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666dollarfootlong lemmy.world 666dollarfootlong@lemmy.world
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Because individualism is pop, not collective action like whatever the ants are doing

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RestrictedAccount lemmy.world RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world
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#3 · Quote Reply

Not so much

There were theme park rides and merchandise

https://facts.net/movie/38-facts-about-the-movie-a-bugs-life/

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BruisedMoose piefed.social BruisedMoose@piefed.social
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#4 · Quote Reply

Not so much There were theme park rides and merchandise https://facts.net/movie/38-facts-about-the-movie-a-bugs-life/

But the Disney World show was recently replaced with Zootopia.

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Godort lemmy.ca Godort@lemmy.ca
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#5 · Quote Reply

Because individualism is pop, not collective action like whatever the ants are doing

Ants are only allowed when they push a pro-conformist capitalist message, such as with The Ant and the Grasshopper

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MurrayL lemmy.world MurrayL@lemmy.world
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#6 · Quote Reply

Perhaps because it stars a famous pedophile

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greenbit lemmy.zip greenbit@lemmy.zip
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#7 · Quote Reply

But the Disney World show was recently replaced with Zootopia.

So furry copaganda

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WhoIzDisIz lemmy.today WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today
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#8 · (edited) Quote Reply

Perhaps because it stars a famous pedophile

Well before those accusations came out. At least take solace in the fact he played the bad guy, thus art imitating foreshadowing life again.

(Assuming you're referring to Kevin Spacey.)

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MurrayL lemmy.world MurrayL@lemmy.world
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#9 · Quote Reply

Well before those accusations came out. At least take solace in the fact he played the bad guy, thus art imitating foreshadowing life again. (Assuming you're referring to Kevin Spacey.)

Sure, I’m just saying that might be one factor in why they’re not exactly eager to promote the movie these days.

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bedwyr piefed.ca bedwyr@piefed.ca
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#10 · Quote Reply

More than one person has told me their class consciousness started with an Ant's Life.

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bedwyr piefed.ca bedwyr@piefed.ca
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Well before those accusations came out. At least take solace in the fact he played the bad guy, thus art imitating foreshadowing life again. (Assuming you're referring to Kevin Spacey.)

Spacey's rapey ass tried to play the gay card when the allegations came out, like that would make it ok. He got buried, fuck that guy.

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terwn43lp lemmy.world toxicbubble@lemmy.world
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the ps1 remaster will be released next week alongside the toy story games

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ILikeBoobies lemmy.ca ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
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https://www.disneystore.com/movies-shows/pixar/a-bugs-life/

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Daftydux lemmy.dbzer0.com Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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#14 · (edited) Quote Reply

Uhhhh... if poopulism sold merchandise Disney will set up shop in your asshole.

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FartMaster69 lemmy.dbzer0.com FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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But the Disney World show was recently replaced with Zootopia.

I mean that’s less a conspiracy and more the march of time.

Obviously they’re pushing the newer stuff more.

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LilB0kChoy reddthat.com LilB0kChoy@reddthat.com
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#16 · Quote Reply

More than one person has told me their class consciousness started with an Ant's Life.

Antz or A Bug’s Life?

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bedwyr piefed.ca bedwyr@piefed.ca
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#17 · (edited) Quote Reply

Antz or A Bug’s Life?

Idk I didn't see these movies, it might be thanks for the correction if so.

I am already very enthusiastic about, uh, nevermind.

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LilB0kChoy reddthat.com LilB0kChoy@reddthat.com
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#18 · Quote Reply

Ants are only allowed when they push a pro-conformist capitalist message, such as with The Ant and the Grasshopper

Ironic you say this because the plot of A Bug’s Life was initially inspired by Aesop’s The Ant and the Grasshopper.

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LilB0kChoy reddthat.com LilB0kChoy@reddthat.com
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Idk I didn't see these movies, it might be thanks for the correction if so. I am already very enthusiastic about, uh, nevermind.

They came out close together and both featured ants as main protagonists. A Bug’s Life is the one pictured.

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paraproto szmer.info paraproto@szmer.info
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I imagine they may one day make it more realistic like Lion King and absolutely trash the message.

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hansolo lemmy.today hansolo@lemmy.today
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#21 · (edited) Quote Reply

More than one person has told me their class consciousness started with an Ant's Life.

This is like saying you learned about the late Renaissance era of history, and marine biology, from watching The Little Hunchback of Notre Dame.

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bedwyr piefed.ca bedwyr@piefed.ca
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#22 · Quote Reply

This is like saying you learned about the late Renaissance era of history, and marine biology, from watching The Little Hunchback of Notre Dame.

