Starship Troopers

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Goosemaster

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Is it satire?

Basically, is all the sh!!tty action, the lame sequences, the MASSIVO amounts of gore on purpose?


Thanks



P.S.....I'll admit I've watched it a few times for the braijn sucking, the explosions and because there was nothing bettter to watch and such:eek:
 
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BatmanNate

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The work on which it was based (Robert Heinlein's novel) did indeed entertain notions of satire.
 
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DaveSimmons

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Yes, it was a satire of war propaganda films and the glorification of facism. (That's why Verhoeven put Doogie Howser in a SS uniform.) I don't know whether he admitted it, but many people believe the casting of the terrible wooden actors also was intentional.
 
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andylawcc

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I don't know man, in a sense I liked it cuz it was sooo horrible.


I didn't really get the satire part though.
 
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Yes, a satire all the way.

Anyone who's got any doubts should listen to Verhoeven's commentary on the DVD...
 
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Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Yes, it was a satire of war propaganda films and the glorification of facism. (That's why Verhoeven put Doogie Howser in a SS uniform.) I don't know whether he admitted it, but many people believe the casting of the terrible wooden actors also was intentional.
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That makes sense. Now if it HADN't been satire or something of the sort, then it would have been a VERY bad movie indeed.


Otherwise, its definitely watchable.
 
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Kenazo

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Originally posted by: Lizardman
did you see Starship troopers 2. now thats a piece of work!
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I was just going to ask about it. I enjoyed the first one, what's the 2nd one like?
 
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DaveSimmons

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Originally posted by: Balt
Originally posted by: her209
It has Denise Richards...
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Twenty bucks says she didn't know it was a satire.
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:D nor Casper Van Ghost (Rico the chowderhead) :D

Startship Troopers 2 was a low-budget ripoff of The Thing, with none of the dark humor and goofy fun of the original ST (or of The Thing for that matter).

The Roughnecks - Starship Troopers Chronicles DVD I rented from Netflix was pretty good (#1 is "Pluto"). It's CGI, a little like the Final Fantasy movie though cruder. Much better writing and more interesting battles than in the second live action movie.
 
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Apathetic

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The movie has tons of satire in it - especially about the actions of governments.

Dave
 
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bozack

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Originally posted by: Lizardman
did you see Starship troopers 2. now thats a piece of work!
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I cannot even find any info on the net about a Starship Troopers 2....any idea when it was released?
 
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BDawg

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Originally posted by: Kenazo
Originally posted by: Lizardman
did you see Starship troopers 2. now thats a piece of work!
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I was just going to ask about it. I enjoyed the first one, what's the 2nd one like?
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The 2nd one is really bad. As far as I can tell, the only connection to the book is the name "mobile infantry."

They tried to make the 2nd one a horror movie instead of some sort of a book adaptation.
 
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If you have an HD setup, the Superbit version of Starship Troopers has reference quality video. It looks amazing. Even the non-superbit version is damn good.
 
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