1500 miles? That’s all the way to nothing! #Monsterdon

Ah, Quatermass is just a guy with a weirdly spelled last name

And is American. This is bad
#Monsterdon

General Danger 🫡

#Monsterdon #TheQuatermassXperiment

wait, is Quatermass american?

#monsterdon #TheQuatermassXperiment

The dart crashed. Think the aliens will send a saucer to rescue it? #monsterdon

There's a 5 story martial aid implanted into that field. #monsterdon

Such speedy response, getting those trucks slooooooooowly through the gate in the fence. #Monsterdon #TheQuatermassXperiment

this movie won an oscar for most bells

#Monsterdon #TheQuatermassXperiment

This is completely unrealistic!

The two primary witnesses sitting just across the fence from 20 of their neighbors, and they're not gossiping?

#Monsterdon #Quartermass

#monsterdon Issued, like Tissued.

@cherizilla lol I see what you did there 😛

#Monsterdon #TheQuatermassXperiment

Never trust the Home Office

#Monsterdon

Don't check out the cool rocket that just crashed, y'all. Go home.

#Monsterdon #QuatermassXperiment

"Where's the fire?"

"In your eyes, officer."

#monsterdon

big "firefighters at Chernobyl" vibe....

#Monsterdon

Nothing to see here. Just - holy crap it's a spaceship. Gather round everyone! Look at that thing!

#Monsterdon

I assume these were meant to be a couple of horny teens?

"Howdy fellow kids..."
#monsterdon

Quatermass Xperiment let's go. I've seen Quatermass and the Pit several times, I don't remember this one.

Yeah, that's not a nominal landing configuration?

#monsterdon #quatermass

That's a weather balloon.

#monsterdon
#TheQuatermassXperiment

#Monsterdon 🚀 🪐 👽 🚀 🌍 🥼 😱

See how polite law enforcement could be when they want you not to watch them?

Hold on for your life, Mr. Fire Brigade!

#Monsterdon

#monsterdon There's nothing to see here, just literal spacemen.

#monsterdon #Quatermass1955

The crowds finally thought to call the fire brigade...

Calling Devil Girl from Mars! #Monsterdon

Looks like someone used the wrong Estes motor #Monsterdon

I wonder if this was inspired by WW2 bombing experience

#Monsterdon

Oh that rocket is STRAIGHT off the cover of a scifi novel #Monsterdon

Metaphor for undetonated V2 rocket spotted.

#monsterdon

We know one thing at this point. There is a character named Maggie.

#monsterdon

Tonight on monsterdon, why is it a 1/4 mass? Is this a test with a mass simulator? (The quartermass experiment)

#Monsterdon

ARF ARF ARF

ARF ARF ARF ARF ARF ARF ARF

ARF ARF ARF ARF

ARF ARF ARF

ARF AR

#monsterdon #TheQuatermassXperiment

This opening immediately hits differently without a laugh track

#Monsterdon #TheQuartermassXperiment

Yes, inside will be safe
#monsterdon

hahahahahahahahaha

hahahahahaha

heheheheeee

#Monsterdon #TheQuatermassXperiment

hahahaha #Monsterdon

Fake laugh is creeping me out already.

#monsterdon
#TheQuatermassXperiment

#monsterdon Teehee, show us your tits and FETCH THE COFFEE. See, we're all set… ;)

directed by Val Guest. not as good a Val Homeowner, but at least you can send him out the door if things get awkward.

#monsterdon #TheQuatermassXperiment

#Monsterdon time. I remembered a bingo card this week! #TheQuatermassXperiment

https://boxd.it/1xpa

"We need a way to get people to come to this film."
"Put a "Q" and an "X" in the title...."
#monsterdon

come into my yurt.... my yurt... of straw

#monsterdon

My dad used to work for Marconi
#monsterdon

#monsterdon

How much mass is in a Quater?

In her defense, it sounds like a jet to me. #monsterdon

#Monsterdon

BEHOLD, A MOVIE #monsterdon

Shouldn't that be "Xclusive Films"?

#Monsterdon

Time for some good Brit sci-fi, not some Time Lord folderol. #Monsterdon

#monsterdonalert

#monsterdon

GO GO GO GO!!!!!

5.. 4.. 3.. 2 .. 1 ... BLAST-OFF!

#monsterdon

It's also disappointing that rather than leaning into the Toho tradition, they instead adopted the tropes of the Ranger/Masked Rider series. No doubt it was the easiest way to get children into theaters in 1996. #Monsterdon

@steggy honestly thought it was glitter right there, so

ick

#monsterdon #TheQuatermassXperiment

It' disappointing they couldn't find singing identical twins to play the fairies. But it's also disappointing that Mai Hōshō, who was supposed to play Lora, had to back out a week before shooting began because of illness. She was the It Girl of the day, and I might have made the effort to see it at the time if she had been in it. #Monsterdon

I like these #BBC(?) Brits, "We've found a body, but the show must carry on!" ✊️

#Monsterdon #TheQuartermassXperiment

@moira According to IMDB, it’s covered with bovine entrails and tripe. So shiny 🤢
#Monsterdon

Whoa, she just rope a doped salaryman, she gaslighting the guy?

#Monsterdon

anyway great job team, another movie shot into space

thanks as always to @Taweret for hosting

and don't forget to eat your jello!

#monsterdon #TheQuatermassXperiment

@diazona @maunmaun

The impressiveness is how - on his first time - he was able to watch the movie, the scroll, AND the Bingo card!