Found the hexbear douche! Troll me bitch.

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𒉀TheGuyTM3𒉁 lemmy.ml TheGuyTM3@lemmy.ml
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#23 · Quote Reply

I imagine they may one day make it more realistic like Lion King and absolutely trash the message.

Disney seem to only do such treatment for its own movies, so this Disney-Pixar animation might be safe.

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ryathal sh.itjust.works ryathal@sh.itjust.works
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#24 · Quote Reply

Se also: seven samurai, samurai 7, the magnificent seven...

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Wataba sh.itjust.works Wataba@sh.itjust.works
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#25 · (edited) Quote Reply

Everyone remembers this movie for the 'workers rise up'.

I rememeber it for the shitty cliche 'liar revealed' story. I remember it for the nasty, mean spirited 'humour'.

I remember it for the transphobic 'joke' that they just loved to use in all the trailers. ("Yikes! She's a guy!")

I remember this movie for starring a fucking pedophile.

This movie is ass and deserves to be forgotten.

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protist Member Joined: 2026-03-10
#26 · Quote Reply

But the Disney World show was recently replaced with Zootopia.

They also replaced Mr. Toad's Wild Ride. Pretty sure that's because it was decades old rather than some political commentary

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Psythik lemmy.world Psythik@lemmy.world
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#27 · Quote Reply

Idk I didn't see these movies, it might be thanks for the correction if so. I am already very enthusiastic about, uh, nevermind.

I find it neat from a psychological standpoint the way your brain merged the two titles into one.

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bedwyr piefed.ca bedwyr@piefed.ca
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#28 · Quote Reply

I find it neat from a psychological standpoint the way your brain merged the two titles into one.

The way I merged two things i've never seen? You are a [redacted] clearly.

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grue lemmy.world grue@lemmy.world
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#29 · Quote Reply

Antz or A Bug’s Life?

Yes.

(I only saw Antz but not A Bug's Life, and just sort of assumed Antz had the more subversive social message because it wasn't Disney.)

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Pratai piefed.ca Pratai@piefed.ca
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#30 · Quote Reply

Not so much There were theme park rides and merchandise https://facts.net/movie/38-facts-about-the-movie-a-bugs-life/

Bruh… never stand in the way of a meme meant to manufacture outrage. Rookie mistake. The kids get super mad when nuance enters the chat.

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grue lemmy.world grue@lemmy.world
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#31 · Quote Reply

Sure, I’m just saying that might be one factor in why they’re not exactly eager to promote the movie these days.

This sequence of comments is giving me deja vu, for some reason.

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brian programming.dev brian@programming.dev
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#32 · Quote Reply

This is like saying you learned about the late Renaissance era of history, and marine biology, from watching The Little Hunchback of Notre Dame.

or perhaps their interest started there as a child, causing them to study further later? that doesn't sound like a crazy statement

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Axolotl.cpp lemmy.dbzer0.com Axolotl_cpp@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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#33 · Quote Reply

I mean that’s less a conspiracy and more the march of time. Obviously they’re pushing the newer stuff more.

Oh shit, Zootopia is already 10 years old

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ohulancutash feddit.uk ohulancutash@feddit.uk
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#34 · Quote Reply

Yes. (I only saw Antz but not A Bug's Life, and just sort of assumed Antz had the more subversive social message because it wasn't Disney.)

Also because of their cool spellingz

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BigPotato lemmy.world BigPotato@lemmy.world
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#35 · Quote Reply

https://www.disneystore.com/movies-shows/pixar/a-bugs-life/

There's a whole PS1 game

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Hueristic_Autistic lemmy.world Hueristic_Autistic@lemmy.world
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#36 · (edited) Quote Reply

🐙 Reeeeeeeeeee

https://m.economictimes.com/news/new-updates/oxford-scientist-says-octopuses-could-rule-earth-after-humans-go-extinct-may-build-underwater-atlantis-hunt-deer-on-land/articleshow/131273423.cms

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Soupbreaker lemmy.world Soupbreaker@lemmy.world
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#37 · Quote Reply

They also replaced Mr. Toad's Wild Ride. Pretty sure that's because it was decades old rather than some political commentary

Aw, weak. The Wind in the Willows and The Hobbit really fueled my lifelong dream of living in a well-appointed hole.

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nilloc discuss.tchncs.de nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de
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#38 · Quote Reply

Not so much There were theme park rides and merchandise https://facts.net/movie/38-facts-about-the-movie-a-bugs-life/

There was a whole bugs life area of Disney land in California around 2015 I think.

