Nevenall Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 Researchers uncover the structure of a giant ant city. Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 Re: Giant Ant Lair In conjunction with this story, it's clear that the Antpocalypse is coming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted October 28, 2009 Report Share Posted October 28, 2009 Re: Giant Ant Lair So... Starcraft Zerg anyone.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 Re: Giant Ant Lair Kekekekekekekee! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hierax Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 Re: Giant Ant Lair Holy Sandkings! Very cool ant city. Now just imagine if these were really GIANT ants = that would be one bloody tough dungeon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevenall Posted October 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 Re: Giant Ant Lair Holy Sandkings! Very cool ant city. Now just imagine if these were really GIANT ants = that would be one bloody tough dungeon! I wonder how they keep it from collapsing? Some kind of strengthening secretion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted October 29, 2009 Report Share Posted October 29, 2009 Re: Giant Ant Lair I wonder how they keep it from collapsing? Some kind of strengthening secretion? "It looks like some sort of excretion." "Yeah... but excreted from what?" Just dust off and nuke it from orbit... it's the only way to be sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paladin.oa Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Re: Giant Ant Lair "It looks like some sort of excretion." "Yeah... but excreted from what?" Just dust off and nuke it from orbit... it's the only way to be sure. Reference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Re: Giant Ant Lair Aliens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paladin.oa Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Re: Giant Ant Lair Aliens Ah, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Re: Giant Ant Lair I wonder how they keep it from collapsing? Some kind of strengthening secretion? Hmm... I know that termites secrete an adhesive that when mixed with soil or sand dries to rock-hardness, but I don't know if any ants produce something similar. Wouldn't surprise me, though -- they're very adaptable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevenall Posted October 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Re: Giant Ant Lair ooo...adaptable is bad. Bad for us humans that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manic Typist Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 Re: Giant Ant Lair ooo...adaptable is bad. Bad for us humans that is. Makes them perfect tools to be fashioned to suit our needs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 Re: Giant Ant Lair Hmm... I know that termites secrete an adhesive that when mixed with soil or sand dries to rock-hardness' date=' but I don't know if any ants produce something similar. Wouldn't surprise me, though -- they're very adaptable.[/quote'] Wikipedia is our friend. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant_colony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burrito Boy Posted November 1, 2009 Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 Re: Giant Ant Lair You mean to tell me nobody has yet mentioned THEM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted November 1, 2009 Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 Re: Giant Ant Lair You get enough normal-sized ants together, they're plenty scary as they are. Not that I don't love THEM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted November 1, 2009 Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 Re: Giant Ant Lair Good lord... that trailer is so over the top, you can't even see the top from there! I heard that John Carpenter wanted to remake THEM! That, IMO, would have been awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted November 1, 2009 Report Share Posted November 1, 2009 Re: Giant Ant Lair I'm really surprised no one has remade the film before this. It was very successful when first released, and "nature rebelling against Man's abuse" has become a popular fiction subgenre. The only thing holding back the original THEM! was the limitations of special effects, which is no issue today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DusterBoy Posted November 5, 2009 Report Share Posted November 5, 2009 Re: Giant Ant Lair I have THEM! on DVD. IMHO, it's one of the best movies to come out of the '50s, genre be damned. (Still gotta get The Day The Earth Stood Still, though.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burrito Boy Posted November 6, 2009 Report Share Posted November 6, 2009 Re: Giant Ant Lair I have THEM! on DVD. IMHO, it's one of the best movies to come out of the '50s, genre be damned. (Still gotta get The Day The Earth Stood Still, though.) I recently watched it again and I agree. They really knew something about plot, dialogue, and character development back then. Special effects are overrated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted November 7, 2009 Report Share Posted November 7, 2009 Re: Giant Ant Lair Holy Sandkings! Very cool ant city. Now just imagine if these were really GIANT ants = that would be one bloody tough dungeon! Or this could be designed as scenerio with the incredible shrinking species too. The heros are shrunk, and the equipment used to reverse the effect is in the ant lair. Which of course is now GIANT sized ! Or is this the death trap of Dragonfly ! (Ok this is alittle off topic.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Jogger Posted November 7, 2009 Report Share Posted November 7, 2009 Re: Giant Ant Lair I wonder how they keep it from collapsing? Some kind of strengthening secretion? First off, ants don't really care if part of it collapses, they just repair it and move on. But, if you look carefully, the amount of solid dirt (before the scientists removed it) is many times more than the amount of dirt missing from the tunnels. As long as the dirt is already compacted, the dirt above is held up by the surrounding structure. It's why the instincts of the ants to build very long, thin tunnels and lots of little round rooms. The ant colonies that wanted to build small dense colonies with huge rooms and tunnels all collapsed and died. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burrito Boy Posted November 7, 2009 Report Share Posted November 7, 2009 Re: Giant Ant Lair Or this could be designed as scenerio with the incredible shrinking species too. The heros are shrunk' date=' and the equipment used to reverse the effect is in the ant lair. Which of course is now GIANT sized ! Or is this the death trap of Dragonfly ! (Ok this is alittle off topic.)[/quote'] Check out the book The Insect Warriors by Rex Dean Levie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curufea Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 Re: Giant Ant Lair I recently watched it again and I agree. They really knew something about plot' date=' dialogue, and character development back then. Special effects are overrated.[/quote'] Heh - I think you deserve an honorary membership to our British science fiction appreciation society for that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted November 9, 2009 Report Share Posted November 9, 2009 Re: Giant Ant Lair I wouldn't mind better SFX in THEM!. It would at least allow for more mobile ants and not just giant props manipulated by a wind machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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