The Brain Bug Eats Zander's Brain | Starship Troopers

The leader of the bugs is revealed as the brain bug needs to feed to gain information on it's human enemies… | Buy or rent Starship Troopers here: amzo.in/movie/...
Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species known as "the Bugs".
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[@JohannesSchulze-vk1sk]

Can we all accept, how good the CGI was there? Holy Moly. I mean this thing is old as fuk.

[@Omsip123]

It’s pretty good, but I think the close-ups were not CGI

[@ahmadsantoso9712]

The CGI is terrible, but it combines with practical effects that are not terrible. Like when the boss bug sucks the guy's brain, that's not CGI.

[@alessandrozuffi5068]

@@ahmadsantoso9712 not that bad at all considering how old it is, it's still acceptable

[@4exgold]

The effects were decent enough for the storyline overall.

[@CamronSixx22]

@@alessandrozuffi5068 That's what they mean. The CGI is bad but it holds up pretty well despite being almost 30 years old, because practical effects were still mainly used. It's why Jurassic Park still looks good, but something from like 10 years ago that uses a metric fuck ton of CGI doesn't.

[@NealewallFC2001]

This haunted me as a kid when I first saw this scene

[@heron123100]

Fr it’s so damn nasty I even have trouble seeing it now as 30 yr old

[@snyperwulffgaming9575]

Same, that shit was traumatizing lol.

[@JBHAYES]

FACTS😂😂😂

[@xRoofkoreanx]

I still squint… like a bitch

[@davidgriffiths7696]

Letting children watch as the poor man’s brain is noisily slurped out by that disgusting monster and gulped down like protein smoothie. They will dream about brains sucked out.

[@smileydude12]

Starship Troopers is probably the best 'cheesy' scifi action/horror movie of all time. Still holds up tp this day. A true classic.

[@javiobeso42]

Event Horizon though

[@pipipupu5104]

​@@javiobeso42 why did he called it cheesy?

[@jinx_pachi4061]

It’s not horror at all dude

[@Dansuperfly]

the gruesome scenes add that horror element to it.@@jinx_pachi4061

[@SonateSonate]

Not cheesy and not horror. Still one of the best sci-fi flicks ever.

[@Gannava6]

I love how Carmen goes from being severley injured by the aliens to hey my arm is perfectly fine now and I can use a big ass gun without any problems now.

[@garrus6000]

she used a stim and yelled, "NOT TODAY!"

[@totaltryhard2151]

FREEDOM NEVER SLEEPS

[@kilianklin7891]

That's not so bad. It's just a small scratch that shouldn't get any dirt into it, otherwise it will become very inflamed :)

[@MannysVisionStudio]

Right?! Her arm should be almost completely torn off from how massive that thing went through her arm lol

[@frarfarf]

lol she got fully impaled through the upper body... that would be the end of her

[@DrewMack316]

These special effects held up well for a movie made in 1997.

[@jameskocks4734]

less CGI

[@4exgold]

Yeah they were good enough. Not as good as Terminator 2 which was 6 years older but T2 probably had a bigger budget

[@9WEAVER9]

No that actor actually got his brain eaten just for this scene. Greatness like this comes at a heavy price

[@JeefLmao]

If that thing ate my brain it would become severely mentally challenged

[@Leo_Tigre]

😂😂😂

[@randomcommenter1433]

Zander's death scared the skeleton out of me as a child.

[@raven4k998]

meh that was the point of that scene

[@YannickMenning]

A real deal of brain drain. 🤯

[@lovetownsend]

There's no movie like this movie. You can't tell if it's a joke or 100% serious. Amazing.

[@marcoantoniodiazvaldes7983]

Like warhammer 40k

[@A1i3N337]

people who question if this movie is ironic or not is how trump got into office

[@nathanhaley1353]

The guys living in your head rent free.

[@josephjackson9679]

Its so obviously a satire, there isnt even any question as that was the director's explicit intention when filming

[@UnderTheBridge96]

@@A1i3N337Dang…you even found a way to bring Trump into Starship Troopers 🤦‍♂️ your obsession is unhealthy

[@DrunkardTV]

"YOU LIKE THAT?! YOU LIKE THAT?! YOU WANT SOME MORE?!" We need this line in Helldivers.

