@hollie I mean, someone has to do it. For SCIENCE!

#Monsterdon

@hollie truth

#Monsterdon

And his eyes got way better and he lived happily ever after, the end

#Monsterdon

he wrote the f ing paper, that's not impressive.

#monsterdon #XTheManWithTheXrayEyes

And Sam, you're wearing women's underwear!

#Monsterdon

ooo, we're seeing thru Dr X's eyes.....

You're on drugs mate, probably LSD.

#Monsterdon

Forget all the CDC guided studies that take years - we're just going to do it, right here, right now

#monsterdon

Doctor... I saw the sign, and it opened up my eyes

#Monsterdon

"Tilt your head and look directly up" Title of my sex tape
"8 to 10 seconds" Also title of my sex tape.

#Monsterdon

He Blinded Me With Science!

#Monsterdon

lol "Better yet, some convicted murderer"

Weren't the Nuremberg trials about this?

"Didn't the monkey die?"

"Yes, but he was a monkey, not a man!"

I've just worked out he's literally 'Dr X', isn't he?

#Monsterdon

I was reading something a while back where someone found a drug that could make them able to see things. They could even travel in time and space ultimately from it. Then they saw too much and something saw them back and came for them.

The story was horribly translated, kind of poorly written, but I bet it still was a heck of a lot better than this is going to be, lol.

#Monsterdon

Note to self: REAL researchers call each other "doctor" all the time. #monsterdon

"There are thousands of ways to use X-ray vision"

But looking at naked ladies will probably be how it's used first, admit it....

#Monsterdon

"More monkey-killing scientists smoke Chesterfield than any other brand. They're mild!"
#Monsterdon

#monsterdon Your eggs taste.. Fallopian. Ew. LOL

Goal: make "X-rays a tool fit only for witch doctors"

Plan: use X-rays

🤦

#Monsterdon

He's totally running some x-ray vision eye experiments as a grift to rip off government research grants. #monsterdon

Attention Fedi:

#monsterdon

The thrilling COFFEE MACHINE SCENE.

#monsterdon

Monkey sees God and dies. FORESHADOWING

#Monsterdon #ManWithXRayEyes

#Monsterdon
#XtheManWithTheXrayEyes

Oh yeah--def playing the bingo. Here's my unmarked card:

That was hard to watch.

#Monsterdon

Saying that, the little monkey switches are adorable

#Monsterdon

Obviously he had to save that chemical formula in 56 point font on that chalkboard. Obviously. #monsterdon

#monsterdon Patient Zero. Bite him you naughty monkey!

Uh oh, monkey experiments 😔

#Monsterdon

That's some serious Mansplaining from Ray there, especially as this lady holds the purse strings.

You tell him off lady!

#Monsterdon

Now for $1 he wouldn't have to go thru all that research. I wonder how many kids these people scammed. #monsterdon

<<SNORE>>

#monsterdon

That's never gonna pass an IRB review.

#Monsterdon

“Doctor my eyes”

—Jackson Browne

#Monsterdon

To be clear, I completely agree with the doctor who wants more wavelength coverage. I'd love to see NUV and NIR.

#Monsterdon #XtheManWithTheXrayEyes

You're planning to experiment on yourself, aren't you?

Always a bright idea.

#monsterdon

Lucio Fulci: that’s a bit too much, Corman
Luis Buñuel: seriously

#Monsterdon #XTheManWithTheXRayEyes

Oh man Don Rickles. Of all the old-tyme comedians, that guy was perhaps the most abrasive. I mean even more annoying that Rodney Dangerfield.

#monsterdon

Does anyone else out there get the distinct impression that we're being watched?

#monsterdon

Launching my #monsterdon thread for "The Man with X Ray Eyes", or something like that, a movie that I guess involves x-ray vision. Prior posts suggest that it is gory and gross.

Monsterdon is a thing where we watch a monster movie every week and either praise or make fun of it. Mute the hash tag if you don't want to see all the posts by me about it, or want to avoid tonight's possible gore? Otherwise, follow along and enjoy?

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Tonights snack for the Milland spectacle are "tomato flavoured tortilla rolls"
My wife demolished the cheese variety of these on Friday.

Lets' go!

