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JimPV	Re: Starship Troopers	#21	[-]
Feb 25 07 1:56 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Starship Troopers kicks ass. *Quote:* STARSHIP TROOPERS 3 is set to begin production next month. Wow - there's gonna' be a third one?! I haven't even seen the second, yet. "How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone" -Coco Chanel
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DerGolem		#22	[-]
Jul 16 10 2:15 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I just re-watched this movie after not having seen it in a couple of years. It was a favorite back in 97' and still is today. I like the story. I love the world. And I love the bugs who are still some of Phil Tippet's finest work. Giant bugs and fascism...really what could be better?
blackbiped		#23	[-]
Jul 16 10 11:16 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Still some of the best-ever use of CGI, in my opinion. And the spaceship shots are magnificent. Legend, oh legend, the third wheel legend...always in the way. Porfle's Secret Blog HK and Cult Film News Andersonvision.com
strangenstein		#24	[-]
Jul 17 10 12:01 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	n0s4a2 wrote: Dismissed as a gorey special-FX fest upon its release four years before 9/11, the film is an eerie portent of the patriotic hysteria that can overtake a society that loses faith in reason and democracy-- and focuses only on the ENEMY. Well Nos, I was groovin' on your review until I got to this little nugget. Bah.
Adolf Kitler		#25	[-]
Jul 18 10 6:37 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Bill Warren wrote: Well, I think it's a good movie, and a funny one, too. The director and writer certainly intended to pepper the film with black humor. And the screenwriter, Ed Neumeier, based the characters on, as he said, the Archie Paradigm, only this time Jughead becomes the head of the SS. Call me a sicko, but I laughed when "Moose" took a bullet to the head. They're not in Riverdale anymore! http://allstarchampionshipbelts.webs.com/
Monsterpal		#26	[-]
Jul 18 10 11:09 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	It seemed like pretty weak tea compared to the novel.
Bill Warren		#27	[-]
Jul 19 10 12:51 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Monsterpal wrote: It seemed like pretty weak tea compared to the novel. Not to ne, and I loved the novel. Most of the novel takes place in a schoolroom with the wise (and battle-scarred) elders saying amazing things that make the kids in the room go "Huh? But that would mean...." Heinlein fans were very upset that the battle suits weren't used, but I thought it was entirely reasonable, and made the film more affordable.
Monsterpal		#28	[-]
Jul 19 10 1:34 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Well, there were those ass bombs the Bugs somehow tossed halfway across the galaxy, completely ignoring the distances and speed that would be required. and consequently eradicating any semblance of scientific plausibility. Each one would have taken thousands of years to reach Earth. But hey, who's counting when you can see a smiling Denise Richards park a starship with perfect hair and makeup. Not to mention the complete absence of the Skinnies, the Bugs' allies.
MikeTheMook		#29	[-]
Jul 19 10 7:43 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	My friends talked me out of walking out of the theater on this one. Instead I did put my head back, shut my eyes, and told them to wake me up when this piece of crap was finally over.
