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Size Does Matter
MYSTERIOUS ISLAND
(1961)
SPECIES:
Monstrous bees, a crab and a chicken.
MUTATED BY:
Captain Nemo (Herbert Lom), experimenting
with a possible cure for world famine.
IN DANGER:
Castaways Michael Craig and Percy Herbert.
SOLUTION:
The inevitable volcanic explosion.
STARSHIP TROOPERS
(1997)
SPECIES:
Swarms of grasshopper-like alien arachnids,
giant tanker beetles that fart starship-destroying
plasma, and a big brain-sucking dust mite.
MUTATED BY:
No mutation - they’re alien bugs.
IN DANGER:
Earth, as the bugs obliterate major
cities with carefully aimed meteors.
SOLUTION:
Send in the troops to “nuke ‘em” and
“kill ‘em all!” Or if that fails, capture and torture the
commanding Brain Bug.
WARLORDS OF ATLANTIS
(1978)
SPECIES:
Assorted oversized marine life including a giant mutant octopus.
MUTATED BY:
Well, Atlantis is actually a breakaway hunk of Martian rock that fell
to Earth, complete with the original inhabitants.
IN DANGER:
Doug McClure and fellow scientists investigating the sunken city.
SOLUTION:
Get the hell out of there!