#Monsterdon is a weekly fediverse community event (Sundays @ 9 PM ET) where a bunch of folks watch a monster/SF movie of some description in sync with each other and post about it. Partial list of past movies: https://wiki.neuromatch.social/Monsterdon#Movie_List

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Watch thread: JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS (1963)
Oops, I totally forgot about #Monsterdon. I assume that's Jason and those are The Argonauts.

"Hey Zeus, sup. I brought you a lil man"

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See, this level of pettiness is a much more proper depiction of Zeus. This movie gets what Zeus is all about

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"I've never thrown a discus before, I'd like to see how it's done."

Well, uh, not like *that*

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Mate I feel that finding the ship before the crew may have made more sense.

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RE: https://neuromatch.social/@jonny/116236243119650309

counterpoint: I love the gigantic animatronic head, I love that for the VFX department

✅ Technology Unlocked: BRONZE

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"Set sail!"

I would ask why the sails were not already set, but of course I know that the answer is so that Jason can say "set sail!"

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Yes, YES, give us the Harryhausen

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"the treasure chamber of the gods"

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[metal creaking fades into the distance]

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Having Hera whisper almost all of her lines to Jason is… a choice.

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Ah, the old ankle-dial trick

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ah, RIP brains. we're gonna have to rely only on brawn from here on in

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[ship-building montage continues]

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Hercules won't leave without his boyfriend

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"sin"

lol I do love it when milquetoast christian themes are crudely laid over Ancient Greek mythology

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Score notes for percussion here just read "go nuts on xylophone"

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Jason capturing the harpies before preparing wood with which to cage them

getting the sense Jason isn't a "planning" guy

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"I know the sea god's moods. But… most of them are dangerous."

Okay that's tight, love that line

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[rowing]

No no no, keep it EASY

[rowing… gently?]

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"What's the fewest you can think of?"

"One, of course"

❌ Technology NOT unlocked: 0️⃣

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one of the more enjoyable "what the fuck is going on" scenes in recent memory

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❌ Technology NOT unlocked: any interesting magical insta-healing plant

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whoa, foot shot of the ram goddess

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He said the thing!
They said the thing!

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"Help me, Hecate"

help you… become a traitor to Hecate, as you just said? 🤨

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oh I LOVE the hydra POV panning shot, so cool

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YES THE CLAYMATION DOLL YEESSSSSS

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RIP hydra you were the best part of the movie by far

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The hydra fight gets me a two-in-one #MonsterdonBingo

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"the children… of the niiiight" line delivered with the same drama as "it's a faaaaaake"

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10 minutes is not a ton of time to wrap things up, here, but we seem to be fully under way to a sudden ending

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Okay but they were introduced to a random plant that also has the power to heal before, I do feel obligated to point that out

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[sowing of hydra's teeth continues]

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time for the skeleton war  

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skellington said AAAAAAAA

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@SnoopJ best line yet

@LuluHelle [screaming in Skeleton]

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@SnoopJ trumpets! Trumpets, crash!
I love this scene 😍
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