Omega Man		#30	[-]
Jul 19 10 8:17 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	The Verhoeven film is a satire. (And an pretty entertaining one to boot.) The novel was boring as hell. "Dammit, it's jammed!" www.eccentric-cinema.com
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Robert Troch		#31	[-]
Jul 19 10 7:29 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Monsterpal wrote: Well, there were those ass bombs the Bugs somehow tossed halfway across the galaxy, completely ignoring the distances and speed that would be required. and consequently eradicating any semblance of scientific plausibility. Each one would have taken thousands of years to reach Earth. But hey, who's counting when you can see a smiling Denise Richards park a starship with perfect hair and makeup. Not to mention the complete absence of the Skinnies, the Bugs' allies. I only recall those bugs shooting those ass bombs as far as the enemy ships orbiting their planet. I am pretty sure it did not happen as you describe. I like this movie. It is a satire of sorts so I don't take it seriously, but the bugs looked great and the bugs weapons (flame beams, ass/plasma missles) etc were kind of Japanese / kaiju like so that was a plus for me. Was it as good as the the novel? I don't know I never read it, but even Denise Richards lousy acting doesn't spoil it for me. Robert Troch
gorgozilla		#32	[-]
Jun 5 12 10:36 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Adolf Kitler wrote: Bill Warren wrote: Well, I think it's a good movie, and a funny one, too. The director and writer certainly intended to pepper the film with black humor. And the screenwriter, Ed Neumeier, based the characters on, as he said, the Archie Paradigm, only this time Jughead becomes the head of the SS. Call me a sicko, but I laughed when "Moose" took a bullet to the head. They're not in Riverdale anymore! I also liked the whole "ARCHIE meets ALIENS" vibe of the story in a weird way. And I figured that the giant beetles used their butt bombs to lob the asteroid at earth. It at least made sense within the logic of the story- If giant insects are physically possible (they ain't), then so are warp-speed plasma-fart-propelled meteors. And although I could plainly see the satire on Naziism that the movie was trying to get across, I also enjoyed it on a straight "Hooray for our side/ Kill the bugs" level as well. Hey, I'm biased. I'm a human being, not an insect. Better living in a fascist Earth Federation than being disemboweled by big creepy bugs. Here's my homemade retro-style slimcase cover for STARSHIP TROOPERS:
jamish23.incrediblehulkd...		#33	[-]
Nov 4 12 11:18 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Did any think the dear Johnny message was unnecessary and hurtful?
Andy Sheets		#34	[-]
Nov 5 12 1:16 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	jamish23 wrote: Did any think the dear Johnny message was unnecessary and hurtful? I don't think anyone came out of the movie liking Carmen. Verhoeven and Neumeier seem convinced on the dvd commentary that it's because she's a liberated woman who intimidates conservative Americans but I think it's simply that she's a very unpleasant person
jamish23.incrediblehulkd...		#35	[-]
Nov 5 12 3:57 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Andy Sheets wrote: jamish23 wrote: Did any think the dear Johnny message was unnecessary and hurtful? I don't think anyone came out of the movie liking Carmen. Verhoeven and Neumeier seem convinced on the dvd commentary that it's because she's a liberated woman who intimidates conservative Americans but I think it's simply that she's a very unpleasant person Whats the point of having a heroine that nobody cares about? Verhoeven probably has a knack for horribe characters like Elisabeth Shue from Hollow Man and Elizabeth Berkley from Showgirls. Main rules of storytelling one you got to have characters for the audience to care about two audiences have to understand the story and characters and three and most importment it's got to have a beginning, a middle and a end.
I M Whithugh		#36	[-]
Nov 9 12 9:15 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	If the military had co-ed showers like they had in STARSHIP TROOPERS, military recruitment would be through the roof! For men, anyway. Nice anatomy lesson on Dina Meyer.
blackbiped		#37	[-]
Nov 9 12 11:24 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I always thought Rico was crazy for not preferring her over Catfish Face. Legend, oh legend, the third wheel legend...always in the way. Porfle's Secret Blog HK and Cult Film News Andersonvision.com
Kingkongkessler		#38	[-]
Nov 11 12 6:53 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	blackbiped wrote: I always thought Rico was crazy for not preferring her over Catfish Face. Ditto Kess
jamish23.incrediblehulkd...		#39	[-]
Nov 11 12 10:56 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Verhoeven probably tends to constraint on unpleasant aspects like sex, violence, swearing and negative qualities of others, think sometimes people are not use to this they like seeing heroes as people who they can relate to and root for while Verhoeven is focused on immoral aspects like Carmen's dear Johnny letter.
gorgozilla		#40	[-]
Nov 21 12 9:04 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Kingkongkessler wrote: blackbiped wrote: I always thought Rico was crazy for not preferring her over Catfish Face. Ditto Likewise.
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