"Very soon the airplane he's in is going to crash!"

Sounds like your problem is gonna solve itself, chief. #Monsterdon

That lady at the airlines desk was about to punch the shit out of that guy. #Monsterdon #TheMagneticMonster

@moira Checks notes, that scene had nipples?! #Rewinds #Monsterdon

"Uh... whelp, uh... if you had anything you wanted to do with the rest of your life, lady, now's the time."

#monsterdon #TheMagneticMonster

ah, won't scan the lady #monsterdon

so a magnet is blackmailing a kid to get cabs for it, what is the big deal #monsterdon

excuse me, maam, have you by any chance seen any magnetism around here?

#monsterdon

Cab driver's one shot at stardom. #monsterdon

Plot twist: His unborn child has already been polarized and is spinning in the womb like a wacky compass needle. #Monsterdon #MagneticMonster

are you done milking your scene yet?

#monsterdon #TheMagneticMonster

Taxi Man Lem is on ... the case! 🥁

#Monsterdon #TheMagneticMonster

*gasp* Radar! #monsterdon

I expected them to look like baked potatoes. Those are fairly "modern" looking protective suits. #monsterdon

First instance of smoking and it's outdoors? This film isn't getting into the spirit of 50s. (Thankfully.)

#Monsterdon #TheMagneticMonster

@floatybirb I didn't take that as accosting, I thought he was worried about the health of the baby

#Monsterdon

if architectural fashion counts as fashion i think we had attractive retro fashion real early

#monsterdon #TheMagneticMonster

@ryan #Monsterdon #MagneticMonster
[ #FriendComputer Disliked That]

#monsterdon I wish $repeat-the-statement, ARE YOU KIDDIN'? would make a comeback

oop, back to pregnancy fears #monsterdon

brb calling the cops to tell them i think there's magnetism coming from my toaster

#monsterdon

I wonder what was the equivalent of 555 before they had exchange codes in phone numbers

(I'm guessing there wasn't one)

#Monsterdon

NYC Cabbies will in fact be front row for the apocalypse, no matter what form it may take. #monsterdon

"...my screwdriver sticks to the block!"
"ummmm, I'm hanging up now."

#Monsterdon #TheMagneticMonster

you think that ticker tape can do emoji #monsterdon

@apLundell On Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MANIAC_I #monsterdon

I think the OSI can cover teh $13 bucks
#Monsterdon

Ha! The secretary is the mean old lady from Naked Gun 33⅓

#Monsterdon

YES, EVERYONE THINKS YOU ARE MAYTAG MEN #monsterdon

@plaidtron3000 #ScribblesFuriously "in my pants" #Monsterdon

[singing] whatever computer can do I can do better #monsterdon

Dude, you said let us know about any appliance issues, don't get mad when people do!
#Monsterdon

@apLundell That was the Los Alamos computer #monsterdon

if you detect any magnetism, please call the Magnet Police immediately

#monsterdon

Stock footage is on the scene! #monsterdon

so, let me get this straight, a radio- and TV-wave interrupting element is somehow "on the loose" like, an ingot grew legs and walked off, and we're broadcasting on radio and TV to let people knew? #monsterdon

Listen, I think I know how to defeat this monster...
#Monsterdon

if you use "every means of communication" versus an _electromagnetic monster_

wouldn't they hear it really well?

#monsterdon

@joewynne The way things are going I wouldn't be overly surprised to see that, there's a lot of movie left

#Monsterdon

the brain is very confused

as am I

#monsterdon #TheMagneticMonster

Look, I’m no branding expert, or anything but maybe find a friendlier sounding acronym than M.A.N.I.A.C. for your doomsday computer. I mean, you’re kind of just handing early Cold War Soviet propagandists an almost entirely vindicated confirmation bias …
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#Monsterdon
#TheMagneticMonster

Don't you miss the good old days before it occurred to us that maybe smoking a pipe over sensitive scientific measuring equipment might not be such a good idea?

#monsterdon

Cathode ray memory unit on M.A.N.I.A.C connected at a whopping 10 baud it sounds like. #Monsterdon #TheMagneticMonster

The MANIAC begot the WOPR. #Monsterdon

Their lab equipment is a carbon arc theater projector. Their radiation record is the audio track of a film. I assume the rest of this is just all edit decks and stuff. #monsterdon #themagneticmonster

The Maniac sings with weird voices when it is working. Same. #monsterdon

Bagpipes! #monsterdon

@RobynGoodfellow I don't think this is anywhere close to hard science - it sounds like they were going for technobabble if you ask me

#Monsterdon

The electronic brain is called MANIAC? If that isn't the magnetic monster, I'm sending Chekhov's gun to the scrap yard.

