Nice contacts!

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What the hell was that car crash effect? Did the guy who did that effect go on to work on Batman?
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It's taking him a long time to realize that this getaway car idea isn't all that great #monsterdon

it's cool the helicopter pilot definitely doesn't know where that tunnel leads #monsterdon

LOL lame crash sequence. I guess they didn't want to wreck the car.
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He can't drive with the vision he has.
But oh what vision he has--thank you John C. Howard and your Spectarama!

Probably should have figured why the monkey suffered so before, you know, doing it to himself.
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lol - that was like a batman-style crash scene. Where was the text "Zowee!" overlay?

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Very normal surgical response to using a scalpel that just touched someone else's blood to cut a person.

That man would be torn to pieces for the physical risk alone, let alone the violence or unprofessionalism.

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I guess see everything is not the best when you are going as fast as you can on a car
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He's navigating the switchbacks remarkably well for someone whose super eyes have evolved into dramatic contact lenses.

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@gnomon me: *ducks*

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He was in Vegas and he made it all the way to California? #monsterdon

maybe the crash knocked his contacts out, that would be nice, at least.

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He's pretty sure he should keep driving through the desert even though he can't see the road or ground or sky or other cars huh

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The mob that runs that casino made the chopper happen.

Wait, why is the entire CHP after him? Because he ran out of a casino after winning a bunch of money?

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"He's gone right through the mountain!"

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he's going to be punished for his hubris I feel like

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@msh Eye see what you did there.
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I hope he has X ray laser vision...

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He got to California really fast. #monsterdon

He can't see the brake pedal!

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Does Nevada state police even *have* helicopters?

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"X: The Man With Bad Life Decisions" would be more accurate, but probably not sell as many tickets. #Monsterdon #XTheManWithTheXrayEyes

They're gonna end this film like Red Zone Cuba. He drove aaaaaall the way to hell. #Monsterdon

*line drawing of a crash*

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Budget suddenly busted by a helicopter scene. What's up, Roger Corman?
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At least they show some naked guys and cut around the changes-your-rating nudity. For the 60s that was downright tasteful.

I don't really care for how quickly Diane gets over James being able to see her naked, though. But, I get it, the story wants to move on and at least took the time to have her express uncertainty.

And now, for scrubbing-in! Gotta have it.

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Fancy vision tricks don’t make a man who defies the gods invulnerable. He has to die or get blind or something. Not fucking off into the desert unscathed. #Monsterdon

This is turning into a Coleman Francis movie all of a sudden #Monsterdon

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Atlantic CIty doesn't get casino gambling for another 2 decades

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"X": That Man Who Marks His Own Spot (to the authorities)

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CHP? He made some good time

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Ok, I'm bummed for this skeleton fx.
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OK BTW WTF was that music / intermission on the way to Vegas? #Monsterdon

candidate for dumbest """car chase""" of all time.

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"But what if I don't want to 35?" "Then don't slow, doy."

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Those special effects in all their glory! A chase! Escape!

Those glass contacts had to hurt.

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He's tying to drive to Atlantic City, isn't he? #Monsterdon

Jim is going to end up seeing Buckaroo Bonsai going through a nearby mountain at this rate.

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...is there anyone actually chasing him in this chase scene.....?

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I wonder if sees right through desert cliffs and runs into them like Wile E. Coyote

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Always a chicken truck. There’s always a chicken truck.

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Love screeching tires on dirt roads. Always my favorite.
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I wonder what they stuck in his eyes? Before contacts, what did they use?
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❌ Low Budget Film School 🎥

👀 Look for Dr. Xavier's escape car coming up, an ice-blue Lincoln Continental with whitewall tires and hubcaps. After he wrecks in a ditch, he escapes a clunker painted blue with no whitewalls or hubcaps.

No reason for Corman to have to pay for a car to be destroyed! 💸

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Did he leave his friend? #monsterdon What a gentleman.

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Sir, you are driving terribly, even for Vegas.

