Ants can make sounds although not this buzzing stuff.

Given the size of the ants these people are probably seen as a good source of protein. It must be frustrating for the ants to try to eat all of the too small insects, so the people are like feeder crickets.

It's strange they aren't taking the food back to their nest.

I hope we get to see the queen... but since they used sight hunting ants for actresses she won't be that impressive if it's realistic.

#monsterdon

Lol @ the giant ants on the dock

Yeaaaaahhh, burn the boat!

#monsterdon

@msh This is why you should use lead pipes for all of your plumbing needs.
#Monsterdon

@clayknight

This is a Gorgo institution pal, ill have to ask you to leave.
#monsterdon

She just...gave up and said, "Oh Mom!" while standing still as an ant walked up to her. That was a choice. #monsterdon

Uh oh the cicadas are taking his abuse of those pipes very seriously #Monsterdon

@WhiskeySailor It's the same flag over and over again, the ants are just moving it around

herding them

#monsterdon #EmpireOfTheAnts

Why is the Dutch flag flying everywhere though? Have I missed something? I thought this was Florida.

Your man there fucking loves pipes....

#monsterdon

ooo picnic means ants! please? #monsterdon

Huh, that's a lot of Dutch flags. #Monsterdon #EmpireOfTheAnts

This is the Ant's land you Colonial fucks....with your "Future swimming pool".....*spits

#monsterdon

Remember when this film had ants in it? #monsterdon

An ant that size...swallow you whole. #Monsterdon

Ants work for a Queen and he just tried some violence against women. ya done fucked up son.

#monsterdon

we're really gonna experience every second of the small talk at this real estate mixer, huh?

#monsterdon don

Going to guess 'Dreamland Shores' will become quite ironic by the end of this tale....

Ah now, the ants are drinking the radioactive goo....let the Science begin!

#monsterdon

#monsterdon I can't imagine anyone is rooting for the humans.

Team 🐜 all the way.

what's the deal with those Os?? #monsterdon

Currently learning about ant business #monsterdon

Cats being the current dominant life-form. #Monsterdon

#monsterdon

@sean #Monsterdon #EmpireOfTheAnts

My favorite part of #Monsterdon nights are when something happens on-screen and the *entire* TL reacts in the same way. Like the grenades in the spaceship, or the sugar refinery tonight :D

Two years ago I read the book of tonight's #monsterdon movie.

No, not the HG Wells original, but the completely unnecessary novelization of the movie.

The happy outcome is that no one bought those crappy land parcels so the developer went under #monsterdon

@futurebird All the ants are girls, so this film passes the Bechdel Test. #monsterdon

My favorite effects in tonight's #Monsterdon were the shots that were clearly real ants crawling around on a photograph.

@kcarp Big Sugar #monsterdon

@Lazarou DeSantis... Deez Ant is? Coincidence? Just sayin'. #Monsterdon

@CactuarJoe @Lazarou Ants are prettier.

#monsterdon

The irony is the survivors were eaten by regular sized alligators shortly after. #Monsterdon

@Lazarou ...Actually how do we know DeSantis isn't an ant? Has anyone checked? #Monsterdon

That was super fun! Terrible, but super fun! Will not be going in on any real estate investments in Florida. Goodnight, #Monsterdon!

(OBLIGATORY.)

@Lazarou denouements are for the weak and the French

#monsterdon #EmpireOfTheAnts

#Monsterdon Gratitude Post

🐜 @Taweret for everything involved in 7 days a week hosting

🐜 @cheribaker for the Bingo card ("Improvised weapon" was inspired!)

🐜 @futurebird - what a delight. We are not worthy of your presence tonight!

🐜 And the Real Time Monster Movie Analysis Team for not missing *anything*. Minutes from the meeting will be sent to Hollywood to feed into Machine Learning training for AutoDirector 3000.

Have a great week everyone!

@apLundell

Me too. Poor babies. They had a very reasonable plan and just wanted to enjoy some sugar and grow the colony.

Maybe they can take over the island and keep some people around to help.

#Monsterdon

Remember to buy sugar, visit Florida, and set fire to ants! Goodnight folks!!

#Monsterdon

Man, the FBI's gonna have *one helluva time* clearing that one up. All the problems of a federal investigation in the south, plus racketeering issues PLUS giant ants. Geez. Mississippi Burning was easy mode, I think :/ #Monsterdon

in Capitalist America it's the PEOPLE that fuck off to the sea

THE END

Thanks for the buggy #Monsterdon @Taweret !

Another #Monsterdon is in the ant farm!

Thanks to @Taweret for hosting!

Tonight we had:

- A science lesson in OBLIGATORY pheromones
- Giant fuzzy mutant ants!
- Longest rowboat scene ever.
- Mind controlling ant smoke!

Well, that was terrible. It was a pleasure to experience it with you all. Thanks to @Taweret for hosting and @futurebird for the ant facts!

#Monsterdon

Direct roll into "Kingdom of the Spiders"

Thanks tubi, but no thanks.

