The Klendathu Drop Scene - Starship Troopers (1997)

[@sethmillerd6538]

These bugs are truly terrifying creatures. They were even able to kill a camera man.

[@canttouchme5118]

Haha way underrated comment😂

[@tightmf]

@@canttouchme5118 So underrated.

[@canttouchme5118]

@@tightmf just tell my parents about it on my report card.

[@Rob-yv9og]

Could have used millions of small drones with target recognition and shaped charges for a fraction of the price and cost in life.

[@canttouchme5118]

@@Rob-yv9og that would make a great movie ......lol

[@hisdudeness8328]

I love that their entire battle strategy was, land, spread out, kill anything that isn’t human. That’s it.

[@black10872]

An orbital bombardment would've been nice.... BEFORE someone decided to land ground forces!

[@warmonger12z]

@@black10872 failing that, they could have at least been issued with something a little more potent than whatever ammunition they had - hell, BBs would have been more effective!

[@hisdudeness8328]

@@warmonger12z well, the invasion was clearly rushed, driven by a sense of urgency to retaliate and pure arrogance on the Federation’s part. Keep in mind, all through the training, Rico and the rest of his squad were being trained to fight other humans, not Arachnids. The Federation seemed to just assume that because they had starships and guns, taking out the Arachnids would be a cakewalk. They didn’t even take into account the sheer punishment a single basic Arachnid warrior could take before dying, let alone thousands of those things swarming you. The fact that they were routed off the planet less than fifteen minutes after landing speaks volumes about how unprepared they were.

[@V1nce_man]

@@hisdudeness8328 They did discover a peak point of the bugs though. Shooting them in the eyes kills them faster.

[@hisdudeness8328]

@@V1nce_man true. But that information didn’t seem to be passed along to the general infantry, as they just fired at the Arachnid’s general mass until they died.

[@GauntletBProductions]

"REMEMBER YOUR TRAINING AND YOU WILL MAKE IT BACK ALIVE!" *first one to get killed* 🤣😂🤣😂

[@felixorozco9455]

That is a funny shit

[@808Goose]

The KZbin channel CinemaSins dings that line and follows with one of their funniest bluntest comments.. “REMEMBER YOUR TRAINING AND YOU WILL MAKE IT BACK ALIVE!!” *Ding* “No Ya Won’t!” The tone and cadence in the way they said it makes me laugh everytime

[@samking9293]

Obviously, he did not remember his training.

[@808Goose]

@@samking9293 I fkn love your comment

[@Coyoteprime]

They really should’ve brought their a game if they wanted to go toe to toe with the beast on his home planet. The poor bastards never stood a chance.

[@nidnoms3622]

i just love the parts where some arachnids will toss a trooper to the rest of the swarm like 'heres boys, dinners served' , clearly arachnids understand the concept of sharing food/biomass

[@stuff9680]

I believe the lore is there a hive mind controlled by a queen on their home planet and when they colonize other planets warriors get dropped first by asteroids and they asexually reproduce enough until they can control the planet and dig tunnels then another asteroid lands with a brain bug that acts as a transmitter for the queen

[@alexconn7473]

That and working together as a team then again I'd definitely expect insects to be able to do that even better than people

[@sergioalmasy8722]

​​@@alexconn7473Ants do it very well, they are great team players.

[@stonecoldsteveaustin9353]

I love how he runs out there by himself for no reason and immediately gets killed 😂

[@joe_joe_joe_]

Looks like meat's back on the menu boys!

[@oliverjabroni9912]

Thanks to all the geniuses pointing out that Starship Troopers is unrealistic

[@Alamandorious]

You mean it's _not_ a documentary!?!?!?

[@newt6451]

Yeah, wait… what? This ain’t legit, dawg?

[@IanG99]

You have been deemed hazardous to the Federation. Sentence … death! All channels at 6pm tonight

[@MarioLabot]

Would you like to know more?

[@grigor.h3929]

@@Alamandorious We have Rus Z(erg) charging now.

[@ashtonnicholson4034]

Just another day in Australia going into the garage to face a rouge Huntsman Spider.

[@waferty6027]

Klendathu Drop : The emu war.

[@skylerhorner8796]

You Aussies can keep that insane creature. Promise you my whole house and about 5 acres on each side would be burned to the ground if I saw one of those.

[@the_algo_rhythm]

Yes, rouge huntsmen, the reddest of spiders.

[@rougeegamer98]

Huntsmans are good spiders. Keep them around, they usually just mind their business

[@shauny2285]

Live and let live it is. Cheers!​@@rougeegamer98

[@ShortQuotesToday]

As a fellow HELLDIVER i can tell you Spreading freedom across the galaxy is just what we do..

