Lio by Mark Tatulli for January 18, 2025

Greatest bug movie of all time.

I can’t wait, I’m so antsy.

Please no, the original was a classic and all done with practical effects.

Surprised Lio isn’t using a real living giant ant.

You got the part, kid!!

Turn out is was a movie about Van Morrison.

Saw Them in the theater when I was young (maybe 8 or 9). Turned me on to Si Fi and horror for the rest of my life. Good Times.

“Ant Bee” will be the best character in the film, though.

Not counting Buster Crabb as Flash Gordon in the serials, “Them” was the first Sci-Fi feature film I had ever seen and I’m still a big fan today.

Giddy~up, little doggy

That ant is WAY too small!

Great original movie.

Ooh, a ROBOTIC version! Cool! Sort of like “Jurassic Park” mashed with “Westworld”!

Will we have some sort of cameo from Fes Parker? (I know RIP)

He/it will never get the part. His acting is too robotic.

I was about 7 when it came out. The ads on radio and TV creeped me out. They featured the word “them” at high volume by a baritone radio announcer voice with just a bit of reverb.

A favourite of mine. I always get Hugh Marlowe confused with Whit Bissel.

Tonight on MeTV 8pm EST — “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!” is on “Svengoolie.”

In Sweden, it was called “Spindlarna”, meaning “The Spiders”. I have no idea why.

The robot reboot of Them.

This was my favorite movie too, back then.