[@raven4k998]

Zander wasn't using his brains anyways so let the bug eat em then at least they are being of some use🤣

[@bluehydro88]

That brain bug straight up boba strawed that dude's head

[@hedgehog1684]

burp!

[@nortonsmind]

How was she still using that arm!?!?!? LOLOL

[@jacobpop1]

Im pretty sure it didnt hit her nerves… The main arm nerves are in your armpit

[@astrius4125]

@@jacobpop1 Ok about main nerves, but muscles? bones? lungs? Arteries? lymph vessels? Considering how thick that piercing leg was, it's impossible that she would be still alive, let alone even have a functional arm. Even in the unlikely scenario that she could have survived that, she would still be unconscious due to hypovolemic shock due to blood loss.

[@jacobpop1]

@@astrius4125 Man idk its an old ass movie

[@jacobpop1]

@@astrius4125But.. it looked like it probably skimmed the bone (which is highly unlikely) and important nerves because i didnt see much blood..

[@jacobpop1]

@@astrius4125Nvm.. it also could be adrenaline..

[@robinpage2730]

I love how their guns always have infinite ammo. That's some future tech, right there!

[@federikus2928]

Only at the end of the movie! Also in the beginning their bullet didn’t do shit, now one dude can take down dozens of insects..yet awesome movie

[@Microbe1972]

Just shrink the ammunition and speed it up... it will do the same amount of damage. Imagine guns that can accelerate atoms or molecules to light speed... they would have nearly unlimited ammo... well, not unlimited energy to do so, but unlimited ammo ;-)

[@jumpfrogable]

@@federikus2928 I like to believe the reason for this is that at the beginning they treated the bugs like humans and were destroyed. By the middle of the movie they learned where they should actually be shooting.

[@bort6414]

@@Microbe1972 Not exactly. As you increase speed and decrease size, you increase penetration. Eventually you will have overpenetration, and any amount of energy left in the projectile will be lost. A needle traveling at a velocity sufficient to deal damage equal to a modern rifle round would zip through a target dealing minimal damage, even to vitals.

[@Microbe1972]

@@bort6414 There you are totally right... Maybe shooting atoms or nucleus that interact with the atoms / molecules of the bugs... little fusion-reactions inside the bugs would cause critical damage 😄😄😄

[@AgentQQ8]

“3 klicks, south by southwest.” LoL. They just covered 3 kilometers in 4 1/2 minutes. That’s a 2 minute 25 second mile. These space troopers really are built different, LoL.

[@HeeroAvaren]

Sounds like you're not doing your part.

[@jdubo1998]

They ain't called the *mobile* infantry for nothing.

[@Jordan-vr7ip]

Watkins went out like a G!

[@phoeunphoeun-uv5yo]

ដូចអ្វីដែរបង

[@estevanguzman7456]

This f'd me up so hard as a kid it took me over 20 years to watch this scene again... and now it's kind of funny to me.

[@c3ramics]

He went out like a champ!

[@LordTalax]

Pretty soft kid huh?

[@peagie_chan2387]

“Hehe I punch metal for fun” ahh comment

[@EyeMixMusic]

Imagine a hundred troopers all passing the knife to the guy behind them and getting killed for no reason 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@SaraMorgan-ym6ue]

well now you know Zader lost his brains to a bug🤣🤣🤣

[@SuskOFF]

The reason why he gave her the knife was his leg beig busted. There was a slight chance for Karmen to run away.

[@SaraMorgan-ym6ue]

@@SuskOFF that and he wanted to know what getting his brains sucked out of his head would feel like🤣

[@robertveith6383]

​@@SuskOFF -- That does not make sense. He could have cut off part of the Brain bug, just as she wound up doing.

[@JosephHardy-ye2gs]

​@@robertveith6383And than what? Run with a mauled leg? No, the brain bug would just end up killing you anyway.

[@SolitudesSanity]

shout out to my senior year high school science teacher that showed us this gem of a movie and many more scifi classics that came before my time

[@Gerald.BrofIovski]

Why didn't he cut the brain succer sting so that both of them would have survived. Just asking... 😂

[@Microbe1972]

Because he gave his knife to Carmen moments before?

