holy cats #monsterdon

Door closed. Mission complete. #Monsterdon

Re: above I bring you an ancient image from the Dubya days #Monsterdon

GOGGIES!!!!!

#Monsterdon

Ah, the '50s. We need to uncover this priceless artefact. Bring in the explosives #Monsterdon

#Monsterdon oh shit we used too many bombs and blew up the flying saucer. Good job dumbasses.

it seems like maybe we should be more careful about how we excavate -

okay, no let's just blow it up i guess

#monsterdon

The tight dialogue is _crazy_

#Monsterdon #TheThingFromAnotherWorld

#Monsterdon we confirm that the shark fin is a flying saucer. This was before CGI, so they have to tell us about it through exposition.

We decide to use bombs to blow it out of the ice. This seems like a questionable idea, but oh well.

And now for the big #monsterdon ice ballet number!

ok i'm counting "spread out everybody we're going to try and figure out the shape of this thing" as "teamwork" and the theramin as "strange noises" #monsterdon #monsterdonBingo

Fun fact: some of the footage from this sequence was used in John Carpenter's THE THING, when the McMurdo guys review the Norweigan footage. #Monsterdon

"...it's part of an airfoil"
"looks like a shark fin to me"
"could it really be an ice shark?"

#Monsterdon #TheThingFromAnotherWorld

dog dog dog dog dog dog dog dog dog dog dog! dog dog dog dog dog dog dog dog dog dog dog dog dog! dog dog dog! #monsterdon

This movie is crammed full of people talking over each other, shut up everyone SHUT UP

#Monsterdon

#Monsterdon Professor Turtleneck tells Captain Pat that the meteor was 20,000 tons and did some maneuvering before it crashed.

My goto suspect is alien drunk drivers.

The meteor knows where it is because it knows where it isn't. By subtracting we compute a difference... #monsterdon

Seems there's been a bit of a Carrington Event #Monsterdon

Wait what? Oh man I forgot the 80-s remake used the same title card. No wonder they kept it. It looks fantastic and creepy.
#Monsterdon #ThingFromAnotherWorld

#Monsterdon after a meeting with the general guy, we are carrying dogs on a plane with skies to, what I think is the Unusually Arctic Scientist Convention.

So far this movie is off to a good start. It has both airplanes and dogs. No tiny boats as of yet, unfortunately.

There's a dog on the plane!!!!!!
This movie just got better.
#Monsterdon

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#Monsterdon The dialogue is so rapid fire I can’t type fast enough to quote any!

people just shellacked their hair to their heads back then

#monsterdon

@strangefour Noot Noot, motherfucker #Monsterdon

On the left, John Wick: Chapter Four's script.

On the right, The Thing From Another World's script.

#Monsterdon #TheThingFromAnotherWorld

@starkraving666 @otheorange_tag

The door opening in when the boards were set to stop the door from opening OUT was the funniest.

Anyone else think the vampire carrot reminded them of Kryton from Red Dwarf? #Monsterdon

Pingu's answer to everything? FIRE.
#Monsterdon #ThingFromAnotherWorld
#NootNoot

For the #Monsterdon folks who like to read science fiction, here's the novella that A THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD (as well as John Carpenter's THE THING) was based on

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_Goes_There%3F

The full text is available here and elsewhere:

http://baencd.freedoors.org/Books/The%20World%20Turned%20Upside%20Down/0743498747__16.htm

coffee and carrots and bondage, holy cats!

#monsterdon

I still can't get over the pace of that movie. That had to take so much work to get nailed down. It really was insanely good. I'm thinking maybe they _didn't_ need more coffee!

#Monsterdon #TheThingFromAnotherWorld

Still waiting for that role-reversal monster movie where a human crash-lands on an alien planet. Gimme a whole movie of a desperate astronaut trying to survive against an isolated outpost full of aliens who won't talk to him, ignore any attempts at communication, and eventually kill him using a creative and ironic hand-made deathtrap. Gimme that closing shot of his Peace Expedition badge while the aliens cheer their triumph over The Monster. #Monsterdon

@blogdiva holy cats! holy cats! holy cats! holy cats! holy cats! holy cats! holy cats! #monsterdon

@Taweret thanks again for hosting! #monsterdon

#monsterdon okay time to cleanse the palate with some pingu

Keep watching the skies! Keep watching the garden! Don't trust your greengrocer! #Monsterdon

Think i'm going out and have a watch at the skies. terrified.
Much fun :) , bye everyone and thanks @Taweret #monsterdon

anyway #monsterdon

@Taweret thank YOU for organizing, I was so delighted when I saw that this won the poll, this movie is a fantastic group watch and this was an excellent #Monsterdon as always! 🥰

it is literally so weird that we are getting a casually chatty denouement instead of an abrupt what the fuck was that #monsterdon

Okay, this is my favorite part of the movie. Let 'er rip, Mr. Scott. #Monsterdon

#Monsterdon

A+ dialogue
B acting - at least there was sensible teamwork
F- science
B+ Dramatic Music At Key Points

Carrot doesn't like being monologued at #monsterdon

anybody want some coffee? #monsterdon

Die, super carrot, die! #Monsterdon

Again I say: imagine the smell #monsterdon #thethingfromanotherworld

Oh his entrance is accompanied by pyro. But there was an accident.
Holy cats that is ALOT of fire. I think they used too much gas.
#Monsterdon #ThingFromAnotherWorld

Okay, I love me some over-the-top Carpenter special effects, but "not-quite-human thing shambling forward while heroes are backed in a corner" is great horror too.

