Ah the 50's, when you sedate a woman because she's surprised. I knew we could count on some next level sexism. #monsterdon

"fears for my safety"

oh. yes. yes definitely. concerns for your safety. yes indeedy do.

#monsterdon #ManFromPlanetX

Yeah, it's a movie from the 1950s, SOMEONE's gonna be The Superior Species. 9_9 #Monsterdon

the man from spirit halloween

#monsterdon

Anyway, Science Dad doesn't want to call the cops because he wants to keep their secret science secret or something, so they don't do that. Instead, the boys decide to go walk out to the spaceship again. We keep describing the spaceship as a "ball" but it's mostly not a ball.

After we fondle the spaceship for a little bit, dramatic music appears,a and then the alien astronaut walks out and points a ray gun at them.

#monsterdon

"The only difference between water and air is the density.
"Just like Sam Kinnison and Gilbert Gottfried."
#monsterdon

That alien's gotta be getting pissed by now. Random yard apes keep coming by and dinging up his ride. Scratching his windows and shit. Martian Insurance is gonna take a big wet bite outta his ass for that. #Monsterdon

We learn that Planet X will get closest to Earth in 60 hours. The journalist suggests that maybe they should call the cops, making me wonder who I would call if I saw an alien spaceship in a field. Probably not the cops, but telling someone would be a good idea.

I'd probably post about it on mastodon; follow me if you think I'm ever likely to find an alien spaceship in a field.

#monsterdon

I was about to say "looks like professor Quigly from the Disney Medfield college films', but it actaully is.....#monsterdon

The science master discards his poncho and follows the One Girl into the moor; the american journalist overhears them and secretly follows it. The audience says "Do you believe the nice girl now, do you, mister scientist, huh, huh?"

Naturally they both walk up to it and look into the window, to see some weird glowing shit inside, while the journalist watches. Then then light goes off and the spaceship starts screaming and pointing a flash light at them.

#monsterdon

That is an awfully small craft for interplanetary travel.

#monsterdon

That rocket ship has one heck of a ground hum.

#Monsterdon #TheManFromPlanetX

yes... ha ha ha... yes!

#monsterdon #ManFromPlanetX

...Did they just walk past an Easter Island statue? #Monsterdon

No scientific instruments at all. Just walking out to a possible crash site. We're doing this by the seat of our pants folks!!!

#monsterdon

While searching for random encounters in the field to grind her XP, the Girl Character encounters a Surprise Spaceship, that looks a little like the probe from before, but bigger and is sort of sitting in the moor like a leaning tower of pisa.

Naturally she walks right up to it and touches it. From inside a window she sees a space-suited guy that looks sort of like a budget Cyberman cosplay, then screams and runs away.

#monsterdon

Why are you screaming, it's just Daft Punk

#Monsterdon

"Welcome to Rocket Burger, can I take your order?"

#monsterdon #ManFromPlanetX

those shoulder pads look ginourmous on her

#monsterdon #ManFromPlanetX

Okay, so our space probe from planet X or somewhere looks kind of like a missile, and I guess its just lying there in the moor. My hope is that its part of a grappling hook that Planet X will use to real the Earth in to board it.

#monsterdon

extragalactic delivery of unobtanium

#monsterdon #ManFromPlanetX

Finally, somebody is ready to monetize! #monsterdon

"ooo, dangerously radioactive space debris, let's lick it!"

#Monsterdon

The journalist goes to visit the island, and meets a girl who he remembers as being awkward in school. She is nice but since this is a 1950s movie she's probably going to be involved in an Uninteresting Romance Plot.

She drives him to the Dark Tower, an old castle which is headquarters for our Planet X watch party, and we learn about the local architecture and establish that this is Scotland because Moors.

#monsterdon

We drink tea for something to do.

#Monsterdon

@jeffron this film could really use a bear-eating plant

#littleshopofhorrors #themanfromplanetx #monsterdon

THE MOOOOO-okay sorry #Monsterdon

The reporter has what we call here a "Spiv's ''tache"

If you wanted some way around the ration book, he'd be the man you speak to.

#Monsterdon

Mears, trying not to be rude, but doesn't need his man gossiping with this lady.

