Holy hell, I'm more scared of these old weirdos than the ants. #Monsterdon

Wow, Bert started an ant war for this film. His crimes sure do stack up. #Monsterdon

Dan just stood there listening to her screams and only when she was within arms reach did he move. Hero. Absolute hero. #Monsterdon

One, two, three, four, I declare an ant war!!!

@futurebird who are the other species they're fighting?

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we fight

and fight

and fight and fight and fight

fight fight fight

fight fight fight

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We’re going on an ant hunt! We can’t go over it, we can’t go around it, I guess we have to go through it! #Monsterdon

@xoagray oooh I like it

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Why would the ants herd the humans? It's so much more efficient to kill them and haul the bodies. It's not like that's abnormal ant behavior.

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The sobbing/moaning/screaming when I have the screen flipped to masto makes this sound like a *very* different sort of film.

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I like the golden hairs you can see glinting on the ants' legs when you see them at the right angle.

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@SRLevine I would grant that the calculus may be a little different when facing giant ants (who are mean and/or hungry)

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oh god I called it with the flag joke? they actually are herding them xD xD xD

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Yeah, the ants don't WANT to eat Marilyn. Nobody does. #Monsterdon

Captain is the ant whisperer.

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@CactuarJoe now i am recalling the giant spider on gilligan's island (i think it was a giant spider?) #monsterdon

"what do we do now?"
roll credits?
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is the ant screaming?

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I think Marilyn should be yelling at the ants on spending all they own on real estate #monsterdon

"wtf is so great about owning a house?"

-future ant murder victim

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Why, yes, it *is* the ants screaming

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nope, leave marilyn to her fate as well, cap'n. #monsterdon

"...ants to the left of me, ants to the right, here I am, stuck in the middle with you"

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So we got, Skipper, Gilligan, Mary Anne... The Professor and the Howells all got eaten, tho. #Monsterdon

That compositing of the #Monsterdon ants attacking them in the river was delightful. Reminds me of those portraits you could get from Sears in the 70s and 80s where they have a ghostly profile shot of you in the top right corner contemplatively gazing off into the distance

Arg, they all need lessons on water rescue. As in DO NOT ATTEMPT WITHOUT TRAINING.

(throw someone something from the shore, do not enter the water yourself, don't try to swim with someone else, etc)

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that was too much effort for larry #monsterdon

The boat was fine. They could totally have gotten it going again. #monsterdon

@starkraving666 But they've been dubbed by locust voice talent #monsterdon

@mori "Empire of the Ants" from 1977. It's _terrible_. xD

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You want Larry? Come and claim him! #Monsterdon

Bye Larry. You won't be missed. #Monsterdon #EmpireOfTheAnts

VERY shaky cam #monsterdon

:bing: can ants swim?
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Woah, what’s going on over in #Monsterdon? What’s this #film you’re all watching? 😁

And then there were five ...

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Oh, this is the scene where Bert promised anti-alligator cages but didn't deliver. The terror is real, folks. #Monsterdon

God won't save you, Larry.

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Oh no, the camera shook so much they all fell out of the boat! #Monsterdon

@futurebird
What about the constant screeching sound? 😬

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Is someone going to give Larry a thwap alongside the head with an oar, or not? #monsterdon #empireoftheants

YES!!!! RIP Larry!!! #Monsterdon

What's the lesson today, folks? Never listen to the guy who doesn't understand the difference between "left vs. right" vs. "starboard vs. port"

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future tennis club (ant cam) future tennis club (ant cam)

"for those of you who are golf en-theyewsiasts..."

okay this movie is ok

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Yes! Take Larry, but leave the rest! We offer him as a snackrifice! #Monsterdon

NOOO STOP SAVING HIM YOU FUCKS LET HIM DIE

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Yes! YES! Die Larry DIE! #Monsterdon #EmpireOfTheAnts

just swinging down from a branch like tarzan to say, THAT'S ENOUGH LARRY. #monsterdon

@yatsu How did they relieve themselves during the long first night? #monsterdon

YESSSSSS

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Was that Larry? #Monsterdon

Ok I was about to say “just back off“ and they did. Logic and stuff. #monsterdon #EmpireOfTheAnts

Good, the ants are back. I wish they had subtitles for what they're saying #monsterdon

OMG Larry has to go, like now please #Monsterdon

Why is Larry not dead yet. #Monsterdon #EmpireOfTheAnts

Soooooo is this movie telling us that ants don't like water? Are these Nazgul giant ants? 🤨

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okay, stepped out for dinner, come back and see we're still on the same damn boat with basically the same damn people. didn't miss much, eh. #monsterdon

"You're on edge, _I'm_ on good old fashioned cocaine!"

