{"id":13327,"date":"2013-11-05T07:31:38","date_gmt":"2013-11-04T20:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/?p=13327"},"modified":"2013-11-05T07:46:07","modified_gmt":"2013-11-04T20:46:07","slug":"the-insects-will-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/11\/05\/the-insects-will-rule\/","title":{"rendered":"The Insects Will Rule"},"content":{"rendered":"

We all know that despite humanity’s profligate populating of the planet, we are still vastly outnumbered by the insects. It is said there are more insects in a few random acres of practically anywhere than there are people worldwide. Fortunately, each individual bug is rather small. But what if they weren’t?<\/p>\n

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There’s a grand tradition of giant bug movies that seek to remind us of our true status in the scheme of things — the heyday of the genre being the 1950s, when such classics as Them!<\/strong> (US-1954; dir. Gordon Douglas), The Black Scorpion<\/strong> (US-1957; dir. Edward Ludwig), The Deadly Mantis<\/strong> (US-1957; dir. Nathan Duran) and Monster from Green Hell<\/strong> (US-1957; dir. Kenneth Crane) sought to metaphorically put us in our place. Add the giant arachnids, and let’s face it! We’re doomed.<\/p>\n

The tradition lagged for a time, but the Big Bugs do crop up again every now and then, in films such as Ticks<\/strong> (US-1993; dir. Tony Randell), Mosquito<\/strong> (US-1995; dir. Gary Jones), Bugged<\/strong> (US-1997; dir. Roland K. Armstrong),\u00a0Centipede!<\/strong> (US-2004; dir. Gregory Gieras) and the more recent Infestation<\/strong> (US-2009; dir. Kyle Rankin). Even the King of Monsters, Godzilla, has had his fair share of trouble with mega-giant insects, such as the prehistoric throwback Megaguirus from Gojira tai Megagirasu: Jii Sh\u00f4metsu Sakusen<\/strong> [trans. Godzilla vs. Megaguiras: G-Eradication Command] (2000; dir. Masaaki Tezuka).<\/p>\n

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Well, it seems that another insectoid gargantua is on the way. Twitch<\/a> reports that director Benni Diez is well advanced in the production of Stung<\/strong>, a slice of reel-life drama about giant wasps.<\/p>\n

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The film stars Matt O’Leary, Jessica Cook, the inevitable and always welcome Lance Henriksen and Clifton Collins — and a host of rather nasty stingers. From the conceptual trailer below, they’re smart little buggers, too.<\/p>\n

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I’ll definitely be keeping a large can of Bug-Off ready for that one.<\/p>\n

Source<\/strong>: Twitch<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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