i mostly feel bad for all these folks who clearly don't have access to decent medical care

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Can he see the crazy? #monsterdon

I hope this ends with him becoming some kind of 'X-Ray Messiah' and the Feds having to kill him....

#Monsterdon

@Taweret The pacing is better than usual!

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#Monsterdon Poor doc, his vision keeps getting more and more sensitive to other wavelengths, so he keeps designing more powerful dark glasses.

Sucks to be him.

And Don Rickles! He was born to play this sleazeball.

@Taweret That's quite an endorsement of the whole #Monsterdon experience!

"Other times I can barely penetrate a man's skin..."

kinky Dr X...

#Monsterdon

#monsterdon "I told you never to set foot in here!"

Into this room where I left the door wide open!

x-ray eyes, maybe, but not eyes in the back of his head

#monsterdon

"Madam, your chest would fit into Grey's Anatomy" but it's not a pickup line.

#Monsterdon

Why is he continuing to take more drops?? #Monsterdon

in one week's time, he'll be dead, that's my prediction.

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🦖#MONSTERDON 🎞️

❌ X-TRIVIA

During the Tonight Show on June 23, 1972, guest host Don Rickles welcomed Ray Milland.

They discussed Millands amazing career. Milland specifically said that the movie #XTheManWithTheXRayEyes was "terrible", but that Rickles' acting in it was good.

"I only look, and tell what I see. Except for just now when I lied about what I saw."

#monsterdon

Why does she look like an anatomy painting inside?
#monsterdon

Just tiredness, and age, and nothing... good line.

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"it'll be gone soon because you're going to die"

#monsterdon

"What did he see?"

Well, let's find out. But first, a series of wacky mad vision scientist adventures, beginning with a nice, healthy cigarette.

#Monsterdon

No wonder she's in pain, she's got a textbook illustration of a circulatory system inside her. #Monsterdon

oh great he's got the pencil drawing filter installed

nothing will be accurate now

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@moira The whole terrifying seeing-too-much thing is just a metaphor for realizing he's gay once he can see through everyone's clothing.

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I know Corman is well known for stinkers, but this movie … might be good? Or at least not terrible. And maybe a decent scifi story?

It started slow, but honestly Don Rickles has really injected energy and menace to the movie that I really didn’t expect. #monsterdon

Is Xavier unable to sleep due to constantly seeing the sun?

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"Are you hungry? I brought you someone."

#monsterdon #XtheManWithTheXrayEyes

oh, it's serious now:
We can see studs and joists.

#Monsterdon

@allanb no but there's that too lol

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How does he get any sleep with being able to see through his eyelids #Monsterdon

@moira @trixter #monsterdon

Rickles is also in Casino, iirc.

"i want to be able to open my eyes and see normally he says" while taking the rest of the magic vision drugs that fucked up his eyes

#monsterdon

...possibly radiation exposure, who can say

#Monsterdon

This is honestly a lot more Don Rickles than I expected.

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Honestly, this character Rickles is playing is sleazy but also not too bad. He's an honest swindler.

#Monsterdon

He can diagnose maybe, but not heal with his eyes

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@JoeWynne just imagining the ludicrous 90s cgi Zemeckis would use in a remake #monsterdon

rickles trying to get him to start a cult

well

honestly not wrong about the money part

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Imagine if doctors could take cleric levels

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Wow, that's a helluva widow's peak. #Monsterdon

#monsterdon
"You've got the power to see inside!"

"Shut-up!"

That's dialog for you.

honestly he could have just been a bit quieter and gone around diagnosing people with "i'm a doctor" and like 50% of people would have listened to him

#monsterdon

dude, a) stop moving the lady with the broken ribs, b) actual medial care is coming, why would you strap some planks to her leg when she's gonna be in an abulance in like 3 minutes.

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@allanb lol no "discrete" wasn't in the movie, I just felt like it was an obvious pun opportunity

#Monsterdon

I wish I saw the world as a series of Aphex Twin album covers

#Monsterdon

Don Rickles' Holographic Skull!

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Ha ha! At least Don Rickles’s character is telling the truth!

#Monsterdon

Don Rickles is scheming to use Ray Milland to help steal Nazi gold
#Monsterdon

Okay, but an amazing ability that he can only use as a trick feels almost like a Twilight Zone bit.

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"this is all he could be"
didn't help that he murdered a guy.

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He'd be a guy who's STANDING RIGHT BEHIND YOU!
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So, now he's just using his powers to be a dick?

