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(DIR) Post #9no9KNbjIfapTuFgsS by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T03:53:22Z
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You've experienced Tremors, but don't touch the ground just yet, because you've got to be careful of the Aftershocks. RT @Rory__Walker@twitter.comI'm not spooked right now, but I'm sure I will be if I turn off my monitors, and it's still too dark out to go to sleep. So I think I'm going to watch a movie or something.Might make some popcorn first.🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Rory__Walker/status/1182230851947507713
(DIR) Post #9no9KNvE8BBmSNNGGe by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T03:59:29Z
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I watched a "ten facts you didn't know about Tremors" Youtube video and they called Tremors a B movie and while I admittedly don't know what makes a B movie, it had amazing special effects, was well directed and concisely written, and also three of the stars were big names.
(DIR) Post #9no9KOGqpmUDXRUWyO by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T04:01:32Z
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Reba and Kevin Bacon were at the height of their careers, and Michael Gross had just got done shooting the finale for Family Ties. Fred Ward wasn't exactly an unknown either.Also the little girl went on to be in Jurassic Park.
(DIR) Post #9no9KOexO9likClmXw by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T04:01:33Z
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Now, the SEQUELS...Whooo...Anyway, on with livetweet, and you'll see(though this first one is actually good if I recall)https://twitter.com/liddytronic/status/1182505957705826304
(DIR) Post #9no9KOx2IwELeHEDj6 by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T04:04:06Z
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Already by the sequel they're the Burt Gummer Chronicles, though.
(DIR) Post #9no9LQzkBwQMHCzHpg by keira_luna@witches.live
2019-10-11T06:45:40Z
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@Estrusflask 100%
(DIR) Post #9no9cpSOUls14EgO9Y by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T04:12:35Z
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The second movie even changes the setting.They sort of never explain why graboids are suddenly rather common in multiple parts of the world now.
(DIR) Post #9no9cpoj9jjcBV8Dxo by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T04:14:52Z
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Right away we're presented with the rules of the movie:The Floor is Now Lava: Extreme Edition.Although, like... he's making a ton of noise and those aren't really stable. He probably could have just legged it.Either way, he fell and got eaten. Looks like a new puppet design.
(DIR) Post #9no9cqCpi717OGPTXM by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T04:17:01Z
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Burt, sans Valentine, is still in Perfection, and trying to wrangle a stallion conveniently off screen that he wants to breed. He lassos it, and gets dragged off, and then the camera pans up to reveal it's not a horse, it's an ostrich!
(DIR) Post #9no9cqbIFAaCc7r0fA by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T04:21:10Z
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Anyway, they basically jump right into it.Mexican dude in a suit wants to hire some graboid hunters. Val wasn't willing to do it because he's now happily married and Sir Not Appearing In This Film.$50,000 per Graboid. But Earl doesn't want to die.Also I called him Burt.
(DIR) Post #9no9cqwCzPJTezdiGO by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T04:23:22Z
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Earl and Val got a Reebok sponsorship. Grady Hoover, the slick looking kid, is their biggest fan.But he didn't make money off of that video game. Which seems to be convincing him.Also, he's got a nudey pic hanging on the wall.
(DIR) Post #9no9crKJXmayrkuxpw by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T04:25:33Z
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The set up for why he agrees to go graboid hunting is basically because he wasted all his money from the first movie on ostriches.Also the kid who drives a taxi wants to tag along because he's star struck.
(DIR) Post #9no9crfEI1KFuchfRA by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T04:28:03Z
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Twelve minutes in and the heroes are already at the place with the monster.Also there's already tension in the buddy cop routine when the kid doesn't understand the whole rock paper scissors thing on the ride up there. No one can fill the Val shaped hole, clearly.
(DIR) Post #9no9csBqKlPhXlxiGu by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T04:30:07Z
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I'd forgotten that despite getting the coveted "and" billing, Burt is brought in as a sort of "we need a bigger gun" character".Also, they're encouraged to bring one in alive.And there's a new sexy scientist. Also a geologist.Shouldn't they get a zoologist against these?
(DIR) Post #9no9csYWyPYsg8ZpdQ by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T04:32:14Z
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They aren't even bothering to walk without rhythm. Even if they aren't around at this moment, shouldn't they be a little worried?
(DIR) Post #9no9cswdWmqNstr5Cy by keira_luna@witches.live
2019-10-11T06:48:43Z
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@Estrusflask I mean yes, but, that's the Dune worms. I think Graboids just come when enough plot tension has built up XD
(DIR) Post #9noA78knJa3dbQk7Ci by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T04:36:37Z
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The geologist is one of the only three people still at the site because she's fascinated by the graboids.Also, they look at each other's asses. That's how you know they're into each other.
(DIR) Post #9noA79CRemAwzBgCIq by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T04:38:40Z
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Impressive 90s technology.It's radio powered and installed in the truck.Not sure 1996 could manage that yet.
(DIR) Post #9noA79UsYEv9uMIv2G by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T04:38:41Z
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The Grady kid is extremely confident and surprisingly enough I believe he survives to the end.
(DIR) Post #9noA79o1P4EWrjGCsC by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T04:44:53Z
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In a rather endearing scene, he notices that Earl shaved, and correctly guesses it's because of the geologist.Also, the hills of Chiapas, or wherever they were shooting, are pretty beautiful and lush with greenery.