[@rashadroberts2910]

Salute to you....fellow helldiver

[@xxiSHTAr9000x]

Fenrir III is getting scrubbed every inch. My brothers and sisters and I are making plenty sure of it!

[@ShortQuotesToday]

@@rashadroberts2910 And to you freedom spreader

[@Field_Marshall704]

DEMOCRACY

[@rocharox]

FOR SUPER TERRA

[@azakachi-rd-17]

The warrior bug props and CG effects are still amazing!

[@dakotah4866]

Yeah I know I've the making of the movie because I have all of them on DVD except for traitor on Mars. the director was basically charging at the actors with like a part of the bug hilarious.

[@s3dchr]

How the FUCK is that 1997??

[@frankgesuele6298]

@@s3dchr Imagination & intelligence🧠

[@anneominous7172]

@@s3dchr People still cared about visual effects back then. Now they just outsource everything to Indian CGI farms and if it looks like a game cutscene it's considered 'good enough'.

[@cleanerben9636]

@@s3dchr because this is back when studios and publishers needed things to have a certain level of quality to be successful within their means. Now, the investor money alone can make something viable.

[@h.a.9880]

That is one hell of a dedicated cameraman.

[@joshclark1047]

Service guarantees citizenship!

[@fblack9033]

He had more guts than those useless, so-called "troopers."

[@user-cz7wp4jz6n]

It was for followers.

[@h.a.9880]

@@user-cz7wp4jz6n You know, I could get behind a Starship Troopers remake, where this cameraman's last words are "like and subscriiiiiiibe!"

[@guysky3873]

Let us not forget the service of the reporter; the mobile infantry are fleeing for their lives, but he decides to report from behind a rock.🤦🏾‍♂️

[@generationm2059]

Why is no one talking about the bug artillery? Capable of not only seeing enemy spaceships from the surface of the planet but can calculate their speeds and flight paths. They then time their long-ranged, slow moving projectiles perfectly to fly among the fleet, possible accounting for prevailing winds and the rotation of Klendathu, and taking out some ships and dropships. They did all of that without the aid of satellites and computers. I'm just noticing this after all these years. Damn, these bugs are smart!

[@Imdrunkontea]

Those artillery bugs had futures. They had dreams. Bob wanted to become an engineer. Tracy wanted to go for her doctorate. When the humans arrived, they gave up those dreams to defend their homes. They did so, knowing that their sacrifice meant their children may have a brighter, more peaceful future.

[@chaips097]

Remember, there's a Brain bug, the one who "eats" humans brains and knowledge, he knows all about you just wrote. He just simply pass the orders for the attack and defense

[@generationm2059]

@@Imdrunkontea C'mon you bugs! You wanna live forever?!

[@haiwin224]

Well they did literally hit Buenos Aires with a space rock launched all the way from Klendathu. The Arachnids are an advanced space faring race. Bug sympathizers insist that the Buenos Aires attack was a false flag to be casus belli for the war. So you're telling me a race that has transport bugs the size of a small moon, that has landed on and colonized dozens if not hundreds of systems, has plasma bugs that can hit transports in planetary orbit, and brain bugs that literally posses psionic powers can't crash one rock into another rock? Sure. They can do planetary landings all millenia but crashing a rock into Buenos Aires is beyond their abilities. Get real.

[@forestghost1186]

​@@generationm2059 Amazing. 😂

[@NZClayArtist]

For the time this movie came out, I will say that the VFX look really good, better than what Disney's putting out.

[@dakotah4866]

Will the movie was made in 97 not that long ago

[@OddSunStudios]

@@dakotah4866thats over a quarter of century. Don’t defend Disney bro they have dropped off hard.

[@dakotah4866]

Who's defending Disney I'm not

[@zzeroara9511]

that's just not true lmao

[@Vero-nica12Andrea]

😂😂

[@Punisher6791]

this film was ahead of its time in the special effects department, the Arachnids still look pretty good and actually look well blended into the live action shots for the most part, the only things that look dated are the shadows cast by the bugs, and the actors whenever they are shown shooting at the bugs which you can clearly see they aren't even aiming at the correct spot where the bug is, these things have definitely improved today with modern CGI rendering.

[@lookdoug1516]

Director said half the budget was special effects

[@dakotah4866]

damn good special effects

[@vexile1239]

Still an enjoyable movie even today

[@Ellianu]

The movie is great in its own way and fun to watch, but its effects look tacky compared to Aliens released 10 years prior.

