the swinging lights are nice, I like the shadows

#THEM #monsterdon

You can tell we're watching this in 2024 because despite the massive windstorm outside in this movie, it's surprising the power is still on.

#monsterdon

#Monsterdon every place they've found an ant attack so far there's been a used and discarded gun

#monsterdon 12:00 is that a cartoon gun made real? Did giant insect shove a leg into the barrel before it was fired?

"...well, there's your problem"

#Monsterdon #Them

I love this film so much, I don't even want to make fun of it. 🐜 🐜 🐜 #Monsterdon

#Monsterdon this already seems like a genuinely good movie. feels weird man

I see somebody left the radio on KEXP, the Exposition Station!

#Monsterdon

I'd like someone to wipe out all malaria. Even if they made that sound.

#monsterdon

Yucks aside, this movie has done a great job in its first 10 minutes setting up some tension.

Hopefully we get some protags more interesting than these cops though

#Monsterdon

Man, someone's having a blast with the fan just off camera. #Monsterdon

Ack! That is *not* how you make a cast of a print ...

#Monsterdon #Them(1954)

SAAAAAAAANDSTOOOOOOOORM

#THEM #monsterdon #DeepHurting

@brooke

It's the process where you pour plaster of paris or similar into a footprint to create reproduction for forensic analysis.

Only show ever to use that term in screenplay.

#Monsterdon

Poor Newt, those giant ant sound really freaked her out

#Monsterdon

"...they're heeeerrrreee!"

#Monsterdon #Them

look, a police officer doing actual detective work. let's see how long that keeps up. #monsterdon

antpaws #monsterdon

try getting a warrant officer, just because some people have some spare carapace under the sink doesn't mean they're criminals #monsterdon

The broken baby doll head is such a good touch for building tension #monsterdon

"...we found your doll's skull, but there's still no sign of the brain."
"Jeez, Frank!"

#Monsterdon #Them

"This wasn't caved in, it was caved out"

Ace investigation going on here

#Monsterdon

@jonny I suppose it's true, this is #Monsterdon after all

Personally I kind of want her to be an ant in disguise

@diazona she could be a desert dwelling person from a culture who doesn't talk to cops! we don't know anything about her! #monsterdon

Clearly the Kill Bill fight already happened there.

#Monsterdon #Them

the other guy just squatting outside like a dog...

#monsterdon

Love them creepy alien trees from the desert. Never looks like earth with those trees.
#Monsterdon #Them

No seat belts in this era, hold on tight #monsterdon

Children of the Joshua Trees

#Monsterdon

kids are always soo spooky in this kind of movie
#monsterdon

"What's the matter with her?"

30 seconds of exposure to the news

#monsterdon

Good to see everyone's focused #Monsterdon

People don't really ask kids "who do you belong to?" anymore huh

#Monsterdon

Drank his breakfast? What's wrong with coffee for breakfast?

#Monsterdon #THEM

she IS in shock. she's just had the script explained to her. #monsterdon

The little girl is awestruck with the wonder of the giant ants!

#monsterdon

they didn't even ask her if she needed help they just kidnapped her #monsterdon

Maybe try giving her some water if she's in shock? #monsterdon

10-10.... 10-10-321? Save on long distance?

#iykyk

#monsterdon

Drat, the Canadian view of Tubi app doesn't seem to have the #monsterdon feature tonight, and I'm not interested in watching on Archive.org via laptop screen.

Oh well, we're out I guess.

...How come the cops have bow ties? #Monsterdon

"...what's your name?"
"ZUUL!"

#Monsterdon #Them

@blogdiva In your naughty dreams

#Monsterdon

The New MExico tourist bureau getting in some scenery shots here #monsterdon

clearly these are Hollywood Cops as the child is still alive...

#monsterdon

#Monsterdon ahhh! They’re coming right for us! I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing radium powder! ;)

nothing good comes out of the desert #Monsterdon

#Monsterdon is this what "speed limit enforced by aircraft" is?

@jeffron least of all religions

#THEM #monsterdon

Hey cops, why not shoot the little girl to get her attention?

#monsterdon

Listen to them slamming on the piano like they think this is a Godzilla soundtrack.
#Monsterdon #Them

Jesus Bronislau, take it down a notch. Don't wanna spend it all on the opening credits. #Monsterdon

A black and white movie with a red title. Cool. #Monsterdon

Movie just started and already there's a cat on the organ.

#monsterdon

This is not about the election, right? #monsterdon

@Crazypedia the actual conclusion? what?

#THEM #monsterdon

as fun as the ant documentary was, why did they keep that and cut the actual conclusion to the movie? Is there a juicy backstory to the production or editing?

#monsterdon #them1954

@YsengrinWolf I don't think I've seen that one either!

I didn't think I had seen any of THEM! but I had seen the last 20 minutes, starting with the LA River. Once I saw it I remembered it clearly. I must've come in late sometime.