[@Gerald.BrofIovski]

@@Microbe1972 No shit Sherlock but why?

[@Microbe1972]

@@Gerald.BrofIovskibecause the director wanted it like that? It is not about WHY... if you want an answer: Maybe to show how protective he is? Maybe he is stupid? Maybe he didn't see this coming? He didn't know about the brain-needle-sucker-thing... how should he have predicted this thing?

[@aaronharrington6626]

They probably would have then been ripped to shreds by the dozens upon dozens of surrounding bugs if they did that.

[@protein9023]

I thought he gave the knife to her because he didn’t know who it would de-brain first. And he would rather her have a chance than him

[@jamesbang7912]

Crazy how Everything gets a remake except star ship troopers😂😂😂

[@bhall19875]

Great on its own! No remake needed!

[@jamesbang7912]

@@bhall19875 true...but great movies are remade...

[@monsterrateh3685]

@@jamesbang7912and made into crap

[@grezdaed]

If they did a remake, how many of the characters do you think will become gay and/or black?

[@willywonka7812]

​@@grezdaedit sounds like you need a refresher course on fas cism

[@SeanKillblane]

Watkins death and final stand coupled with the music ALWAYS moves me to tears. It’s literally perfect. The stuff of legends.

[@ijustwantpizzaman]

Another great reason to become a Helldiver, see you out there soldiers.

[@eeefe972]

Nah pads the game is ass

[@lungjuice69]

just say you're poor, more convincing

[@eeefe972]

@@lungjuice69 except I 100% think the game is ass is repetitive and boring to me

[@L.A.S._productions]

FOR DEMOCRACY

[@protein9023]

Watson was a great character. Went out like a champ

[@jasone.4689]

The best and last starship troopers movie ever

[@fwwaller]

impressive how well the CGI still holds up

[@MrZillas]

Another dumb kid.

[@Jay-og4yb]

It literally looks like cgi from the 90's.

[@m003e3]

bro should've just thrown the stratagem already

[@jamietheshaymin9290]

Fr he should’ve ⬆️➡️⬇️⬇️⬇️

[@dominiclenguyen1437]

There are underground

[@vikingd33]

@@dominiclenguyen1437 then you throw 2

[@ethanduncan1646]

They picked mini nuke as their equipment strategem.

[@tonimarx6405]

I was at a friend's house when i was a teen back in the 90's and he had picked this up from the video shop on VHS. I had never even heard of it at the time. We smoked a joint and got some pizza and watched this movie and i was blown away at how great it was! I miss those care-free days.

[@huntere9782]

it is kind of crazy how good this movie looks for how old it is

[@spencersecrest6001]

It might they actually are playing older movies at the theater

[@HomerErectus]

Looks like a 90s movie. And an awesome one at that!

[@monKeman495]

good movie 🤡🤡 for fkin 10yr old

[@pipipupu5104]

​@@monKeman495 you didn't like this movie?

[@monKeman495]

@@pipipupu5104 this movie is too childish brother

[@demetriushill1117]

Who’s here bc of helldivers 2??👀👀

[@MrZillas]

Here are the most stupid comments: 1) "That scared me, when I watched it as a kid." ... It's not a movie for kids. 2) "The CGI still looks good." .... For facks sake, CGI was not invented in 2020! 3) "How can she hold a heavy gun?" .... Okay, but the rest of the movie was realistic for you? Big bugs? Breathable atmosphere on other planets? 4) "The movie still looks good for its age." .... Absolutely born after 2010. 5) "This movie is stupid." ..... So are you, if you dont get all the messages.

[@denifnaf5874]

For 5) the message of the movie is the opposite of the book

[@BaBaWushka]

Im not going to put this lightly: ➡️➡️⬇️⬅️➡️⬇️

[@OneDarkCutie]

I can't believe they actually sacrificed a guy for this scene. Legendary.

[@alanboody7004]

So she basically had her shoulder obliterated, but was able to hold up a heavy machine gun... movies lol

[@GameDjeenie]

This movie was basically Starcraft... with Marines and Zerglings/Hydralisks. They really needed Firebats because them guns don't do shit lol

[@ahmadsantoso9712]

They need Vultures.

