I just tuned in to the Syssify channel, and this movie was on, about half way over. I got into it at the point where the soldiers find themselves inside the locust nest. Doing my usual Tom Servo number, I said out loud: "Now don't start shooting at them, you'll just make them mad." A minute later, the leader of the soldiers gave an order to the guys with the flame-throwers, and the Dan Cortese character says, "Don't burn them, you'll just agitate them!" . I'm so sorry I missed the first half of the movie, because this is MST3K material for sure.
"There is a reason why the locusts didn't attack us." Um, because we're the only ones here who are tall and good looking and virtuous, and our auras just reflect any kind of negative energy away from us, including man-eating insects the size of bats?
I love the argument about whether to use a pesticide that will kill the locusts but inhibit crop growth for ten years, or allow a swarm that eats every person, plant, and animal in their way, to spread across the continent. If this were any other kind of movie, I would call this decision a no-brainer. In such a no-brainer of a movie, though, it counts as a Serious Discussion that has Weighty Social Implications.
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TheBeardedWonder
14 years ago
Haha yeah, good points. It started out a bit serious and you think to yourself 'ugh, another bad bug movie from sci fi'. But it turned out to be pretty funny. And the attack scenes are so numerous and hilarious, that you have to love them.
I mean come on, the bugs taking down a helicopter scene? Or the bug flying through the throat of that kid at the theme park? As another poster said, this is pure 90s cheese brought to you in 2005, so eat it up!
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