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In "Them!" you had to hit the ant at the base of the antenna. That's probably good advice for all giant-ant scenarios. The antenna is their most sensitive part. #monsterdon

Those wider shots were… something. 😬 #Monsterdon

Be cool, be cool. The ants are as afraid of you as you are of them. Why, you can hear them scream! #monsterdon #empireoftheants

So... Right, then? #Monsterdon

Are the ants screaming? i think the ants are screaming. #monsterdon #empireoftheants

If you shake the camera a lot the audience can't see how horrible those ant props are. Well played Gordon. #Monsterdon #EmpireOfTheAnts

We're now back at the fork in the river. Take two.

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Do ants not swim? (maybe I missed this part of the discussion)

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Oh no oh my god the blending of the ant footage and the human footage is SO BAD. They didn't try to mask anything out at all…I literally burst out laughing and scared the cat. #Monsterdon

that ant looks like it's trying to play #monsterdon

wow they really couldn't get that depth of field lined up could they

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Relax, what's the big deal? The ant's on a postcard on another layer of film. Chill out. #Monsterdon

antcam!!! #monsterdon #EmpireOfTheAnts

He's the original Leisure Suit Larry.

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@RufusJCooter I could use some port about now

prefer some vodka, but I'd take port

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YES it's Larry's turn! #Monsterdon

@xoagray lol yeah I had the same thought

Or maybe honored advisors to the ants, I don't think they have any particular need for human royalty (plus it seems problematic for their reproductive potential)

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I take it back, I liked it better when they shut up. #Monsterdon

That's what you get for turning left. #monsterdon #empireoftheants

Sooo... Anybody wanna say a line? Nobody? Probably for the best. #Monsterdon

HAH! We got Star Trek AND Buck Rogers alum in this. Pamela Susan Shoop was Tangie in "Vegas in Space!" (man I need to get a life) #Monsterdon #EmpireOfTheAnts

shoulda turned right, team skiff

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@nev i'm worried that we're gonna get 30 more minutes of sad backstory recitations on a boat #monsterdon

@swelljoe @trixter @cheribaker The 70s were a savage era #monsterdon

Giant ants make a surprising amount of noise. #monsterdon

Love the discount Ant-o-Vision™

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@wohali When I see Imperial I think about margarine - and I used to be a physicist #monsterdon

this script is so bad. like not enjoyable bad. just bad. i demand MORE ANTS

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What is this monotribe about tea

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We've come to the fork in the river.

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@moira oooh oooh wait there's an idea: a movie where the characters watch this movie and the ants climb out of the screen like in The Ring

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I'm rooting for the boat captain, a little. He has that "I ain't being paid enough for this shit" energy.

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you can tell this guy’s a good captain because he hasn’t needed to look back even once while rowing #monsterdon

Kick him in the dick again, miss. #Monsterdon

"particularly not with you onboard, LARRY"

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Did she say someone liked a cup of nice hot pee? #monsterdon #empireoftheants

A nice hot tea with a slice of orange peel. Again with the weird 70s sex code. #Monsterdon

Why are the giant radioactive ants obsessed with clinging to trees? Not very Imperial behavior, I say #monsterdon

Larry, you got epaulets. Be grateful we're not kicking you in the nards.

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You know, it's surprisingly common to find abandoned row-boats on river banks, but they're lucky to find one with two good oars. #monsterdon

This is what it's like I come home from work and open the apartment door. Don't get the dramatic music they played.

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@trixter His "I didn't leave my wife to die by ant bites" shirt is raising a lot of questions already answered by the shirt. #Monsterdon