#Monsterdon

BETTE DAVIS, NOOOOOOOOOO #Monsterdon

X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963) #monsterdon now playing on https://miru.miyaku.media :miyaku:

Rev it up #Monsterdon! #XTheManWithTheXrayEyes

@kcarr2015 @SnoopJ Did I miss the fisticuffs?

#Monsterdon

I really liked this one. I guess it helps that I read the comic first, and the comic could be substantially more creative about the rendering of the story's core premise.

But even without that, I feel like it's a solid entry into #Monsterdon watch history. A little on the cheap side, but it makes good use of what it was doing. I can see why it won the Astronave D'argento.

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@RamenCatholic but of course

#monsterdon #XtheManWithTheXrayEyes

OH, the rings in his vision are *his eye*. I thought it was strictly a visual device and I guess it is, but it's actually diegetic.

That's uh... really interesting.

I'm going to interpret this as the eye drops catalyzing some kind of conversion of the entire vitreous volume to a sensing organ so as to get around the focus problems this would imply if only the retina is sensing.

#Monsterdon

[light-hearted flute vehicle chase music]

#Monsterdon

@Zerofactorial @ottaross Best performance in the film. Actually acting. Nice.

#monsterdon #XtheManWithTheXrayEyes

@ottaross Well if he were smart he'd shed the pomposity and just lie about what happened, probably not get convicted #monsterdon

"You don't seem worried"

World's worst cheater.

#Monsterdon

Found it: Supernaut - the Ministry cover (~3:50), not the 1000 Homo DJs version.

#monsterdon

@paco Seems right.

#Monsterdon

@ottaross I was wondering whether any of the people waiting to be diagnosed had names. I didn't catch the names of the two Continuous Girls anyhow #monsterdon

@ohiofi the future form of Humanity revealed! #Monsterdon

Thanks to @Taweret for hosting tonight's delightful film.

Chromatic aberration - it's not just for doctors dripping experimental drugs in their eyes.

We had coffee. And smoking. Together!
We had monkey death.
We had a carefully framed room full of naked dancers.
We cut a surgeon so we could both be an ass and save the patient!
We helped a fellow doctor take a trip out a window.
We visited the carnival (but never rode the octopus, despite signage)
We drove the Strip!
We got to see how *not* to act in a casino!
We took part in a one-car car chase and wreck!
We visited an old-time tent revival and got healed (for some values of healed)!
We got just a touch of cosmic horror!
We got to see Don Rickles' holographic skull and several nice sets of FX contacts!

#Monsterdon #ManWithXRayEyes

Presumably they forgot to mention the eye drops were addictive, in case you wondered why he didn't stop putting the drops in
#monsterdon

Even if you can see the hidden cards, you can't control what you're dealt. You got 16 and the dealer has 20, and the next card is 10 you're going to lose

#monsterdon

Reviewed tonight's feature as being a rather lackluster tale that didn't really develop things in an interesting way after the first reel. Two stars out of five. https://letterboxd.com/anderson_petaq/film/x-the-man-with-the-x-ray-eyes-1963/ #monsterdon

@littlemiao i also think 'this seems like it might have been kinda good when it came out and what people were used to in movies was different'? it was *interesting* at least and the poetic parts were fun and well-delivered

#monsterdon

The movie undercuts itself by *fading* in James's vision every time.

Should just be a straight cut more often, to more strongly imply that he has lost his normal vision.

#Monsterdon

"It's not that unusual. Sometimes people just fall out of windows. It happens all the time." -- Putin, probably

#monsterdon #XtheManWithTheXrayEyes

Managed to avert my eyes at the final the gruesome bit. Still saw the scary driving leading up to it. Overall, better than the black and white version I saw on TV as a kid. Especially the Don Rickles bits. But still quite befitting a #Monsterdon viewing. Thanks, @Taweret and co!

That jumpcut to his eye sockets was so abrupt it was like a jumpscare crossed with a stinger. A jumplaugh? Jumpsnort? Jumpjoke? I dunno.
#Monsterdon

That was intense, but fun. Thank you for another great #Monsterdon @Taweret. I look forward to the poll and next week's movie!

@littlemiao i wouldn't watch it for fun outside of #monsterdon but it was a lot more solid, coherent, etc. than most monsterdon movies

🦖#MONSTERDON 🎞️

🧟‍♂️ X-TRIVIA

Still geeking out about this:

Corman filmed the construction of the Department of Water & Power General Office Building in downtown Los Angeles which occurred during 1963 and 1965.

