RE-Cast #22: An Ant'z Life

Join Monsters and I, as we compare the two 1998 cgi films about ants: A Bug's Life and Antz. We also announce a few changes to the cast, answer a question, and play a trivia game!
Things We've Watched: 7:51
News (Young Justice): 21:12
Question of the Week: 23:16
Announcement of Next Week's Topic: 32:00
Discussion: 33:19
Trivia Game: 1:45:41
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[@gerawallstar3487]

It's kind of ironic that the hand drawn film Prince of Egypt actually beated the CGI film Antz at the time, when it is rare to see a hand drawn film beat a 3d film at the box office, especially nowadays.

[@tommydiaz-millan2438]

Yea but DreamWorks wanted to stick to computers so they wouldn't be so Disney now wouldn't they?

[@jtothepmoreno1010]

Idea for a future recast: Spongebob movie vs. Sponge out of Water

[@kylecampbell565]

Jean-Pierre Moreno that would be good to do in July for Spongebob’s 20th anniversary

[@DigiRangerScott]

May 1 is the anniversary

[@kylecampbell565]

@@DigiRangerScott right I got confused since it didnt start airing reguarly till July 17th

[@Surgemaster2012]

My biggest issue with "A Bugs Life" is that I find a lot of the characters outside of Flik, Dot and the Circus Bugs hard to side with when it comes to their plight. Outside of Dot, it's hard to root or feel bad for the ant colony getting bullied by the grasshoppers when all they ever seem to do is give Flik a rough time, just for being a Bungling Inventor. They also prove themselves to be hypocrites. They all celebrate behind Flik's back for finally being rid of him when he departs to search for warrior bugs. But when the jig is up that he accidentally brought back circus bugs, Princess Atta and the colony have no issue banishing Flik for lying to them, even though they lied to him first to make him leave. There's also the issue of Flik being the only one to stand up to Hopper when he threatens to feed Dot to Thumper, when none of the other ants seemed to bother doing anything to protect her, causing Flik to only get more flak for indirectly causing Hopper to order the food rations doubled, when Dot probably would have been killed otherwise nobody even bothers to bring this up in Fliks defense and seems to only exist to caused more drama against him. There's also the fact that it follows the liar revealed storyline. I agree that the Circus Bug crew really make the movie, they are easily the best part of the film.

[@TGWTGCensored]

Holy shit - I never noticed the hypocrisy on the Council's part! I mean, I knew they lied to Flik when actually watching the scene, but for some reason I never put it together that it goes against them bashing on *him* for lying. But yeah - it's like "Little Yellow Book" before _SpongeBob_ even came into fruition.

[@Surgemaster2012]

@@TGWTGCensored I wouldn't go that far, but nonetheless it's pretty unnerving. I really dislike the "One Sided against the Protagonist" trope and this movie has shades of it that follows in the same footsteps as the liar revealed trope. The hypocrisy of Atta and the council make it hard to root for them when their reasoning for lying to Flik was tied into personal gain (AKA they took advantage of Flik wanting to find help simply so they can rid their inconvenience of him) yet when Flik gets caught in his lie (a lie he had no choice but to keep so that the entire colony would still have a reason to fight back and be happy. I mean Flik's lie did cause them to all get along and be happy together) they all decide to banish him on the spot simply for lying to them. It also doesn't help that their decision leading to trying to get rid of him the first time was tied to Flik accidentally causing Hooper to make them double the amount of food rations, even though Flik only did it unintentionally to save Dot's life, which is never considered on his behalf.

[@TGWTGCensored]

@@Surgemaster2012 *_sigh..._* Damn, this movie a lot more mean-spirited than I remembered! But still, I remember siding more with Flik as a kid, probably because I myself was kind of a loner at school, always hanging out by myself and indulging myself in books and computer games - ironically, though, I was more like an anti-Flik, in that the kids at school actually really liked me for being smart, and that I actually preferred solitude because of my introversion. It is funny, though, to think that _Mulan_ did the "one-sided against the protagonist" trope a lot better than _A Bug's Life_ - within the same year, no less! Part of that, though, is probably because Mulan was discriminated against because of her gender, being in ancient China and all that (in fact, even modern China isn't exactly kind to women), so it's not like anyone (except Chifu) held anything against her as a person. (Not that men don't face gender discrimination also, but Flik clearly didn't, at least not overtly.) And probably also because Mulan seemed more like a real person - while she was sort of the same "awkward, nerdy hero" archetype as Flik, her character was expanded on a bit more, in that she *wanted* to fit in with society but just couldn't, she cared strongly about her father, and... she's just a more relatable character overall, whereas Flik is more of a generic nice guy who wanted to do good.

[@Surgemaster2012]

@@TGWTGCensored The ending was at least good and it's a harmless film at best, but it's certainly one of Pixar's weakest. I don't mind the film at all aside from that one aspect. Well that and the forced romance between Flik and Atta.

[@lowqualityvideos8091]

More like Flicc ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@starcader9997]

That Bee Movie and iCarly theory was hilarious! I've never heard of it!

[@brodudeofficial8644]

Did you know that in the season 2 finale of American vandal, about 13 minutes in, you see texts. If you read them, there talking about the episode of spongebob band geeks.

[@BugsyFoga]

One of the biggest animated movie debates of all time

[@nathang3133]

Moving Bubble Bass is a GOOD episode

[@nathang3133]

LiNK_49 they don’t this is just for pieguy to get a good laugh

[@giovanniorellana2200]

I hope the hype you build was worth it, oh who am I kidding, it's always worth the wait :)

[@highvoltage7797]

Community wasn’t given to the Russo brothers for season 4. They left for Captain America. It was given to David Guarascio and Moses Port.