[@Punisher6791]

@@Ellianu aliens didn't have any cgi shots. Everything was practical and shots of the ships in space were models filmed in front of matte paintings and rear projection screens, the shots of the dropship were minitures and all the aliens were guys in suits. Starship Troopers uses an extensive amount of cgi or visual effects as they call them, over 500 shots to be exact. Phil tippit worked on and helped supervise the visual effects in the film he also designed the arachnids and supervised the practical effects as well. Over 10 effects companies were tasked with working on all the cgi shots and nearly half of the films 100 million dollar budget went to the cgi shots alone. It was practically unheard of at the time, it was a milestone in visual effects at the time and starship troopers paved the way for visual effects in films now, so show the film some respect.

[@PS-hv7on]

That moment when you realise that you probably shouldn't have volunteered to join an army whose military strategists thought that clumping all the spaceships together so that they make a huge target and crash into each other when the SHTF was a good idea.

[@ericmanso7355]

I love how Carmen was not convinced about the blue lights

[@davidstanleyblake923]

The blue light's are the bug's shooting up at them

[@tompearce5418]

Carmen was smart.

[@stupidmonkey8057]

by random and light they mean the amount of what is essentially bug AA was light

[@ProtossTempest]

Ayo new patch dropped. Plasma bug buff! More shots, more aoe, triple damage. Ignore armor.

[@marklabonte2925]

I always laugh at the flippant Commander. Ok, they said it would be "random and light" but there is clearly dozens of blue rockets flying all around your very tightly knit formation. Uhh-- ya maybe might wanna get out of there FASTER?

[@hanrysoul]

You know the situation is scary as hell when a cameraman dies.

[@lainiwakura666]

Only on earth the camera man is safe :(

[@JosephLewisSzaboIII]

Happened in Spaceballs too. Ha!

[@irumasuzuki9074]

Now imagine watching live at home and you been considering joining Mobile infantry and now your starting to reconsider

[@ericvizsla]

7:46 shout out to the trooper that fell in the background 7:54 he then ran like hell to rejoin the group 😂

[@24Pudders]

Always noticed him falling over, somehow didn't clock on its the same guy who runs in from the left 😂

[@WhatTheScoots]

Thanks for pointing it out. I love these little things in the background that are easily overlooked.

[@aliens8819]

HAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAA😂😂😂😂

[@mistylover7398]

​@@24Puddersda hail waz he doing?? Didn't I see one where da bug wazn't really attacking and no where near him but flopped anyway.

[@24Pudders]

@@mistylover7398 classic extra who fell over during filming, probably was gonna hide to the side but got told by crew to run back on (least that's what I suspect) 😂

[@marcusmoore1235]

I was there that day. I don't like talking about it. No human eyes should see the things I saw that day. R.I.P to all of the dedicated soldiers who fought and died on that hell hole of a planet. It wasn't even a fight,....it was a slaughter. I wake up everyday thankful to still be here when so many didn't make it back. Mobile Infantry 4 life baby!

[@bountyhunter1153]

You mean CITIZENS that died😣

[@JoseluisGaribayVasquez]

Mente habierta y criterio hamplio hay posibilidades tal vez podría ser quisaz PERO Una chancla era suficiente para acabar con todos esos bichos y algo de RAID mata vichos ok

[@guysky3873]

More meat for the grinder 💀💀 😈 💀💀

[@kickapoondn]

Courage, duty, honor, a nobel sacrifice, when duty called,you paid the price. Thank you for your service citizen!

[@Tjd1982]

I always loved how they didn't bomb the planet back to the bug amoeba pool with nukes. "Fleet does the flying. M.I. does the dying."

[@We_Are_Borg_478]

The movie implies command already knew a brain bug existed. This mission was an intentional failure to bait the bugs into accidently revealing their command by a higher intelligence. Beating the bugs was never the goal. They claim bugs send meteors across the galaxy and attack earth. Even if they shot their meteors at light speed (which they don't), it would take upwards of 1,000,000 or more years to reach earth.

[@Neer_NP]

Dude this film is from 97 most of you didn't even born in that time and you guys are complaining about the cgi in this movie..you guys don't have any idea how much this movie terrified us back in the day

[@felipeferraz6224]

hell yeah! So many memories...

[@donovanbradford8231]

Given the rush jobs on half the crap studios give us not to mention the terrible scripts the film is a masterpiece compared to films of the last two years.

[@renerodriguez6300]

They like that fake ass marvel shit better

[@allthingsharbor]

Yes, it was terrifying, as I was laughing so hard I could not catch my breath and feared I would pass out on the floor.