#THEM #monsterdon

@moira For just giant "bugs," my next most favorite is The Black Scorpion (1957).

#Monsterdon

If "Them!" was a movie from the 1980s, hollywood would now be tripping over themselves to cast that little girl in an attempt to "revitalize" the franchise.

She'd be a mom now, and she just wants to forget, but circumstances force her to face her greatest fear ... to save her own daughter.

and it would be terrible, but they'd have to make it anyway to keep the franchise active. #monsterdon

@SarraceniaWilds :D YAAAAAS MARBLES MARBLES EVERYWHERE

#THEM #monsterdon

oh crap i didnt thread my #monsterdon posts and it feels like i dropped marbles on the ground

@YsengrinWolf @Taweret In which case I'd still be going with the neatest of turtle meats, Gamera

#THEM #monsterdon

It’s odd to live in a time when a movie about giant ants and death & destruction can bring such comfort to so many, if only for 90 minutes. #Monsterdon

@YsengrinWolf @Taweret best of the _American_ ones, I think I'd agree. But the Big G reigns supreme.

#THEM #monsterdon

Still the best of the atomic-weapon induced giant critter movies! Seen it many times over the years, it's a neat little self-contained double feature.

Thanks to @Taweret for bringing us together for the group watching pleasure!

#Monsterdon #Them(1954)

as always good job team and thanks to @Taweret for hosting ^_^

#THEM #monsterdon

@jonny Walk away, Jake. It's giant ants. Walk away.

#THEM #monsterdon

@SnoopJ I think you got your wish! #Monsterdon #Them!1954

@ryan@dads.cool @ryan@tvwatch.party Datapoint: Streaming quality was good again tonight. Thank you! #Monsterdon

@moira @RobynGoodfellow Yes, I liked the mystery and not so much the reveal #monsterdon

@jonny i still got dracula city bullshit in my head I totes coulda gone another week xD

but it's good to leave us wanting more

#THEM #monsterdon

#Monsterdon gratuitous heterosexual tension...

i sort of miss dracula i am not even lying #monsterdon

Well, in this bad lighting, looking at an awkward angle and at some distance, I think those are two queens and there are only two hatched queen eggs. Burn 'em, we should be fine. The (abrupt) end.

#Monsterdon #Them(1954)

the best part of movie two was the boat. that's some good horror shit right there. that's the entire movie "alien" wrapped up in like 45 seconds of screen time.

#THEM #monsterdon

If you're reading this, you're at the tail end of a long stream of posts on the feed about #Monsterdon, a fediverse community movie-watching event. This week we watched THEM! (1954). See the post at the top of this thread for more info:

https://hachyderm.io/@SnoopJ/111004128276431553

#Monsterdon Damnit, they got James Whitmore, the New Mexican cop that tried to save L.A. from those giant ants!
#Them

@amyfou so, he's a has been? --dad #Monsterdon

#Monsterdon 🐜 !🐜 !🐜 ! 🔥 😱

Aaaand Ben is pincered to death.

that one was really fun! #monsterdon

@north not at the flippin prop stores in the fifties! #Monsterdon

That was a nice "ooo atomic age" wrap-up. I've gotta go get my laundry out of the dryer now, but thanks to @Taweret for hosting, @ryan for the stream, @cheribaker for the bingo, @Louisa for the T-shirt, @blogdiva for "cholofuturism", and probably more I've forgotten

#Monsterdon

Now THIS was Monsterdon!

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Next up on Tubi, the Beast from 20k Fathoms! . . . maybe some other day
#Monsterdon

And DONE! That's a wrap everyone. Thanks as always to @Taweret for hosting! The next two days are going to be a pretty long week. In the meantime anyone know a good fence for 30 tons of hot sugar? #Monsterdon #THEM

Wow

Thanks @Taweret for another great #monsterdon 🐜🐜🐜

#Monsterdon huzzah! We sort of got pokey at the end, but it was really well done! Thanks everyone!

Well, I for one was rooting for the ants.

Thanks, fellow puny humans, and especially @Taweret for this magnificent anty feast.

#monsterdon #them

Remember that smell from the sun magnifying glass adventures of my misspent youth. With that note, goodnight! #Monsterdon #Them1954

#Monsterdon oop and we're done. abrupt. as is usual. ty @Taweret

Huh. Old scientist survived the movie. And wow they are all breathing in formic fumes/whatever giant ant puppets are made of.
#Monsterdon #Them

#Monsterdon 🐜 !🐜 !🐜 ! 🔥 😱

We just now got to 'brood odor' over here, Ben is still alive.

But we know what to expect next, I guess

appiddyapp that's all folks #monsterdon

I am behind because Tubi keeps showing me Cologuard commercials.

#Monsterdon

I Mean, yeah, it's the end of this movie... but they seem overly cocky with their declaration that they're all dead.

#Monsterdon

WELP that's it, ants on fire, no need to stick around for anything else!

#monsterdon