Talk:Empire of the Ants (film)
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Also a book by Bernard Werber, wherein the story is largely told from the perspective of individual ants in a Russet Ant colony in a park in france.
[edit] "Insect overlords"?
I watched this entire movie anxiously waiting for the hilarious line, "I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords"...but I never heard it. Can anyone confirm that this line really is in the movie (and if so, in what scene)? IMDB says that the movie is the "source" for the line, but it could be mistaken, or "source" may mean that it was merely inspired by the movie and not necessarily a direct quote. (Some of the characters certainly say things to that effect in the movie.) Might the claim that this line is from the movie be an urban legend? Perhaps people heard Kent Brockman utter it on The Simpsons in the context of giant ants, and just assumed it was from the "giant ant" movie. (If I ever work up the courage, I'll try to re-watch the relevant parts of the film to make sure I didn't miss it.) dbtfztalk 06:46, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
- I have also not heard the line in the film. Could be a mistake on the part of IMDB. --Siva1979Talk to me 21:17, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
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I rented "Empire of the Ants" from Netflix, starring Joan Collins, made in 1977. I watched the entire movie several times and never heard anyone say "overlord." Joan Collins's character, who is credited with saying the line, has only a few lines of monologue from the time she is brain/hormone-washed until she meets her grisly end, and in those few moments does not say the famous line. The sheriff (who is brain/hormone-washed) speaks of "the queen" and the need for obedience and service to the ants, but does not say the line. I would like to talk to someone in the Simpsons camp to see if they know where it came from. Perhaps the line comes from the H.G.Wells book that this movie is based on? Kso 20:16, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