[@deffroadceltaiddcelticawak4150]

Son, I remember watching this film when it came out, like it was yesterday! This film made me the man I am today!!

[@bchearne]

Man, this is way funnier than I realized when I saw it as a teenager

[@seriphyn8935]

For sure, I had a friend I was showing this film to and I was so offended when she started cackling. There are definitely black comedy elements to this (it is Verhoeven after all)

[@dgjedi3]

I never noticed that once they landed and get in position the music is just gone through the rest of the scene!

[@rgmtz44]

Great score leading up to carnage 👍🏽

[@seriphyn8935]

I noticed this, but you're the first person to highlight it. I think it definitely is meant to illustrate "shit about to get real", that this isn't just some pretend game you can yell your way through on behalf of the Federation. No more fun and music etc.

[@richardmcgowan1651]

1997... Crazy to think this looks better than anything made today.

[@Mista_Cassla]

The cameraman cracks me up so damn much to just how oblivious he is to his surroundings 😂 Guess the cameraman can die LOL

[@xavier84623]

It’s crazy, but if you watch it again focusing on him, it’s almost like he was dedicated to his craft. Like, he was home free, but he turned around and ran back in to capture ricos heroic stand. It’s like he was totally willing to die to make good propaganda.

[@ElBandito]

Service guarantees citizenship! Would you like to know more?

[@foghornleghorns3244]

“We are going in with the first wave… means for bugs for us to kill. You smash the entire area. You kill anything that has more than two legs. Do you get me?!”

[@AugustAutumn]

We get you, sir!

[@knightwind6628]

We get you, sir!

[@dakotah4866]

For the federation!

[@monkeyeager4722]

We get you sir!

[@joshuagarner4677]

We get you, sir!

[@koventuss]

The Arachnids look elaborately realistic and frightening in the first film. But in the second and third films, they look like a cartoon, animated by a first-grade student.

[@thefitnerd5116]

Budget drops

[@Tristan-wg9ye]

At least in the second one its masked by how dark the film is, literally, due to no sunlight, but yea the third film looks really cartoonish

[@bricology]

Wait -- there were second and third films?!

[@thefitnerd5116]

@@bricology there are five films in total. The fourth and fifth are debatable if they are canon to the second and third films, but they are connected to the first film. There is also a TV show, which isn’t canon.

[@JarthenGreenmeadow]

@@Tristan-wg9ye Yea but Dax's last stand is cool so I literally dont care. The second movie is a rip off of "The Thing" for no reason xD Starship Troopers 3 has the exo armor from the books but that's the only good thing about it.

[@EyeMixMusic]

The complete lack of strategy and general incompetence in this scene feels deliberate. Starship Troopers is a film about how naive soldiers die in stupid wars, because the army/government they serve doesn't care whether they live or die. The absurd, senseless, chaotic slaughter definitely helps build that narrative.

[@CriticalPosthumanism]

I like how they just turn around and run instead of falling back while shooting 😂

[@forrestdorman4870]

I wish people would actually read the book. That is not what the source material is about.

[@EyeMixMusic]

@@forrestdorman4870 The film deviated from the source material - that was definitely deliberate. Heinlein dialled the fascist propaganda up to 11 in the book - Verhoeven used scenes like this to undercut that. The fascist undertones are still there - you only have to look at the uniforms worn by "military intelligence" to see that - but we also see soldiers fed through the meat grinder, which calls Heinlein's maniacal glorification of the military into question. Yes, it's different from the book - and it's a change for the better. God knows a more faithful adaptation would be a much more sinister film.

[@scorpixel1866]

@@EyeMixMusic What are you even talking about? You've read the book as much as the director did, didn't you?

[@EyeMixMusic]

@@scorpixel1866 If you can point to anything I've misrepresented (from book or film), go right ahead?

[@zedlx]

Imma show this to my kids and tell them it's the first Starcraft movie.

[@Shogundoxie1414]

Nah, tell them it's the first Warhammer 40K movie

[@guysky3873]

Gogogo! Diediedie! 💀💀🤕😰💀

[@falconlimremixflrcosplaymu9937]

When Helldiver 2 without Stratagem but 100 player co-op only wedpon mode

[@rougeegamer98]

Now that actually sounds amazing

[@NathanielNerquaye-Tetteh-uz2nf]

100 might be too much a 32 player match with no stratagems would be just as fun imo

[@xxiSHTAr9000x]

Wow, we don’t even get out machine guns and auto cannons. Let’s hope that no Bio Titans show up

[@rougeegamer98]

@@xxiSHTAr9000x re-supply drop on it’s back

[@fulcrum6760]

@@NathanielNerquaye-Tetteh-uz2nfWith strategems, it would just be Battlefield.

