@bunnyhero And this is pretty early, it's not like they're just being genre-savvy. #Monsterdon

i mean i guess it killed those guys but still

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Something killed the men who just went in and the guy they first found. Liked how they did a pan from the outside of the engineering office following everyone to a meeting in the board room. #monsterdon

lmaooo hell yeah #monsterdon

Oh cool I think it's modeled on a hellgrammite #monsterdon

ok the foley artist really misunderstood the assignment and gave the giant ant thing a steam-powered bird voice. #monsterdon

@OldRustBucket actuallly...... #monsterdon

You guys are too judgemental, try diplomacy with the hideous larvae! #Monsterdon

giant bug monster did nothing wrong

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Did not expect this guy. Is this an ancient enemy of Rodan situation? Is his larval form somehow a bug?

Is that Goro?

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#Monsterdon Man, those cicada larva grow big in Japan.

Flooded mine and creepy squeaking noises is unsettling.
Oh they were pulled to their doom. This is a really horrific opening in Japanese.
But of course my dumb old brain is just thinking of classic Doctor Who set ups.
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i also like that when someone shouts "it's a monster!" no one here disbelieves it. it's just something that happens in these parts #monsterdon

There's a giant grasshopper on the other side of the hill. They're just having a picnic! #monsterdon

now this is a good sound stage
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LMAO THAT GIANT BUG HOLY SHIT

Just when I was wondering when it would stop being a melodrama about the pretty girl's missing brother

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But it's making such cute little squeaky sounds! #Monsterdon

oooh i like that villagers fleeing shot - I'll need to watch an actual good version of this later xD #monsterdon

#monsterdon That was a great monster reveal.

None of this making us wait for 90 minutes before we see the monster nonsense.

This film shows us what we want to see when we want to see it!

Excuse me do you have a moment to talk about Jesus christ #monsterdon

dang that ant thing really fucked up the mood, as unfathomable as it was #monsterdon

Do you want giant killer rubber bugs? Because that's how you get giant killer rubber bugs. #Monsterdon #Rodan

hell yeah

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YIKES! #Monsterdon

THREE'S A CROWD, MISTER MONSTER! TAKE A HINT! #monsterdon

Man, those are some really upsetting bucket hats on those reporters. Seriously, I'm getting Invasion of the Neptune Men flashbacks. #Monsterdon

"There's something horrible in that mine!"

It's...... CAPITALISM!!!!!

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that's just what having a gun was like in the 50's. they hadn't invented aiming yet
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see what i'm saying about the vibes, why is this romantic music happening #monsterdon

Who brings a side-arm to a mine rescue? #monsterdon

once again, gotta bring your hat game to the kaiju movies #monsterdon

The victims were missing their red shirts #monsterdon

Cue the lovely Rodan romantic theme... #monsterdon

They are going in to look for Goro. #monsterdon

Aaaand he floats gently to his death. #Monsterdon

tweets kill #monsterdon

@jonny @emmah That's the opposite of how dubs usually go! #Monsterdon

anyway I started blastin #monsterdon

Yeah man. When someone gets pulled under muddy water the best way to help is to start firing wildly. #monsterdon

People are accusing the missing miner, Goro, of something. #monsterdon

Wait. I don't think I've ever seen Rodan subbed. Have I?
Oh Pluto has ads. Hmm.
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"Be quiet!"

ten seconds later

"GORO!!!!"

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@apLundell [whistles MASH theme again] #monsterdon

Yeah, this guy has clearly been "slaughtered like an animal" and "torn to pieces".

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"You first." "Why me, foreman?" "It might be booby-trapped." "Oooh." #monsterdon

Really weird to hear a dub from this era including honorifics

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the vibes are all over the place, moments after being very sad and mad about his death they just cheerfully directed those parasol ladies into the hospital to go see the body #monsterdon

Oppenheimer (2023)
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Well, that calmed her down. #monsterdon

@strangefour A murder mystery! #Monsterdon

Doctor swaggers in like, "I'm sorry, I'm too *cool* for this death." #monsterdon

@RobynGoodfellow Where is the dubbed version? #monsterdon

Dinner and a movie.
And a dead body...
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#Monsterdon Get that kid back to cram school.

No wonder the miners had that look on their face going into the mine. Something's happened! #monsterdon

@coriander yeah REALLY have #yikes #monsterdon

Ohao subs~ I have to actually pay attention this week.
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The mix of voice acting so far is wild. Some people are doing regular jobs and others have decided to do a really racist job

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Woah, they are talking about global warming in 1956, no wonder the US dub is all "lets fire a nuke." #monsterdon

Didn’t have the effects budget to show what was going on with the floor I see #Monsterdon

oh no, did somebody delve too greedily and too deep, huh? 😿​
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You know you're in for a good time when a film opens with atomic test footage.

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it's funny that everyone keeps mentioning the narrator because the japanese version has no narration at all #monsterdon

Boy, all this minutiae of mining sure is fascinating #monsterdon

I love the pompadour on that guy who answered the phone. #Monsterdon

Are they dubbing the stage directions?
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i want a job where i get to ride a lil train everyday

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I *am* glad i spot checked the dub and edition differences so I’m not totally thrown by people commenting on dub-only stuff for #monsterdon lol

Well dagnabit the version on HBOMax is the original subtitled in really good quality. NO GOOD. Now syncing up the dubbed, narrated voiceover version. #monsterdon #rodan

the narrator seems proud of that bomb #monsterdon

Now kiss and make up, you two. #Monsterdon

The vibe here is really making me want to watch some old MST3K shorts. #Monsterdon

Everybody got your handbaskets? #monsterdon

Backstory, and more backstory #Monsterdon

"oh no is that blackface -- oh never mind they're just filthy" #monsterdon

an usual horror began

sounds promising

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White, Clean, and Neat. I'm not even making that up. I think it's the same guy. #monsterdon

ah well, back to the ol’ Rodan mines #monsterdon

Foreshadowing much!!
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I'm straight-up pretty sure this guy narrated a film that later got sampled by Robert Plant. #monsterdon

the announcer sounds pretty happy about all thisa #monsterdon

You don't say "fiver." The point of saying niner is to distinguish it easily from five. #monsterdon

Look out, it's #monsterdon! Mute the tag for the next couple of hours if you don't want your timeline flooded with snark.

Oh I didn't even check if the Pluto version was sub or dub. Well guess I find out after the credits.
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"These people will be exploring issues that are teen issues..." #Monsterdon

love when a narrator manages to chew the scenery

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Nukes! So Cool!!
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Ah yes, stock footage of white military guys looking concerned, important. #Monsterdon

Love this commercial for nuclear testing #monsterdon

MISSION GIGANTIC is what I call my---

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IT BEGINS #Monsterdon

Sure, no one was on the island, sure USA cut...
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aight i'm gonna try the american version because i sort of love the way bad dubs make every movie a B movie #monsterdon

"A tiny island at-oll"

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Got my snacks, time for #Monsterdon

Starting off with a real farty soundtrack

There's going to be a lot of "Wind" and "Breaking" gags tonight aren't there. #Monsterdon #rodan

Eager to see if this movie also has a scientist who spends too much time arguing that the monster is not a bird. #Monsterdon

miles away from inhabited land that you can nonetheless see in the background #monsterdon

Hell yeah! #Monsterdon

#Monsterdon This background effect is kinda the four color rotating disc that people way back when used for Xmas but much fancier