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[@jamesgreenshade6065]

I went to school in North West Sydney I dissected a cow heart, sheep lungs and a rat so not sure what you're talking about

[@warwulf4023]

What up pal, the book had them all being South American, Paul Verhoeven switched it out for white people because it suited the message he was trying to send about fascism and propoganda.

[@pete_lind]

This had over $100 mil budget , Starship troopers 2 and 3 , less than $10 mil each , gives some idea if its even worth watching . In part 3 Casper Van Diem is back as Johnny Rico . I dont get the whole dissecting thing , we did not have that in school in Finland , we had these things called biology books . If your not training to be veterinarian , whats the point ?

[@MrRavager420]

argentina was a haven for the nazis who fled after they lost. there is a nazi community. iirc that is also where they (nazis) did the experiments where they would artificially impregnant the indigenous girls to give birth to aryan twins

[@thomassmart4088]

make it 20 minutes

[@dneill8493]

"Make that 20 minutes" And the award for best Military Officer goes to Lieutenant Rasczak.

[@bemasaberwyn55]

Michael Ironside is always a win *ding ding ding*

[@teslapilot5755]

in the book, Dizzy is a Dilly... and this video title suddenly becomes appropriate 🤣

[@Soul_Alpha]

​@@bemasaberwyn55I only know Ironside from here, so I think my words hold weight when I say he was always right and made Rico the Man he's known as by the End.

[@omok2]

I will always associate Ironside as Sam Fisher from the splinter cell games. I hope he returns to acting or voice over.

[@mrcampo19]

The thirstiness of Dizz is legendary. She would have made Rico happier though

[@jamesholcombe435]

Dizzy was far hotter.

[@bobbybrown475]

Woulda made him happier three times per night

[@alistaircraig7849]

But Instead she ended up with more holes in her than swiss cheese

[@dariusthegr8one81]

@@jamesholcombe435u wildin. She was a step below but made up for it in every other category

[@samkaeppel1160]

​@@dariusthegr8one81she was significantly hotter.

[@davewhitmore1958]

Mary: "I don't want to see them get in their brains" Movie: Hold my beer . . .

[@darrentaylor7556]

Exactly what I thought at the time .

[@paratus04]

Zander definitely got Capri’ Sunned by the brain bug.

[@CYB3R2K]

Don't tell her that unvax dogs can give you those by licking you

[@svenpoletka5236]

Mary: "Well I'm glad he had his way with her" Movie: Are you even watching?

[@interviolet6675]

Lol

[@jonnybb]

Think this is the only time I've ever seen someone criticise the 'dated' cgi...it's one of the few that holds up really well.

[@zuur303]

Also the first time I've seen someone utterly oblivious to the fascism layer and rooting for the humans when the bugs are the victims here.

[@CruelestChris]

@@zuur303 Now hold your horses, you might be going a little _too_ far there..

[@candyman1310]

@@CruelestChris how tho? u know a buncha nazis fled to argentina which is y theres a buncha aryan lookin people in this movie and also in real life

[@CruelestChris]

@@candyman1310 Um, you think an entire _population_ of them fled there? Argentina's white population is mostly from Spain and Italy. And I was more talking about the part where you claimed the hive of vicious territorial insects are (or even could be) victims here.

[@MightyPee]

I don't agree for the obvious big bug being flamed in the background as Rico just put the grenade in it. That was the most obvious CGI of all time, IMO. But, rest of the movie was quite great on that note.

[@Jantzku]

I dont think she said "I love you" too soon. I think she had loved him for a very long time. He just didn't give her a chance.

[@LifeisANovel]

You're right. I was thinking the same thing. They've known each other awhile lol.

[@josephwallace202]

Doesn't matter. The characters are one dimensional cutouts, and that's intentional. There's no point plumbing their motives, they're basically empty marionettes meant to keep the satirical plot moving along.

[@redrick8900]

@@josephwallace202 They are archetypes but that doesn't make them one dimensional.

[@j.f.l.bousquet1998]

They can die in the next hours, and she knows it. No time to waste.

[@agony87winter51]

Shame to even need to explain this to her

[@thra-x1855]

just in case your friend gets impaled: just get her to a hospital - DONT go pulling the impaling object out - you'll cause her to bleed out faster.

[@helloweener2007]

Yes, that was one thing we got teached in medic training in the army: don't pull it out. When we did training for the new recruits I was an "actor" and had to play an injured soldier with an impalement. The whole point was that they had to move me without pulling put the taped on rod. If an artery is injured the item might close the injury. When you pull it out, you can bleed to death fast.

