So, if you login into mastodon on your computer so you can cast the Miru stream to the TV, close mastodon tab or the TV will chirp at every notification π€ͺπ€£ #Monsterdon #ZarkorrTheInvader1996
@pngwen I believe it did
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π Look for the buildings when the monster crosses the Arizona-New Mexico border.
One belongs to the A-Cycle Light Company, named after a weapon from the 1965 Godzilla movie Invasion of Astro-Monster.
The cop, wisely having gone away earlier, unfortunately got lost and walked back into the movie #monsterdon
#monsterdon This is like the opposite of the problem most kaiju rubbersuit movies have wrt lighting. The styrofoam looks _perfect_ (probably also due to the dpi and film quality in general) but man it'd be nice if we could see the person in the suit
This is a bottle episode movie. #Monsterdon
Is Zarkorr!'s off switch guarded by Nate The Snake, perchance?
Whew, glad we're past that scene. Computer guy was pretty obnoxiuos.
Not acting well, but just acting more.
#Monsterdon #ZarkorrTheInvader
If you type slow you make text, if you type fast you make an image
That's how it works
#monsterdon This man isn't against using mice, but all of them ran away. Can't blame them.
Why are the secondary characters so much more invested in acting in this movie?
#Monsterdon #ZarkorrTheInvader
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This is how Microsoft Bob was created.
Ok whatever they're doing with the weird guy has ruined the vibe again. #Monsterdon
Did her hair get curlier as this scene progressed?
graphic design is my passion
I guess Zarkorr hasn't picked up postal guy's scent yet...
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#Zarkorr!TheInvader
I was actually enjoying this before this guy started talking and being a creep.
@heathen_cat Honestly if this did start out as an RPG session someone turned into a script I'd ALMOST have some respect for this whole production.
#Monsterdon #Zarkorr
@Taweret That's what I'm holding on for.
Wait, the hacker guy is ALSO the token disabled guy? Of course he is. Who else would sit in front of a computer all day and all night besides someone in a wheelchair. π€¨
We can't run off to Arizona. We don't have the budget for location filming. #monsterdon
God I hope Zarkorr steps on this guy so much
I think we've collectively established that literally any other presentation format would be better for telling this story than a movie
@Taweret Sacrifices have to be made but isn't worth it?
#monsterdon
Caged Heat reference. That's a deep cut. #Monsterdon
Doh! I forgot to get my generic bingo board. #Monsterdon #ZarkorrTheInvader1996
Deptartment of Defense! #monsterdon
why the hell is he using both plurals "foci" & "focuses" in his dialog π
@Taweret One can hope #Monsterdon #ZarkorrTheInvader1996
these generic computer chirping are geting irritating.
as the rest of this movie
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@YsengrinWolf My wife left for the week AND I CAN'T SHUT OFF THE F**KING ALARM!? or so I've heard #monsterdon
@Taweret I hope so
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#monsterdon Imagine a satellite that collects seismic data. That's like a stethoscope detecting lasers.
@b what if we *waves hands mysteriously* are all the off switch
STOP SAYING TURNED ON #monsterdon
I am very invested in this ridiculous hostage plot.
I wish this reality show/Jerry Springer episode overlapped with the monster movie in the next room more often #Monsterdon #ZarkorrTheInvader
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@steggy If only Arthur would say no more. #Monsterdon #ZarkorrTheInvader1996
Screencap request: "It only gets progressively worse."
@davesdogmaggie 4 minutes long, seems about right. #monsterdon
I need to mimic Arthur's energy for my computer science lectures.
"did you ever see that movie with Linda Blair, and they were in a women's prison ..."
Not a line I was expecting in this movie.
"It must have been turned on."
Zarkorr boners are in my head now, and I have decided to share them with you.
The non-Zokarr footage is so generic I want to count it as stock footage for #monsterdonbingo purposes. #Monsterdon #ZarkorrTheInvader
Is this going to use the same plotpoint from the David Duchovny movie Evolution, where they've got to go up Zarkorr's butthole to deliver the equivalent of a shampoo enema?
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Will the aveage (median) postal worker defeat Zarkorr by placing a "Return to Sender, Address Unknown" stamp on his body?
the monster is gonna eat this hacker guy, right? right??
@moira Yeah, if he were like 10% less annoying he'd be good. #Monsterdon
"...no one else is going to think of an off switch"
"Hang on gotta solve this ROT13 password hash"
β SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES β
So much has happened in the span of a day #Monsterdon
@jeffron π€£
Obviously the point of the scenes with the humans is to make us enjoy the ZARKORR SMASH! scenes even more #Monsterdon
This was the prevailing view of tech folks in the '90s, and looking at Elon Musk today I have to say it's bad that it was this much of a hurtful stereotype. It should have been much worse #Monsterdon #ZarkorrTheInvader
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@elaterite if we can get through this we will have accomplished something - the Survived Zarkorr Merit Badge #Monsterdon
He's not a real cybernaut, his keyboard is *huge* everybody knows we use smol mechanical bois
6:23 ... 8:18 ... this must mean something!
Zarkorr time is at... 3 minutes 30 seconds if I'm being generous.
#Monsterdon #Zarkorr
#monsterdon So this is really just a demo reel for a model special effects company, eh?
Yay! β:explosion:β #GoZarkorr
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The beautiful state of Arivada #Monsterdon
@Anima You think they had the budget to deal with rastering? #monsterdon
Thereβs only one animal, it falls under protected species!
Yeah, makes sense! #monsterdon
To be fair, the movie is ahead of its time by having the protagonists do the 90s equivalent of just checking Wikipedia to figure out what's going on with something.
It would have been nice if the shoestring budget could have afforded a boom mic. #monsterdon #Zarkorr1996
'What an eccentric performance.'
βKing Arthur of Camelot
Go Zakorr, GO!!!
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@apLundell we're always promised a monster, and we end up with about 90 seconds of one, so tiny girl ratio is pretty high
@Crazypedia Why do you think Zarkorr is destroying everything?
Very important to know that Zarkorr destroyed this particular building complex at 10:58 pm *exactly*
Meanwhile, Zarkorr
I'm upset by how current the movie from 30 years ago social commentary is. #Monsterdon #ZarkorrTheInvader
These commercials have better writing.
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@diazona I do as well, more Zarkorr, less human #Monsterdon #ZarkorrTheInvader1996
Wild how there's all this stuff going to with Zarkorr! that we don't get to see.
i don't need that guy saying the words "hard copy" ever again please. ever.
animaldon, don't call it a monster!
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Finally some senseless destruction to releive the tedium.
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Go Team Zarkorr!!! #Monsterdon
Cyber Nought wearing the Total Lack Of Power Gloves #Monsterdon #ZarkorrTheInvader
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I know I'm bored when I'm like yeah, smash those flimsy static models big guy #monsterdon
As a New Jersey native I take no responsibility for anything that happens in this movie. If you want authentic monster/alien fighting from New Jersey may I recommend Megas XLR.
#Monsterdon #Zarkorr
Compiling makes me uncomfortable. Please destroy this world, Zirconium.
"How can you defeat it?"
"Strew Lego blocks on the ground in front of it!"
A Mountain Valley? What? #Monsterdon
No "off switch" - it's an "off key"
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here comes the requisite "hahah silly hippies"
@blue π
I guess they put this Cybernaut dude into this #Monsterdon because the main protagonist can't be the most annoying character it's against the rules
I'm actually starting to get into how cheap these little miniature sets are. It gives this whole move a kind of "college project" vibe.