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@nev.status.nevillepark.ca.ap.brid.gy Oct 12, 2026, 4:00 AM

"But for one instant he was careless."

That was honestly quite good! Patricia Owens's performance (as Helene) sells it. And of course Vincent Price is never unwelcome.

Okay time to cuddle the cat now, g'night all! Thanks @ryan for the stream!

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@nev.status.nevillepark.ca.ap.brid.gy Oct 12, 2026, 3:55 AM

Hold the fuck up, that's… _half_ of an _Argiope_ stabilimentum

why does an orbweaver have a…strangely accurate wolf spider eye arrangement???

hey, i feel sorry for the guy but why did the spider have to die???

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@nev.status.nevillepark.ca.ap.brid.gy Oct 12, 2026, 3:50 AM

that's a terrible fake spider but ok

Apparently it took them forever to do the scene with the teeny "help meee!" because they kept cracking up

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@nev.status.nevillepark.ca.ap.brid.gy Oct 12, 2026, 3:46 AM

@gnomon looks wonderful!

@nev.status.nevillepark.ca.ap.brid.gy Oct 12, 2026, 3:45 AM

the slowness of the press is so much more effective than just shooting with a gun (which IIRC is the case in Cronenberg's _Fly_)

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@nev.status.nevillepark.ca.ap.brid.gy Oct 12, 2026, 3:44 AM

welcome back to ze hydraulic press channel

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@nev.status.nevillepark.ca.ap.brid.gy Oct 12, 2026, 3:42 AM

> kill fly – plees

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@nev.status.nevillepark.ca.ap.brid.gy Oct 12, 2026, 3:39 AM

Face reveal! We got face reveal!!!!

Not the most inaccurate fly head I've seen, although I do think they could have done the compound eyes better.

Fly!Andre's angst is really well done. I am sure this was a formative moment for Guillermo Del Toro

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@nev.status.nevillepark.ca.ap.brid.gy Oct 12, 2026, 3:38 AM

Really nice how effective a guy with a cloth over his head is with just the hand and the halting typing

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A message being typed out in a scene from "The Fly" (1958): CANT WAIT CANT THINK EASY SINCE MORNING
BRAIN SAYS STRANGE THING SNOW

FEEL MY WILL GOING ALREADY STRAIN VERY DIFFICULT THINK STR

@nev.status.nevillepark.ca.ap.brid.gy Oct 12, 2026, 3:31 AM

Incidentally, you can catch a fly even with a small container by being very slow and steady and _moving slower the closer you go_. They (at least partly) gauge distance by the rate of change in how much space a nearby object takes up in their field of vision. So if you are very very slow and […]

@nev.status.nevillepark.ca.ap.brid.gy Oct 12, 2026, 3:28 AM

I appreciate how totally matter-of-fact Helene is. Like oh yeah, my husband's turning into a fly, let's fix this¸ have your bowl of rum and milk honey

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@nev.status.nevillepark.ca.ap.brid.gy Oct 12, 2026, 3:25 AM

Omg the hand reveal (and an A+ scream), nice'

It didn't look much like a fly hand tho??? (See e. g. this robber fly (family Asilidae) or this Drosophila.)

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@nev.status.nevillepark.ca.ap.brid.gy Oct 12, 2026, 3:20 AM

Did…did they change the setting from France to Québec because they were casting a bunch of Anglo actors and they figured French + Anglo = Québécois?

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@nev.status.nevillepark.ca.ap.brid.gy Oct 12, 2026, 3:16 AM

I am not at all sure no flies were harmed in the making of this film

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@nev.status.nevillepark.ca.ap.brid.gy Oct 12, 2026, 3:15 AM

_Mars Needs Transsexuals_ Tagline: "A marvellous invention allows Man to travel the universe…but turns him into Woman!" People can be instantly transported to other planets, but it also changes their sex. Of course, going back _also_ changes one's sex. So basically our intrepid space […]

@nev.status.nevillepark.ca.ap.brid.gy Oct 12, 2026, 3:10 AM

"It's still a her"

If it wasn't, this would become a very different movie

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@nev.status.nevillepark.ca.ap.brid.gy Oct 12, 2026, 3:09 AM

_sigh_ I'm going to have to watch _Devil Girl from Mars_ , aren't I

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@nev.status.nevillepark.ca.ap.brid.gy Oct 12, 2026, 3:01 AM

*kitten comes trotting in*

*mad scientist looks up*

me: OH NO YOU DON'T

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@nev.status.nevillepark.ca.ap.brid.gy Oct 12, 2026, 2:59 AM

I don't know if this script is _good_ , but thanks to my long Monsterdon viewing experience I know it could have been much, much worse, and am grateful

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@nev.status.nevillepark.ca.ap.brid.gy Oct 12, 2026, 2:55 AM

Lots of nice blinkenlights, and the real neon lighting is cute. The box lighting is great too!

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