FIRST TIME WATCHING: Starship Troopers (1997) REACTION (Movie Commentary)

[@thebeast5054]

Everytime I watch this film, I get mad that Dizz died and Carmen lived.

[@CapedInformer]

The biggest injustice in this film

[@PaliSvapna]

In the book Dizzy is a guy and dies In the first chapter lol

[@mayorjimmy]

@@PaliSvapna to be fair in the book they're also in power armor, not running around with basic guns. Dizz KINDA comes back in an animated sequel. Traitor of Mars. It's actually a pretty good movie.

[@ObsceneVegetableMatter]

Carmen made a totally valid career based decision to break up with Rico. Dizz was a stalker. 😅

[@nicolbolas8758]

same stuff man, she was much better then carmen :)

[@JamesASharp]

Fun fact: the actors were so uncomfortable doing the coed shower scene that they said to the director that he must get naked as well. And he agreed to do so. Paul V. filmed the scene naked as well. 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@CapedInformer]

Woah 😂

[@suziechapstick8236]

nudity is magic

[@willsk7068]

Hahahahahahahaha

[@nicolbolas8758]

@@CapedInformer 20:20 they both was in total recall :D

[@potterj09]

Wow that is crazy. Yeah I think the aim was to show that 100yrs in the future genders were comfortable being treated as equals. Low and hehold everyone aged 30 to 40 in the credits had their own children who shortly showed them that anything male and naked was rape culture, and any female/female was conformative. Dina Meyer, dang one of the last tough & hot girls in film who still like men. Major crush of mine when I still lifted heh

[@fellowninja]

This movie is both simultaneously a love letter to the brothers-in-arms mentality and a perfect satire of what it's really like in the military.

[@vwlssnvwls3262]

This movie is so underrated. When it came out everyone just cared about Titanic, and they couldn't understand that the movie was supposed to be campy, and not completely serious. The special effects alone were amazing, but again no one seemed to care because they were all talking about Titanic, which built a boat and sank it... not nearly as impressive.

[@CapedInformer]

Cameron vs Verhoeven...

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

That's not true. Starship Troopers came out a month and half before Titanic, and almost every single movie does the large bulk of its business in the first month and half. Not only that, but Titanic was actually one of those rare exceptions and didn't come out like gangbusters. It debuted with a very modest haul (for such an expensive picture) of $28M. Where it made its money was from the long game--specifically, repeat viewings from teenaged girls (the Leo factor). And so week after week after week for many months, the film tacked on another $25M to its total gross. So no, Titanic had no effect on Starship Troopers, in terms of timing, nor in terms of demographics, as Starship Troopers was a film for 18--35 year old males...the same group that eschewed (to put it politely) Leo and Titanic.

[@semerahpadi4484]

What, but i love action movie more than romantic movie. So i preferred Starship Troopers all the way.

[@LordVolkov]

My favorite Verhoeven movie. Fascism is what he is satirizing in this one. Usually that's pretty clear when Carl shows up in the 3rd act dressed as a SS officer. If you missed it in the propaganda, settlers went into bug territory, which is why they were slaughtered. The asteroid is bug retaliation for colonization, and in response, the humans seek to exterminate the entire bug civilization. This one is not even trying to be subtle.

[@yodieyuh]

Putting a person in a costume isn't itself satire. In the film the society presented to us works and the only crisis is one that comes from outside of society. There are two fascistic elements displayed: government/military service to be a citizen/vote and needing a license to have kids (non citizens can get the license). These factors are never shown to decrease the quality of living. He may have meant to satirize Fascism, but instead he showed a working society that seems better off than Western countries today. Targeting a species for extermination isn't something that defines Fascism. Communist China sought to exterminate four species of animal in the late 50's.

[@TheAndroidBishop]

Cue the fascists defending fascism, confusing what fascism is, and then deflecting attention to the communists

[@yodieyuh]

@@TheAndroidBishop My comment is about whether the film is a successful satire, not about whether Fascism is good or not. My conclusion being, Vorhoeven meant to satirize Fascism but did a poor job because he shows us a society that is working better than current Western society. No sexism. No racism. No environmental crises. No wars over human borders or resources. No poverty. That stuff may exist, we don't know because the film doesn't show it.

[@Daniel24724]

"Fascism is what he is satirizing in this one ?" - But in a satire you have to give the counterpoint. In "Robocop", Murphy is the counterpoint. He wins against the system. Here : nope. Everybody acts like a good little soldier. The guy with the SS uniform stays the "good guy" . Verhoeven just forgets to give us a story.

