One reason I like STARSHIP TROOPERS so much is that it's like a happy-shiny version of 1984, only here, "Big Brother" makes everyone think they're in control of their own lives and that they're living in a wonderful utopia. I love the way the government-controlled TV news has a "point/counterpoint" program but the guy who's espousing the viewpoint counter to what the government contends is portrayed as a fruitcake ("Frankly, I find the idea of a bug that thinks O-FFENSIVE!"). And the war with the bugs is similar to the constant war between Oceania and Eurasia/Eastasia.

The moment in which "Doogie" announces: "It's afraid!" and everyone cheers is priceless.
Legend, oh legend, the third wheel legend...always in the way.