"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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I love the skellies so much they are my new favorite part of this movie

it's not like the VFX earlier in the movie weren't good but BY THE GODS the full power of Harryhausen et al. is something to behold

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I now understand how this movie helped create an entire generation of VFX artists

This must have been such a thrill to see in 1963

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πŸ‘πŸ’€πŸ‘πŸ’€πŸ‘πŸ’€πŸ‘πŸ’€πŸ‘πŸ’€πŸ‘

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The beast!
The beast!
The beast from 20,000 fathoms!

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Not sure if I will truly hang around for the double feature, but I enjoyed the trailer at least

Operation EXPERIMENT? lmfao

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Not paying much attention to the movie so far, but I wonder if John Carpenter took inspiration from some of these aesthetics. Definitely some shades of THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD here

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Anybody want some coffee? 

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We really haven't been getting enough coffee in #Monsterdon, maybe we need to watch more 50s fare!

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I liked the banter about paleontology and dressing-down of a STEMlord. The world needs more of that

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[smirking] "it's *my* monster"

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Tom, you speak French but you started in English? You dickhead.

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Wow, cool lighthouse crumbling interior VFX

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the canyons of New York City

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Pretty good compositing for 1953

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A SECOND COFFEE HAS ENTERED THE MOVIE

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Go ahead, unnamed beast. Destroy Wall St. Make the people happy.

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"It'd take a 3-inch shell to penetrate that skull"

Yea, we've all worked with somebody like that before.

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Thanks to @Taweret and da #Monsterdon crew for a good night, thanks to @ryan for the #MonsterdonDoubleFeature, and to all a good "anybody want some coffee?"