[@matthewchristian9591]

or cause more damage while pulling it out depending on what your impaled with it could have ridges that will cut you up when you pull it

[@hereticalpaintjobs]

Truth be told given the bugs spear legs plus the placement of the wounds. We are looking at a collapsed lung a completely destroyed kidney and maybe liver, ruptured intestines not to mention bone fragmentation in the ribs and shoulders, she was a goner whether or not Rico would have pulled out the leg. If anything Rico took her out of her misery much much faster this way,

[@CxOrillion]

@@hereticalpaintjobs Yeah she got kabobed twice before he got there. She was already toast.

[@Talsedoom]

She was stabbed multiple times, they couldn't saved her.

[@CruelestChris]

Well, I mean as an Australian you couldn't dissect a bug because you'd never fit it on such a small table.

[@meewec2091]

that and even dead it'd probably kill someone getting it onto the table

[@digi_edits]

lmao

[@zairac2564]

In Australia you don't dissect the bugs, the bugs dissect you.

[@Dularr]

Australia has college level bug dissection.

[@thesnazzycomet]

The bugs dissect you

[@pwlpc]

Fun Fact: The actor of Rico, Casper van Dien has a daughter who is also an actress. She starred recently in Stranger Things as Chrissy

[@michaelross1452]

Her mom is Catherine Oxenberg right?

[@pwlpc]

@@michaelross1452 yeah

[@beannathrach2417]

Van Dien was also in the comedies Omega Code. and Fire Twister.

[@michaelross1452]

@@beannathrach2417 Omega Code was NOT a comedy lol

[@beannathrach2417]

@@michaelross1452 I'm not sure the filmmakers knew that. Dimanda Hagan has a fun review of Omega Code 1 and 2 and other apocalypse porn.

[@chriskelly3481]

"She was a soldier. And more than that..." "I F**KED her!" 🤣🤣🤣 Jeeze you made me laugh! 😆🤦‍♂️👍 And "astronoid" should totally be a word. 😜

[@patrick7142]

Mary is crazy bro lmao

[@mattpetty1]

Would that not be the word for a Hemorrhoid on an Astronaut ?

[@MrEAus]

​@@mattpetty1 Let's not forget that Domino's Pizza were responsible for... THE... Noid... ...actually, no, maybe we SHOULD forget about it..!

[@samwest1097]

Cherry’s timing with that was perfect 😂

[@AlexG1020]

@@patrick7142 I mean she is Australian lol

[@Tommieboy2009]

And BTW...when Dizzy died the whole cinema was quiet at that moment...

[@karlsmith2570]

"He Got Moved Up In Rank Really Fast" That tends to happen during wartime

[@DaemonKeido]

Especially when the active leadership is getting ripped apart

[@karlsmith2570]

@@DaemonKeido Exactly

[@ueno1]

It's the seemingly endless supply of human soldiers I find remarkable! Earth would have no one left upon victory..

[@jeremyfrost2636]

@@ueno1 Keep in mind they have a lot more applicants. Citizenship rests on this, so recruitment is insanely high. Also, this far in the future there's probably other inhabited worlds. Possibly trillions of humans overall.

[@eklypse0]

@@jeremyfrost2636 Good point in that, There are probably in excess of 15 billion on Earth at this stage, and that doesn't count the colony worlds.

[@PhailedGamer]

Interesting fact, in the original book of the same name, Dizzy is actually a man and is only mentioned once in the first chapter. Also, Johnny's father does actually survive Buenos Aires and goes on to join the MI to fight the bugs as well.

[@hovis62]

One of few complaints I had with this screenwriting.

[@dagonofthedepths]

wasn't Rico Hispanic as well? I recall him having brown skin.

[@PhailedGamer]

@@dagonofthedepths My understanding from what I can remember is that, yes, Rico is definitely hispanic. Having Casper Van Dien playing the part was just a bit of Hollywood whitewashing.

[@reptomicus]

@@dagonofthedepths Rico is Filipino (Asian), in the movie he's white because the filmmakers wanted it to match the satire of a pro German WW2 movie.

[@reptomicus]

@@PhailedGamer In the book Rico is a Tagalog speaker, which means he's Filipino, definitely not hispanic.

[@coldflamebluedragon196]

The actors were reluctant to film the shower scene but said they would do it if Paul Verhoeven directed the scene naked so he did

[@DaemonKeido]

I'll always wonder if Paul was just looking for a reason to shoot a scene naked

[@billallen4793]

Verhoeven was known to be a bit pervy...from Wyoming USA 🇺🇸 🤠

[@Bitter_Truth_Show]

@@billallen4793 That repression brings about some bold scenes.

[@coyotefever105]

@@billallen4793 He’s over the top with his R rated stuff in a good way I think. I think it’s pretty cool Paul made the whole experience less uncomfortable. Stand up guy for that.

[@josephwallace202]

@@DaemonKeido the scene helps establish that this is a bizarrely sexless society, full of people who would never even think to be horny unless a government authority told them to. Rico literally only starts seeing Diz in a sexual way after his commanding officer in the field tells him he should; before that moment, he literally is incapable of feeling such an urge. That's how brainwashed these people are.