[@Lauren_210]

Pieguy, have you seen the film Eighth Grade? It's a film about a girl's last week of eight grade and it also goes for that realistic depiction of young adolescence during that time of their life as they are growing up and the way social media plays heavily into the lives of young teenagers like Instagram and KZbin with the girl making videos about things she has learned and giving advice to her viewers such as putting yourself out there, etc. The show you talked about reminded me a bit of the movie when you mentioned "realistic depiction of teenage life and influence of social media." I was a middle schooler from 2008-2011 and with coming of age stories and nostalgia being a thing such as that film I mentioned taking place in the late 2010s and shows like Stranger Things in the 1980s, I would love to see a coming of age story taking place in the late 2000s (like 2007-2009). As a young adolescent growing up at a time where social media was a thing but not as big as it is now, KZbin in its infancy, Facebook phasing in while MySpace beginning to phase out, YA starting to coming in with stuff like Twilight, smartphones/iPhones starting to coming in, I would so be able to relate with that and I think it would be cool to see a story taking place at that time. Ahh the Antz vs. Bug's Life controversy. Honestly for me, I'm more into A Bug's Life and it could be a bias since I grew up with this film as a very young child back in the day and I would watch the shit out of my VHS of the film. Antz, I first watched it when I was 10 and I was actually bored by it. Then I rewatched it again all the way through with my ex-boyfriend during my freshman year of college and it actually was a bit better than I remembered it being, but I prefer the Pixar classic.

[@princessaur]

49:00 made me crack up. *Did you just say ant-agonist??*

[@Blappyboop]

I think that antz is better than a bugs life.

[@pie7956]

Just another day in the life of a bug I apologize for making a Johnny test reference

[@ronnielane8985]

Might I suggest Subbed vs Dubbed on Pokemon: The First Movie? There's a lot of interesting cuts made.

[@chantalksmoremovies4998]

a bugs life and antz came out one month apart

[@gamingpostman1552]

Watching this video was as enjoyable as one of my own video's.

[@BrawlSnorlax]

May I recommend Zombieland saga?

[@doctorawesomeness6922]

A Bug's Life is cute and cartoony. Antz is ugly and realistic.

[@freakyfriesday]

Doctor Awesomeness I HATE the animation in Antz

[@Guy-zf6bx]

Yeah, but Antz in my opinion was better

[@DaffyEverything]

these movies were bugging out

[@bouncytheboi8175]

Creepiest Thumbnail PIEGUY every made

[@izreal7772]

That was what i was thinking

[@breadsela2814]

The thumbnail looks like Vivec

[@summerjonz]

I recently watched the last unicorn, which stars a Woody Allen veteran, Mia Farrow. So I basically watched a movie which stars an actress I'm not even familiar with, so I'm planning to watch hannah and her sisters someday.

[@Tre_raven9]

Two videos in one day Nice.

[@MalescoM]

I'm starting a petition to have John Mulaney redub all of Woody Allen's lines.

[@Fallingwithstyle1995]

What time do you guys start talking about Spider-Verse? ;)

[@maxshapiro078]

Wait, that Bee Movie/iCarly fan theory doesn’t quite make sense since Freddie’s mother and the character from the movie don’t have the same name

[@TheFoxPrince1]

I hope the future RE-Cast can have a comparison between Shrek and Tangled.

[@tommydiaz-millan2438]

Don't u mean Enchanted and Tangled?

[@TheFoxPrince1]

@@tommydiaz-millan2438 No I really meant Shrek and Tangled, Enchanted has nothing to do with what I mentioned.

[@magicnebula5398]

I kinda wish they also talked about the ant bully it would've made for a heated argument against who stole whos idea

[@nateds7326]

You should watch the prince of Egypt its good. Don’t dismiss it because it’s “religious” trust me you don’t have to be a freakin man of god to like this. It’s not preachy.

[@lukerbom12]

Really good episode, only thing I would be curious to ask, and I haven't seen Antz, is that do you think that the movie trying to be more serious or even "edgy" was more welcome in 1998 when this wasn't as common(stuff like South Park was still very new) and people were used to Disney?

[@highvoltage7797]

Leela sends the message in the cave not Fry.

[@summerjonz]

What about coco vs. the book of life?

[@watchforever1724]

To be honest there all good films

[@robanator64]

I dont think either movie is particularly strong tbh, but i do think bugs life is better. Honestly the most interesting thing about either movie is that they came out around the same time.

[@captainimagination1110]

PIEGUYRULZ can you review the Descendants films.

[@aaronr.265]

AGDQ or PIEGUYRULZ 🤔

[@Matt_0417]

Where's that bootleg Ant's Life movie ;P

[@dantebazzea782]

What are your thoughts on the Kim Possible live action movie trailer?

[@funtimeisaiah.8715]

(Can you respond to this comment) I’m a fan of you can you do season 11 a spongebob review?

[@anameaname6865]

Fun Time isaiah.8 he will probably

[@funtimeisaiah.8715]

No no no let pie guy respond to this comment

[@anameaname6865]

Fun Time isaiah.8 well what of he doesn’t see this

[@funtimeisaiah.8715]

He will

[@anameaname6865]

Fun Time isaiah.8 how do you know ?

[@anameaname6865]

Oh god I’m early

[@simpsonsrus7176-u8e]

Antz is mostly boring and looks ugly and tries to be "Rauncy" but failing. A Bug's Life is great and funny. It's colorful, has very good characters, a great villain, and clever visual gags.

[@freakyfriesday]

Bug’s Life is underrated

[@freakyfriesday]

That dislike is from Z