[@RiotShieldMan]

Middle school me hopped up on StarCraft, loving every minute of this in theaters. Late 30s me hopped up on Helldivers 2, returning to this glorious classic.

[@L.A.S._productions]

Wholesome

[@AVM26]

Terran Command is better than both.

[@ChessJourneyman]

You were never a SC player to begin with.

[@RowdyNoo]

I used to upset my nerdy friend whenever I asked if he was gonna play "World of Starcraft" this weekend 😂

[@Joe-z3n]

@@AVM26brother thats like a completely different game compared to helldivers

[@cybergothika6906]

Its impressive how the movie makes a satire so ridiculous, that when reality shows up the music then stops. Brilliant just brilliant.

[@JiTiAr35]

Because in the future we don't use tanks anymore 😂

[@lincolndunford6693]

Or artillery, air support, grenades, orbital bombardment, missiles, or nuclear weapons.

[@homer700]

@@lincolndunford6693 The bugs do all of this instead xD

[@EduardoZamora-s8k]

Well like they said in the movie they really underestimated the bugs so they got whooped But then again they don’t use any of support thought out the other invasions 😅 guess the military uses all its funds to buy fuel for all the ships

[@arthurdirindinjr1792]

​@@lincolndunford6693 Beat me to it Not even a flamethrower or white phosphorus grenade among them Of how about a M61A1 29mm Vulcan?

[@KillrMonkey19]

They went in expecting this to be an easy fight and probably believed a ton of foot soldiers was more than enough, and unfortunately for them they found out the hard way it was the exact opposite

[@LamborghiniDiabloSVPursuit]

Invents ships capable of space travel. Forgets basic modern infantry squad tactics we've developed since WW2.

[@emanueleg.4651]

It's a satyre about war, not a documentary about how you fight.

[@janspicak6867]

wait till you hear about Warhammer 40k

[@LamborghiniDiabloSVPursuit]

​@@janspicak6867 Why tho? I know about it. Guardsmen, Fire Warriors, and even Eldari warriors know how to coordinate themselves as a unit. Hell, in certain circumstances, even the Orks can.

[@janspicak6867]

Well in W40K some units fight as normal units nowadays but then later on they use Napoleonic or even medieval warfare like here in this clip

[@willywonka7812]

It's a satire about fas cism. Not just war​@@emanueleg.4651

[@maxswenson6605]

You mean to tell me Starship Troopers is not a documentary? Inconceivable!

[@ozgurinsan]

Still better than 99 % of movies in 2024

[@twcnz3570]

Yup. No woke in dis one!!😅

[@lewiscarson3086]

​@@twcnz3570this movie is about a fascist society

[@trent11ify]

whats comical is, the ships can hold maybe 20 troopers, but when it lands, there's like a 100 of them coming out from each lol

[@Alandl1138]

AHAHAHAHAH

[@thefitnerd5116]

Filmmaking camera tricks. 😹

[@Heifetzfan]

Advanced clown car technology. 😂

[@archmagosdominusbelisarius8836]

​@@Heifetzfani need 70 clowns, get in😂

[@Heifetzfan]

@@archmagosdominusbelisarius8836 You bet! I'm doing my part!

[@Vejur9000]

This movie was spectacular fun. Oscar worthy visual effects, and one hell of a ferocious race.

[@joepowell1889]

The most unrealistic part is the Marines running to the dropships. Anyone that's ever been in the military knows that they would have been sitting in those dropships for 6 hours before deployment.

[@Nevermore-eq9lx]

They probably practiced and drilled running to the drop ships hundreds of times before this. So they could film it for propaganda purposes

[@moribundknight2896]

I thought the most unrealistic thing was the script and camera

[@JarthenGreenmeadow]

@@moribundknight2896 I thought the most unrealistic thing was the 12 foot tall alien spiders.

[@npcimknot958]

Maybe you gotta copy this facist military then 😂

[@dakotahansen9613]

I thought the most unrealistic thing was the interstellar travel?

[@NahtsWorld]

Me and my squad when we drop into Hell Divers 2

[@Afineaddition]

Always bring your Breaker, Guard Dog Rover, and Eagle 500 KG

[@James-n6o9e]

Orbital laser napalm adn sentries

[@xxiSHTAr9000x]

Laser cannon, personally. I’m saving up for the auto cannon, but it’s nothing to scoff at

[@wilhufftarkin5852]

Incendiary Breaker

[@LoganfogansS]

No air support, no heavy weapons, no flamers, no grenades, no tanks. Oh, wait, they have 2 rocket launchers and 1 cameraman.