[@tinhoang6531]

in next sequel they used big ass machine like in matrix movie to kill bugs.

[@JL-ku7wo]

They needed Seige Tanks…Ready to Roll Out!

[@Cimegs5088]

Imagine Dennis Richard’s as Nova

[@mephistoxd2627]

Eh, as long as they don't have Banelings... But yeah, flamethrowers are one of the few things that could have made the movie more epic.

[@peterson0618]

This was such a stupid movie. I've seen it at least 100 times and I'll surely watch it at least 100 more. Love it.

[@GladaKalle]

That comment just made my day! 😂 I know this movie has a stupid story and other things but when i saw it for the very first time as a young boy, i was in love in science-fiction! 😍

[@smileydude12]

It's definitely one of those movies that falls into the category of 'its so stupid that its awesome'.

[@pipipupu5104]

​@@smileydude12please can you explain why are people calling it stupid though??

[@pipipupu5104]

​@@smileydude12can you explain why are people calling it stupid movie?

[@4exgold]

It was a commentary on fascism.

[@OGBoogs]

So Helldivers 2 got a live action film, cool

[@Ross-ng4xl]

Starship Troopers got a video game, u mean. But yeah.

[@Ripa-Moramee]

Starship troopers came out before you were born kid (1997)

[@seadragonyt5391]

Can’t tell a joke when you see one?

[@badongjack7189]

we getting a new creature les gooo

[@gtaipan7422]

3:15 Did anybody noticed he crawled in front of these cockroach insects and hissed at them like a grumpy cat? Then the closest insect makes an odd noise as if it felt offended by it?

[@JohnDoe-tj8lj]

for democrocy!

[@JohnDoe-tj8lj]

@user-nd6qv6ly3o go take a nap kid

[@4exgold]

😂😂😂

[@dthomas1535]

OG Helldivers 😎

[@MishaDalila]

This were the first helldivers ever. No stratagems, no infinite ammo, just guys with rifles and granades.

[@Yhinzo]

This movie is a masterpiece ❤

[@miketownsend8247]

If the brain sucker can pierce therw a skull i doubt that knife is cutting therw it

[@benc2798]

how the heck the woman with a big ass hole in her shoulder and she could still hold a gun and shoot like nothing at all. 🤣🤣🤣

[@jordan32337]

Why did dude just keep the knife an cut it himself

[@timmy6890]

This makes the top of my head itch

[@themonsterunderyourbed9408]

Let the brain bug scratch it 🤣

[@dimaprimkulov4570]

@7:10 With an injury like that, I'm not sure how she can just walk away like it's a papercut.

[@ParhelionGame]

She would be struggling to breath. Left lung fully pierced and most likely filling with blood, potential major subclavian vessels punctured, broken scapula, and a whole mess of muscle and nerve damage. But still one good lung, and a whole lot of adrenaline. She could potentially walk away but she would most likely die (bleed out or potentially drown in her own blood) without immediate care.

[@gregbors8364]

This movie is a dark comedy

[@jackcummins2275]

Straight through the brachial plexus

[@TheStraightestWhitest]

Women.

[@sealdoggydog]

Recent Interviews with her said that it was because they shot those scenes out of order, with the celebration scene being filmed early on. It didn't occur to her at the time she had a massive puncture wound there!

[@HarTini-oi1oi]

I was watching it first time at 8 years old And now i'm 29 years old

[@mokemm]

You watched it in 2003.

[@HarTini-oi1oi]

@@mokemm Yes is that

[@lamhe21century]

Same

[@denifnaf5874]

2:08 makes thematical sense since zanders was an asshole

[@muhayminquddusasri5043]

íts funny to see how that girl can use her left arm completely after that huge stab wound. She should have breathing difficulties too by that time let alone being able to use her left arm to hold the gun and fire in full auto without any pain

[@williammorris4327]

Yeah Watkins was a pussy. He barely got a scratch,and couldn't carry on. 😅😅

[@aidanwarren4980]

Meanwhile the redshirt gets slashed across the stomach and he’s no longer able to move and 100% ready to sacrifice himself

[@kn3448]

@muhayminquddusasri5043 It's just a movie! You throw your toys out the pram at made up movie bollocks yet a real life situation sees a 90lb woman lift a two ton car to save her baby from being crushed under the wheel and you have no qualms with that. You'd be surprised at the effect adrenaline can have on a human body.