[@mihaylov131]

I saw this masterpiece in 1997 on Cinema and was blown not only by its directing. A real classic with relevant messages.

[@ExUSSailor]

Two things that are required in every Verhoeven film: Social satire, and, over-the-top gore.

[@peterang6912]

Don't forget nude parts..

[@robertcampbell8070]

And completely misunderstanding the source material.

[@peterang6912]

@@robertcampbell8070 🤣🤣

[@robertcampbell8070]

@@peterang6912 I love Verhoeven, but he himself said he only read two chapters of the story, and his idea that Total Recall is all a dream not only doesn't mesh with the original story, it doesn't even mesh with what he actually puts on screen. Verhoeven makes great movies that you better not think too hard about.

[@peterang6912]

@@robertcampbell8070 only one is soldier of Orange..And the tv-show Floris...🤣

[@phillipdycaico5949]

In the novel, Johnny Rico is Filipino and his father survived the attack and joins the military.

[@fullmoonprepping4024]

Diz saying "I Love you" wasn't too soon. They spent 6 years of High School together. She had been pining for him for years. She had been longing for that moment.

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

Exactly. She’d probably been in love with him for 3 or 4 years by then

[@redrick8900]

How long you have been pining is irrelevant.

[@Metzwerg74]

@@redrick8900 not if your situation is, that you could die tomorow

[@Bancheis]

@@redrick8900 True, but their relationship goes deeper than that. I mean they had been friends for so long, playing sports together, hanging out outside of sports as well. Presumably outside of school entirely. It is not uncommon for childhood friends to fall in love at some point, or at least one side doing so.

[@redrick8900]

@@Bancheis That is also irrelevant.

[@NoelMcGinnis]

Urban Dictionary: “Astronoids” - a mistaken comment from Mary when she is grossed out and stressed out by blood, guts, and bugs. 😂

[@fazzurri]

Maybe one day when human have start mining the asteroid, they will be called astronoid, and we know where it's came from.

[@hippiecheapskate]

Funny you should mention jets in their shoes - the book this was based on actually had all the troopers in ironman-esque powersuits that dropped from orbit. A bit too complex for a 90s film to achieve

[@grizzlynad]

the CGI team was limited by budget & time, they could create the power armour or the bugs, but not both. ;(

[@blackraven85_1]

They do have that in later animated movies, tho

[@PhailedGamer]

They actually have the suits (as a prototype set of them) in Starship Troopers 3.

[@grizzlynad]

@@PhailedGamer those suits were shiiiite, as was the film. lol

[@folcotook3049]

lol....came to say the same.

[@willgold9989]

I got to see a sneak peak of this when I was 14, thanks to my older sister’s friend who won a radio contest. When Ironside said “Make it 20 minutes” the whole theater erupted in applause.

[@mikemeggison5084]

"Robocop" "Total Recall" and "Starship Troopers" kind of make a trilogy if you squint really hard. "Robocop" it's an alternate 2020's, "Total Recall" it's further in the future, and humans are traveling the solar system, "Starship Troopers" they're traveling deep space.

[@jacob4920]

When that guy on the news reel said that the concept of a "thinking" bug was "offensive" to him, I laughed out loud, and said: "That is SO TODAY!!" Literally. This movie predicted the freaking internet!

[@deepermind4884]

So why then, did she say "OK, boomer" after his comment? I didn't see what relevance that had...or perhaps I don't understand your comment....?

[@josephwallace202]

Let me guess, you think this is some commentary on "everyone being too easily offended"? Because it's not.

[@svendhooghe6725]

Look up who was doing commentary in a bow tie during the 90's and you'll find out how on the nose it was.

[@jacob4920]

@@svendhooghe6725 Oh, I remember. lol The 90's completely planted the seed for how society acts today. That was the start of the "I'm Offended" Era. That's why I'm one of those people who actually hates the 90's.

[@DwolfFW]

If you really want to freaked out, watch demolition man.

[@matthewsmith2308]

I recently watched it again and one thing I didn't realize when I first saw it was the science teacher was Rue McClanahan, she played Blanche in Golden Girls

[@n.e.g4865]

same here

[@roberthynes8976]

In the commentary the director stated that he felt like he made a mistake killing Diz, and that he should have killed Carmen. The test audiences they showed the movie to all agreed with him. Also, this was just a small victory in comparison to the entire war.

[@MagsonDare]

In re: ethnicity mentioned a the end of the video -- There's a saying in South America that is along the lines of "The farther south you go, the whiter it gets." According to the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos in a paper published in November of 2020, Argentina is 85% white, 11% mestizo, 3% Asian, and 1% Native.

