"It's a giant brain machine."

Man, I've been playing Baldurs Gate a lot lately and I am NOT picturing what you want me to picture. #Monsterdon

Scientists discover the porn molecule. #monsterdon

"...we're witnessing the Big Bang"
<everyone snickers>

#Monsterdon #TheMagneticMonster

C'mon movie, give us a kaiju already #monsterdon

If they haven't name it yet, call it Hangrium? #Monsterdon

"Actually, it was an INVERSE explosion."

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Cause of death... Magnet was hungry
#Monsterdon

the magnetism exploded. as it does

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Man, if she doesn't already have disordered eating, she's going to. #monsterdon #themagneticmonster

The part where people discuss how much a house cost in the 50s is going to be the real horror here. #Monsterdon #TheMagneticMonster

i wonder what the magnetism is up to right now?

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why are we being exposed to this dude’s strange fetish #monsterdon

I'll give it this: this may be the first movie where I'm hearing the male lead _wanting_ his wife to be fat! #Monsterdon

this man _really_ wants to touch grass #monsterdon

the first thing he asks her 'when are you gonna get fat' is sending me istg what is this guy doing #monsterdon

I think this dude has a very specific fetish, the way he's griping about his wife being thin at month four.

#Monsterdon #TheMagneticMonster

if a scene _wants_ to be romantic but instead is the biggest boner killer in cinema, does it still count as a romantic subplot?

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@brion Somebody give that thing a sammich, fer crissake #monsterdon

"Nuclear research is no place for lone wolves."

Dang right. Wolves go in packs. Awoo, motherfuckers.

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"The thing in my briefcase is after our women" #monsterdon

Dr. Danker... someone bring a paperclip to see if we need to send him to The Hauge or Katz's Deli

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#monsterdon I received some sort of object....then i BLASTED IT WITH ALPHA RADIATION and shit went all fucked up.

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is there gonna be a monster at some point?

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You've been resting deadly radioactive material on your genitals for three hours... but yes, you'll be just fine, sir.

#Monsterdon

@arrjay Considering all the radiation, more like Cherenkov's Engine, amirite? #monsterdon #themagneticmonster

DO NOT TOUCH IT WITH YOUR HANDS. Move it ONLY with your tongue!

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So far the most incredible thing in this film is a commercial flight so pleasant that people ride them just for the clean air. #monsterdon

@lorgonumputz Oh great, YET ANOTHER movie where I am rooting for the monster :P #Monsterdon

this is a fucking CAVERNOUS plane #monsterdon

This airplane scene isn't very realistic. There's no smoking section #monsterdon

Leave the old man alone and let him die of his radiation poisoning, okay stewardess? C'mon.

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I'm sorry, I'm wiggin' out at the idea of buying life insurance at an airport kiosk. #Monsterdon

His signature is radioactive?? #Monsterdon #TheMagneticMonster

MAGNETISM CAN STRIKE AT ANY TIME #monsterdon

@CactuarJoe Well, my belief just snapped, YOU CAN'T STOP A CAB AT THE AIRPORT! #ThatWasWhatDidIt #Monsterdon

So the magnetism stopped a cab at the airport, but the A-men can get there fine. This is some weirdly selective magnetism. #Monsterdon

This poor receptionist answering every irate caller is the true hero of this movie. But for real, she needs to start asking people if their refrigerator is running. #Monsterdon

#monsterdon ah geez the office of scientific investigation basically runs "cartalk"

@floatybirb 🤣 Literally choked on my generic Mountain Dew laughing at "Goth Girls weren't invented yet!" #Monsterdon

Have the secretary bring me out a stein please! Luckily I'm wearing my lederhosen.

#Monsterdon #TheMagneticMonster

She's a M.A.N.I.A.C., I sure know /
She's radiating like she's never radiated before

#Monsterdon #TheMagneticMonster

I like how the scientific equipment has great big knobs as though it were a Fischer-Price busy-box for grownups #monsterdon

Naming a computer M.A.N.I.A.C., seems fine and not portentous

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"The MANIAC sings with strange voices while it works"

Oh, same. #Monsterdon

That said, this VO talking about alpha particles suggests that this is the predominant form of the radiation.

This is a bit silly in the film's fiction, because alphas don't have a lot of penetrating power.

Upshot: this means their suits actually would protect them quite well! Alphas are most dangerous when an alpha emitter is ingested or inhaled (i.e. cigarette smoke or radon)

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The computer is called MANIAC? Fantastic.

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I love all these high-tech terms and phrases -- Electronic Brain, assimilating data -- and they show a computer the size of a room, printing out on typewriters :P #Monsterdon

Current Trivia
The MANIAC machine is actually just an old card sorter.

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This film noir-y voiceover has me expecting a sexy magnet to walk into his office #Monsterdon

HELL YEAH ELECTRONIC BRAIN #monsterdon

<raises hand>

Will this be on the test?

