These are not simply capes. These are capes with starched wing-like collars. This IS an advanced civilization.
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ok, the composer is Akira Ifukube, seems like this is a theme he used across various Toho kaiju movies #monsterdon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Ifukube

"Ifukube also created Godzilla's trademark roar – produced by rubbing a resin-covered leather glove along the loosened strings of a double bass – and its footsteps, created by striking an amplifier box."

@bunnyhero they should just have this guy pop up in every #monsterdon

#monsterdon "We Mysterians are only trying to prevent Mankind-"

You can stop right there.

"No, let me finish, prevent Mankind from"-"

Preventing Mankind will be sufficient. You have my endorsement.

Yes, FUCK YES, my love language is miniature houses and trees falling into a pit

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"We're pacifists and we'll kill anyone who thinks otherwise."
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Terror of Mechagonzo #monsterdon

the more of his non-godzilla movies we watch, the more i feel like ishiro honda is an underrated director

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one of the best things about #monsterdon is that it seems like, and we often actually are watching 15 completely different movies.

NO MATTER WHAT YOU MUST NOT MISUSE SCIENCE #monsterdon

Mudslide yessssssssss

Fuck up that model village you beautiful bastards

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damn i don't know what's going on but they are really fucking up that serrated nipple craft #monsterdon

makes me wonder what ishiro honda could've done with a decent budget

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That rocket is glorious. #monsterdon

floating up in the retro chic saucer. nice

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if you can put it in a few words why do you have such big drawings? #monsterdon

two very different takes on the same scene #monsterdon

there is so much good retro scifi imagery in this

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#monsterdon "THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO! ... very, very slowly." - my hubby, my #SplendaDaddy

I'm not into guys but if they all look like their leader under the helmet I really think they'd do fine at finding women without the kidnapping? #monsterdon

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@msh "I'm gonna lay me some crops!" --Confused Alien #MonsterDon

we're havin' a heat raaaay / we're havin' a heat raaaaay #monsterdon

#ScienceRules and science says Mysterians need your land and ladies #Monsterdon

@Taweret i like the capes but honestly they got nothing on the planet X suits from monster zero #monsterdon

planet five? please. we've tussled with planet ten! #monsterdon

takashi shimura, star of seven samurai and ikiru, telling us about the power ranger aliens

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"Dear people of Earth, you can stop finding out any time." #monsterdon

This is Mars/Mysterians Need Women with no Tommy Kirk or Yvonne Craig
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gonna have to screencap “as you can see, I am still alive” #monsterdon

[guns drawn] actually we love peace, #monsterdon

it's all fun and wacky capes until the aliens want to dispose of 'defective' children

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doesn’t EVERYBODY want to conquer the moon and then mars? #monsterdon

"we want to have babies with you. also we kill most of our babies. sound good?"

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@socketwench You're saying they are cyclists? #Monsterdon

NARRATOR: Yes, he said Mars. #monsterdon

Is that a cuttlebone on the front of his helmet? #monsterdon

We look ridiculous but our science foo is vastly superior to yours #Monsterdon

takashi shimura, star of seven samurai and ikiru, sittin' there in a cape

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@funkula And they have Teletubbie antennae #monsterdon

These guys are definitely on the up and up, look at those fly capes they handed out #monsterdon

ok at least they get some sweet capes #monsterdon

fuck yeah, free cape

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Aww. They broke him. #monsterdon

ok that was an awesome battle #monsterdon

OK the volley of rockets against the slowly plodding robot looked sick as hell #monsterdon

@RobynGoodfellow I feel they need more tuba #monsterdon

Well, the music stopped, that must have killed it! #monsterdon

honeybadger don't care #monsterdon

love the hand drawn eye beams tho

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@Taweret sure the robot survived space travel from the asteroid belt but maybe we can rust it to death? #monsterdon

@Taweret #monsterdon tip: keep your mecha clean

we'll charge extra for mecha-washing #monsterdon

@RamenCatholic Jimmy Durante in foil #monsterdon

This is some prime kaiju rampaging right here. I'll give it that. #monsterdon

why are we spraying the mecha with a hose? is there a reason?

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Their first impulse is to fight it...with fire hoses? #monsterdon

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I love this robot design fwiw #monsterdon

EVERYONE PROCEED IN AN ORDERLY MANNER!