[@shorewall]

I think part of that is that it is more temperate. I think US-icans think of everything south of the Border as Tropical, but Chile and Argentina are close to Antarctica.

[@jamie_d0g978]

​​@@shorewallt was one of the richest countries in the world, wich attracted a lot more of European immigrants than the rest of latin america. They had a lot of Italian and German surnames and more Caucasian features than any other latin american country too

[@chrisdevine5503]

So, when my kids were about 11 and 13, I rented this from the local video store without really reading the blurb. I thought it was a fun Star Wars type romp. They were traumatised for weeks. They still haven't let me forget and they have kids of their own now.

[@atavusable]

Time to keep the score rolling.

[@sandpiperr]

I was 11 when I saw this film. I was not traumatized. I think your kids are probably just messing with you.

[@DavidVazquezzz]

6:49 Mr. Krabs himself! The satire went over my head when I first saw this, but once I was old enough to understand it I appreciated this movie much more.

[@LordVolkov]

Verhoeven gets better with every rewatch once you get the hang of his satire.

[@CoffeeMatt10]

The Kurgan

[@bemasaberwyn55]

MEDIC

[@OronOfMontreal]

The special effects in this flick have held up well, over the decades since its release. The actor playing their teacher-become-tough officer, Michael Ironside, is a terrific Canadian character actor who had an especially busy career in the 1980s and 90s. You can hear his Canuck accent clearly, whenever he says the word "out".

[@Sactown15]

My Mom and Stepdad took me and my Brother's to see this when it came out. Loved that they basically let us watch whatever we wanted

[@clevelandcbi]

Bless them both. Half the audience for Terminator 2 were kids. I get so many dirty looks these days when I take my kids to movies. Thought a couple were going to have aneurysms when I took my 6/7 year old daughter to the shark movie "The Shallows." It's still her favorite btw.

[@nbss]

I was 10 when my parents took me to see it

[@Sactown15]

@@nbss 9

[@gabagool_and_psychiatry4856]

10 and i kept repeating "come on you apes you wanna live forever" for 2 weeks

[@AlexSDU]

When SST came out, I was 18yo. Went to the cinema alone. But I was 9yo when my dad took my sister(8yo) and I to watch Robocop. We watched a lot of 80's action movies when they came out back then. Heck, we even watch some on school night. Rambo 3 was my first cinema experience.

[@JGfromSpace.]

One of my all time favorites. Way ahead of its time. It went over a lot of people’s heads, and still does. It’s a film told from the point of view of a fascist society, and it rarely reveals its hand to the audience. Even the cheesy acting is all part of the satire.

[@profshad3429]

Yep

[@jacobvardy]

It's a director who grew up under Nazi occupation looking at 1990s Yankee society and saying "it really wouldn't take too much for you guys to go fully fascistic, you're already half way there".

[@Notme195]

The movie went over many people's head the same way the book went over Paul Verhoevens head.

[@CharlesMCFC]

@@Notme195 it’s hard for a book to go over your head when you don’t even bother reading it.

[@travisfoster1071]

@@CharlesMCFC he'd read the first two chapters.... that's all, and then he'd written the script. Kinda hard to get the gist of a book you only partially read.

[@AlexSeverinski]

11:48 What's funny is that the two actors involved there got married after this movie and are still together today.

[@mcgilj1]

That's HILARIOUS.. Never knew they got married. You have your anniversary video and you have the "how we met" and show a clip of her blowing his face off. Lol

[@paulhewes7333]

true story.

[@peterang6912]

Same with kit from GoT

[@mycroft16]

The writing on this film is just top notch. It absolutely NAILS the satire so perfectly a lot of people miss it. It's honestly one of my favorites simply because it goes to such extreme lengths to be satirical. It's right up there with A Modest Proposal.

[@tabxtra7057]

From Starship Troopers to Robocop, Paul Verhoeven makes some epic movies.

[@tabxtra7057]

we don't talk about showgirls.

[@LordVolkov]

@@tabxtra7057 Try watching it as a comedy. It's hilarious.

[@ueno1]

@@tabxtra7057 Oh yes, we DO!

[@AtlasBlizzard]

Some really violent ones, certainly.

[@KingApeiron]

NPH playing straight guys is always my favorite.

[@danielmorency2242]

I declared Starship Troopers the JUICIEST movie ever!! lol

[@monsterlair]

Clearly you haven't watched Peter Jackson's Braindead 😛

[@kenlangston3451]

Denise Richards was pretty big in the late 90s and Early 2000s. She is still acting today. She was a Bond Girl and also starred in a movie called Wild Things. That movie is definitely worth checking out.

[@n.e.g4865]

hehehe noice.

[@AbuHajarAlBugatti]

She was a sweetie, life is so sad for making people age

[@xeres14]

You know, I have one simple request, and that is astronoid suits with fricking jets on their boots.