[@bradleymcavoy3432]

@Garrett Shmerrett Economically Fascism is Big Government Socialism on Steroids and Communism is Totalitarian Socialism on Crack Cocaine they're interrelated and have suppression of Free Speech and Political dissent in common. They are both Immoral and Evil!

[@jp3813]

1997 was one of the best years for action and sci-fi movies: Face/Off, Air Force One, Con Air, Conspiracy Theory, Tomorrow Never Dies, The Fifth Element, Men in Black, Gattaca, Contact, etc...

[@shainewhite2781]

It was nominated for Best Visual Effects but lost to TITANIC.

[@helpmefixthis9117]

Titanic was a better movie., this is literally one of the worst movies ever... The only good part was the CGI

[@mandalore1089]

@@helpmefixthis9117 You have terrible tastes in movies if you think this is one of the worst ever. It's fine if you didn't like it but don't be such a snob.

[@michaelbastraw1493]

A clear case of popularity trumping achievement. Best. Leo.

[@vwlssnvwls3262]

Titanic was such a snore fest. And visual effects?! They built a boat and sank it... not nearly as impressive as thousands of bugs, baring down on an encampment IN DAYLIGHT!!

[@vwlssnvwls3262]

@@helpmefixthis9117 Titanic is on my list of most boring movies ever, hell... I have never even seen the whole thing because I fell asleep in the theater. This one I will watch again any day, and I have been known to watch it twice in the same day before. I will never even attempt to view Bore-tanic again.

[@Forjugadname]

"They sucked his brains out" 😂 it makes me laugh every time.

[@AstroXeno]

One of the great things about this movie is that it contains almost no spoilers for when you read the book...

[@djangorinvisible3330]

Verhoeven claimed that he never read the book itself. he said hes just wasnt interested in it.

[@peterengelen2794]

It is still amazing, this movie was made in 1997 Hollywood! Nowadays, it seems impossible to make a movie like this. Very misunderstood at the time. Paul Verhoeven made so many classic movies, not just in the US, but also in his native country, The Netherlands and (recently) in France. Real Dutch pride! P.E.ace from overseas, The Netherlands

[@shainewhite2781]

JOBLO Video did an episode of WTF HAPPENED TO THIS MOVIE: StarShip Troopers. It shows us how it went from box office disappointment to cult classic.

[@CapedInformer]

Yea I can tell it was very slept on

[@jesselester9722]

@@CapedInformer yes a Starship Troopers reaction! Paul Verhoeven is one of my favorite directors along with Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, & Christopher Nolan.

[@koragg3399]

I like this movie a lot. Its definitely one of the most epic underrated movies of the 1990s if you like movies whit a deeper meaning V for vendetta is the movie for you

[@IaloneAmTHEChoppedONE]

V for Vendetta, the movie is not that deep. It is a good action movie with a good story and a badass/over the top/fucked up character but that's all.

[@koragg3399]

@@IaloneAmTHEChoppedONE i think v for vendetta have more meaning today then in 2005 when it came out and natrually we are all allowed our opnion nice to see somone whit a difrent view

[@yw1971]

It's sad that such extravaganza films of SFX aren't made anymore.

[@ganjamcninja]

Dizz crying and bleeding in Johnny's arms was one of the Top 10 Saddest Anime Deaths.

[@CapedInformer]

Confirmed.

[@jonathancunningham8739]

I think you would like Fifth Element if you have not already watched it.

[@helpmefixthis9117]

yes

[@jonathancunningham8739]

@@helpmefixthis9117I'm happy I am not the only one who would like to see him watch that.

[@jrny20]

Casper Van Dien is a huge fan of the book it was based off of, even expressing his disappointment they didn't include the powered suits and mechs.

[@jamesjohnston1935]

Its also why he came back in the sequels to reprise the role of Jonny Rico.

[@jrny20]

@@jamesjohnston1935 Yep.

[@MrFuggleGuggle]

In this movie, only the 'shallow' survive.

[@olatron]

Diz is bangin’ 👌

[@CapedInformer]

Bad as hell. And loyal

[@sox5131]

I enjoyed the movie, but absolutely LOVED the book. It's a must read.

[@hemmojito]

"Is that a gravity field or are you just happy to see him?" 😆 idk that didn't even make sense and I can't stop laughin'

[@stephenmerasty1420]

"Is that a gravity field or are you just happy to see him" Lmao 🤣

[@stobe187]

For 1997, the CGI really holds up.

[@CapedInformer]

It does

[@mattwhite2328]

Dude!!!! Read the book! Read the book! Read the book! Read the book! It’s soooo good and there’s so much more!

