why is it always nuclear bombs?
why not the ants have been awakened after an age old sleep from the cratecous area?
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Awakened by nuclear explosions, dare I say it? With the possible exception of the military, nobody welcomed the advent of nuclear weapons as warmly as lazy Hollywood screen writers. The possibilities are endless. share
When this film was made mutants spawned radiation was something new, by the end of the 50's radiation creating monsters became a cliche'. Radiation in the fifites made bugs grow big, awaken sleeping dinosaurs, bring back the dead, turn people into vampires,cause people to shrink even for fill death curses (FROM HELL IT CAME!). In thirties and forties is was gland transplants and electricty that got the monster going.
shareYea this was pretty much the first movie to use the a-bomb mutation thing, even before Gojira. As for the awakening giant bug scenario, check out the Deadly Mantis, its a huge praying mantis thats been frozen in an ice cap for eons that is thawed and wreaks some havoc. its fun, but no where near as good as THEM (Deadly Mantis even showed up on a later Mystery Science Theatre 3000).
sharebecause water ballons bringing monster to us would not work, a bottle rocket-maybe.
sharethey should of just use NANOBOTS
they can do anything
This movie was made at the dawning of the nuclear family, there were fallout shelters everywhere, kids practiced dropping under their desks, air raid sirens wailed the last Wednesday of the month. It was a good ploy to prey on the fears of people, at the time. It was, a scary movie, after all.
shareAre you sure? I mean Gojira also came out in 1954 in Japan. I guess they could have seen Them! and released Gojira before the year ended. But I always thought the makers of Gojira took more of their inspiration from The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms and came up with the nuclear thing on their own, basing it off of the Lucky Dragon incident. I could be wrong, though.
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