DreamMachine Episode 1: Antz

Welcome to DreamMachine, the podcast where Arun and Patricia
discuss about every Dreamworks theatrical movies, shorts, specials,
and direct to video movie. They discuss about their first movie,
Antz, which debuted on October 2, 1998. The plot is about an ant
named Z who wishes to be an independent ant after being being sick
and tired of being a worker in his colony. He then meets Princess
Bala in a bar and instantly falls in love with her. To get closer
to Bala, Z impersonates as a soldier without realizing that his
mission is fighting in a termite war. Returning home as a war hero,
his rank as a worker ant has been discovered and takes Bala hostage
to not get arrested. With both of them out of the colony, Z and
Bala search for the legendary paradise Insectopia. Meanwhile, the
colony's general named Mandible is making a huge plan behind the
queen's back involving with wiping away the "weak ants" and making
a stronger colony.    When the movie premiered in
theaters, it made $174 million dollars in the box office and had
gotten positive reviews from critics and fans kickstarting
Dreamworks' animation company. It came out a few weeks before
Disney's A Bug's Life where it had a similar concept about a colony
of ants. How well does this film hold up after 20 years later?
Listen and find out!