#Monsterdon

With that STRANGE NOISE, I am now calling bingo! #Monsterdon

"...I shot one while I was falling backward over the bed"
"yeah, but did ya get a picture?"

#Monsterdon #TheThingFromAnotherWorld

#Monsterdon having electrocuted the carrot man into vapor, the Unusually Tall Journalist faints out of amazement? shock? terror?

The Pointy Boobed Lady appears offering coffee again, which is one of her gimmicks. I think they need a break. Give them slightly less coffee.

#Monsterdon Scientist tries to talk down vampire carrot. Works about as well as you’d expect.

I mean, holy shit, the pacing of these scenes with dialogue and movement is _insane_. This really is an incredible production.

#Monsterdon #TheThingFromAnotherWorld

"we could keep warm by tying each other to chairs"

"what?"

"what?"

#monsterdon

don't think anybody's going to be fucking off into the sea this one. #monsterdon

James Arness was a big, tall dude, perfect for a scary Super Carrot. Although we can imagine he would have wanted more face time on camera. To emote. Carrot-like.

#TheThingFromAnotherWorld
#Monsterdon

fire scene genuinely impressive and looked fucking dangerous to shoot #monsterdon

#monsterdon

not one person thinking about what happens after the fire is started #monsterdon

Did they just tell the guy to put out his cigarette and then ask how to set something on fire #Monsterdon

we have plenty of coffee. we could use that on the monster

#monsterdon

Alien and Aliens took more than a few cues from the Geiger counter scene here. #Monsterdon #TheThingFromAnotherWorld

Oh! A woman was about to provide a solution then a noise interrupted her!

#Monsterdon
#TheThingFromAnotherWorld

what do you do with a drunken carrot? what do you do with a drunken carrot? what do you do with a drunken carrot early in the morning? #monsterdon

Okay but I find this constant coffee consumption reasonable and relatable. #monsterdon

so we talked it out and we're gonna let him grow more monsters

okay

#monsterdon

Did not have “scrotum garden” on my bingo card

#Monsterdon

The scientists are plotting in secret.
Only the military men can save us from logic and reason... wait.
#Monsterdon #ThingFromAnotherWorld

please have an unrelated secret vampire subplot please have an unrelated secret vampire subplot please have an unrelated secret vampire subplot #monsterdon

OMG I'm getting sick from laughing. BRB I have to get my breath. Maybe get some plasma.

#Monsterdon
#TheThingFromAnotherWorld

"there are no enemies in science, only phenomena to study" while cultivating the murderous space carrot pretty much sums up ethics in academia #monsterdon

the theremin player is wiggling as hard as they can #Monsterdon

like i feel like, okay, hear me out, we should not grow more monsters

#monsterdon

"Yo this plant is BUMPIN" 🎵 #Monsterdon

okay, so what if we ask the monster if it would like to made to drink water while tied to a chair

#monsterdon

This Strange Dr Master of the turtleneck is hot for carrot.
#Monsterdon #ThingFromAnotherWorld

"...gentlemen, we are but cabbages"

#Monsterdon #TheThingFromAnotherWorld

@blogdiva #Monsterdon 😂🤣

#Monsterdon “There are no enemies in science.” Boy howdy YOU have never been to an academic conference.

I wonder if Dr Turtleneck is the prototype of the "Don't kill the dangerous monster, think of science!!" scientist. #Monsterdon

god i hope i get to say some thing mysterious and dramatic when i die

"the greenhouse.."

#monsterdon

This man is gravely injured! Get him some coffee! #Monsterdon #ThingFromAnotherWorld

Monstrous Opinions
(in chronological order)

Lester Del Rey: Not as good as source story
Isaac Asimov: Worst movie he had ever seen
Variety: "lacks genuine entertainment values"
Rotten Tomatoes: 86% Fresh
National Film Registry (Library of Congress): "Culturally Important"

#Monsterdon
#TheThingFromAnotherWorld

#Monsterdon Doctor Turtleneck here growing vampire space carrots. Step by step science marches onward.

Uh maybe the monster won't be angry for the rest of the movie if the first person to see it didn't empty his revolver into the giant carrot man.
#Monsterdon #ThingFromAnotherWorld

"Can you untie me now?"
WHUT? Well I yeah even with people mentioning flirting I didn't expect that.
Is this the kinkiest Monsterdon?
#Monsterdon #ThingFromAnotherWorld

#Monsterdon

Aliens carrots only fear rabbits from Mars.

ooooh I regret having to miss out on #Monsterdon this week 😭

See, they even made a sign.

KEEP DOORS CLOSED

#Monsterdon #TheThingFromAnotherWorld

Uses a sweet syrup to catch its prey…HEY THIS DAMN THING IS A TRIFFID

#Monsterdon

Those two female characters standing right next to one another are just dying to get a word in edgewise #monsterdon

@jonny Big ace supremacy vibes. #monsterdon

@blogdiva
You can't be thinking what I think you're thinking.

#Monsterdon
#TheThingFromAnotherWorld

okay, so it's a grass type

we need to use fire, flying or bug against it

does anyone know the move Aerial Ace?

#monsterdon

Doctor ignores how much effort plants put into sex.
#Monsterdon #TheThingFromAnotherWorld

"an intellectual carrot, the mind boggles"

"it shouldn't, you're an intellectual potato after all" #monsterdon

SUPERCARROT #monsterdon

holy cats #monsterdon

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!

#Monsterdon

#Monsterdon “The hand became alive… ingest the canine blood…”. Vampire Carrot, y’all!