"He's a scientist, and this is a scientist's dream come true. We all dream about finding giant ants."
"Lady, what exactly IS your field of study?!"
geeze I hope none of them can fly..
The general fears no giant ant, but man, he does NOT want to piss off the FCC.
"Sorry, this is the Phase IV anthill, the THEM! anthill is one field over."
Since no one else has commented yet, the Professor was also Kris Kringle in Miracle on 34th Street, which I just canβt forget whenever he speaks! ππ
Screw your silly military rules!
professor is more used to telegraphs, it's understandable #monsterdon
That particular biblical passage is extremely vague and not relevant to your situation at all old man
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The young ones just naturally know how to talk like a telegram
#monsterdon
The doc has really abandoned the scientific method hasnβt he? #Monsterdon
@SnoopJ Where would we be if we let a little thing like being impossible stop us
Time to break out a carpet bombing of boric acid with sugar!
I don't think that is actually from the bible.
#Monsterdon π !π !π ! π₯ π±
The ant's little fur tufts are also quite adorable
Why is a general flying the helicopter?
THEM mostly come out at night, mostly
Of course the cop in tiny town middle of desert nowhere has a freaking tommy gun in his cruiser. #Monsterdon #THEM
do the goggles count as silly safety equipment? #monsterdon
jezus christ this is worse than Dr. Who
Nice of them to take the Cop along as a pet
#monsterdon Dead ant, dead ant, dead ant, dead ant, dead ant, dead ant, dead ant.
Escalation from pistol to SMG (M1 Thompson?)
Get the antenna, they will be fuirious to lost their TV signal! #monsterdon
Go for the ~~eyes~~ antenna Boo!
Every state trooper is, naturally, equipped with a machine gun #monsterdon
So... would that be a... wait for it... Gi-Ant?
HE'S GOT AN UZI IN THE CAR!? #Monsterdon
what?!?!?! conventional weapons effectiev!?!??!? ripoff!!! #monsterdon
That is the most realistic movie monster ever.
Y'know, I think it's time to realize that shooting the giant ants is not working
Right in the antenna! #monsterdon
#Monsterdon i need guns to protect my science daughter from 30-50 feral ants
Where's the Earth Defense Force when you need them?
Why don't you crack open a dictionary you fucking pig :pigpolice:
Non-compound eyes? Look what they've done to my ant. β:floofCry:β
#Monsterdon #Them1954
a government not wanting to panic people has never felt plausible to me in a movie
governments love panicking people
Meanwhile, the one woman goes out alone and explores while the men discuss panicking.
#Monsterdon
First monster sighting at fewer than 30 minutes! Good movie! Good movie!
So, the doctor didnβt know what the goggles were for, was wearing them on the side of his neck, and then when he put them on his face, the police officer had to adjust them for him.
Weird.
That interaction almost appeared unscripted. If so, they both stayed in character, and was pretty cool.
#Monsterdon "over 12 cm" metric first, bitches!
my man using the metric system aw yeaahhhh
out in the deserts in their fancy suits no scarves or anything, they are gonna have to blow their nose for a week after this. suffering for gender. #monsterdon
Leave the kid alone, she's just having a nonverbal day! #Monsterdon
I, too, am one of the world's greatest myrmecologists.
#Monsterdon omg they donβt EAT people do they
Ugh, we have Romantic Subplot.
"NOW LOOK MISS"
Oh shove it, spook. #Monsterdon
You'd think that when you are given a pair of goggles it would naturally occur to you to put them over your eyes
It's a stretch, I know
#Monsterdon FBI agent Robert Graham is played by #JamesArness - him I recognize!
#Them
Just these two mounds over here, yuk yuk #monsterdon
#Monsterdon wtf these glasses. Is this the future?
Well better hysterical than catatonic?
#monsterdon
Well, now that we've traumatized the child, our work here is done. On to the next scene.
The girl looks like I did every Sunday in church. (Including the screaming)
#Monsterdon
Them! Them! Them! Them! Them!
She doesn't look hysterical
"We cannot tell you until we're absolutely certain about our theory"
whereas in real life scientists will talk your ear off about the slightest speculation
...So wait, the dead folks were camping ON A NUCLEAR TEST SITE? #Monsterdon
TRINITY TEST MENTIONED
The most unbelievable thing so far? How fast the government worked with each other and reacted.
My SEXUALIZED daughter Patricia
#monsterdon
Hm. So these ants are nine?
Richard Attenborough truly was timeless. He looks exactly the same in this as he did in Jurassic Park. #Monsterdon
#Monsterdon π !π !π ! π₯ π±
So the giant ants stomp the people's bones too while they deposit their formic acid???
Looks like the oral LD50 for formic acid is 730 mg/kg (as measured in rats)
@ramsey Yes, don't mention that you're a communist around him.
Percentage of hat coverage in this movie is about 95% #monsterdon
Formic acid. eh? #monsterdon
@whknott Yes. The comments overwhelmingly express astonishment at how competent the police are in this movie.
#Monsterdon
"There was enough formic acid in him to kill 20 men." Uh, how much formic acid would it take to kill one man? Just wondering #Monsterdon (cc @futurebird)
βHeβs FBI, so watch your language?β
White Guys Entering Rooms and Being Introduced: The Movie #Monsterdon
Alamogordo. That's not ominous at all #monsterdon
Am I supposed to know enough about firearms to recognize a 30-30?
could have been a sugar hill gang?
"Looney killer"?
I don't think we have to worry about Coyotes, rabbits, or Sams this time, sir.
Combing the desert
@allanb If only they had invented horror movie tropes in 1954, they might have known better
"Just sugar taken" I'm screaming #monsterdon
That was a well done offscreen kill, through the store window #monsterdon
A clue! More sugar!
#Monsterdon #Them
I think we're meant to think the wind is blowing so strong that the lamp in the ceiling is swinging. But the steam from the coffee pot is wafting gently and the rag on the wall isn't moving at all.
#monsterdon
sorry ed. #monsterdon
Good choice by cop #1 to leave cop #2 by himself
#monsterdon
Those cops are smarter then the average on this movies. Maybe they are really the main characters
#monsterdon
π¨ @futurebird is in the building. Everyone on your best behavior!
Time to first onscreen ants... 13:11?
"Look at this, Sugar" Yeah. Looks like a barrel Honey. #Monsterdon #THEM
Do you want ants? This is how you get ants.
Against my better judgement I am really liking the cops coming upon the scenes of weird crimes that are way above their pay grade and beyond their feeble imaginations.
#Monsterdon #Them
#Monsterdon you want to get ants? THIS is how you get ants
A diabetic Sonoran Desert Moose #monsterdon
Sugar! Dun dun DUUUUUUUUN!
Bent the gun barrel right backwards --- this might be more monster than America can handle