[@porflepopnecker4376]

Great to see an appreciative and thoughtful reaction to this sci-fi classic. I saw it on the big screen when it came out and it just blew me away.

[@CapedInformer]

Yea it’s definitely a hidden treasure. They don’t make movies like this anymore

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

This was based off a novel by famed science fiction writer, Robert A. Heinlien, and this was the first of his I read...and inspried me to follow up on his many many others.

[@suziechapstick8236]

The dude had some good ideas.... but I think he liked corporal punishment and spanking a little TOO much.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

ROFL "Is that a gravity field, or you just happy to see him?" KIA

[@deepqantas]

It's like a conservative and a liberal having a deep and thoughtful political conversation in movie format. Heinlein: "Freedom is only made possible by the virtue of voluntary civic responsibility." Verhoeven: "That's fascism!"

[@suziechapstick8236]

We live in a society.....

[@IaloneAmTHEChoppedONE]

@@ijadaarp He didn't "survive" to fascism, he was born during the WW2 in a country occupied by the germans that"s two differents things. He was sent to camp or participate in the combats he was just a little kid and must have had only 6 yo when the war ended lol

[@IaloneAmTHEChoppedONE]

wasn't I mean

[@rccraig7580]

The recruiting sergeant with the double amputee legs is Robert David Hall who portrayed the Coroner Dr. Al Robbins on the CSI show back in 2000. If you blink you missed it. LOL!

[@hoplitethirtynine1487]

Glad you were able to appreciate and acknowledge a fantastic and rather unique sci-fi war movie. It also has one of the greatest tragic romance stories of all time. this ovie is one of my all-time favourites.

[@maxducoudray]

The battle scenes against the aliens remind me a lot of Edge of Tomorrow, which is a fantastic movie if you haven't seen it.

[@jefmay3053]

yes you got it

[@ShadyBG24]

This movie is one of my favorite guilty pleasure and your reaction to everything Carmen was to funny lol

[@CapedInformer]

Lol thanks man. Carmen deserved all that smoke

[@Andy2481]

There's another under-rated movie Denise Richards is in called wild things. came out in 98 i think. Its kind of a thriller type movie. its a bit silly at times but also clever. Plus denise richards takes her top off so its well worth a watch ;)

[@CapedInformer]

Yea that last part may be enough lol

[@LawgSkrak]

@@CapedInformer It was glorious lol

[@kittensmakingcandles]

Thanks for sharing CI. I appreciate the hard work, dedication, and talent. Looking forward to more.

[@CapedInformer]

I appreciate you! Thanks for the support

[@grendelz]

Team Diz

[@CapedInformer]

All day

[@porflepopnecker4376]

Better than Team Catfish Face.

[@virginiadurant8391]

I really LOVE this movie. Seen it more than 10 times, through the years. 7-28-2021

[@Taspens]

I check back every week to see new reactions. Def my #1 movie

[@CapedInformer]

It was an awesome watch

[@MaxWindshear]

"Is that a gravity field or are you just happy to see him?" I don't know why, but that made me 😂

[@kirk1701]

Fun fact: The girl that shot her teammate during training is actually married, in real life, to that same guy. IIRC, they met on this film.

[@suziechapstick8236]

Hey honey, sorry I killed you.

[@RJAnime]

richter from total recall regrew one of the arms back and became a teacher.

[@CapedInformer]

Haha. That’s what Doug meant by, “see you at the party” ?

[@facina3390]

The effects still hold up really well!

[@Mitheledh]

So, funny thing about this movie. Verhoeven never actually read the book before making this movie. It shows, too, in that he really doesn't understand it.

[@CharlesVanNoland]

@10:46 O snap, it's Dean Norris, AKA Hank Schrader - Walter White's brother in law..

[@M4tth3w1986]

"I know what you are gonna follow. Its not your heart. Baby girl." :D:D lmao

[@CapedInformer]

We ALL knew 😂

[@GaryPewteaux63]

I'm pretty sure when Zimm tore up the 1240-A form, that's what got him busted down to Private

[@XtremeDrake]

That powerpoint WordArt brings back some childhood memories hahahaha

[@23chdavis]

I love how all of the teachers (who are clearly Citizens) are disfigured in someway. Also, my favorite line in the whole movie: "Medic!!" Oh, your Drill Sargent just gave you a compound fracture? MEDIC! Oh, your hand is stuck to a wall by a throwing knife, severing the bones and nerves and in all likelihood have been rendered useless? MEDIC! All is good now...

