You know what I think?

What?

That thing up there... it's a bird? it's a plane?

#monsterdon

Sam Jacobs is a little too happy in that bio. I think he'll be killed first.
#Monsterdon

So many observer thingies on moveable tracking thingies #Monsterdon

Looks like the ship is powered by THE ATOM

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@north I think it's all computerized these days, they start the countdown hours or days in advance and it takes care of itself unless someone decides to abort

(I don't know if you actually wanted to know but I couldn't resist speculating)

#Monsterdon #TheAngryRedPlanet

"Y'know what I think?" "You think?"

#monsterdon #TheAngryRedPlanet

@paco #monsterdon

I did it once! tho actually it was during a World Cup of Football (Soccer)

So is there a commercial free version avail? #monsterdon

#Monsterdon 😠 😡 🪐 🚀 🐀 🦇 🕷️ 👾 😱

the super smart girl scientist always has to be the daughter of a super old dude scientist #traditionalGenderRoles

Good thing they have a flash on that camera for taking a picture of ........ the sky.

#Monsterdon #TheAngryRedPlanet

I don't know, newsman, our thoughts and prayers aren't worth much...

#monsterdon #theangryredplanet

Needs a shot of a barking dog. That's what made the landing in Airplane! believable. #Monsterdon

It's ok folks, she inherited science smarts from her dad, she's not going to girl things up too much

#Monsterdon

Much footage of swiveling telescopes!

#Monsterdon #AngryRedPlanet1959

#Monsterdon so that's Asshat Captain,The Girl, The Traitor, and The Comic Relief?

@jivens

Whit Bissell really rocked the pipe in Creature last week

#Monsterdon

@SRLevine@neuromatch.social Yeah! In this case, though, they can't confirm that the crew is situated safely.

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Wait... Is this the Fantastic Four?
#Monsterdon

Stockfootage has it's own theme song now.
#Monsterdon #TheAngryRedPlanet

Col. Tom or Morton Downey Jr.?

#Monsterdon

Fetch... The machine which goes bing!

#monsterdon
#TheAngryRedPlanet1959

they're waiting for the airplane from airplane to come in

#monsterdon #TheAngryRedPlanet

Let's meet our crew: three nerds and one beefy dude. #Monsterdon

teehee nipple antennae

#monsterdon

In 1959 Hollywood could imagine a woman astronaut, but NASA was like, Nooooo, no girl cooties on our precious space flights! #Monsterdon

beep bwwarp beep-bop

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At this point I think Mars is just mildly peeved. #Monsterdon #TheAngryRedPlanet

So these are our Fantastic Four for the duration of the picture.
#Monsterdon #TheAngryRedPlanet

You, turn some knobs. You, flick some switches.
#monsterdon

It's basically the opening of Lifeforce (1985) so far #Monsterdon

Did they smoke in flight? #monsterdon

I'm going to give them points for not calling her a "Lady Scientist", also this is just the Fantastic Four.

#monsterdon #TheAngryRedPlanet

honestly surprised we didn't get a title drop right there

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professor, who no doubt brought his pipe into space... #facepalm

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That looks like the television set i grew up with.

You can tell he's a rocket scientist. He has a scientist beard. #Monsterdon

#monsterdon #cinemagic

Mandatory science pipe.

The Angry Red Planet had a woman astronaut decades before the US did IRL

Fuck this country.

#monsterdon
#TheAngryRedPlanet1959

Hey, what's Simon Pegg in a goatee doing in this movie?!

#monsterdon

"The crew last seen here with the Mysterious Man In The Black Hat..."

#Monsterdon

Is this Fantastic Four?!

#monsterdon

#monsterdon I am a little sad that we ran the snare drums for military stuff in movies right into the fucking ground, out the other side of the planet and into space etc. because it was such great shorthand for military stuff the first few thousand times or so we did it

"...there's still the question of fuel. What is it really? For some, it might be a tuna sandwich. For others, a chicken leg. It's impossible to know"

#Monsterdon #TheAngryRedPlanet

We have smoking! A pipe!

#Monsterdon #AngryRedPlanet1959

Nice looking television set in that window #monsterdon

HARBORD URGES PLANT RENEWAL!?

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okay, see, I can trust television man. he's in black and white LIKE 1950s SF GOD INTENDED

#monsterdon #TheAngryRedPlanet

MARS ROCKET DUE TONIGHT

...

MARS ROCKET CREW ALIVE?