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@cheribaker its MechaAlf

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@cheribaker Hide your cats #monsterdon

ah yeah the Geiger counter maxing out on the ground we’re standing on, that’s good right #monsterdon

Yes! Giant robo lizard! #Monsterdon

Well, they've had earth and fire. Next is wind?
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The fish are all dead! Let's pick them up by hand.

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Sashimi Brook used to be so nice, too #monsterdon

Careful, there could be mushroom people #monsterdon

Big washing machines from space!

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We're closing in on the source of the tuba, sir #monsterdon

also seismic spin cycles this is Advanced Science #Monsterdon :ablobspin:

always amusing to see takashi shimura didn't care if he made high art kurosawa films or some good old scifi trash

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When your translation was done by someone who really isn't too concerned about telling celestial bodies apart #monsterdon

@trixter maybe he meant movie stars #monsterdon

um excuse me that is not how stars work??? #monsterdon

Perhaps bringing bikes to a firefight was not the best idea #monsterdon

headcanon: this movie is about a bunch of guys named ian (the mister ians) #monsterdon

#monsterdon The budget cuts to the last season of Deep Space Nine were brutal.

? and the Mysterians https://youtu.be/R7uC5m-IRns #monsterdon

This musical number is less surf rock than we usually get. #monsterdon

I'm gonna be late to #monsterdon as an experiment to see if missing the exposition actually makes the movie better

thanks to all for a great #monsterdon watch experience!!

@Zerofactorial Perhaps the fish were the friends we made along the way? #OkayImTellingMyselfToShutUp #Monsterdon

Another fun selection @Taweret thanks!

We must heed the error of the incel aliens' ways or be doomed to suffer the same consequences a valuable #Monsterdon lesson I guess I dunno

The only fish I remember seeing were the dead ones in that little creek, hardly worth a tag #monsterdon

@Taweret do we have like a website or something with a calendar of these movies because if not we should, mostly for selfish reasons like i want to go back and see previous ones #monsterdon

So we performed a mysterectomy? #MonsterDon #ducking

[“the aristocrats” voice]…the mysterians! #monsterdon

they took the necronomicon as a how to books and it’s Ḍ̸̛̼͈͈̝̤̀̀͐̃̔͐̓̅͗̈́͋̚͝͝ͅI̶͎̞̝͉͖̾̋̅͆̓͛̓̕̕͘Ŝ̴̢̧̢̧̱͍̖̯̯̙̩̘̲̭͕̾̌̄́̑͐̆̑G̶̢̲̯̺̘̞̗̭̠̾́̈́͑́̓̚Ư̴̡͚͕̦̪̺̠͕͈̺͎̥̲̞̈́̀̓̇̇̊̄̚͜͝S̵̨͙̲̝̙̰̼̥̣̪̯͚̮͑̈́͋̽̀͜͠T̸̯̈́͒͋̓̍̏̄̊̌́̐I̸̻͙̹̿̑̽̋̐́̕͝͠N̷̨̮̦̭̣̘̍̆͗ͅĞ̸̢̦̕
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I mean neither one of them makes any sense to me, it seems like they added an extra line in the criterion to make it make sense "those satellites are up there to make sure they never come back" (somehow), and the other one is like "well maybe you shouldn't have shot at them as they were fleeing and made them your enemy because it seemed like you had a deal like one scene ago" but i only caught the last 10 minutes lol #monsterdon

@trixter @Taweret I, however, make no apologies to those reading my posts & comments out of context. #Monsterdon

i feel like this scene DEFINITELY inspired some video games #monsterdon

That's it for #monsterdon this week, thanks again to @Taweret for hosting and apologies as always to people reading my posts out of context! :blobcat_cute:

@Louisa Something lost in the translation.... but it's in Engli.... "SOMETHING LOST IN THE TRANSLATION" #Monsterdon 😬

@KanaMauna Indiana Jones eat your heart out #Monsterdon

well that was surprisingly grim #monsterdon

@moira @Taweret as always, the hubby and I had a great #Monsterdon date night! Thanks!

lol the criterion version had a COMPLETELY different final line than the other one,
"they are trapped in space now, we must learn from their error and never repeat it"
vs.
"some of them escaped, the nations of the world will have to stay united and fight them instead of fight each other"
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@jonny Don't tell anyone I wasn't watching anything (I'm usually recovering from RL about halfway through) although I do think I see a better film through youz guyz's eyes #MonsterDon

sure hope they do! #monsterdon