#Monsterdon

@Lazarou Johnny Carson! The Great Carnak? #Monsterdon

@allanb tired of Discrete Girls, are we?

#Monsterdon

"I never think. I eat."

A wise woman

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#Monsterdon

The 60s.

When 27 was 47.

"I never think. I eat." words to live by #monsterdon

👁️

Cool eyeball

Certainly a way to make a first impression on the viewer. Can this movie pay it off?

#Monsterdon

"I never think. I eat." My new personal slogan. #monsterdon

As a fellow Big Face Haver, I want those sunglasses

#monsterdon
#xthemanwithxrayeyes

" #Monsterdon : the effects seem to be cumulative"

@Louisa He wants to stay busy?

#monsterdon

What’s up with the red paint dripping down that purple door?

#Monsterdon

#monsterdon Bingo!

i believe mr mentallo wants not to be arrested.

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Don Rickles is the most dynamic part of the movie so far, tbh. #monsterdon

Ain't no damn way that dude is 27 years old.. this mofo is already 40! #monsterdon

Not only X-Ray eyes, he has eagle eyes! Reading a driver's license in a distant pocket.

#Monsterdon #ManWithXRayEyes

he's more upset about him knowing about the watch than telling the whole world his SSN

#monsterdon

ha! okay, actually, points for getting that guys out of this scene tho.

#monsterdon #XTheManWithTheXrayEyes

You're penis size is ....
#monsterdon

Your identity theft begins NOW

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A wild Dick Miller appears!

#Monsterdon #XTheManWithTheXRayEyes

I need that carnival Barker for all my conversations with annoying colleagues. He's amazing!
#monsterdon
#xthemanwithxrayeyes

@klu9 DICK MILLER!

Thankyou!

#Monsterdon

Then the doctor ran away and joined the circus. Screenplay by Billy, age 7

#monsterdon

Did Johnny Carson take the Amazing Karnak from this? #Monsterdon

@Lazarou Dick Miller #Monsterdon

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Doctors evidently can't fly.

Oh lovely "third eye" headband there, and Don Rickles! #Monsterdon

As an optometrist, he should have seen that coming. (Says my spouse.)

#Monsterdon

Ah good, some cultural appropriation. It had to show up.
#monsterdon

Also:
"We could stop him."
"No."

Feels like it's straight off of Xitter
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Holy shit he's young! Character actor cameo for the win!

and Don Rickles!

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Don Rickles, don’t make fun of someone’s wife challenge, impossible

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Finally, we’ve arrived at the Don Rickles portion of the film!

#Monsterdon

Ever imagine Rodger Cormin just looked over his script from yesterday, shook his head, and went:

"BOR-RING! Let's toss a guy outta window!"

#Monsterdon #XTheManWithTheXRayEyes

That escalated quickly. Or descended, technically speaking. #Monsterdon

"Nobody like a wise guy"

But do you like an EYES GUY

#Monsterdon
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Damn those newspapers are FAST. 😂 #Monsterdon

The whole premise of this is like, "Guy claims he can do the most measurable thing in the world, and we refuse to measure him"

#Monsterdon
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so the rest of this movie is Dr.X on the run?

(guess if there's no other way to come up with Plot...)

#Monsterdon

So... underwhelming everyone's reactions. #monsterdon

Oh... look, you've killed him. 😐

Yes, yes I did... 😐

OK so it probably isn't good to make the windows of a high rise building out of sugar glass #Monsterdon

Hard cut to a ferris wheel.

What?

#monsterdon

Tight soundtrack. Nice use of newspaper headlines. #Monsterdon

Killer Doctor Flees ... to the Carnival!

#Monsterdon #ManWithXRayEyes

@ramsey @Lazarou Just running out into the street to flag down a reporter. A roving reporter.

#monsterdon #XTheManWithTheXrayEyes

An internal stairway with no standpipes? Hm.

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I love how much the guy at the desk noticed him

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“Run!” Isn’t very good advice, Diane. #monsterdon

So I guess we saved the girl but now Doc X is in trouble because he cut another doctor and is also doing a mad science.

Doc X gets another eye exam and says that the effects of his magic eyedrops are cumulative, so now he can see people's internal organs and wants to take more eyedrops in order to see the mysteries of the universe or some shit.

#monsterdon

Insane in the membrane!

#Monsterdon #XTheManWithTheXRayEyes