Starship Troopers general thread

Husky_Khan · 2020-06-27T00:22:47+00:00

https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/327839/starship-troopers-hits-netflix-in-june/ This article is from May... but you get the idea. Starship Troopers, one of the finest fascistic films to ever grace the silver screen is now hosted on Netflix. So while Netflix's library of old crap might be drying up, they still managed to secure rights to one of the most delightful, gory and satirical science fiction films of "recent" history. Despite the fact the director, Paul Verhoeven apparently couldn't get through the book and the movie itself is at best a complete bastardization of Heinleins original novel, Starship Troopers was still a great film to watch... for ladies and gentlemen and children of all some ages! Kids will be intrigued by the curious and exotic Arachnids, enthralled by the docile and peaceful Tanker bugs, and dazzled by giant beetles that can crap ship busting bug plasma! And the adults will appreciate the unabashed militarism and fascism of a future Human society that is every bit worth fighting for despite being such a idyllic dystopia. The satire might be a bit much and over the years the fascist and authoritarian themes have triggered many, but for the astute viewers, that was the point of those scenes. Starship Troopers skewered militarism, fascism, and so forth delivered in a satirical manner so straight that some people took it way too seriously. Regardless, it added to the atmosphere of the film. It's amazing that a movie about Starship Troopers fighting vicious omnicidal bug monsters somehow is still best remembered for how it presented a Human society that was every bit as 'sanitized' as the TNG era Federation of Star Trek but it's complete opposite in so many ways. So c'mon you apes. Watch the movie already, again if you have to! And in case you are wondering, apparently it is the remastered edition transferred to Netflix! Which means Denise Richards looks amazing as always... even if Dina Meyer's character was way cooler in this film. :cool: