@steggy Yeah that is the right trope.

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Put the Oscar back in the box again

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Aw, poor Mrs. Lodge #Monsterdon

Brood Odor is my new band name.

Also sounds like what my kids room smells like

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@strangefour I think we all just collectively decided to ignore that

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They're alive.

...for now

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#Monsterdon These ants are Godzilla's next opponent. 👍

Ants tapping

Ant starts singing "When you're blue and you don't know where to go to why don't you go where fashion sits... PUTTIN ON THE RIIIIITZ"

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I want Mrs. Lodge to talk to scientist Pat #monsterdon

Wait have we never brought up the square cube law yet? Them are too heavy to live. Let alone fly.
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have we even seen any of the ant UFOs yet or did i miss that i have been waiting to see them #monsterdon

Mom: "Is the ant tap-dancing?" #monsterdon #them1954

there are multiple fires in LA right now. I mean what's one more I guess

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"tell my wife i said hello."

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The movie takes a giant twist when the giant ants ally with the giant LA sewer rats...

Humanity...never had a chance.

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"This is Peterson at 223, I'm gonna go get killed. Over." #Monsterdon

@apLundell Maybe the ants are looking to adopt

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#Monsterdon how does anyone think those kids might still be alive anyway? Like the ants are having a little tea party with them?

Pretty sure the radio bands they used in this period would not work well at all in this environment.

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Bwahaha Okay I made that post before I heard him talk about pouring gasoline down the drains that's funny

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@Eka_FOOF_A the important questions that have to be asked!

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Same root odor. These must be the same giant ants!

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"Make me a sergeant, give me the booze" is my new favorite song.

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I wonder about the logic that has them all reporting in at different distances

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If you made an announcement like that you'd have people dumping gallons of gasoline down the drains trying to burn out the ants and instead just pissing off the nest

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@socketwench Lollicops? #Monsterdon

@jeffron I'm assuming this movie is a futuristic SF story #monsterdon

@futurebird Yeah, where are the hounds? Hmmm.

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Did they build any sets for this driving-around-in-the-drains bit, or just drive around in the LA storm drains?

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Everyone relying on Zoom* to work now

* Betty "Zoom" Malone, fastest telephone operator in the southwest #monsterdon

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"Suddenly one or more of the ants attack!"

All that urgent suspense-building music... and everyone's just standing around, bored, at base cam. Hmmmm.

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Don't they know about turn around, don't drown?

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@SnoopJ like when you hang a bear bag when you camp, it's just being prepared #monsterdon

I bet that water is gross tho

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You'd think the poop smell would suffocate the ants 💩💩💩#monsterdon #them1954

can't contact that northern contingent, but we're still going ahead? okay, that seems ill advised, but i guess the heroic shots of Brave Soldiers will solve all our problems. #monsterdon

we're gonna deliberately set a large fire in LA. nothing could possibly go wrong

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Fill the drains with Malathion.

Problem solved.

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if they really wanted people to be safe they would tell them about the SUGAR because if you put the SUGAR outside then you don't have anything the ants are interested in #monsterdon

@strangefour@retro.pizza Giant ants versus NYC rats? I pity the ants!

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"Try not to worry." Your kid has just been taken by giant ants. That's all. #Monsterdon

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So why and when did we stop having white wall tires? They were swanky.

WAIT that's the SAME LADY?

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yeah fires are notoriously easy to control in southern california

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"Wouldn't you rather wait at home?"

No, I'm hoping to get eaten by a giant ant ASAP <3 #Monsterdon

Worrying about whether or not dealing with the ants will cause property damage. Yea, that scans.

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Half of this movie is just people asking questions.

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@brooke You've got to think about the economy!

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@RobynGoodfellow @Taweret the only way people would notice giant ants in LA is if they started blocking up the highways #monsterdon

Good thing the LA river isn't really a river this time of year. #monsterdon #them

“I’m sorry to say, the city of Los Angeles is a giant ant hill. Stay in your homes.” #Monsterdon

“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.

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

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@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

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@brooke

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

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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

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

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@SarraceniaWilds absolutely boiled #monsterdon

you can't order me to keep my radio on

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

Pathetic
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Do we actually need them to be introduced?
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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

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

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

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

mi'ta graham!

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#Monsterdon its THEM alright 😲

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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.

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"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.

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#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?!

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#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

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

lol how many movies have been shot in this location

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rip sixth street bridge

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

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

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

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

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