[@richarddowns7162]

Riiiiiiiiiiight... 👨‍🦲

[@daemonlee6259]

In the original book, the troopers had jump jets and much better fire power. The Roughneck animated series was awesome as well.

[@BPo75]

That's because Verhoeven pulled a Bladerunner on this movie: took his script to film, the title from the book and dropped the rest.

[@ericwatson54]

Jake Busey is a twin for his Dad, Gary.

[@bemasaberwyn55]

Uh huh

[@mbwoods2001]

The actress who plays Carmen, Denise Richards was in The World Is Not Enough, the 3rd Bond film with Pierce Brosnan.

[@RedmoonIndustries]

"I'm glad he had his way with her" Mary Cherry 2022 32:17 It's in my memory forever now, lol **hugs**

[@ciaranconlon84]

I always feel compelled to point out when the guy gets shot during training she shot him through the eye so the helmet was irrelevant anyway.

[@AUrquhart90]

When I was around 6 years old my dad and sister rented this movie thinking it was going to be your standard action movie. We put it on and as soon as the reporter gets split in half in the beginning I started to cry and my dad rushed to shut off the tv. Even though I had already seen plenty of R rated action movies with my dad at that point, it was the most visceral death I had seen and that memory stuck with me. That being said, I eventually ended up really enjoying the movie later in life and even more when I was able to understand the satire regarding the military and propaganda. Definitely recommended as long as you aren’t 6

[@adammeredith9393]

I found this especially funny cos I watched this I think when I was 6 or 7 as well...I watched it so many times that I actually wore the VHS tape out 😅

[@KairuX32]

I watched it around the same age but me and my dad thought it was awesome lol. I guess I was desensitized and mature for my age.

[@adammeredith9393]

@@KairuX32 Yh, same with It, The Exorcist, Resident Evil, Scream, etc...I had no issues, except I recall I was quite thrown off after watching Ghost Ship lol

[@MARQUE9368]

Sweaty Magoo!!! Hahahahahah!!!!

[@matthewchristian9591]

@@adammeredith9393 13 ghosts for me

[@Cam-yu8wy]

Love how it's very obviously a fairly big budget movie filled to the brim with social commentary, but wrapped with satire and presented as a cheesy splatter film. I love it, but I can totally see why it flopped at the box office when it came out. Fortunately, it was also obvious it would become a much loved cult classic. 😊

[@najhoant]

This movie is what you get when a Dutch anti-war director finds a sci-fi novel that glorifies war, hates the book and has the movie say the opposite

[@robertcampbell8070]

He literally never read the book.

[@coyotefever105]

Grew up in Nazi occupied Netherlands

[@lordfoul6259]

Whoa this was based on a book?

[@ueno1]

@@lordfoul6259 Book by Robert Heinlein, same title

[@Caseytify]

If you think the novel glorifies war, you never read it.

[@Snowman29101963]

It's funny that you mentioned that they should have the ability to fly away from the outpost as in the book the mobile infantry did have limited flight abilities. In the book they are so much more armoured but it would have cost too much to have that in the movie. Btw, the same armour they have in this movie also makes an appearance in the TV show Firefly, the train robbery episode.

[@haardo]

Firefly, always makes me sad because reasons.

[@zairac2564]

@@haardo some people get sad, some people get happy, let's just call it a wash.

[@Annonymous0283745]

@@zairac2564 about a tenth of a percent of the population gets hungry.

[@rhoetusochten4211]

@@zairac2564 too soon

[@LordTuskk]

It's also in a Power Ranger series. Lost Galaxy

[@xavvi]

Shocked she didn't see Neil Patrick Harris return towards the end and immediately realize he's in a Nazi uniform. This movie is dripping with satire about fascism.

[@coyotefever105]

Gestapo officer. Fascism and jingoism. I’m not totally sure if the society they established in the movie has a dictator but there are definitely fascist elements with doing your civic duty by serving the government in the military.

[@CruelestChris]

I'm surprised you managed to sneak that word past the shadowban bots.

[@Caseytify]

That's because Verhoeven took a serious book about civic virtue, and turned it into Bug Wars. He saw Heinlein's work as fascist, and twisted the script to his (simplistic) point of view.

[@CruelestChris]

@@Caseytify His is a point of view that comes from growing up under German occupation, you realise?

[@josephwallace202]

@@Caseytify Heinlein himself was in the process of converting to the John Birch Society while he was writing this book, and he himself was on record as considering that organization "essentially fascist." Verhoeven got him dead to rights with this film.

[@w1975b]

The actress whose character shot the guy in the head got married to him in real life.

[@Danny-Zebbular-Gim]

Random fact, the actor who plays Rico, is the father of Chrissy (Stranger things)

[@r1pster05]

My big issue with Zander being Carmen's instructor is how he managed to go from high school senior directly to flight instructor without the intermediate step of actually learning to fly first.

