So the last act of the movie is literally ensuring that the man outranks the woman who's spent the whole film in command.
FUCK. OFF. MOVIE. #Monsterdon
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#monsterdon HILLARY!!
Oh dear fuck, are they actually getting married? I thought they were marrooned on the Moon? What are they doing getting married first?
What is this?
The fuck?!
WHAT . IN . THE. HECK . IS . THIS. MOVIE #monsterdon
OMG they actually are marrying them?!?! ewwwwww.
#monsterdon Hey Iβm Breiteis, welcome to my unboxing video
Must've been a Prime Day delivery. #Monsterdon
"President Woman sent you some food and wine, and a ring so you can propose to your lunar bride and stop shaming the Earth with your sin"
C'mon zombie-Werner. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, zombie-Werner.
#monsterdon
It's nice to see us all collectively going "WTF" in real time.
#Monsterdon #ProjectMoonbase
It's a nice day for a...white wedding. It's a nice day to start again. #Monsterdon
there are like 7 minutes left and that is just about as much time as it took to establish the entire saboteur plotline so i think we have a whole movie left in this movie #monsterdon
Did Bright Eyes have a stoke during the landing and that's why she's acting like a child and not the commander of the mission? Is it 'moon rays' making her suggestive and meek?
You can't report to HR when HR is in the business of telling people to get married to co-workers
"take off your rank son....this is man to man...."
jaysus fuck.....are they going to smoke cigars together and share rape jokes?
"Sorry dad, we landed on the Moon by accident. Can I still go to the Ball in summer? I have just the loveliest dress...."
The moon lander has an amazing television screen. In real life, there were no screens anywhere on the Apollo spacecraft.
Which is amazing when you think about it. #monsterdon
I feel cheated. There real moon landing we got wasn't this packed with tension and suspense. #Monsterdon
That bin lid space helmet give you perfect visibility, no notes
Do they disembark on a rope ladder?
#Monsterdon
"winch me down the the lunar surface on the sex swing honey...errr Commander"
seriously, those look like my #chemo cooling caps. i definitely do NOT miss it.
instead of having pressurized space suits they went with a fully pressurized landing module because the booty shorts and hats are load bearing plot elements #monsterdon
"gone female on you" wat π΅
@Lazarou Maybe the computers they imagined in 1950 that we would have in 1970 could do it
Airlocks for everyone!
"Bill, I'm such a silly girl....I muffed it!"
"this ship is powered by the female orgasm, 10 gees, NOW!"
In space, no one can hear you scream
#Monsterdon
#monsterdon You know, those gravity couches look mighty comfortable.
Ah heck, they're giving us piloting exposition by having Briteys explain absolute basics _to the actual pilot_? 50s sci-fi all right, but woof is it ever awkward in the narrative.
im a little concerned that our ship is made from corrugated metal sheets from home depot
"...it's the autopilot"
Spaceships weβre roomier before the energy crisis. #Monsterdon
As a Brit, telling ships to 'Shove Off' is hilarious
(it's a polite way of saying 'fuck off')
YOU SHOVE OFF #Monsterdon
Your Scientists Were So Preoccupied With Whether Or Not They Could, They Didnβt Stop To Think If They Should #monsterdon
The office slant is making me ill, which is probably how I'd actually feel in Space so authentic in that respect
"I want the acceleration she's having."
@jonny it just needs the tip...... #monsterdon
those look like my #chemo cap.
#monsterdon I canβt with those medieval skull hats
"A woman...giving orders?! This rocket is doomed!!!"
Isnβt that Dr Bellows from I Dream of Jeanie?
#monsterdon shorts?
Prepare for take-off to the moon.
Don short shorts and bathing caps!
Begin countdown! #monsterdon
lol, do they all have to wear short shorts for Space?
"You, chonky madam, would weigh nothing in Space, how about that?"
My gods, TWO women characters.......the shock!
TURN AROUND BRIGHT EYES. #monsterdon #ProjectMoonbase
π΅ turn around bright eyes π΅ #monsterdon
Jaysus, these people smoke too much....
Love the spaceport and the security guard wearing a rubber cap on his head. The 70s....
@CactuarJoe efficient, these lads have stripped an unconscious man before...
#monsterdon
#monsterdon I sincerely love a good matte painting background.
shawty was hired for his voice, wasn't he? he looks like Kingpin's Mini-me.
i missed the first 10 minutes due the popcorn situation.
Woo, speed spy strip :3 #Monsterdon
Deep State Thug NASA
#monsterdon Wireless phone?
I'm also really enjoying their wireless phones
"every human male on Earth wears a suit"
The future still has Zoom meetings? This sucks.