#monsterdon #ManFromPlanetX

girlfriend here to voice the director’s teenage/ephebophilia; normalizing the protagonist’s past grooming proclivities

#monsterdon #ManFromPlanetX

I was expecting the guy's mustache to come off with the first sip of his tea.

#monsterdon

lol "a cup of tea"

Yes, you are in the UK now!

#Monsterdon

"You remember Doctor Miers?"

He's the staff Sinister Hypnotist. #Monsterdon

Okay, so this movie starts with a flash forward, presumably the main character, a leather jacket wearing journalist is hiding out in an observatory or something and writing a secret last report... he says he met a man from Planet X and is going to die tonight probably, presumably killed by an alien. Anyway, he says the thing he's writing is very important to all of humanity but we don't exactly find out why.

#monsterdon

#monsterdon Just gonna leave that nasty towel behind huh? Like a man.

(okay, his tiny little moustache is still terrifying in black and white.)

#monsterdon #ManFromPlanetX

Oh it's okay, the planet'll just strike a GLANCING BLOW with Earth, no biggie. #Monsterdon

Totally black screen for 5 seconds as the dialog continued was a nervy directing choice....#monsterdon

Launching my #monsterdon thread for #TheManFromPlanetX, a movie from 1951 that I think takes place in Scotland and has aliens in it. Presumably a man from beyond Pluto or somewhere.

Anyway, Monsterdon is a thing where we watch an old monster movie every week and make fun of it. So, if you don't want to see lots of posts tonight about an old monster movie, you may want to mute the monsterdon tag. If that instead sounds fun to you, then feel free to join along!

Our hero protagonist tonight is a reporter!

*yelling at the screen* STATE YOUR POSITION ON THE OXFORD COMMA

#monsterdon

Yeah yeah, you gotta eat your wife's haggis, stop whining. There's kids starving in Ethiopia. #Monsterdon

Oh, we've got the colourized version running here. I think they used up their allotment of green pixels already.

#monsterdon

STAY OFF THE MOOOOOOORS #Monsterdon

Mid Century Films -- We're only off by 1 year this time! #Monsterdon

It's #monsterdon time. We're rolling.

Gotta say that's a quality font.

#monsterdon GOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGO

gotta admit, the man has killer biceps tho....

#monsterdon #WrongManFromPlanetX

Why does Tyler talk like the lovechild of Vinnie Barbarino and a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle?

#Monsterdon

@Configures @JoeWynne @klu9 @Taweret It does have an android and some creeps at least.

Also IMDb suggested this in its related section: https://tubitv.com/movies/498861/hell-comes-to-frogtown (Hell Comes to Frogtown, 1988)

#VeryWrongFrogs #monsterdon

The singing!

🤣 🤣 🤣

#Monsterdon

This guy does more expositional talking to himself than a telenovela character

#Monsterdon

@oli this is the most coherent take I've heard

#Monsterdon #ManFromPlanetX

#Monsterdon The people in the club are dancing to different music from the band and each other.

Just the way Dr Mears said he wanted to be left alone with the Alien visitor gave me red flags...this is such a terrible planet....it really would be the first thing we'd try to do.

#Monsterdon

@klu9 #monsterdon #WrongManFromPlanetX

I seem to remember an Aerosmith video that took that approach...

@diazona #monsterdon

"we will go to the Compound, and contemplate the words of The Master...."

@YsengrinWolf @Taweret wait really?

because that really would explain all those stage backdrops

#monsterdon #ManFromPlanetX

Anyway, this concludes my #monsterdon thread for the Man From Planet X!

If you are interested in future monsterdon adventures, be sure to follow @Taweret , the host and keeper of the Monsterdon poll!

Thanks to @Taweret for this classic from the 50's! Of course the American had to save the Scots and the English, as was the style in those days.

Apparently made by a studio trying to transition from stage to film production, which just adds to the enjoyment.

#Monsterdon #ManFromPlanetX

@lysdexic #monsterdon

yeah look at https://miru.miyaku.media/

@floatybirb it's like tau zero only waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

worse

#monsterdon #ManFromPlanetX

@steter

Let's not forget the importance of matte backgrounds.

[shakes fist at green screen technology]

#Monsterdon

#Monsterdon

And that suddenly ended.
That was almost good for a low budget project from the early 50s. Almost.

this guy talks like he's just had dental work done.

