#Monsterdon THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS

#monsterdon oh no! I think I saw this already on #RetroStrange. Pretty good though.

"Captain, sensors are reporting a shower of caramel corn in the middle of the credits!"

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"Dreary ol' moon" makes me think of the excellent and surreal fake movie sequence starring Hobie Doyle, in Hail, Caesar!

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we have this on DVD, and the hilarious part is that we have the exact same weird dashes hanging out at the top of the frame as the one on archive.org

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I wonder if it kettle corn in space #monsterdon

It took three men to write that opening monologue. #monsterdon

There's a credit for "interplanetary sound"

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God, that is how car crashes in my dreams go. Just slowly, slowly, slowly, right into the car in front of me. Nothing could be done to stop this. It was inevitable. #monsterdon

"Interplanetary sound" gets a credit title #monsterdon

#monsterdon ™️ , now with Crunchy Cosmic Clusters! 🌠

well the credits are certainly floating around enough for this to be space. #monsterdon

Aaaa! :kaboom: #monsterdon

"American International"

Nuclear mushroom cloud.

That sets a tone.

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THE PHANTOM PLANET in custom cloud (rocket exhaust?) shaped letters #Monsterdon

Four Crown Production suggests the film had British backers without deep pockets #monsterdon

The styrofoam! It's attacking! #monsterdon

Francis X. Bushman and Richard Kiel! This counts as star-studded for us :D #Monsterdon

#Monsterdon sorry I am 3 mins late

#monsterdon THEY KASPLODED?!?!

This is an awfully cyberpunk ship for 1961

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I like the boing boing sound of the radar

That was his oh face

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we're headed right for the giant fried chicken leg!! edit: forgot to tag #Monsterdon

That really doesn't look like they're pulling 11 Gs #monsterdon

and there's our title #monsterdon

four crowns and loooooots of peanut brittle

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My God, that funnel cake is gonna kill them all! #monsterdon

I'm watching the not-AI-colorized version on YouTube BTW. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTkOud2MBso #monsterdon

wow, four whole crowns? #monsterdon

It's space granola!
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The people of Earth don't actually want to explore space - this whole thing is just a ruse to get rid of the blandest white guys #Monsterdon

This is happening around 1980? I guess space travel and fusion energy were always just 20 years away.

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No control, no acting skills, no coffee... #PhantonPlanet #Monsterdon

Those nooks and crannies really hold the spaceships! #Monsterdon

I exist in the wrong parallel universe why weren't *we* taking rockets to other moons and planets by 1980? #Monsterdon

We're no match for the eleven herbs and spices. #Monsterdon #ThePhantomPlanet

Oh no! Giant cauliflower! #Monsterdon

The crunchiest looking asteroids in space.
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That's no asteroid! That's a piece of galactic fried chicken!

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Hahahahahahahahahahah!

It's 1980.

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OH NO

PLANET PEANUT

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Analog space computers is absolutely the way to go - signed, any software Dev

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Very airforce (including pressure suits)

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Whoops, brain planet #Monsterdon

That "dreary old moon," how droll #monsterdon

It came from the deep fryer. #Monsterdon #ThePhantomPlanet

#Monsterdon #CoffeeWatch is on duty! (in others words, HI! I'm back!)

Maybe it's just the ominous shade of black the colorization gave them, but those space suits look like David Lynch-style stilsuits. #monsterdon

1980… the FUTURE
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#Monsterdon getting a lot of value from these dials and gauges.

dreary old MOOOOOOOOON - HYAH!

#DrearyDrearyOldMoooooon
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"American International Entertainment feels like a contradiction in terms. #monsterdon

#Monsterdon hahahaha I blurted out “cassettes. Hahahaah fukkx you man!” And giggled hard.

"That dreary old moon" does not sound like a nice romantic song. #MONSTERDON #PhantomPlanet

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This ship is advanced - it has a CASSETTE TAPE RECORDER

"Dreary old moon" #monsterdon

ooh "azimuth." it's a fun word that I enjoy #monsterdon

Those headrests sure look comfy #Monsterdon

Well, at least the control room *looks* like a control room in this one.

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The distant future, the year 1980 #monsterdon

always good when the movie starts with its own countdown and then immediatley explodes. #monsterdon #phantomplanet

Digging the Interiors 🚀

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ah yes, 1980, when we wore suits with alien tentacles down the arms. #monsterdon

#Monsterdon this story is mostly bullshit. But we have #SuddenStringSection handy!

could their intellect be beyond what humanity has achieved - or could they be a bunch of dum dums

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@jonny Well the stream already froze over here, so I might take advantage of this or maybe not...thanks either way.

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Are we the best, or are we of no importance whatsoever? There is no in between. #monsterdon

A very spacious rocket cabin here #monsterdon

This future will reveal some career train wrecks, I'm certain. #monsterdon

Grape Nuts. Granola. Chicken nuggets. Whatever floats your boat. #monsterdon

Lunar bases imply interesting manufacturing and fuel production capabilities

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THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS!!!???? #Monsterdon #thephantomplanet

At least the rocket flame isn't making noise.

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Unlike THEM!, this movie treats the atom bomb as a wonderful step forward for humanity #Monsterdon

This vo is a little bit tooon the nose. #Monsterdon

Well... They *might* be giants #monsterdon

"What, then, will the future reveal!?"

Well, judging by this opening, a hokey self-important piece of schlock. #Monsterdon

Hey everyone! It's that time of week again, when my #Monsterdon family and I participate in a group watch of a ... movie. If you are not planning to join us, you might want to mute the following hashtags:

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Thanks!

Phantom Planet, the first screenplay made entirely of rhetorical questions. #monsterdon

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All monsterdons begin with a Narrator(tm) making sure we understand that this story is gonna be *serious*

You know it's a good #Monsterdon when it begins with the explosion of an atom bomb

An inconceivable number!

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This personal massager is only the beginning #Monsterdon #ThePhantomPlanet

Do they have women? And are they hot? #monsterdon

he *is* a mere driftwood, stupid #Monsterdon

disorienting fake space footage #monsterdon

like i feel vaguely motion-sickness-y

This narrator's really talking out the edible huh #monsterdon

Fucking hell, calling me out Mr Narrator.

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#monsterdon off to a strong start: our "God given gift of science." Ah, you innocent babes.

I vote driftwood #monsterdon

This whole intro is ... clickbait?

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tag yourself, i'm an unimportant piece of driftwood #monsterdon

What is Earth... I often ask myself

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There's no denying that They Might Be Giants and what are we gonna do unless they are? #Monsterdon #ThePhantomPlanet

"Driftwood" That there is a line from Welles War of the Worlds #monsterdon

#Monsterdon I vote , driftwood.

#monsterdon 🎶 "i can tell that we are gonnaa be friends" 🎶

Driftwood? #monsterdon