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it worked more as a gung-ho SF story for me


That's the way I enjoyed it in the theater the first time I saw it. It wasn't until I started seeing misguided articles (as the one in "Entertainment Weekly") about the "fascism" of STARSHIP TROOPERS that what was unconsciously obvious to me started becoming consciously apparent--that it was a wickedly clever satire of fascism. I couldn't believe this went over the heads of critics who are supposed to know better.
Legend, oh legend, the third wheel legend...always in the way.