#monsterdon #WrongManFromPlanetX

There was an artsy, almost Hitchcock vibe to the first scenes, and a sort of panicked, get this thing in the can, feel as the movie progressed. I think the budget was blown on the most impressive alien craft with an uncanny resemblance to the clown's head of the Jack In The Box mascot.

#Monsterdon

I give the Man From Planet X 3 out of 5 Zooming Seagul Planets. It made no sense, but it made no sense in a fun way.

PROs
Characters I could tell apart
Pacing made it actually Watchable
Planet go Zooooom
cheap alien costume

CONs
Script needed an astronomy consultant
No event in this movie made any sense
cheap alien costume

#monsterdon

In the last scene, Enid seems to stare into space at a weird angle so that the catchlight is visible in her eyes. #Monsterdon #TheManFromPlanetX

#monsterdon Totally forgot about the #SuddenStringSection. Also got a kettle drum hidden there too. Hiding in the fog.

Alternate title: Yankee Dawdle Dreary

#monsterdon

And thank YOU for watching. Good night!

SKREEEEEE-ONK

#monsterdon

My chief regret at this point is spending over two hours downloading this mp4 #monsterdon

@rebeld leading theory: nothing happened here

#Monsterdon #ManFromPlanetX

#monsterdon This is the hokey pokey. Some babble, a visit to the alien sex toy, and then more hokey pokey. Tourn yourself around.

I did not sod off to make myself toast half way through cos i was bored there. NO
#Monsterdon

I could’ve gone for at least 20 more minutes of this gem.

#Monsterdon

#monsterdon

I guess I shouldn't have skipped class when Scientific Degravitation was taught. It would have come in handy.

And that's another #Monsterdon in the can.

Definitely hadn't seen it before. Probably won't again.

Popcorn's consumed, so we'll call it done. Thanks, everyone!

incredible that we got two #monsterdon bazooka weeks in a row

"Look on my works, ye mighty and... OH SHIT YOU BLEW IT UP. YOU BLEW IT ALL UP. YOU BASTARDS." - The Alien I guess

#monsterdon #TheManFromPlanetX

Lamest alien invasion ever!! #MONSTERDON

Here we see the invention of disinformation

#Monsterdon #ManFromPlanetX

@Configures that is a fair point. Although the movie hasn't given us any alternate explanations yet. #monsterdon

Another #Monsterdon is in the can!

Thanks to @Taweret for hosting!

Tonight's feature, #TheManFromPlanetX, from 1951, was all about the aliens! Instead of .... probes ...., we had:

So ends another #Monsterdon with the masterpiece, #ManFromPlanetX. Our thanks to @Taweret for hosting, and for everyone lurking and posting. And remember #Monsterdoners: What clapper-claw is this?

planet banks into a hard left turn

#Monsterdon #ManFromPlanetX

Well. That climax was very -- anti. #monsterdon

And Planet X pulls a The Man From Venus spaceship

#Monsterdon #ManFromPlanetX

#Monsterdon #ManFromPlanetX so .... was killing the one alien supposed to stop the invasion somehow?

#MONSTERDON

again, not how Space works.

#Monsterdon

WHOOPS NEVERMIND #Monsterdon

Hey that effect was... above the standard I had set for this film. #monsterdon

Standard Imperial fist-shake of rage and sworn vengeance!

#monsterdon

Hey - it's a hip-fired bazooka again. This is a bit of a #monsterdon theme.

Alien's just SICK AND TIRED of humans FIDDLING with his VALVE #Monsterdon

"Mears, come on, get over that embankment." *shove*

MEARS YEET

(That cold-blooded regulator twist and resulting asphyxiation of the alien was pretty cold-blooded, you have to admit. Yikes.)

#monsterdon

WHAT THE FUCK IS WITH THAT HEAD I NEED AN EXPLANATION!!!!

#Monsterdon

"Note to self: breathing valve somewhere more accessible with version 2"

#Monsterdon

“Welcome to Earth!” Say it! #Monsterdon

So they could de-stabilize their own planet in order to swing by a different planet

but they didn't just think, "let's get a little closer to a star to stave off the fact that our planet is turning to ice"? #monsterdon