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NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ lemmy.world NikkiDimes@lemmy.world
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#39 · Quote Reply

🐙 Reeeeeeeeeee https://m.economictimes.com/news/new-updates/oxford-scientist-says-octopuses-could-rule-earth-after-humans-go-extinct-may-build-underwater-atlantis-hunt-deer-on-land/articleshow/131273423.cms

Ew...

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tigeruppercut lemmy.zip tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip
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#40 · Quote Reply

Spacey's rapey ass tried to play the gay card when the allegations came out, like that would make it ok. He got buried, fuck that guy.

Wonder if he'll make a comeback. Louis CK is putting out specials on nflix again...

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manuallybreathing lemmy.ml manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml
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#41 · Quote Reply

"A Bug's Land" (stylized "a bug's land") was an area of Disney California Adventure themed after Pixar's 1998 film A Bug's Life. The land consisted of Flik's Fun Fair, which opened on October 7, 2002, and was set in a representation of the film's fictional universe with four rides targeted towards young children; Flik's Flyers, Francis' Ladybug Boogie, Tuck and Roll's Drive 'Em Buggies, and Heimlich's Chew Chew Train. The area also included a water play area targeted towards young children. An outside area contained the It's Tough to Be a Bug! theater, which was an original area of the park when it opened on February 8, 2001. The area closed on September 4, 2018 to make way for Avengers Campus.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Bug's_Land

they had A Bugs Life themed attractions at disney parks for almost 20 years, this weird conspiratorial crap is lingering in THEY dont want you to know! crao, hollywood movies arent going to save you.

The movie ends with the big bad grasshopper getting eaten by a bird, something totally out of the hands of the ants.

if you sincerely think A Bugs Life didnt have it's cultural moment you werent conscious in 1998.

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Hueristic_Autistic lemmy.world Hueristic_Autistic@lemmy.world
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#42 · Quote Reply

Ew...

..... Or you could hit the reader mode button or just not sign in and still read it.....

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manuallybreathing lemmy.ml manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml
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#43 · Quote Reply

So furry copaganda

The second film is pro israeli shit too, so gross

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MellowSnow lemmy.world MellowSnow@lemmy.world
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#44 · Quote Reply

This sequence of comments is giving me deja vu, for some reason.

A glitch in the matrix

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SkunkWorkz lemmy.world SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world
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#45 · Quote Reply

Everyone remembers this movie for the 'workers rise up'. I rememeber it for the shitty cliche 'liar revealed' story. I remember it for the nasty, mean spirited 'humour'. I remember it for the transphobic 'joke' that they just loved to use in all the trailers. ("Yikes! She's a guy!") I remember this movie for starring a fucking pedophile. This movie is ass and deserves to be forgotten.

I thought you were mixing up this movie with Antz, because the pedo Woody Allen is in that movie. I didn’t realize Kevin Spacey is in Bug’s Life.

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NocturnalMorning lemmy.world NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world
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#46 · Quote Reply

Everyone remembers this movie for the 'workers rise up'. I rememeber it for the shitty cliche 'liar revealed' story. I remember it for the nasty, mean spirited 'humour'. I remember it for the transphobic 'joke' that they just loved to use in all the trailers. ("Yikes! She's a guy!") I remember this movie for starring a fucking pedophile. This movie is ass and deserves to be forgotten.

The message of this image is the same regardless.

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chuckleslord lemmy.world chuckleslord@lemmy.world
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#47 · Quote Reply

Yes. (I only saw Antz but not A Bug's Life, and just sort of assumed Antz had the more subversive social message because it wasn't Disney.)

Definitely. The collective workers rise up against the militaristic ruling class, after, of course, those rulers attempt to murder them all for their 'glorious future'. Unfortunately, Antz and A Bug's Life also share something else in common. Both star sex pests in the leading role.

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enchantedgoldapple sopuli.xyz enchantedgoldapple@sopuli.xyz
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#48 · Quote Reply

The second film is pro israeli shit too, so gross

Care to explain? I'm quite intrigued.

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AnimalsDream slrpnk.net AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net
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#49 · Quote Reply

I never liked movie tie-in games, but there was a version of A Bug's Life on PS1 that somehow ended up in my household growing up, and it was pretty darn good.

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JeeBaiChow lemmy.world JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world
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#50 · Quote Reply

They didn't have to. All the princess movies created a generation of entitled simping incel princesses that nobody every rose up for anything ever after.

Oh, but they did get a pedophile rapist in as president, though. So that's that.

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#51 · Quote Reply

Antz or A Bug’s Life?

Bugz

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