#Monsterdon #TheMagneticMonster

ah yes, the electronic brain. the chatgpt of the 50s

#monsterdon

@howler0502
Yes. It is always best to be prepared for any eventuality #Monsterdon

"We have no idea what's going on but AI will tell us." Scientists of the past were just like us! #monsterdon

THE ELECTRONIC BRAIN. #Monsterdon #TheMagneticMonster

bro they are asking chatgpt about the magnet #monsterdon

@bunnyhero I second that! #monsterdon

"Next we analyzed fingernail scrapings and dust from the dead man."

This wasn't actually useful, but Bob's got a thing about fingernails. #Monsterdon

that's a hell of a gimp suit #monsterdon #themagneticmonster neticmonster

Remember when science was done with channel locks and oven mitts? #Monsterdon

@AustinB @blogdiva ah good point, it checks out

#Monsterdon

We didn't know where the bismuth was, but we knew the bismuth would strike again #monsterdon

@Taweret oh good i guess it stopped being radioactive since the geiger counter stopped #monsterdon

Trivia Pulse
Alpha particles are really only dangerous if inhaled or swallowed.

#Monsterdon #TheMagneticMonster

"...it can magnetize, but it can't hide!"

#Monsterdon #TheMagneticMonster

#Monsterdon the radiation level is at #420 everyone (*) take a hit!

(* 21+ only)
#MagneticMonster

@moira #RaisesHandQuickly Ooo Ooo Add "in my pants" to this?! #Crickets #AngryStares #Monsterdon

Wait, what? Do I not know what magnets are?
#Monsterdon

aright, one down.
and that is a lot of...radio gear?
#monsterdon

The magnetic monopole is the Easter bunny of physics. #Monsterdon

Everyone knows when you get irradiated you crawl under a pile of boxes to die #monsterdon

"The impulses don't seem to be going down!"

Maybe they weren't impulses, maybe they were serious notions. #Monsterdon

lights on console NOT BLINKING, Does not count for Bingo!

#Monsterdon #TheMagneticMonster

@brion When magnets go through intensive military training?! #Monsterdon

That's the oldest ShopBOY I've ever seen. #monsterdon

However, they just identified a monopole with a geiger counter, so maybe I should temper my enthusiasm. #monsterdon #themagneticmonster

@DinosaurRobo I can’t stop seeing it now. #Monsterdon #TheMagneticMonster

Given what these guys do for a big magnet I can't wait to see how they react to a giant magnifying glass

#monsterdon #TheMagneticMonster

🧲​BOO! Did you jump? No? 🧲​

#Monsterdon
#TheMagneticMonster

@sean I tried adding "in my pants" to this and it DIDn't make it funny (That's what everyone's been trying to tell me) well that's fair. #Monsterdon

"...stick close to me"

Magnet jokes are the best!

#Monsterdon #TheMagneticMonster

"Do you remember that one magnetism theory we misunderstood and then based our entire movie on?"
"Sure, let me repeat it so the audience is on the same page!"
#monsterdon

@ryan AMERICA. #Monsterdon #TheMagneticMonster

@WhiskeySailor @Taweret 100% chance I would watch. #Monsterdon

The only thing that can stop radiation: bullets #Monsterdon

WE GET SUITS! #monsterdon

@athena_rising

Enhance one sense by disabling another.....

#Monsterdon
#TheMagneticMonster

"They'll be instructed to shoot to kill."

So normal cops, I get it. #Monsterdon

So... paramagnetism, not animal magnetism. I am disappointed. #monsterdon #themagneticmonster

"Police will be instructed to shoot to kill" WHAT?? #Monsterdon #TheMagneticMonster

the magnetism better get into a guy i am not waiting around to have the monster just be electromagnetism itself #monsterdon

Shot to kill the magnet!! No mercy!
#Monsterdon

"Someone is wrecking my store with magnetic power!"

What an amazing line. #monsterdon

a magnetic force that only works when interacted with is...different #monsterdon

#Monsterdon #themagneticmonster

One must remove glasses to answer the phone.

@Taweret #MooseCOP!!?? #iDunnoTheConnectionEither #Monsterdon

Simon needs to check himself. #Monsterdon

...I don't know what's broken in my brain...but A-Man sounds awesome? #monsterdon

That's a lot of clicking for some harmless radiation

#Monsterdon

Little sketchy that the appliance store was ground zero. They trying to upsell fridge magnets IMO.

#Monsterdon
#TheMagneticMonster

Conflation of magnetism with nuclear radiation. Unclear why.

#Monsterdon #TheMagneticMonster

Ummm ... A geiger counter ticking that fast is double-plus ungood. #Monsterdon #MagneticMonster

Why are they calling The A-Men in on this one? I mean, sentient appliances seem more like something you’d call the Three Stooges or the Marx Brothers for … GET THE BOWERY BOYS ON THIS ONE!
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#Monsterdon
#TheMagneticMonster