[@wesdog8975]

There are hundreds of possibilities as to why Zander could have been a higher ranking pilot. He knew someone to teach him, ie a parent, and he may have been in a ROTC program in school and went to basic training or boot camp during the summer between junior and senior year. Those are possibilities that happen in real life more than you may want to know.

[@AbuHajarAlBugatti]

Was my issue aswell.

[@Kesedrith]

"Jets in their shoes." On the bounce, ma'am! On the bounce! :D

[@imarxb]

Dizzy was hot ... and still is! 💜

[@ueno1]

She played Oracle in the Birds Of Prey TV series!

[@martinm8991]

That martial-law and propaganda situation in this movie, actually reflects what the life has been in ruZia since 6 decades 😰

[@15blackshirt]

Paul Verhoeven also directed Total Recall, which is also a sci-fi action satire. This was loosely adapted from the Robert A. Heinlein novel of the same name

[@roberthalpern5454]

Very loosely!

[@Noahsampeer]

My first time watching this movie it went straight over my head. I just thought it was a gore-fest for the sake of being gory. I didn't rewatch it for a few years until after I read the book. The 2 are totally different but I figured I'd give it another shot. I got it the second time around and it turned into a movie I recommend to all my friends now. I also really recommend the book. Totally different than the movie but great in it's own way.

[@profshad3429]

Me too.

[@chrislaustin]

PSA, Drill Instructor Zim is play by Clancy Brown who also voices Mr. Crabs on Sponge Bob, which always makes his scenes even more hilarious to me, since Crabs is always busting balls. LOL

[@eat_pray_porg8450]

Yup! Clancy Brown is quite a veteran of acting. He was in the cantina scene in Ep 4 of Star Wars as a Devaronian (a red, big horned alien) and he played Burg (also a red, big horned Devaronian) in Season 1 of "The Mandalorian".

[@kirbysmith882]

Clancy Brown and my brother hung around together between the ages of 10 to 17 years old. He's manly a supporting actor but still has quite a few lead roles. He also played Surtur in Thor Ragnarok. He's been in over 84 movies and many tv series.

[@profshad3429]

He also played the main antagonist in The Highlander

[@JnthnLnhrdt]

I absolutely adore how over-the-top satirical this movie is and, in my opinion, it's a fun send-up of the real-life horrors of unadulterated fascism.

[@iremainteague5653]

As opposed to the horrors of adulterated fascism.

[@reubennichols644]

Y O U S A I D I T ! ! ! The movie is supposed to be about the real - life horrors of unadulterated fascism . You said it " " F I R S T " " . I feel strongly that it was very much worth repeating . The Director (( Paul Verhoeven )) and the original author (( Robert A . Heinlein )) B O T H K N E W Exactly What They Were Trying To Say when they brought this story to f r u i t i o n . B R A V O Jonathan . Reminders can be important .

[@chucknutz6269]

lol, you could see a real fascism in russia right now

[@phookadude]

There's nothing "Fascist" about it. The war starts because humans, against the wishes of the government, settle in bug space because they have the freedom to do it. The bugs respond with asteroid attacks, which must be defended against. The society allows freedom to those who don't wish to be citizens, Ricos's family for instance is wealthy and they aren't citizens. When the war turns badly the "dictator" resigns, taking their responsibility for the fact. The movie is about the military, thus it's militaristic, militaristic is not fascist.

[@ThePbcoleman]

@@phookadude It was intended to be a fascist society according to the director. Paul Verhoeven said in an article about the film, "Robert Heinlein’s original 1959 science-fiction novel was militaristic, if not fascistic. So I decided to make a movie about fascists who aren’t aware of their fascism."

[@lukemcniven4131]

I went to a boys high in Sydney in the late 90s and we had dissecting stuff in biology. A rat, A frog and a few organs from sheep and cows

[@markanjelloagrabio7515]

Well that was fun...

[@n.e.g4865]

i had dissection in Bio circa 2009,2010 (highschool in Australia.

[@AbuHajarAlBugatti]

The most useless waste of time ever

[@garlicjr86]

Starship troopers wasnt R rated in Australia. I watched it when i was 12 years old. And it was one of the most amazing experiences of my life.

[@randomguy56789]

Plus it was the first movie ever to have the first large scale, CGI battle scenes

[@awesimo4684]

I can't get over Sargent Krabs

[@FieldAble]

“...naked force has resolved more issues throughout history than any other factor.” One of the most important lines in this movie from the book.

[@Epistolary8]

Naked force has also caused more issues than any other factor.

[@CruelestChris]

@@Epistolary8 Well, it is rather hard to cause or solve anything without it.

[@josephwallace202]

It's definitely appealing to people who crave simplicity

[@redrick8900]

@@Epistolary8 False. Scarce resources are the source of pretty much all problems. Other things that have cause more problems, Religion, nepotism, conservatism, pollution, ect.

