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Actually, no second feature this week

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@Lazarou Oh, yeah! He literally served zero purpose in the film.

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#monsterdon That's all, still eggs and other various, but hey, we're done, so title card and end-scene! Thanks @Taweret!

@ramsey or the creepy maps guy either

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Anyway this concludes my #monsterdon thread for the Monster That Challenged The World, a very inaccurately titled film.

I guess the lesson was "if you're a giant snail, don't eat swimming apes, or the swimming apes might retaliate by genociding your entire species". And conversely, if you're being attacked by a giant monster try using a pointy stick.

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no you're supposed to eat *chocolate* bunnies for easter, snail monster! :(((

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Was that steam? Is it steamed? Are they good with garlic butter??

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@bstacey This is one of those things which I expect would have been much more reasonable to people when the movie was made, I believe that's a steam pipe used for either heat or power.

As I understand it, a lot of things used to be powered using steam power, instead of everything having its own electric motor in it, so people used to be a lot more used to having steam pipes everywhere.

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I like that, that was fun. the pacing was definitely… methodical… but it was fun!

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@Binder Almost certainly steam for heating or power. As I understand it at the time, a lot of machines would use steam power from a central plant, instead of each having their own electric motor.

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And they fucked off into the inland sea created by an engineering mistake

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@wohali DON'T throw the Beaker

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I feel sad for the monster. I think it’s just misunderstood.

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How do they know they killed all of them?

So many questions.

Thanks @Taweret for hosting, and to all the #monsterdon kids: Don't go swimming there!

Firearms fix everything

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This movie is actually an educational film about the dangers of letting children in your research lab. #Monsterdon

Have you tried axing nicely

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YOU HAVE AN AXE
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This part of the movie is a tragedy, where the Ladybug Girl's noble motivations (keep rabbits warm) led to ironic disaster (monster eats rabbits).

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"My mommy always said there were no monsters, no real ones, but there are"

*mollusc monster moans menacingly at mother and moppet*

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COFFEE, YOU SAY? :blobfoxcofeowo:

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#monsterdon "Stay where you are!"

Why? That was not good advice!

the monster prefers cash, actually

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"The pin on my last charge is stuck."

"Just use your teeth for godsakes."

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How does the underwater 2 way coms work? #monsterdon

these guys are idiots
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Thus, an elite division of naval divers was created, splooge divers.

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I would not have had "helicopter finds monsters by spotting giant cum slick on the water" on my bingo card for this #monsterdon

#monsterdon "Allow yourself two minutes leeway."

No more, though. We're in a rush to get to the end of this movie.

The little girl Sandy is like, "RELEASE THE GIANT SNAIL!"

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The whole premise of this movie is there are creatures we don’t understand who have killed people, and the authorities are doing everything they can to eradicate them. They haven’t once suggested trying to study and understand the creatures.

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And you people laugh at us fathers guarding the home thermostat.

SEE WHAT CAN HAPPEN??

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And then she passed on. When I killed her. Bits of her are still in my deep freeze. #monsterdon

How dare you killed the monster! This is California! You have any idea how much trouble you're in in 40 years when we have strict endangered species laws?
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This movie includes the only extended Canal Operations Sequence I've seen in a movie, where they close some canal doors. This makes the monster scream because it was almost trapped. A second old man in a hat appears to be yelled at the police for almost stopping it.

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Is Dobbs the monster in disguise

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Oh no the monster ate grumpy hat man, the best male character in this movie. RIP grumpy hat man.

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Yaaaay finally some more monster!

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It's so bright out here, I need my hat to shield my eyes from the ...moonlight.

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Boy they didn't even TRY with this day-to-night filter did they? They might as well just get the sun in the shot.

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I appreciate the misdirection of the kids. I really can't find a lot of fault with the writing. The premise is terrible, but the writing is ok. #monsterdon

This is exactly how you get Night of the Lepus and I am not willing to be that bored

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"We've got all the canals under patrol"

Yes you're doing a stellar job, obv

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I bet you all didn't realize this was the prequel to Us, didja? The underground tunnels? The rabbits? It all fits.

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I KNEW IT #Monsterdon

"I'm gonna sneak off while Mommy's on the phone and take the rabbits swimming!"

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Silly kid, rabbits are for science

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Knob time!

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"just plain foolishness"

disbelief in the creature, summons the creature.

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What I didn't tell any of you was that I'm typing on my laptop while watching the movie on my phone, so I can pick the movie up and walk with it when I wander the house looking for where I left my Junior Mints

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"All shrimp *cocks shotgun* out of the pool."

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gun! gun! gun! gun! please be ineffective

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Boy this is a thrilling montage of... looking at water.

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Vote YES on Proposition 14a

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"You're our last hope, world's greatest map nerd"

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I'm sorry this helicopter plan feels very inefficient

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@xerozohar What I need is a hard-shelled search of the target area! #Monsterdon

I can't believe they had the budget for a proper helicopter shot even if it was stock footage and then sitting on the ground with the camera pointing up. #monsterdon

GOOOOOOP 2: GOOP HARDER

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Soooooo many scenes in which nothing happens.

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Is there a point to the kid with the ink pens?

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"Lemme guess? You're not wearing panties."

SLAP

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No street smarts! He fell for the ol' Pen That Can Write Forever grift

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"I've got a confession to make... I'm only doing this movie for free lunches"

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"Get my Pointy Date Bra on...."

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OH GOD I'm SO LONELY I NEED A MAN

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Across the border, in Italy...

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If that was "Day Posing As Night" they had the sun glistening off the water...

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I hope I didn't embarrass you with my real human emotions sir

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I switched over to the English audio while I made myself a cup of tea, and I enjoy Doctor Rogers's performance enough that I've keep it on.

Yea, I'm into this.

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Here, let's refer to this scientific publication – Life Magazine.

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Depth charges not shown for budgetary reasons apparently. #monsterdon

Kill it! Kill it all! Nothing gets to keep us from the ocean!

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Today on Monsterdon: zoology lessons!

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i hope the snail closeup scene never ends #monsterdon

So, the kraken is a scientific fact in this film.

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...Cray-kin?

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"The most important part is to find all its eggs. Its delicious, delicious eggs."

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maybe tape some note next to the knob saying "don't turn the knob or else monster" idk #monsterdon

We're keeping the egg in the lab. We're going to observe it until it hatches, then we'll all be grievously injured

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Five minutes? But I'm hungry now!

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Welp, that's it, movie's over!

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That guy’s such a back-seat spearman.

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The Get The Eye Challenge

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These creatures are creaching

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Jody's not looking great.

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Sir, there's some kind of thing from a flyer for a Misfits show down here

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MONSTER LURK

oh my goodness

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#monsterdon What's the bottom like? Oh he's relaxed, had a drink... ;)

this movie has a $200,000 budget, about 2.3 million today and they are doing a lot with it #monsterdon

Wait, 1.038 R/h underwater?

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9000 feet...

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A reading? It's kinda dark down here, and my book is getting all soggy, but I'll give it a go.

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#monsterdon This undersea photography is not nearly as good as Creature from the Black Lagoon.

wardrobe must have fucking HATED the actor who played the scientist #monsterdon

Oh I hope there are underwater scenes... /s

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"Ma'am, I bet you feel pretty stupid about all the horrible things you said about Jody now, don't you? Right? Say I'm right."

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It's hard watching people get into this water knowing how polluted and toxic it is now

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