[@raziel6896]

Not sure why it took so long but just found your channel! So few peope react to this classic! And i saw you also reacted to unleashed with the beast Jet!!!! Havent watched either reaction yet (literally just saw your channel) gonna watch this and then unleashed tho! Got a new subscriber just because of that! Now into the movie!!!!

[@darklelouchg8505]

For anyone who stumbled on this going forward. I recommend watching"The Politics Of Starship Troopers" documentary. It clears up alot of the misconceptions the director and public are under regarding this film and underlying novel. Have a nice day, and remember "Service Guarantees Citizenship!".

[@krono5el]

This is Verhoeven goodness, would watch this almost on loop because back then i was in love with the sfx and still am : D

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

Cant believe Rue Mclenahan (Blanche from Golden Girls) played the biology teacher and i missed it

[@shainewhite2781]

12:07, Buenos Aires has been wiped out!!😱

[@JesseGoldsmith]

Watching Starship Troopers back in '97 was a life changing experience, and also the moment when I realized what a certifiable genius Paul Verhoeven truly was. It was opening night, in a packed theater, and the audience was chewing up the second half of the movie like is was the SuperBowl. I was too. But every once in a while, I had to look around at the audience, and wonder if they knew what they were cheering at? I think about the events in this country over the past five years, and I still wonder.

[@CapedInformer]

Yea I love movies like this one. Reflecting some of the worst parts about society through satire

[@benjimlem1284]

"There's a gravity field out there" >"Is that a gravity field or are you just happy to see him?" Heh heh. Good one :^) Have a like.

[@mayorjimmy]

I remember watching this in the theater. The scene where Johnny takes public lashes. Soon as the black guy breaks out the whip one of my buddies goes "heh heh, payback time whitey". The whole theater busted out laughing.

[@CapedInformer]

😂😂😂

[@kevinburton3948]

So yeah... In 1997 this was my "first date" movie with the woman who would become my wife. Let's just say it wasn't exactly her idea of a 1st date movie. LOL

[@CapedInformer]

Haha. Sounds like the perfect date night to me

[@rickardroach9075]

19:38 "They fly now?" "They fly now!"

[@paulvincentnicha9796]

This movie is awesome! I saw this in theater when it came out and watched multiple times on tv. Fun Fact: the drill instructor was played by Clancy Brown, the voice of Mr. Krab.

[@CapedInformer]

Oh wow didn’t know he did that character lol

[@SierraSierraFoxtrot]

If you haven't seen "Conan The Barbarian" 1982, the music for it was by the same composer, Basil Poledouris, two of his best.

[@akaaoi]

"Verhoeven has this weird fascination with unisex showers" I believe he's Dutch, and I'm pretty sure their public saunas over there are unisex. So it's probably what he grew up with.

[@bobkilla430]

First movie I ever saw boobies in 😂 my friends mom was like 'dont pause too long on those scenes ' me and my friend didn't get the propaganda because of our age but still had a blast.

[@philippschmidt4053]

if you know the role models for the uniforms, the film takes on another dimension.

[@MattSipka]

“Service Guarantees Citizenship”

[@serinx]

Basic Instinct is a non Sci-Fi Verhoeven that you should definitely check out. It is very atmospheric and Jerry Goldsmith's score is killer. After that, Hollow Man which is a Verhoeven Sci-Fi... with Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth Shue and Thanos ! Actually the whole side cast is fun.

[@lovecanis7701]

Again, one of my favorite of all time. Extremely satisfying!

[@RobertWilliamsRGW]

my friends and i went to see this in theater before i shipped out to great lakes for basic, over time it and the original novel have become personal favorites.

[@CapedInformer]

This is a great buddy film

[@balucious]

Great stuff, film and reaction.

[@CapedInformer]

Thanks!

[@shainewhite2781]

19:37, it's called a Hopper Bug.

[@kevinclarke8900]

Carmen Ibanez cheats, Caped Informer, "she belongs to the streets!" 😂😂😂😂

[@ghettoprince187]

So lemme get this straight, a hot redhead (Dizzy) goes stag to her prom....yup this is definitely the works of science fiction!

[@CapedInformer]

Lol I hate when movies do that. The nerd/reject girl is always played by the hottest actress

[@476429]

I saw this two or three times at the theater when it came out. For 1997, the bug CGI was incredible. I believe the original novel is a bit different in that Heinlein did not intend the themes to be satirical. The novel was "a controversial work and his personal riposte to leftists calling for President Dwight D. Eisenhower to stop nuclear testing in 1958." Heinlein believed in many of the themes of the book: earned citizenship and earned suffrage, military service, strong government, etc.