[@FieldAble]

​@@josephwallace202Some people "cant handle the truth".

[@HawkwindAus]

I can assure you that when I was in high school in Canberra in the 70s, we certainly did do dissections in science classes.

[@michaelmutranowski123]

the best part of this movie is that at the time nobody got the satire; not the audience, not the critics, and not the people interviewing the director. the satire in this movie flew over the heads of everyone at the time and only in the last few years have people realized the true nature of the satire in the movie. definitely look up what the director said about this movie if you have the time.

[@Michael-cf9cj]

That's funny. I had read the book before the movie and so had a number of people I knew. I don't remember a single argument being made that the movie wasn't satirizing the book. It did the book very little justice, although it was probably a more enjoyable movie the way it is than if they'd remained loyal to the book.

[@Imzadi76]

I watched it in theaters with my brother when it was released. I think I was the only woman there.

[@23GreyFox]

The 90's were a great decade for movies.

[@rumuelnathanael8043]

70's-90's 👌

[@jogvanjakupsson2952]

Never dissected any animals in schools here either. Didn't need to. We slaughter sheep and gut fish as part of normal civilian life

[@shorap]

I’ve always dug Verhoeven’s parodying of American culture, from the hyper consumerism in Robocop to the jingoism in this movie. Fun fact: they filmed the alien world at Hell’s Half Acre here in Wyoming when I was in high school.

[@snakesnoteyes]

Verhoeven’s ability to parody a genre film while still being an exemplar of that genre is one of my favorite things about his American films.

[@hereticalpaintjobs]

Really?? Dude that's awesome! This whole time I thought it was shot in the badlands in California or near devils pass

[@lassesipila6418]

Rocket boots? They totally had jetpacks in the book! Okay, they also had power armor. Its a whole different story, pretty much.

[@old60newby]

Through the 60's I read almost all of Robert Heinlein I could get my hands on. What many people don't know was he wrote SciFi for kids in the 50's. One of the point in the book was passed over in the Movie: TO be citizen you had to have served in the Military or police, fire department or Rescue service and only citizen could vote. Heinlein was one of the prime leaders in Space opera and mind opening Ideas. His bet short story collection was "The Past Through Tomorrow". Not all his books were gory but all were mind opening. (Yea, I'm still a great fan)

[@mikebrown7799]

Mary, "Total Recall"(1990) is the third Paul Verhoeven science fiction film. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, and is a lighter tone than this film. Great job reacting to this film, Mary!!!🎬👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@dlancer2k]

Pretty sure Starship Troopers counts as his third sci fi movie. Total Recall is his second, and Robocop is his first

[@mikebrown7799]

@@dlancer2k Not talking about release order. Mary has reacted to "Starship Troopers" and "Robocop" already, so "Total Recall" would be her third film by Verhoeven.

[@redrick8900]

@@dlancer2k Third in English. He had at least one in German before those.

[@terrylandess6072]

I agree. The Verhoeven 'Trilogy' is must see film. Hollowman smacked of studio interference and Showgirls isn't for everyone.

[@Cau_No]

There's still "Flesh + Blood" (1985). Not SF, but History Drama. It features Rutger Hauer and Jennifer Jason Leigh.

[@Vince_Steele]

We used to do dissections in Australia for high school. Back in 1981, in the Western Suburbs of Sydney, I got to dissect a smelly defrosted rat twice. Once when I was in the top science class, and again when I was demoted to the second level science class after I couldn't memorise the entire periodic table of elements, in the correct order.

[@乂REAPER乂]

I love her reactions to watching these kinda movies

[@jeremystevens6640]

Me 2 😈

[@jaredruff9823]

Me too.

[@eriklehman5782]

The at least 2 of the sequels were definite horror movie status

[@okami36]

I love the book this movie is (very, very loosely) based on. First encountered it when my Dad was at the US Army War College, and this was assigned reading. He had me read it, too, since I'm into sci-fi. First time I saw the movie was in the theater at Ft. Knox, and 90% of the rest of the audience was young soldiers in basic training on a night out. During the co-ed shower scene, some kid down front jumped and pointed at the screen. He turned around, shouting, "Sarge! Sarge! Why don't we get that?!"

[@REAPER92335]

When you said “Ok boomer” I died lmao

[@joemacdonald6312]

33:33 That was so unexpected from you, my sides hurt afterwards from laughing so hard LMFAO!!!

[@AdamRock]

Because you liked the character of Dizzy, and you also mentioned Star Trek, fun little fact, the actress Dina Meyer, who played Diz, was also in the movie "Star Trek: Nemesis" - admittedly one of my lesser preferred Trek movies, but still a fun little connection. She also played Barbara Gorden aka Oracle (and formerly Batgirl) on the short lived series "Birds of Prey"

[@autohmae]

first big break were 12 episodes of Beverly Hills, 90210

[@bemasaberwyn55]

Commander D'Notra of the warbird Valdore.

