"Can you eat them?" "No, these are just styrofoam." "Ah, like AI." "Exactly!"
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Will you watch along? (It's free on Tubi and there are other free ways to watch too!) Will you mute the hashtag? Will you just shrug and get confused?ONLY YOU CAN SAY!
Tonight! Giant crickets, apparently? I still need confirmation about whether we're talking about the insects or the sport. Either one sounds like a good time though, and like they could lead to the end of the world: Beginning of the End (1957)
fell asleep and missed the first few minutes. First thing i see is giant tomato and i'm like
GORDON!!! *shaking fists*
Bert I Gordon really had the one schtick huh
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"Things have a way of vanishing around here. It's all the dang You-FOes, if y'ask me."
i-i-i-i-i ain't got no booooooooooody
This will be my thread for this week's #Monsterdon
Tonight we're watching Beginning of the End from 1957. Giant Locusts abound.
It's free on Tubi and Prime or available on archive.org
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you can't bomb giant bugs out of a forest without bombing the forest out of the forest
#monsterdon Locusts do not feel, locusts do not think, you cannot reason with a locust
modern movies could learn a lesson from old timey b movies. you can just suddenly end your movie. just boom. just its over. things don't need to resolve
"there could be countless numbers"?
You don't know how numbers work do you
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I don't think this is gonna work, friends
All they have to do is accidentally drive them to extinction, just like humans did to the locust of America in 1902
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Quick, scientists! Get those test tubes humming!
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wait, do the locust's not chirp unless they're planning an attack? I thought locusts just chirped whenever
The Stuff is a movie about how many actors clearly not from the south you can get to attempt a southern accent, and the results are fascinating and beautiful #monsterdon
Oh no way! The area of my childhood! Many's the time on the Amtrak from Highland Park to Urbana I heard the conductor announcing "RANTOUL! Next stop, Rantoul!"
"Once the 'hopper blows the gate, run in, grab all the gold you can, and floor it for the state line!"
This child is not very bright is he
Want to watch Solarbabies (1986) in tonight's #Monsterdon #WatchParty ?
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douchekeys?
well most of the people in this movie do seem to be douches of one kind or another
this intro music is giving me “secret christmas movie” vibes #monsterdon
"I too must serve the system. But Tron - Tron serves the users."
they're going to ritually lick each other, a tradition that lasted until the invention of the stillsuit