[@dacsus]

If the viewer thinks about the meteor that the government claimed was sent to Earth by the bugs, he can find out that it was false flag - the bugs had no technology, it was just a pretext for an attack on their planets. Just like the USA is used to doing here on Earth. Sad thing is, that always good people work for the bad ones on the top. This is really great and witty movie. One of my favorites.

[@CapedInformer]

Very clever movie. A fun sci fi movie on the surface

[@jellyglonut744]

This is the best SST reaction on YT deadass

[@CapedInformer]

Haha I appreciate that bro!

[@skygames6974]

I feel like I'm the only one and some others who appreciates SST I fucking love this movie man damn

[@jima6545]

You gotta see Highlander. Clancy Brown, the drill sergeant, played on of the best villian ever!

[@benphillips9973]

If you liked the movie, you should also checkout Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles. It was a CGI based animated series from around 1999/2000 and from memory shows Rasczak's Roughnecks platoon Pre- Klendathu as most of the characters are alive lol. Also its a bit more like the book as they have special suits. Plus you get to see different bugs on different planets

[@ludeman]

Dizz is why hotter then Carmen, change my mind!

[@CapedInformer]

Way hotter. Shower scene sealed it

[@pauljackson3720]

This was a book written by Robert Heinlein

[@kkoblens]

MI does the dying, Fleet just does the flying.

[@michaelbastraw1493]

The main difference isn't social standing, per se. Only Citizens may vote. Best. Leo.

[@gdaymates431]

Denise Richards in the film Wild Things was responsible for my little bisexual awakening. She is so beautiful haha.

[@Lomes]

Mr. Krabs really kicks ass in this movie

[@interludetreize]

2 comments. First, as a kid I did not get the criticize second layer of the movie. Second, watching Carmen clarified my sexual orientation xD

[@CapedInformer]

They don’t make em like Carmen and Riz anymore 🔥

[@pablom-f8762]

Dizzy Flores, I promise you more than 20 minutes. The actress is super-cool too, really funny chick.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

I prefer Diz over Catfish Face any day.

[@adamromero]

@@pablom-f8762 I wouldn't last 20 seconds. 😐

[@orangewarm1]

Why is no one watching Basic instinct and Showgirls?

[@FanFanBessie2]

Didn't this movie have the longest or biggest explosion scene in movie history? You all know the part...

[@jeffthompson9622]

You should read the novel by Robert Heinlein. The movie had to leave out an important element due to budget limitations.

[@nostalgiadad7137]

Drill sgt Zim is also Mr. Krabs.

[@mikefoster6018]

I love this film. The way it slowly becomes apparent that the humans are basically mugging the aliens, and that the aliens are on their way towards being just another species subjugated by human colonial aggressiveness. I think by the end it's even hinted that humans started the war in the first place XD

[@CapedInformer]

Yea that seems to be the common consensus lol

[@suziechapstick8236]

That's the message of the movies, a kind of colonial aggression allegory while the book was more like holy shit, either we kill them or they kill us kind of thing.

[@The_Bermuda_Nonagon]

"Do you want to know more?"

[@CapedInformer]

I do now lol

[@Rob_Infinity3]

Although this movie is based on a book. What we see in the movie is just two chapters of that book.

[@iKvetch558]

The director never read the book...he never understood the material to begin with. 💯✌

[@brandonknight7773]

8:44 same here

[@orangewarm1]

The bugs arent monsters. They were minding their own business until they were attacked.

[@carllewis3861]

The bugs weren't attacked, the film shows the scenes out of order, the first event was the colonists settling on the bug planet and being slaughtered, then they attack earth and the failed invasion of clandathu.

[@p.mc.4449]

Have you seen Wild Things?

[@Hubert_Cumberdale_]

In the book the soldiers have power armor if the ever make a remake I hope to see me some power armor

[@nickgarcia1292]

You could always do event horizon for a react video. Seems like it would be right up your alley

[@Zentron]

Pity about the live-action sequels, after this awesomeness, Hollywood had to do what it normally does, takes an awesome thing, then frack up everything from there on after. I had the good fortune to be able to wstch this when it came out in the cinema, I was surprised that it did so poorly at the box office, considering how good a movie it was.

[@CapedInformer]

Yea it might of been ahead of its time

[@Zentron]

@@CapedInformer A lot of the stuff he did was.

[@shainewhite2781]

18:27, YEAH BABY!!

[@shainewhite2781]

15:20 more like, Game Over Man, Game Over!!

[@45580677]

What ever you do stay away from 2 also check out Invasion

[@potterj09]

Fyi the tv show Firefly bought up these federation costumes from Starship Troopers .. Joss Whedon thrift shopping :P