[@turtledove41]

Dude literally had his leg practically cut in half and still kept shooting

[@KINGGOLDrus]

If he had used a stim, he would had run away

[@destinationskyline07]

He made General in like 10 years. Rico is a beast

[@newt6451]

Looks like that first shot had already killed both of them, but the second comes in just for extra overkill measure. 4:39 And this scene always spooked me a bit, especially younger, just a shocked, upper-half of a corpse being thrown at you. 8:09 This movie is just phenomenal. So detailed, goofy, stupid, epic, realistic, all around. Anyway, good movie.

[@levierdragon]

One of the extremely rare times human wave / meat wave tactics are deployed in a sci-fi movie.

[@Commanderziff]

Calling any of this 'tactics' seems extremely generous.

[@NathanielNerquaye-Tetteh-uz2nf]

Well it is the tactic of throwing mass amount of meat at another mass amount of meat

[@danielcohen99]

@@Commanderziffwell it’s what Russia did in Ww2 and they won

[@peterwong5993]

​@@danielcohen99 and losing nearly 20 million military personnel in the process.

[@RuiRuichi]

​@@danielcohen99 Starship troopers movies is a fun kind of stupid. Troopers made the Russians look like geniuses in ww2 at least the latter used actual combined armes with artillery, tanks, and air support. Russians really had no choice they were underequipped and waited until their relocated factories could finally make equipment and the lend lease from the Allies kept them in the fight.

[@joshuasmyth3115]

"boy! I wish i was a helldiver! That would be sick!" *me being instantly enlisted as a SEAF grunt, experiencing this on my first hour on the bug front:*

[@edstraker8451]

Klemdathu tv: "And that's all we have time for, this week, insectoids. Be sure to tune in next week, when we visit the Chop Shop. Alien invaders from Earth drop in for some uninvited shenanigans, but oyr boys turned them into BBQ bits.... Fun for the whole Colony!"

[@Izzyduude]

Hands down some of the most clueless people. We got Rambo charging in, the lady freaking out and not staying with her platoon, the news people who don’t understand that staying in the front is a shitty idea and then Rico pausing to admire his kill and not getting away. That’s a bold strategy Cotton let’s see how it pans out.

[@newt6451]

Satire, ma dude.

[@kronos0007]

Later on they also state they underestimated the bugs

[@ericvizsla]

That bug who kidnapped that lady, what do you think happened to her? I thought the bugs didn’t take prisoners 😮

[@yami122]

@@ericvizsla Her brain's getting sucked out by a brain bug that you discover later in the movie exists

[@E.V.A.N-COProductions]

People will go and say. "SAATIRREEE!!" But forget that in order for satire to work. _It kinda needs to be funny.. It's just.. Stupid man, just stupid._

[@Dust_kormoi]

What really bugged me in this movie was how ineffective the ammo was against the creatures. Several soldiers emptying entire mags to take down one bug.

[@daveymcintosh1219]

yeah but that’s also kinda what’s great about it. this fascistic ideal of a military is completely unprepared for this threat that they’ve whipped all of humanity into a xenophobic rage against

[@OriginalName011]

The bugs do have weak spots but they were untrained and they were probably harder to hit so they relied on spraying

[@SaintVic2287]

Such a way underrated film! I was ten years old when it came out and I watch it at least once a year!

[@juliovictormanuelschaeffer8370]

Just another day in Malevolon Creek.

[@thesalvadorianwarrior798]

Hell yeah brother

[@planesofimagination2182]

For democracy

[@juliovictormanuelschaeffer8370]

@@planesofimagination2182 FOR SUPER EARTH! (survival not included).

[@hevyguy8192]

Malevolon Creek is actually... automatons planet... YET.

[@JustaSmilingHedgehog]

Crazy how well the effects hold up almost 20 years later.

[@kodaavkin_music]

almost?

[@AtlasAS7D]

Closer to 30.

[@BillCasey-r7c]

I'm getting older. Maybe.

[@ADZ01982]

Remember watching this in the cinemas back in 1997...incredible !

[@joseluismezagarcia.7524]

I was 10 years old😹😹😹

[@ArnoldJudasRimmer..]

The yellow and black stripes on their legs, made these things look even more menacing then I remember...

[@urbansoldier1]

1:17 past all this years ... i am still in love with dizzy flores..... even with 61 now 😄

[@Therealonepunch]

the bugs are the scariest and deadliest cgi bad guys ever. from the movement to their menacing resistance to bullets. an actual scary villain

[@pj9888]

The irony in this movie is that humans were the bad guys. The bugs were only defending themselves. It was humanities government that diverted the asteroid to take out Buenas Aires to give them an excuse to wipe out their species. It was a false flag by the fascist human government, to start a war to wipe out the bugs. Did nobody else see this interpretation despite all the propaganda?