#Monsterdon #TheMagneticMonster

They're trying SO HARD to make this hard science but there's still so much banana pants jargon spaghetti. #Monsterdon #TheMagneticMonster

Um... So, you find the source of intense radiation in a thick-walled container and your first thought is to open it?

#Monsterdon

@LK_877 PLEASE let there be a rappelling scene #monsterdon

It's the X-Files, but for electricity. #monsterdon

whatever is in there is highly radioactive. please dump it onto the floor immediately!

#monsterdon

The real question is, are these magnets members of the Communist Party?
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This movie needs more theremin.

#Monsterdon #TheMagneticMonster

having worked with MRIs and high-energy X-rays this is like a work nightmare #monsterdon

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Stick close to you? Was that a magnetism pun, you jerk? We’re working here. This is serious. Geez!

There's been a mordor!

#Monsterdon #TheMagneticMonster

"...hey, give me a hand"

<yuk yuk yuk>

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The scientists just identified a monopole. OK, I'm hooked. #monsterdon #themagneticmonster

the police in this movie bringing their guns #Monsterdon #TheMagneticMonster

Although a part of me appreciates the innocence of an era where the average American didn't know what a geiger counter sounds like.
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The police are armed and ready to kill any rogue clocks. #Monsterdon

Police shooting to kill the radiation just in case it tries to escape too strongly

#Monsterdon

shoot the radiation on sight #monsterdon

Wait how did we get from "radioactive matter" to "the police will be instructed to shoot to kill"?! #Monsterdon

…Who are they going to shoot to kill?
Who in God’s name are they going to shoot to kill?
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The police are going to shoot magnetism. Got it #monsterdon

Man, I haven't seen this kind of explosive government agency action since Radar Secret Service. #Monsterdon

yes, ofc we brought our protective clothing to protect us from magnetic power

i can't believe you have to ask

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probably fine that the Geiger counter is going crazy and we’re putting on radiation badges #monsterdon

After we're dead we can develop the plates so we can know now much radiation killed us. #Monsterdon #TheMagneticMonster

"...radiation?"
"Yes, everyone in this room is now sterile."

#Monsterdon #TheMagneticMonster

This film isn't realistic. He should still be on hold waiting for customer service. #Monsterdon

I get the distinct feeling that Ackroyd or Ramis had seen this movie. The flavor of technical bullshit feels like a Ghostbusters investigation.
#monsterdon
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What you are about to see is a fib, but its short. #NYPDMagnet #monsterdon

That reminds me. I need to order some stiff paper. Just. In. Case. #Monsterdon

"What do you keep up there, Mister Simon"

"Just my pies. And my magnetic monopole."

#monsterdon #TheMagneticMonster

This is all very Mr. Wizard. #Monsterdon

Do government scientists with the Office Of Scientific Investigation really need to feed the meter when they're on a case? #monsterdon #themagneticmonster

"...could I have a piece of stiff paper?"
"we only have limp paper here, sorry."

#Monsterdon #TheMagneticMonster

where's mulder and scully when you need them #monsterdon

i am making a new bingo card and it's just a bunch of squares of 'the cops shoot at the magnet' 'the cops try and arrest the magnet' #monsterdon

In the defense of the staff of this store, I'd be pretty fucking freaked out if a lawn mower came at me all by itself. #Monsterdon

@LK_877 No no Science MAGnet?! #Monsterdon

this feels like a 1950s commercial for magnetic power or something. #monsterdon

This is the 60s, so this #Monsterdon plot begins somewhat dated sexual politics. Our main character is Top Sciencemaster Doctor Stewart, who accosts his wife for being SKINNY WHILE PREGNANT. She assures him that the maid will do all the housework then drives away in her leaded gasoline automobile.

Then Stewie goes to work and talks to a nerdier scientist about radiation or something. I dunno. Probably a magnet monster.

The Magnetic Monster was the first feature in Ivan Tors’ “Office of Scientific Investigation” Trilogy, followed by the other z-movie classics Riders to the Stars and Gog. Pretty fond of the whole concept myself; like the cross between a Raymond Chandler and a Kilgore Trout novel!
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absolutely gratuitous oscilloscope footage this is product placement for electrical engineering #monsterdon

Current Trivia
"OSI"?!!! That's the same org as the Six Million Dollar Man!

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#monsterdon in my office if someone says "hey c'mere and check these air samples" You do NOT go over there, especially after lunch

we're doing 50s science here. shouldn't we be smoking?

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"Were you skinny in your fourth month?"

#Monsterdon

Starting a #Monsterdon thread for #MagneticMonster, a movie that beings with a threatening osciliiscope!

I did not spell osclillyscope correctly, but as usual I do not care.

Anyway, mute this tag if you don't want to see lots of shitposts about killer refrigerator magnets or something.

Is this what the networking folks mean when they keep talking about the OSI model?

#Monsterdon #TheMagneticMonster

I had to do it following up #Monsterdon

@strangefour honestly there's worse? the best part are the re-used shots from another movie but I really do think it's worth watching just for that.

#monsterdon #TheMagneticMonster