#Monsterdon

Fucking off down the river: not as satisfying as fucking off into the sea.

#Monsterdon

Well, that was ANTi climatic.

#Monsterdon #EmpireOfTheAnts

plot twist, it's our heros who fuck off into the sea today! #monsterdon

Remember when you needed a helicopter for a shot like that?

#monsterdon
#EmpireOfTheAnts

@Taweret a captain has captain sense to always know where a boat is
#Monsterdon

@Taweret Boat driver's intuition.

#monsterdon

Smells like the carnival. Cotton candy and burning flesh. #Monsterdon

I'm still torn on whether that queen ant split screen was laughably bad or pure art. #Monsterdon

So the pheremone makes the docile people docile. Okay... #monsterdon

am i the only one who thinks the sickly sweet smoke is about to attract every ant of any size within like 3 square miles. #monsterdon

Only sensible person in the whole movie to talk so far.

Don't disobey and take care of the ants. What is the big deal?

#Monsterdon

Looks like Joe’s about to turn the sugar refinery into a caramel factory! #Monsterdon

So pheromones just lose their effect the instant the queen is distracted? #monsterdon

Yesssssssss the FLAMMABLE truck

#Monsterdon

i do appreciate that the remaining crew members are attempting to keep the party together as much as possible during this evacuation though. smart move. #monsterdon

"yeah its probably cool to go out to bars and parties again, we're vaxxed and the variants aren't as bad as-"

#monsterdon #EmpireOfTheAnts

The world is ending! It's Armagedd-ant! #Monsterdon

I feel the same way when @starkraving666 dutch ovens me. #empireoftheants #Monsterdon

hey, there's chekhov's flares! #monsterdon

"Yes, ants SHOULD have first pick of the lots at the real estate development. Thank you." #Monsterdon

I guess she won't be bossing people around, now. #Monsterdon

What is HAPPENING LOL #monsterdon #empireoftheants

We welcome our new ant overlords.

#Monsterdon

I don't think we've had a #monsterdon where the cast has gotten filthy so many times

Wait this doesn’t make any sense! Did the town already know about the ants? Didn’t the accident happen only a day ago? #monsterdon #EmpireOfTheAnts

We call it ... The Antechamber!

#Monsterdon #EmpireOfTheAnts

@moira @Bluedepth funny that you mention pasta given what I just took out of the oven

#Monsterdon

It's Ant-O-Clock!

#Monsterdon #EmpireOfTheAnts

Everyone in this movie breathes like they smoked a pack of cigarettes right before the cameras rolled. #Monsterdon

@Bluedepth like making pasta

Is this making pasta for ANTS?!

#monsterdon #EmpireOfTheAnts

Flares, of course there were explosives left in the car they stole......Florida....

#monsterdon

Them Duke boys got away from Boss Hogg that day... #monsterdon

apparently I could have made that comment both about the movie and about many of the comments within 2 minutes of mine 😝

#Monsterdon

Just a good old boys never meaning’ no harm

#Monsterdon

You know they just left that car in the swamp along with the audio tapes #monsterdon #empireoftheants

*Jurassic Park voice* Don't go into the long grass! #Monsterdon

Again I say:

???????????

#monsterdon #empireoftheants

WHY DO THEY KEEP LOOKING BACK AT SHIT THEY ARE RUNNING FROM?!?

#monsterdon

if you duck down in your car, cops can't see you. it is known

#monsterdon

Chekov's road flares. #monsterdon #empireoftheants

Ant Cops Ant Cops. Whatcha gonna do. #Monsterdon #EmpireOfTheAnts

Them Duke boys are at it again. #Monsterdon

It doesn't take this much effort to hot-wire a 70s muscle car. Don't ask me how I know. Or do, it's not a big deal. #monsterdon #empireoftheants

#Monsterdon

"Ah, the sugar refinery... "

LOL... talk about Chekhov's gun.

Perfectly normal to steal a car when the rental agency won't give you one. #monsterdon

gr-ant theft auto? #monsterdon

Okay, I get not looking for the ants but a decent number of people have been murdered. Shouldn't you look into that? Cops, I swear, all the same

#Monsterdon

This movie should have been a musical.

#Monsterdon #EmpireOfTheAnts

did they stick a Carpenter's music video in this movie? #monsterdon

The son of a bitch lied to us. ACAB. #Monsterdon

The real monster all along - car rental bureaucracy. #monsterdon

Imagine a cop helping 4 dirty people get a hotel room for the night #monsterdon #empireoftheants

I knew it. The cops are up to something. The mayor, too. #Monsterdon

there's something funny about that sugar refinery

i think it's cocaine

#monsterdon #EmpireOfTheAnts

Ah, yes, why wouldn't the Sugar Boss also run the motel.
#monsterdon

In a movie with 40ft ants, the least believable things is a cop being helpful and kind.
#monsterdon

THE WHAT REFINERY #Monsterdon

This ain't no ant farm!

But we got some ant farmers.

#monsterdon
#EmpireOfTheAnts