Sunday, March 31, 2013
Monument(al) Destruction #4: Mars Attacks (1996)
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I remember watching Earth Vs. the Flying Saucers. My niece (I don't remember how old she was at the time) walked in just in time to see the Washington Monument get destroyed. she took one look at it and said, "Mars Attacks!"
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