[@TheDGAF06]

Man you’re trying to find realism in starship troopers!! Get a grip lad.

[@davidh9844]

Bug saliva has amazing healing powers.

[@craddocraddoc]

Denise Richards gets impaled by a 20cm diameter bug arm through the shoulder and a few minutes later moves away like nothing had happened...

[@pagan2267]

exactly what I was thinking lmfao

[@samirjonathan392]

Mate it's a fücking movie c'mon

[@MrZillas]

But the big bugs didnt bother you?

[@GarbearFitness]

One of the most disgusting things I’ve ever seen. I’ll watch it for a 4th time.

[@Royal-Rover]

In the real arthropod world, it’s often seen among predators, assassin bugs, spiders, etc. They literally suck up liquified tissue from their prey, regardless of brains or not.

[@austintaylor1378]

Tha fak

[@ericfischer8295]

Yeah.. but pretty sure your not getting ANY information from crunched up brain matter

[@JethroIngka]

For democracy

[@smokingbeetles5793]

Watched this film with no expectations when i was a kid. It's one of my favorite sci-fi of all time

[@arclite95]

Kakashi says if you leave your comrades behind youre worse than scum.

[@AH-is5yg]

Zander is wrong, there will never anyone like him to kill the bugs. Zander was a jerk and got what he deserves. If there are people like Zander then they will die horribly.

[@JimmyBoy9878]

How was he horrible?

[@kinjychampion9651]

Anyone here because of Hell divers 2 😂

[@azertu2u2]

starship troopers would be R rated today with no budget

[@keybladegames_real]

she got stabbed in the shoulder yet can move that arm no problem

[@ShuyGuy397]

Yeah Right?

[@CliveNebula71]

Helluva guy. Helluva way to go.

[@txhuavang7989]

for the year this came out this was amazing lol

[@MrBKing86]

Legend says he's still asking if they like that even in death

[@davidgriffiths7696]

That’s not the only one there were other brains sucked out

[@cornerofthemoon]

The Starship Trooper special effects hold up extremely well considering that CGI technology was relatively new at the time. It looks better than many high budget Sci Fi films today,

[@MacaldaReye]

I can’t believe they made helldivers into a real thing

[@saywhat4082]

Helldiver mode on Helldivers 2 on a Terminid planet

[@beefychickens-8276]

Bro said ⬆️➡️⬇️⬇️⬇️

[@zipzikin7084]

When i kid i realy scare this scene

[@mattymatt1626]

Them unlimited rounds 3D printing ammo as they fire is awesome!

[@daPvta]

I miss movies like this... when Hollywood wasn't afraid of blood.

[@dracodragneel5836]

I'm still confused what exactly were the humans goals on the planet?

[@willywonka7812]

Expansion. It's a commentary on a militant fasc ist society that wants to take and destroy.

[@RasitSakayk]

Daha güçlü silahlar gerekiyor böyle çıcuk oyuncakları deyil. Mesala tam otamatik ısı duyarlı füzeler ve lav silahları

[@ShannonDoesVr]

Helldivers is the game version of this movie.

[@johnozzmond9728]

Who sends a troop transport with two troops?

[@deceased._]

Could of just left the knife with him so he could at least protect himself for some time lol

[@jessiebeck8891]

To quote Rick Platypus: Brain juices! R.I.P. Gilbert Gottfried, who voiced him.

[@RyanSmith6644]

When I saw the brain bug suck that guys brain like a capri sun I actually thought it was putting larva in his head. I later found out what really happened. Such a gross scene.

[@Sahilprakash1999]

the Brain Bug is the leader of the Bug

[@theindooroutdoorsman]

Nope, watch the third movie.

[@Sahilprakash1999]

​@@theindooroutdoorsman well it is

[@rotyler2177]

the brain bug commanded all the bugs on the planet to attack because the hoomans attacked them first

[@robertmartin6800]

@@rotyler2177 The bugs attacked first.