[@faribrathwaite7080]

Cameraman was committed to getting the perfect shot

[@guysky3873]

They were planning for an exclusive interview with the enemy😂 . . . and they got it!

[@grayhourproductions]

I like that most of the sets feel like a 90s mall.

[@housesolace7649]

If you guys want this kind of immersion beyond the 4 player Helldivers 2 offering, check out Starship Troopers: Extermination. It's 16 player platoon style chaotic bliss with the full backing of TriStar Pictures behind it, so you're getting the music, the memorable "Would you like to know more?" style of propaganda, and the 90's over-the-top "guns blazing" style of bug warfare.

[@zate1982]

What a masterpiece in satire and interpretation of war. Nothing more dehumanizing than represent your enemy as a faceless bug. This movie needs to be studied for years as the cult classic that it is.

[@davetomlinson9063]

Weapons seem inadequate against bugs,entire squad fires at one for a kill,lots of ammunition at very short range for the kill. Should be one on one.

[@stevemt3238]

The special effects were top-notch then, and they still are now. Great movie.

[@JClaus1221]

If you watch this as a campy comedy, it's one of the greatest films ever made.

[@Barsabus]

What?

[@blakeyonthebuses]

Amazing film. Every single scene is completely watchable.

[@Nonyabusiness911]

Even Star Trek had phasers. It’s so funny they still shoot bullets and fly around the universe.

[@guysky3873]

The series Firefly, made 4 years later, had the same juxtaposition. Funfact: episode 2's train scene had Federation soldiers (wearing the same equipment).

[@DartLuke]

To have effective energy weapon you need to have compact power source. Look at BSG2003, or Expanse, or even Mass Effect. They have advanced railguns, not lasers

[@zeroizeable]

Greatest film making I have ever seen.

[@BeautilufMusic]

Press F for the marine stumbling at 00:20

[@frankman2]

Love this movie. Just noticed though ... the atmosphere and pressure is just exactly right for humans.

[@archmagosdominusbelisarius8836]

Watch any scifi. Any planet they step on is just like earth in every aspect but with blue flowers and green ground. Its so shitty writing😂

[@IronDragon-2143]

You know they should consider themselves lucky they're only fighting the Arachnids, as bad as they are. Imagine the horrors they'd face fighting the Tyranids, Orks, Necrons, or Chaos.

[@kennethvilla4547]

The Zerg too. Arachnids are terrifying, but they are still vulnerable to mass fire. And they sometimes retreat. The Zerg will just keep going until everyone’s dead or Kerrigan gets bored 😂

[@IronDragon-2143]

​@kennethvilla4547 I don't know who the Zerg are, what franchise do they come from?

[@kennethvilla4547]

@@IronDragon-2143 Starcraft

[@WolfLibraryAudio]

Given their complete lack of actual tactics or proper fire discipline. These ‘troopers’ wouldn’t have even been considered for the PDF, let alone an actual Imperial Guard Regiment. Unless of course, they were penal legionnaires. In which case, all of this makes sense. Send in the cons to draw out the target, then pummel with arty, or naval fire. What was that? The penal legion’s danger close to the enemy? Not at all, they’re in close quarters engagement. Pinning the enemy for us to give a more accurate artillery barrage.

[@IronDragon-2143]

@@WolfLibraryAudio Gotta love the grimdark of Warhammer 40,000.

[@warriorking0723]

The imperial military in star wars had better tactics than those troopers.

[@KMDragonS]

And better weapons

[@bigcheesevirus]

For how old this film is, the effects are still brilliant.

[@AlexarAceplays]

bro the camera guy took the joke that they never die WAY too seriously

[@adku2318]

I love the fact even though this movie was a flop, its cultural significance has inspired many games and references to this day :)

[@richardthiele8363]

Should be a ride for this at the amusement parks. The kids will love it!

[@Alaninbroomfield]

Loved the rockets, the soundtrack, and the spirit conveyed in this scene. WELL done.

[@davidmurphy8364]

I love that Verhooven inadvertently made one of the greatest action films of all time😂

[@Sphynra]

Inadvertenly? Verhoeven is great at making action films, he made Robocop too.