#Monsterdon

@maunmaun wow that is impressive indeed!

#Monsterdon #TheQuatermassXperiment

#Monsterdon 🚀 🪐 👽 🚀 🌍 🥼 😱

I am angry for all the zoo animals and the cactus and the space jellification alien who were taken from us so unceremoniously, but I am grateful to @Taweret for hosting and @cherizilla for bingo and @JoeWynne for trivia and all you delightful #Monsterdonians for making it fun!

@cainmark @PastaThief Come for the silly movie commentary, stay for the media history lesson.

#monsterdon

@Configures That sounds right! #Monsterdon #TheQuartermassXperiment 🎥🍿

THE CREEPING UNKNOWN turned out to mostly be walking, and didn't actually creep until later. It wasn't particularly unknown, if we assume all the logical leaps espoused by wild eyed "scientists", which the movie does in fact want us to assume, NOTHING was unknown about it.

#monsterdon #TheQuatermassExperiment

@athena_rising @Taweret "science", he called his egofest world-wrecking "xperiment". #Monsterdon #TheQuatermassXperiment

@Configures@mindly.social @mdhughes@appdot.net movie is over, i guess they found them all 😆
#Monsterdon

Great movie, thanks @Taweret and all!

#Monsterdon

@vigour_mortis impressive coverage 🎉

#Monsterdon #TheQuatermassXperiment

Thank you @Taweret and @miru and all the #monsterdon folks!

That was a journey...

A lifecoach would say "Why can't you be like Quartermass? He almos f*cked up London, but he did not let go of is dreams"
#monsterdon
#theQuartermassXperiment

@mdhughes So, weren't there some little spores or bloblets littered around London that are going to grow secretly and destroy the world? #Monsterdon #TheQuatermassXperiment

this was kinda bordered on good. like, there were some solid moments, and Quatermass was a top notch asshole. too bad about the 500 White Guys Talk Over Each Other scenes.

#monsterdon #TheQuatermassXperiment

thanks y'all, crashing out, be safe out there.

#monsterdon

oh boy, am i ready for #MotheraReturns? 🦋 #Monsterdon #Monsterdon2

now i want to rewatch LIFEFORCE (1985)

#monsterdon

Up next on @miru@social.miyaku.media: Rebirth of Mothra (1996). https://miru.miyaku.media/

Thanks @Taweret for hosting, ​@Cherizilla@hypertext.monster for bingo, @JoeWynne for trivia, @ryan for the stream (which held up just fine despite the weather), and all of YOU for being such good company!

#Monsterdon

That was a pretty solid 50s sci-fi flick! Thank you for hosting @Taweret, and thank you to everyone for a wonderful evening of #Monsterdon

Those are some pretty good creature effects, actually. But why does the scaffolding even have electrical terminals? #Monsterdon #Quatermass1955 #QuatermassXperiment

#Monsterdon #Quatermass1955 Thank you all! I only caught the second half due to circumstances beyond my control but very grateful for all the happening!

and now for additional mothra

#Monsterdon

https://miru.miyaku.media

That zoo was Chessington Zoo!

#Monsterdon

btw @ryan what is that music playing on https://miru.miyaku.media/ right now? It's good. #monsterdon

I was so certain Quatermass was going to be infected! Alas.

#Monsterdon #TheQuatermassXperiment

Wow. Quatermass, spelled QuatermASS. Thanks as always to @Taweret for hosting! Have a great week Beautiful Mutants. Congratulations Seahawks fans! #Monsterdon #TheQuatermassXperiment

Cadavermass is going to go pout now, like a petulant toddler.

#monsterdon #TheQuatermassExperiment

And thus ends another #monsterdon, not with a bang but with a fizz-zap-pop-sizzle.

I'd forgotten what a repugnant human Quatermass was. But he is a stereotypical American from a British view point, so I guess that makes some kind of sense.

Anyway, thank you all for tooting along, and thank you as always to @Taweret for hosting! Til the next time!

RIP, Carroon.

#Monsterdon #QuatermassXperiment

My Grandma used to say "A Kwaitermass never learns." Always thought it was strange until now #Monsterdon

quatermass, founder of weyland-yutani

#monsterdon

Sooo... that sure stopped right when the run time ran out. #Monsterdon #TheQuatermassXperiment #Quatermass1955

And Quatermass, the true monster, fucks off to fire another rocket.

#Monsterdon #TheQuatermassXperiment

Not too shabby. Thanks @Taweret and everyone! #monsterdon

He set up a sequel with only seconds to spare! #Monsterdon

#monsterdon also apparently inspired Couillon Quest somehow

so anyway the wealthy dickhead fucked off back into irresponsible experimentation

WATCH THE SKIES

10/10

#Monsterdon

And then they fucked off into space.

Thanks @Taweret for hosting!

#Monsterdon

DON'T GIVE HIM MONEY FOR ANOTHER ROCKET WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT

#monsterdon

now, for the question

was Quartermass always wearing gloves?

#monsterdon

everyone is like "yay the day is saved from the alien invasion" and this mofo stalks off like "damn, try again i guess"

-fin
#Monsterdon #TheQuatermassXperiment

the zoo lion signed a great contract with MGM after this movie - that's him right there in the logo!

#monsterdon #TheQuatermassXperiment

And they all fuck off into space....

#monsterdon #Quatermass1955