[@rotyler2177]

@@robertmartin6800 their homeworld was threatened and the bugs counter attacked. There was a big, long documentary/review of Starship troopers some time ago. cant remember what it was called.. breaking down the storyline. The humans are the bad guys in this movie.

[@linsybandicoot1055]

Metal slug 3 slug parasit

[@punishment2560]

As they're shooting the bugs on the way out of the tunnel, they hear behind them: "sounds like you can use a little bit of democracy!"

[@darrenflowers4506]

This movie is one of the worst and best movies of all time never get tired of watching it

[@Patriciadiko]

For Super Earth!

[@Jarismic]

Guy with the nuke was like ⬆➡⬇⬇⬇

[@idealsAREisomorphic]

At the end after his brain was eaten he should have said “Diversity. Equity. Inclusion”. And then dropped.

[@bdiddy77777]

you right wingers just vomit out the same "jokes" over and over and over and over and over

[@NinoCristianini]

Na he just wouldve said "but her emails"

[@27Flopps]

1 joke

[@logicplague]

@@bdiddy77777 As opposed to just calling everyone who disagrees or points out your hypocrisy an "istaphobe of the week" or "right-wingers"?

[@willywonka7812]

On a movie satirizing fasc ism, you repeat the latest f ash dogwhistle and boogeyman. Hard luck Verhoeven. You can't reach these people

[@Diodontgivadayum]

"Why don't the kill us?" "They want us alive..." Yes, that seems true 😂

[@LordTalax]

Both have the IQ of a turnip

[@denifnaf5874]

​that brain bug would've starved @@LordTalax

[@caseywilliams4145]

It was an awesome show but there is no way Carmen is holding herself up on that arm or even moving it during this scene

[@MrZillas]

The rest of the movie was pretty realistic

[@JackMeyHoffer562]

I don't understand why he didn't just keep the knife and cut off the stinger himself. And please don't say because of the plot....

[@ryukou-e1o]

脳みそを吸われて、顔がシワシワになるシーン‥トラウマになりました。ホラーは結構見たけど、脳みそを食べるゾンビはいてもストローで脳みそを吸い上げて食べる化け物は初めてみた気がします😂🧠🧠🥤

[@Vanaraud]

0.15 Jonny...i know our familys Who greated us waiting us to tested the last test before nucklear supernova opened the gate to universe... millions of life cycle we was training here homeworld...time to end and die last time...two point seven million life cycle training... remember me when you reach earth...and left us message to reade...see you again in homeworld...love mothers and Father s training facility here... ...me to.

[@carlsvrd1098]

how is it that a movie from 1997 with a budget of 105 million dollars had better CGI back in effing 97 than every new marvel movie with 200+ million budget? How is that possible? can someone explain that to me like i'm five?

[@NinoCristianini]

Money laundering

[@Youcancallmeishmaell]

Artistry.

[@silentact1]

Disney being a greedy corporation

[@UKpotatoe]

It is very absurd, the wound in the collarbone that the girl suffered immobilized her almost completely from the arms, and she moves as if nothing had happened😂

[@brinishamza372]

This not truth

[@User556q]

What a stupid ass movie

[@SomersBugtopia]

What a stupid ass opinion

[@Dogmaguy74]

Thats the son of a bitch bug that i saw that was playing in a movie at my dad's step grandma's house! I was watching starship troopers the whole time!? At the wrong age of course...kids are not supposed to see it but i did with my younger brother. Miss you step great grandma...

[@driewiel]

Checking for ticks is no-brainer.

[@LizardGulps]

The 30 second run from a nuke challenge.

[@racookster]

It isn't Heinlein's Starship Troopers, but it's good. If you go in knowing it's satire, it's great.

[@Iamnotradit]

Damn, watching this makes me scared and leave my food when i was child lol

[@grafdp]

Holy fuck. What a nasty movie.

[@jesseguerrero5052]

Anyone ever feel your eyes roll like that after throwing up when you're hungover af?😂

[@yuvarudra6602]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@রাধেরাধে-থ৪ণ]

Can we all accept, how good the CGI was there? Holy Moly. I mean this thing is old as fuk.

[@RaymondArthur73]

The bug was sucking the blood out of the guys head like. Someone drinking soda