“So you can report the facts accurately to your newspapers” Those were the days. #Monsterdon

No contact with northern units and you're just gonna shrug?

Seems like bad operations, sir.

#Monsterdon

bughunt!
#monsterdon

I love how the government is more responsive to the threat of giant ants than they are to some disease.

#Monsterdon

@steggy OK, you win tonight's #monsterdon .

#Monsterdon no one would believe this…”give me a break, orson Welles, you already done tried this one”

also points for the "groups of people watching the broadcast then turning their heads to watch the cops" shots, those were kinda cool. #monsterdon

Oh, I get it, these are RED ants. Hence the military response

#Monsterdon

@Taweret They probably arrived while somebody was filming a movie about giant ants and just blended in

#Monsterdon

@brooke

In the Southeast, we have water in our rivers.
Sometimes a whole lot.

#Monsterdon #THEM #THEM1954

Are these ants powerful enough to beat the Dodgers, though? #monsterdon

"The most serious crisis this city has ever faced!"

They're closing down Romanoff's! #Monsterdon

those elvis/skull head mics are dynamics; the pill-shaped mics are ribbons, I'm pretty sure, but I'm not identifying the specific models from memory

#THEM #monsterdon

I kinda feel like if the giant ants have moved into Los Angeles, they really ought to be putting more resources into this problem.

#Monsterdon #THEM

@SarraceniaWilds absolutely boiled #monsterdon

you can't order me to keep my radio on

#monsterdon

@TerryHancock Neither would oxygenation, their hemolymph system, etc. #monsterdon #them

Pathetic
#monsterdon

Do we actually need them to be introduced?
#Monsterdon

that room must be on fire. all those lights in there? those guys are gonna be puddles on the floor by the time this press conference is over. #monsterdon

It only the ants had gone to the NYC sewers, we could count on Q to take care of Them.
#Monsterdon #Them

you would think the ants would have a hard time going unnoticed in LA

#monsterdon

"The most critical crisis LA has ever faced." We have ants. #Monsterdon #THEM

MP hats. More Moist People. #monsterdon

An invasion of Commie Ants! #monsterdon

Martial Law?

Didn't see that one coming.

#Monsterdon

@TerryHancock Yeah, I can't suspend my disbelief #monsterdon

mi'ta graham!

#THEM #monsterdon

#Monsterdon its THEM alright 😲

#Monsterdon 🐜 !🐜 !🐜 ! 🔥 😱

Crying lady also gets a teensy cup of water for her grief

@Taweret I saw it and immediately had Guns N' Roses stuck in my head.

#monsterdon

"It's them all right" That's the name of the show, etc. #Monsterdon

I feel like Greased Lightning should be making an appearance about now #Monsterdon

Now the end credit song of Buckaroo Banzai is in my head.

Happens whenever I see the LA river.

#monsterdon #them

#Monsterdon (ah this makes me nostalgic for when i took the train up to uni, there's some portions where it parallels the river and you get a 'nice' view)

Isn’t Danny racing for pinks there later today? #Monsterdon

@Taweret and when i see it IRL it pulls me into a movie #monsterdon

@paco how can this be?!

#THEM #monsterdon

#Monsterdon "Did you ever hear of a black market for sugar?" Point to the dock worker. 👍

"make me a sergeant, gimme the booze" 🎵 🎶

that could be a catchy song

#Monsterdon

missing #monsterdon because my parents called to chat but anyway mom says hi!

lol how many movies have been shot in this location

#monsterdon

rip sixth street bridge

#THEM #monsterdon

"...it's ant town, Jake"

#Monsterdon #Them

LA River AND 6th street bridge. Movie royalty. #Monsterdon #THEM

That guy singing in the hospital bed was later, as another character, absorbed by The Blob.

#Monsterdon #THEM #THEM1954

I'm glad that guy's portion of the movie is over

#monsterdon

Come with me if you want to live

#Monsterdon #Them1954

"please, my nerves"
me.
#monsterdon

That's a lot of water in the Los Angeles river!