He used that footage to create the SFX for Milland to "see through" the building.

(😢 Sorry, missed posting this during the movie)

#XTheManWithTheXRayEyes

ah cool, here's the insomnia. And the lead sunglasses!

"Healer, I've brought you someone."

And James can no longer recognize his crony. That seems good.

#Monsterdon

@RamenCatholic @Taweret yes, excellent stuff. much fun! #Monsterdon

https://youtu.be/SyoXyPoMlpA?list=RDSyoXyPoMlpA

#PDQBach

~Chara

…he’s stumbling toward a cult compound, isn’t he-
Oh, it’s a tent revival.
Same difference.
#Monsterdon

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Message: Don't take experimental eye drops and never pipette by mouth..

And now, time for equitable(?) healthcare

#Monsterdon

Love the 60s movie style of soundtrack where every time he uses his powers it’s like he’s fucking around with the monolith from 2001
#Monsterdon

the real monster was shitty window construction

#monsterdon #XtheManWithTheXrayEyes

"You got the power to see, to see inside!"

[annoyed] "Shut up."

#Monsterdon

Full black contacts raving about the center of the Universe? YES, PLEASE.

This one wasn't so bad! Probably didn't need to be quite as long as it was? Good effects.

#Monsterdon

@aburka One might argue the movie shows you exactly how to unsee

#Monsterdon

More legitimate than our usual fare, but I still suspect this movie would have been better in X-ray vision

Thanks as always @Taweret for hosting and everybody for posting! Looking forward to next time!

#Monsterdon

The biggest issue I have with that movie was he had to keep taking the drops to maintain the vision he no longer wanted and kept doing it.

#Monsterdon

I am glad I finally got to see that one. pretty solid B picture. so does #TheManWithXRayEyes lead straight into a #NeilBreen movie? Like, does he wander eyeless into the desert like Paul Muad'dib only to come back for more later? #monsterdon

~Chara

COFFEE IS SERVED BAYBEEEEEE

:blobfoxcofeowo:

#Monsterdon

Was not expecting Jim to go full They Live

OH GOD HE’S DRIVING
#Monsterdon

honestly of all the things in this film that bug me is WHY WAS THE CIRCUS FILMED ON A GODDAMN SOUNDSTAGE

FFS

SHOOT THAT ON SITE NOT IN A FUCKING BARN OR WHATEVER

#monsterdon #XtheManWithTheXrayEyes

Tonight's #Monsterdon. Wasn't a huge fan, and that's OK. I guess it was "this guy is an utter jerk..." At least it wasn't that everyone was. Well most of them were to be honest. But most of his problems were because he just couldn't ever believe that, "Don't be a dick" is maybe good advice...

Well pluck that!

THE END

Nicely abrupt #Monsterdon ending but nowhere near an ocean to eff off into. Zero stars. Fantastic.

Thanks for another blindingly fun one @Taweret !

i'd give this one 2/2 gouged out eyeballs

#monsterdon

@klu9 @saucerlost we can only pray

#monsterdon #XtheManWithTheXrayEyes

Apparently Pathé was a bit of a big deal a hundred years ago?

#monsterdon

YouTube is recommending They Live now. I'd kinda like to see this show up on @Taweret 's slate for #monsterdon, but it seems likely there's not a lot of good free sources...

#monsterdon
#XTheManWithXrayEyes

nice show, bye all o/

#Monsterdon

And, true to form, this week’s #monsterdon entirely eschews denouement.

Still, the best #monsterdon movie i’ve seen in quite a while. It had some early pacing problems, but overall a decent tale decently told.

The moral of the story is that we are surrounded by things people were not meant to see, such as this film #monsterdon

Id that a wrap? These end credits are awfully spaced out. Maybe padding the time?

#Monsterdon #ManWithXRayEyes

#monsterdon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdJwFd4jv9w

Still, beats the electric crab movie hands down. #Monsterdon

Okay but that particular scripture is very funny to quote at creepy men though.

"And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the hell of fire." Matthew 18:9

#Monsterdon

What does God need with X-ray vision?

#monsterdon #XtheManWithTheXrayEyes

Seeing the outside of the building it becomes clear that he was gambling at the econolodge.

#Monsterdon