Enemies of Freedom?
didnt realize we were doing a Helldivers lets play
#monsterdon
@allanb It didnβt occur to me until now, but that guy invented the Billy Dee Williams voice. #monsterdon
#monsterdon Another one in the (trash) can! Thanks @Taweret for hosting, and since we all got the damned song stuck in our heads, a palate cleanser for the maybe 1-2 of you who *haven't* already been exposed: Hurra Torpedo:
edit: Remember to leave the tab open and hit play during totality tomorrow if you're in the path for the eclipse!
https://youtu.be/ysUjYAi0WcQ
@RobynGoodfellow YEAH! Wernher fell like ten feet to his death IN LOW GRAVITY #Monsterdon
@diazona JUSTICE FOR ZOMBIE WERNHER!
#Monsterdon
OK seriously though, I think underneath all the perspective shifts and unexplained events and misogyny there are actually a few good plot lines in #ProjectMoonbase. A spy tries to sabotage a space mission, a mission goes awry and is forced to make an unexpected landing, people have to survive on another world with limited supplies, a potential couple is stuck in a confined and isolated habitat for a long time and have to confront their feelings (note: do not make the US government confront their feelings for them, that's just terrible). I'm sure all of these have been done (The Martian, Apollo 13, Passengers come to mind), but maybe not in the same movie, at least not well, and I think they could be.
So I suspect this movie could be remade in a way that it'd actually be pretty good.
@CactuarJoe yeah i have seen a lot of B movies and that ending insulted me as a viewer #Monsterdon
That ending annoyed me so much I had to go rant in the shower about it :P #Monsterdon
@jonny the movie was foreshadowing the viewer reactions of its own ending it was brilliant #Monsterdon
@jonny That bra is the highest tech thing I've EVER seen! #monsterdon
@otheorange_tag @msh I'm glad somebody made a "fucking off into the Sea of Tranquility" joke, it needed to be said
I tried but wasn't quick enough and then there was a space wedding
@Canageek @Lazarou @ricci @jonny Not that there wasn't misogyny, but up until she corrected the general I was assuming the other characters knew her and knew that's how her name should be pronounced
The fact that she corrected someone on it and then the correct pronunciation of her name was completely ignored for the rest of the movie is so much WTF
Admission: I kind of love how many completely different times completely different people posted simply: What? #monsterdon #ProjectMoonbase
The rampant sexism bothered me less once I realized the movie "needed" it, like Briteis outranked Moore but in the end he had to be promoted not just to her level, but above her so he wouldn't be humiliated anymore
It's like if someone says they don't believe in climate change and you get angry but then they say that there's no such thing as climate because the earth is flat, and you're not mad anymore because you realize they're just an idiot
@diazona @Canageek it's like "ppl want to destroy the moon base" and then that only kind of happens at all and they get married instead. #monsterdon
@Canageek @Lazarou @diazona @jonny The layers of misogyny in this movie were just so thick I don't even know anymore. #monsterdon
You're trapped on the moon with a lady who isn't your wife?
Ok, here's the rescue plan : Marry her, and then stay on the moon forever.
That rocket delivery unloading scene is the sci fi equivalent to a scene where someone unloads all the groceries from the back of their car. I'm kinda here for it the longer I think about it. And it was longer than the wedding. #Monsterdon
@Taweret This movie was trying in its own weird, ineffectual way to be progressive, but it failed so thoroughly that it makes it more offensive somehow. Just incredibly cursed...
@Canageek lol, oh boy.....
@RobynGoodfellow Werewolf of Washington has filled my quota for the year, personally
#monsterdon
well,that was something...
thanks @Taweret for another #monsterdon in the books & everyone else!
Ten minutes from the end of the movie and it isn't as bad as everyone is saying. I'm kinda worried what is about to happen. #Monsterdon
@diazona the events that happened did indeed happen in a sequence and some of them were related to prior events but never at any point was there a sense of why any of it was happening and then it decided to do the last 10 minutes #monsterdon
That was a wonderful first time. Thanks #Monsterdon crew!~
#monsterdon wow that was a very economical ending, 3 seconds and a thermin "byooop" A+ ending, 5 stars out of 5, no notes
at least this movie managed to fail _down_ properly
@yatsu Yeah. Last weak was a worse movie cause it failed at what it was trying to do. But I am far madder at this movie for succeeding at the bullshit it was trying to do.
#Monsterdon
@Canageek godmonster left me with many questions but this one leaves me with just a cold, gaping fistful of WHAT #monsterdon
Whew, that move can just fuck off into outer space. But it was fun being horrified with the #Monsterdon crowd! Thanks for hosting @Taweret and goodnight folks!
Wow that what outright rockbottom trash #Monsterdon i never thought possible. β¦ highly interesting