The drops do seem to affect his brain quite a lot. #monsterdon

He can see their cards, rather than the table bracing? #Monsterdon

#monsterdon "I want to make sure you won honestly."

"What do you care?!?"

What a strange thing to say to casino security.

If you ever get superpowers, using them to rip off casinos is a great idea, because casinos are jerks.

Unfortunately the casino gets suspicious of him for winning too much, and Doc X can't help but call out the cards in the deck to reveal his superpower, and the casino boss summons a cop. Trying to get away from the cop, Doc X's glasses get knocked off and sees technicolor skeletons everywhere.

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Maybe when you’re ahead like that, you shouldn’t let them know you can see the cards, dude.

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"Diane, you're on your own!" #Monsterdon

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Does the location of Ray Milland's driving escape look familiar? It's California's Soledad Canyon Road between the cities of Santa Clarita and Acton in California - where Duel (1971) was filmed.

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bitch do NOT be driving a car right now

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@CactuarJoe I think those are a customization option in Cyberpunk 2077.

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Way to keep a low profile, genius #monsterdon

oh my god, he has Mary Sue eyes

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What a move! I fell in love with him right there! #Monsterdon

Whee! Nice contacts!

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If he closed his eyelids, no one would see his eyes.
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@SeanAloysiusOBrien Evidently he also has X-Ray Timeline Manipulation

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“It seems today, that all ya see, is skeletons and skeletons and skeletons…”

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Those contacts look unbelievably uncomfortable. #Monsterdon #XTheManWithTheXrayEyes

And the dealer makes a call to the mob. #monsterdon

Now _those_ are some cool contacts. I'll give the film that.

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Five card charlie! #monsterdon

The man with the cataract glasses is sure to be a subtle winner. #Monsterdon

Yeah, if anyone else had discovered this x-ray vision drug they'd be rich and famous and have everything

This guy's losing everything because he's an *asshole* #Monsterdon

oof, those contacts had to be hell to wear.

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Explaining his magical powers to everyone.. the cackling will begin soon..

ok the addictive behaviors are getting more clearly telegraphed. i'm starting to think this movie might be about more than just hubris

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[horny beach music plays]

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Listen to Diane Jim.

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In fact, in old Fremont Street you can still find games like this where they let you hold your cards. The fancy big casinos don't let you do that.
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they would have broken both his hands long ago. #monsterdon

he's not very smart is he

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First hubris... then greed... then comes the fall. Greek in its arc, isn't it.

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@apLundell I'm deliberately not opening the door to considering unrealistic plot points

That way lies madness

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He's so going to be sleeping with the fishes #Monsterdon

Ah, okay, here's the (first?) sexploitation scene.

I was just about to say that it's nice that this woman (acts like she) enjoys the flirtation.

But anyway, here's the undiluted leering horniness.

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Go on, try to cash out. #Monsterdon

now you leave and never come back

possibly to all of nevada

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Vegas. Like ya do.

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“Blackjack pays 1 1/2 times.”

Here ended the lesson.

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#Monsterdon Why does Don Rickles have a home if he's in a traveling carnival?

Oh wait, I was wrong, this is not a heist movie. Instead we're going to use our X-Ray powers to get all the money from the slot machines but seeing how they work. And then playing gambling card games and seeing what cards everyone has so we can win easily. Which is a neat trick.

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"I'm very good at Blackjack."

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What is eel balancing? 🤔 #Monsterdon

I don't think it's possible for anyone to get out of his sight.

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They couldn't get a shot of the slot machine hitting a jackpot, is what I'm learning here

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Is he sitting next to Louis Jordan?

Of course they just happened to stumble across a slot machine that was about to have a huge payout within like a minute

That's not unlikely at all

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I keep expecting Don to break out singing, "I got a horse right here, his name is Paul Revere, and the man says the horse can do!"

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Be careful Diane, you're in danger of being shoved out a window!

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DON'T HIT THE SAME CASINO TWICE you amateur!! #Monsterdon