(DIR) Post #9noA7A8w9Ixnub2uTQ by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T04:45:12Z
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I like how the tactic evolved from using a lasso.
(DIR) Post #9noA7AWKkJg959zawS by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T04:49:33Z
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That's one down already.Then there's a montage of them taking out a full ten of them, which is double the original movie's roster.We've got over two thirds of a movie left!
(DIR) Post #9noA7Ao3gPrBy8HkZM by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T04:52:10Z
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They left the radio on the ground while eating lunch and it got sucked down.Just how many of these things are there in this movie?
(DIR) Post #9noA7B7uUbjixhZbVo by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T04:54:14Z
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They're 50,000 each, so that means they killed six of them, but I counted twice during that montage and there were at least ten. But whatever.
(DIR) Post #9noA7BUx6wAU7AM0Qa by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T04:58:37Z
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And now we get our antagonist worm.(The song is Travis Tritt's T-R-O-U-B-L-E, which can apparently be heard a mile away from underground)Also, it's smart enough to drag the chain attached to the truck to get the attention of graboids.
(DIR) Post #9noA7BrdkaJfFWy7n6 by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T05:00:47Z
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Earl is trying to drive and hit the brakes, but, like, wouldn't grabbing a wrench and undoing the chain be smarter?
(DIR) Post #9noA7CB8a5ucE05hBI by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T05:03:05Z
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Anyway, the graboid went under a big rock and the chain snapped, but there are tons more. Time for reinforcements, and that coveted "and" billing.
(DIR) Post #9noA7CbN0YtbXMMe4O by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T05:05:25Z
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These people are Q supporters.
(DIR) Post #9noA7CxhfWlCecoTse by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T05:05:31Z
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When Earl says "a graboid kind of situation", Burt jumps up with a dramatic sting, ready to prove Heather right.
(DIR) Post #9noA7DStnXiKDNPOVM by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T05:08:06Z
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The geologist has a graboid fossil.Also, literally nothing existed on the land during the Precambrian.The Scifi Channel's website retconned their origin to be Devonian.
(DIR) Post #9noA7DtUCgytXpqcwi by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T05:08:21Z
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I mean, what would it even have eaten?
(DIR) Post #9noA7ECH4q0gU6ddEO by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T05:10:36Z
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A giant graboid approaches!
(DIR) Post #9noA7EcVVIzfnSua7U by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T05:10:51Z
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jk, it's Burt Gummer.
(DIR) Post #9noA7F7LedfDL7LDBw by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T05:12:58Z
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The Mexican army gave Burt a truck full of explosives.The geologist laughs and says "bit much" and then everyone just stares at her.They do a good job of selling "these are big scary monsters".
(DIR) Post #9noA7FdbihT4xAQyTQ by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T05:14:58Z
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Burt's gonna wear that same Atlanta Hawk's hat all throughout the series, isn't he? He had one in the first movie, too.
(DIR) Post #9noA7G9Vo4zMY7MSCe by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T06:12:23Z
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[singing]: Let's all go to the lobby, let's all go to the lobbyLet's all go to the lobby, and have ourselves a treat.After a much longer than expected intermission, I've made a mess.Also, popcorn. And since I'm watching a 90s movie, I acted eight, and added chocolate chips.
(DIR) Post #9noA7GaSBuXVtfxyCG by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T06:14:30Z
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The thing about this bumper is that it doesn't actually show off any corporate logos and is simply telling people to go to the lobby of that cinema, so it doesn't feel as bad seared into my brain meat.Also it's catchy.https://youtu.be/Mw91RJ_m_7g
(DIR) Post #9noA7GviupYMxduxLk by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T06:20:51Z
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Anyway, Burt knows Heather isn't coming back because she called and wanted him to send her the HK-91, because these people are dangerous.Speaking of guns:A "Chekhov's Gun" doesn't have to be a gun, but it is a nice touch.
(DIR) Post #9noA7HFDkL9Jw72Wjw by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T06:23:16Z
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But it doesn't *have* to be a gun.
(DIR) Post #9noA7HbYPJ0v3NUMYC by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T06:25:14Z
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"Ugh, this stuff tastes like toilet paper.""Earl, that is the toilet paper."
(DIR) Post #9noA7Hxt4GsWAdwCMS by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T06:27:20Z
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I can't believe I made a snack that's messier than regular extra buttery popcorn.
(DIR) Post #9noA7ILHfHarLCsspU by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T06:27:21Z
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Anyway, Burt killed the chain graboid, which I guess was not the antagonist monster.Meanwhile, Earl and Grady see a graboid moving *away* from them, and now we finally get the first hint at the ~twist~ of the sequel.
(DIR) Post #9noA7IndxqHKlA9X28 by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T06:33:40Z
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Earl thinks it's a trap. Which is a fair assessment, given how often they seem to get super smart.Instead, it busts out of the ground, falls onto the truck, and then they get stuck on the level geometry and hear it dying.
(DIR) Post #9noA7JDsOJGK4WQTvE by Estrusflask@mastodon.social
2019-10-11T06:36:14Z
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Poor shai-hulud.
(DIR) Post #9noA7JhIcunXXmByme by keira_luna@witches.live
2019-10-11T06:54:08Z
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@Estrusflask if only the Fremen were there, to steer them to safety