Tonight on #Monsterdon 🧌 ❓ (Swamp Thing, 1982). I'll be rather chatty, starting at 20:00 CDT (UT-5), so if you don't like silly commentary on a monster movie, you'll want to mute the hashtag.
If that's your thing, however, feel free to watch it with us!
An unmapped swamp.
An era before ubiquoitous earth observation satellites?
Yes, coast guard helicopters
Gators near washington... is this a joke about DC being built on a swamp?
Oh, gators like wolverines
Back when fingerprint scanners were futuretech to show your secret base was cool
Okay, I buy Holland's attitude on nature and why swamps are interesting, but eugh...
Why is the water glowing green?
Yes, desert tomatoes.
Also, 2001 came and went and we have so much corn we also burn some of it in our cars
Oh, the militia guys are for a rival lab or something. Like something out of a William Gibson novel.
Wes Craven's Face/Off
The stuntman must have had an interesting time with that fire
This is some comic book lighting and explosions
Friendly fire?
The evil german has a good study, and I do appreciate the lab notebooks being a minor plot point.
Coffee is served.
Swamp thing thinks you need a convertable
ABDOMINAL SNOWMAN
I was expecting rambo to try shooting the swamp thing
Airboat on swamp thing: less effective than a steam boat on cthulhu
Wilhelm scream!
I'm pretty sure swamp thing hasn't actually killed anyone yet, somehow.
oh, right, I healing powers
So, uh, do arms grow back?
Why does that boat have a candelabra?
Huh, actual nudity
I thought the villains didn't get the 7th notebook, so...
Okay, so the formula works in terms of getting you STR and CON based off of your INT and WIL.
Okay, but Cable was out in the sunlight for a long time after initially losing his arm. Why didn't it regrow until now?
A pig monster with a sword? Go on...
Assistive devices exist, sir.
Fire Gag Stuntman in the credits, hm
I'm not sure how I feel about this. Like, it was a better movie than a lot, but comic book adaptations... (why would the scientist fuck off into the swamp and not try to get back to science? Also, this really is a case where better special effects would help)
raptop (𒀯 𒄷 𒄈𒀭𒁇)