with some arms and legs when we introduced this lil thing, trogdor-style but without consumate vees.
I'm still kind of upset that the movie set this up and then never paid it off, this prop is lovely!
Ok, I liked Piranha 1978.
It moved fast, was bonkers, quotable and 100% enjoyable.
10/10 would watch again.
This was my first #monsterdon and can I just say I might have a small tear in my eye for you guys! #piranha #wherehasmastodonbeenallmylife
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TRIVIA BITES
Piranha made money and spawned sequels and remakes.
Piranha 3, assigned a writer and director and planned to be released in 1991, was never made. But a single full-page ad did appear in Variety. And here it is...
I need to stop accidentally predicting things. Also no way dragging him through a glass window does less damage than the fishies.
The piranha fuck off into the ocean!
Sequel bait clinches it in the 11th hour as the piranha presumably fuck off into the sea
Lol you bastards!! How dare you end like this
Our leads didn't even kiss, Grogan clearly has PTSD and maybe an oxygen deprived brain
The evil scientist won? We never saw the walking fish again?
Everyone's going to be killed by piranhas
#Piranha1978 feels very contemporary to me. We've returned to a world where people make decisions as poorly as the characters in this film do, and the most culpable escape meaningful consequences
YAY fucking off into the sea!
And like any proper #monsterdon film they fucked off into the ocean. Great watch tonight. That's a classic. Thanks to @Taweret for hosting! #Piranha
#monsterdon "there's nothing left to fear" as she gives the camera the Kubrick stare π¬
That's the answer! POLLUTION WILL SAVE THE DAY!
#Monsterdon #Piranha
Okay. Hereβs our sequel: Invasion of the Piranha Girls
Thank you, evil scientist lady with the great leather bag, for setting up the sequel.
Another #Monsterdon is in the can!
Thanks to @Taweret for hosting!
Nibble, nibble, bite and bubble! Tonight's fish frenzy was provided by #Piranha from 1978, where our aquatic friends were literally ... chomping at the bits! We also had:
Fish attack right out of the gate!Lots of fun water sports ... for the piranha!Mad fish scientist!A different kind of kids menu!Random boat explosion!The buzziest fishes ever!
Soβwhatever happened to stop motion dinosaur guy?????????????
This movie is like a Choose Your Own Adventureβ’οΈ where every choice is labeled βthe right thingβ and βthe wrong thingβ and they consistently pick the wrong thing. #monsterdon
They give him a swig of booze and that brings him back to life
Moral of the story: SCIENTIST = BAD! #monsterdon
if you have no idea how to end a movie just roll credits jesus christ #monsterdon
He can really hold his breath #Monsterdon
Bourbon is medicinal! #monsterdon
Np way can you hold a copy of Moby Dick in one hand.
@brooke The Snowbeast Solutionβ’
He actually said "Film at 11"
Piranha: The solution is pollution!
#monsterdon
I like how there was a ready-to-go pollution release valve
#monsterdon "Sixty three... sixty four..."
_every single person watching monsterdon_ SAY IT
edit: "eighty two, eighty three..."
_every single person watching monsterdon_ DAMMIT
There's like 16 piranhas eating 100s of people and traveling hundreds of miles in seconds... #monsterdon
its amazing well lit' underwater inside a flooded building
And here we see the rare aquatic Bob Vila in its natural habitat #Monsterdon
Wait, this is the 70s you could just light the river on fire π₯ π
Hooray for pollution!
What can't pollution do!
Yay for pollution!
#monsterdon
why would you get in a boat instead of STAYING ON THE LAND
lol, did the general fall in and get eaten?
@jonny That's definitely Corman's influence. If the movie takes itself too seriously, so will the audience.
OK is anybody counting the number of vehicles that they have stolen now?
@RamenCatholic The fish don't seem to discriminate
What we need is a way to make rich people taste better
This movie really could do with some body part props
Colonel pushing helpless people off the boat, seems legit
you don't have to run away once you're on the land