#Monsterdon

Agent Graham needs to learn how to tie a tie. #Monsterdon

"Big enough for who to get into?" "The ants." alkjdflkadjsf

#Monsterdon

yeah let's get away from this guy please

#monsterdon

"The river! The river. I seen it once and it had water in it." Yep, that's a river alright. #monsterdon

"Make me a Sargent in charge of the booze!" Preach it brother. #Monsterdon #THEM

This is all what RFK Jr thinks the government is hiding.

#Monsterdon

I want to be that kind of a drunk when I get a little older. #Monsterdon

Oh great, y'got ants in the sewer. #Monsterdon

lol what the hell where are the ants #Monsterdon

is Jensen, Victor Borge?

#Monsterdon #THEM

@SnoopJ for real

#Monsterdon

ahh yes, the Los Angeles River.

#Monsterdon

5 months in the river?

Gonna get Fast & Furious with these ants?

#Monsterdon

another "i see them mostly at night" ✅
#monsterdon

Skittles and starburst too. the ants would swarming Waco irl

#monsterdon

@Louisa Well then.. we must...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI5IA8assfk

#Monsterdon

ah, the ol' Hauling Drunks Out To Question Them. good to know our cops are still cops. #monsterdon

"Mostly at night I see 'em"

Well, that's it, this really *is* the proto-ALIENS

#Monsterdon

la Karen was crying because her husband had a dirty obsession with a cholANT.

all am saying is that we are one Speedy González appearance away from a cholofuturism movie.

#Monsterdon #THEM

I think everyone wants to be a sargeant in charge of the booze!

#monsterdon

#Monsterdon 🐜 !🐜 !🐜 ! 🔥 😱

The large sugar theft left a several-giant-ant-sized hole in the train car!

This movie tries to be Dragnet, but falls short

#monsterdon

#monsterdon In this movie's universe every person is issued a silly accent upon birth, everyone gets one, everyone gets a different one.

The ants are coming for you, homewrecker! #monsterdon

oh, the usual - giant ants

#Monsterdon

Two more smart ppl who know better than to talk to the cops #monsterdon #them1954

This dialogue-heavy film is doing a number on my attention #monsterdon

A drunkard's walk through Los Angeles
#monsterdon

Macarthur Park?

SOMEONE LEFT THE ANTS OUT IN THE RAIIIIIIIIIN 🎶

#Monsterdon

Mcarthur Park? Left a sugary cake out in the rain? #Monsterdon

Bring back short ties! #Monsterdon

"Show me on the map where the ants touched you" #monsterdon #them1954

3,000 tons of maple syrup? It has to be THEM!

#monsterdon

@wohali I feel disappointed that there is a thing you don't know.

#Monsterdon

#monsterdon "Where's Macarthur Park? (I have this idea on how to trap the ants with a cake)"

#Monsterdon 🐜 !🐜 !🐜 ! 🔥 😱

Dr. Medford, come quick! Watch this soldier type like the wind!

You've lost your husband and children to giant ants. Here. Have a shot of vodka. #monsterdon

Mostly at night I see ‘em. Mostly

#Monsterdon #them1954

Put the Oscar back in the box
#monsterdon

Kids? When did goats enter the storyline #monsterdon #them1954

#Monsterdon "and here's the joke -- his kids are missing" "that's not a good joke dude"

Oh ho, so the ants are kidnapping our larvae? #Monsterdon

look. las cholas needed the sugar for their churros. they're really good churros.

#Monsterdon #THEM

Oh c'mon, let us see the dead man!
#monsterdon

I couldn't tell if she was giggling or crying identifying the body. Maybe it was a bad marriage. We need a sequel on just her story.

#Monsterdon

Ants are apparently superb at smash and grab. #Monsterdon

A sugar theft! The great honey hunt! #Monsterdon

The widow's tale of work/life balance and giant ant tragedy is one we can all relate to.

#monsterdon

"Did you ever hear of a fence for hot sugar!?"

You should see my peanut brittle recipe. #Monsterdon