[@davidmurphy8364]

@@Sphynra Yeah he was trying to make a satire of fascism but ended up making one of the all time great action movies😂

[@jamiejoe4802]

He made 3 Robocop, Total Recal, and Starship troopers

[@Sphynra]

@@davidmurphy8364 It’s both a satire of fascism and one of the greatest action movies, those things are not mutually exclusive.

[@willywonka7812]

​@@davidmurphy8364you're a Sargon fan, so failing to recognise fasc ism is what you've been programmed to do

[@piercegalactic]

Wow!! I forgot how amazing this movie is!!!

[@Matt-cl4mp]

8:10 not even the camera man survived. Thats how you know you are in deep shit

[@kevinblackbird8302]

Best movie from my childhood👌🏽

[@TheJordanjones3]

Outside of their shitty tactics. (lack there of) Best scene in the movie

[@Alandl1138]

They thought that bugs are weak.

[@williamglass2223]

I just played that new Starship Troopers Extermination game last night and at multiple points it was EXACTLY like this. Just sheer panic. All your strategy goes out the door and it’s just pull trigger and hold.

[@johnnyRandomadness]

1: This movie is science fiction 2: This movie is a social commentary 3: This movie is a social commentary 3: This movie is science fiction 4: if you missed 3 go back to 1 5: this movie is a satire

[@scdoty777]

True but the wrong social commentary vs the book

[@kino9356]

I remember watching this as a kid on VHS. It was a favorite! And when I played Halo: CE thanks to my auntie who had an Xbox I would always say “this is just like Starship Troopers!” and then the Flood happened. A good childhood memory of mine.

[@TheKomandante94]

Best combat drop scene in sci-fi movies history. Everything is just perfect.

[@daneoman1000]

Aliens has another good drop ship scene

[@TheKomandante94]

​@@daneoman1000but the scale is not so big. Aliens had a dozen troopers and one ship, but ST has a thousands soldiers, hundreds of dropships and spaceships and millions of bugs

[@Universal_exports87]

Nothing says effective infantryman like a weapon sans ironsights and a knife for a sidearm. Great movie.

[@thomohawk82]

It was great to be alive in the 90s! What an era & the movies were pur gold

[@joelaroche8103]

You got to love how there was a stand off at 5:30, basic confusion on the MI leadership and the bug behing like,>

[@LawrenceReitan]

The "Remember your training" shot was the best, together with the music increasing tension. Art, pure art

[@natesturm448]

2:16, close your eyes, listen to that yell, and tell me you don't hear R2D2.

[@Ricardo-g1y]

Gracias por esta película di tienen más aquí listo para disfrutarlas 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😅

[@solvablesea4093]

For a 1997 movie this holds up really well

[@EMPRESSERISSOVEREIGNGODDESS]

PERFECT. 💋❤💛💙

[@chlbrn]

After nearly 30 years, this scene still gives me goosebumps

[@rethabileoliphant6367]

Such an underrated & misunderstood film. A genuis satirical takedown of facsism. If only this film came out in 2017 instead of 1997. People would've understood it better..

[@canttouchme5118]

I still think the shower scene is the best.

[@Naseem328]

I really enjoyed starship troopers when I was a kid, it’s funny looking back at it now, but back then, this was pretty cool and still is 😌. I remember they made a animated series as well and used to watch that on the Saturday mornings haha

[@jameswarne5915]

This has no business looking so good 27 years later

[@joseluismezagarcia.7524]

The what...?

[@GameReplays-]

i like how soldier just sent to an alien planet with no air support what so ever.Its like spray and pray

[@johnh5646]

Who is here after playing helldivers 2?

[@mcren6781]

This movie is so fun. What a masterpiece.

[@bizzyizzy9526]

Any sane military commander would have started off with orbital bombardment followed by an aerial bombardment/assault and then finally mechanized/armored Troopers to mop up and secure The zone with heavy air support. The whole time supported with artillery and Medical support units To take care of and evacuate the wounded. 😒

[@NahtsWorld]

Agreed, again the movie kept emphasising the bugs are dumb and can't coordinate, but they got butt fked

[@supersegway9464]

Yeah the movie about humans fighting giant bugs is unrealistic, who’d have thought

[@Sharkopath2]

Funny enough, the next mission starts off just like that😅

[@simonphoenix3789]

Usually the people who make movies aren't very good at thinking about what rational people would do. But at least this movie is meant to be tongue in cheek, and a lot of it is just there to poke fun at the stupidity of it all.

[@invictusgaming8491]

The movie was made by the director to be a satire of Facism. The whole scene was the point of not underestimating your opponents, yet at the same time they were somehow a threat that could lob an asteroid across the galaxy.

[@silkdawn7641]

The only movie Ive gone back and watched again at the theaters.