#Monsterdon

flashing sign: "Eat at Ed's"

#monsterdon

@strangefour i last watched it only a couple of years ago and that's still all i remember #monsterdon

That "5-6 Gs" line is pretty funny since I read Mary Roach's Packing for Mars yesterday and she had a whole "what matters is both the force (G's) and how long you experience it (and your cushioning). 5-6 is totally manageable for a couple of minutes in a good flight couch thingy!

#Monsterdon

this movie uses a lot of stock footage
#monsterdon

"Well done professor. You very skillfully counted down from 10 to 1."

#monsterdon

"Brilliant Youth Authority"

#Monsterdon

George here may not be able to act with quality, but he's sure acting with quantity

#Monsterdon

a _Seven Star_ paper, wow

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OMG watching TVs in store display windows

#Monsterdon #AngryRedPlanet1959

"SALE AT PENNYS!" #Monsterdon #TheAngryRedPlanet

"MARS ROCKET DUE TONIGHT"

It's pregnant, too!?!? #Monsterdon

thought we had a narrator there for a sec

#monsterdon

The news man looks like Elvis.

#Monsterdon

Anxious officials, from the Office of Anxious Awaiting.

#monsterdon

Not sure if the cuts on every second of the countdown are genius or Too Much.

#monsterdon #TheAngryRedPlanet

#Monsterdon

WAIT, I'M ON THE WRONG PAGE WAIT *flip flip*

#Monsterdon Daughter tells me that takeoff Gs are in the teens, so wtf, guys?

Knobs, switches, countdowns, white guys! #Monsterdon

Is there like an actual launch button anymore?

#Monsterdon

The pairing of hollow, unconvincing and bored line reads with grainy stock footage certainly is...a choice.

#monsterdon #theangryredplanet

Hey! I have that oscilloscope!

#monsterdon

Remember when people would crowd around TV shops for the urgent news?

#Monsterdon

@pngwen Gotta love these launch sequences! #Monsterdon #TheAngryRedPlanet

I saw this movie... decades ago. And about all I remember is what anyone ever remembers from this. The color red and rat-bar-spider <3
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Back in the day when they knew how to do countdowns with gravitas

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Obviously the speed of light is no issue here. #monsterdon

Stock footage montage, underway

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MINUS ONE MINUTE!
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This is sort of like the chase scene from the end of THX 1138, except much worse.

Officers are 3.1 and closing...
Officers are 2.1 and closing...
#monsterdon

"Minus thirty seconds, *Mark*, if that's not too much *trouble* for you, *Mark*"

#Monsterdon

He’s got Orson Welles’s forehead #Monsterdon

Nice plaid thermoses on the desks.
#monsterdon

ain't got any kilamanjaros, sorry!

#monsterdon #TheAngryRedPlanet

Unf that's some good buttons and switches.

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IT'S THE FINAL COUNTDOWN! #monsterdon

they are preparing to launch the state of Nevada.

I think.

#monsterdon

ohhhhh i want those recorders :/

#monsterdon

"...we have smudgy dot. Repeat, we have smudgy dot."

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#monsterdon #cinemagic

I love all of the analog switches and command consoles.

Oh it';s gonna be one of those movies. Stockpiles of stock footage in action.
#Monsterdon #TheAngryRedPlanet

Attention please: We need to pad the movie for another five minutes. Talk slow and move slower. #Monsterdon #TheAngryRedPlanet

@combatwombat They're clearly sonar dishes.

#monsterdon
#TheAngryRedPlanet1959

BTW: "Professor Whiner"

(I know that's not how it's actually spelled but maybe it's more accurate)

#Monsterdon #TheAngryRedPlanet

They arrive on sight and find the MR-1 is actually Quark's Treasure and we segue directly into Little Green Men (DS9). #Monsterdon

THIS IS THE VOICE OF NEVADA CONTROL or something idek

#monsterdon #TheAngryRedPlanet

Radar's down, so they have to get a guy to draw it on the screen. #Monsterdon

"the radar telescope screen" - what? #monsterdon

Why are the radar dishes making a ping sound #monsterdon

ARE YOUUUU READDDYYYYYY

#monsterdon
#TheAngryRedPlanet1959

I like the Fake Houston at Nevada vibe #Monsterdon

The footage of white men frobbing control panels was apparently very inexpensive. #monsterdon

#monsterdon #cinemagic

Radar Telescope Screen!