Allegations into this films political stance are numerous. Fascism, Militarism, Utopianism and Racism to name a few. Satire never seems to come up though does it. Doesn't end in ism I suppose. It's a shame that people can't just watch it as it's meant to be, a bit more innocently. A full on Battle-tastic bug splatting guts exploding adventure........with boobs! It's Verhoeven and he knows his audience. He did direct Showgirls though and that kind of ruined Saved By The Bell for me.Sunday 18 October 2009
Starship Troopers - You wanna live forever?
Allegations into this films political stance are numerous. Fascism, Militarism, Utopianism and Racism to name a few. Satire never seems to come up though does it. Doesn't end in ism I suppose. It's a shame that people can't just watch it as it's meant to be, a bit more innocently. A full on Battle-tastic bug splatting guts exploding adventure........with boobs! It's Verhoeven and he knows his audience. He did direct Showgirls though and that kind of ruined Saved By The Bell for me.
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I love Starship Troopers.
I love the cheesy sheen of it and the scathing satire that underlines it all. I love the Fed Net - "It's an ugly planet. A bug planet!" I love the utter brutality of the bug war. I love Clancy Brown and Michael Ironside both playing cool baddasses in the same movie. "MEDIC!" I love the gorgeous FX from Phil Tippet's amazing bugs to Sony Imageworks fantastic spaceships. I love Basil Poledouris' (God rest his soul) brilliant score. I love The Klendathu Drop sequence. I love Doogie Howser MD as a Gestapo psychic. And most of all I love Dina Meyer as Dizzy and Dina Meyer boobage. Mmmm...Dina Meyer boobage!
A great movie and anyone who doesn't agree is just plain wrong.
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