Ysengrin BlackpawThis is a personal thread for this week's #Monsterdon so the local feeds don't get buried in Monsterdon posts. Follow the hashtag to see *all* the posts, or expand this one to just see mine.
This week: Jason and the Argonauts (1963).
Ysengrin Blackpaw 🔜 AnthrOhio@ysengrin ... and the reply
It's time for the golden fleecing! Go! Go! Go!
Ah, now that's good period orchestration! Get those titles done with quick and jump right into the film!
Behold! The man with one sandal!
Behold! The dalmatian!
That famous old Greek tune, Greensleeves.
So, the old soothsayer was Hermes all along.
And for the third movie in a row ... here's Hercules!
See, this is why there are humans. To keep the Gods entertained.
Argo gets a bit familiar with the budt of Hera.
Dangit, *bust* of Hera.
"... three sips a day ..."
*now* Hera tells Jason it was Pelias he met.
"Listen very carefully." I will tell you only once.
Yes, please, show us more old man nipples.
Holy moly, look at those pearls! (or, alien eggs)
Gee, didn't Starcrash rip this bit off?
Three assists done, if I counted right :)
There's one whole side that's open, not covered by the net.
The Argo is just sailing back and forth in the same small (actual) area, isn't it.
Convenient story-needed NPC ship ahoy!
By Poseidon's hairy armpit!
Well, by Poseidon's shaved armpit!
The tail was a nice touch, though.
Sausage party no more!
klu9"What that girl done to you! I thought you were a fighting man!"
OK, so the foley sword work is a bit weak.
We are now in out semi-erotic interpretative dance portion of the film.
What is this (literally) limp-wristed walk that Jason is giving us?
You can't just waltz in and takew the golden fleece!
You touched it, and the magic is gone.
Nifty hydra skeleton
Oh yeah, pull out that arrow.
Why do you hold your shield with the bird upside down?
Now for the money shot :)
And ... THE END. Somehow think Hera is less than pleased with Jason, though.
Still an excellent film, if a bit of a tease for a sequel to resolve the story that never came.
Big thanks to @Taweret for tonight's Harryhausen classic; the skeleton fight still sets the blood to racing.
No smoking (duh), no coffee (duh).
Heavy on the sausage fest. Maybe fewer bald old man titties (I can look in a mirror for that). Poseidon's hairless armpits, up close and personal.
The finest knitted hats/helmets.
Exotic healing flower.
Bronze guardian golem. Wimpy hydra guardian. Screechy harpies. Coordinated skeleton fighters.
And a golden fleece in a dead tree (thought it healed everything).
And, that was only half the story!
Ben Ramsey@YsengrinWolf @Taweret You weren’t looking very close at those pits. There was hair. Not a lot, but it was there.