[@michaelwong9411]

She was a major character in "Dragonheart".

[@arthurcamargo8416]

"OK, Robocop..." Funny you said that as they focused on Rasczak's hand! Michael Ironside was in Robocop as well. In case you are wondering.... yes, he was also in Paul Verhoeven's other movie Total Recall with Arnold.

[@CYB3R2K]

Ironside doesn't appear on robocop.

[@rickquick8977]

The bald guy you're thinking of is Kurtwood Smith who would later be on, that 70s show

[@arthurcamargo8416]

@@rickquick8977 @RxKing You are both correct! Thanks for clearing that up!

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

Astronoid suits are more typically called pressure suits (or p-suits) because they maintain a stable amount of atmospheric pressure around someone and breathable air. Typically they also contain temperature controls for regulating the environment.

[@steriopticon2687]

I vote for Astronoid.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

@@steriopticon2687 Bleah...too many syllables. Wastes O2.

[@sonofkarma5461]

I’m so Glad she Watched this Movie (This Series is MY Star Wars, and Star Trek)

[@CordovanSplotchVT]

Funny thing is in the book the mobile infantry DO have jumpjets and are all wearing power armour suits with nuke launchers.

[@jukio02]

I watched this in the 90s when it came out. I was only a small child, too. Got nightmares.

[@aechangel627]

I still can’t get over the fact that the Drill Instructor who’s played by Clancy Brown is also the voice of Mr. Krabs from SpongeBob.

[@batbrick3949]

Having read the book by Robert Heinlein (many times) I initially hated this movie. It took a serious, grounded story and turned it into campy schlock. But many years later I made peace with it, and at least accepted it for the clever satire it’s trying to be.

[@Leoluvesadmira]

Considering veerhoven never read the book

[@Praxus42]

to get the bone break sound, they usually use wet celery and snap it.

[@urborg74]

It's funny how the movies heavy in physical/practical effects hold up so much better than early CG.

[@alexanderrodriguez5347]

Fun little fact, the dance scene was actually filmed at a courtyard at a hospital right around the corner from where I grew up.

[@politicalmoderate190]

One of the director's friends asked him why he portrayed military fascism so positively in the movie (the system of government the humans had) since the director himself had grown up during the Nazi occupation of his country. The director said (paraphrase) "I wanted to show the only thing fascism was good for was killing bugs." :)

[@Ryuondo]

Carmen is known as Carmen the Betrayer for a reason.

[@TK-hw2ph]

Believe it or not, but journalism USED to be a real profession.

[@DGX24]

I think my favorite part of this movie is the fact that Seargent Zim demoted himself just so he could fight in the battle, and ended up capturing the brain bug and tipping the scales in the war.

[@karlsmith2570]

When Rico offered the position of Squad leader to Ace and he'd turned it down saying,"I've Been There And I Blew It, I'm Just Here To Fight" That shows that he had learned from the experience on Klendathu that he was in way over his head

[@chumkrimson8161]

Wow thanks captain obvious.

[@michaelwong9411]

The guy who said "I find the idea of a bug that thinks OFFENSIVE!" has perhaps the greatest dumb-face in cinematic history.

[@generic_sauce]

Welcome to the Roughnecks, Mary! The only good bug is a dead bug!

[@workonesabs]

I love this film, even after 25 years still holds out and effects are first class.

[@TacticusPrime]

So many people miss the message of the film. It's that there's no glory in war. Soldiers don't die for a cause, they just die. The fascist Earth government started an extermination war against the bugs to control the population and the people have bought completely into the propaganda despite the insanity. I don't know how clearer the film can be. The "good" guys at the end cheer that the bug is afraid. Because they are the villains.

[@nl817]

No one in this movie understand that when someone is impaled or stabbed, you don't remove the object that did it. Once its in you, its keeping you from bleeding out. Remove it and you're not in a hospital setting and you very well might.

[@SaikoGato]

I watched this after I got out of the military... i messed up... I also watched Full-Metal Jacket for the first time while in BOOTCAMP

[@ReadersOfTheApocalypse]

Also watched this shortly after my service. I was infantry and my friend in the air force, so Rico's punishment contrasted to Carmen's maiden voyage was interesting to watch. Perhaps even too close to reality...

[@robertcampbell8070]

How did you watch a movie in basic training?

[@blackraven85_1]

That's rough.

[@WolfPlaysGames2]

@@robertcampbell8070 You do get some downtime during basic training.

[@pappajudas9267]

While you were busy trying not to puke during the dissection scene, you Missed the fact that the science teacher was in fact one of the Golden girls.

[@bemasaberwyn55]

Blanch?