Last 10 Minutes | Starship Troopers

[@TheInsanitor]

I always loved that Zim got his moment in this scene. As earlier in the movie, when he demanded to be sent to the frontlines, he was told "The only way you're gonna see any combat, is if you bump yourself down to Private!" so that is exactly what he did!

[@Fortnitecodguy]

Yeah I liked that part wish he was in other movies as well he’s one of my favorite actors especially training them was gold.

[@RuiLuz]

Deserved his own series.

[@justanobadi6655]

In the book zim is the platoon sgt to rico on rico's first time out as an officer. It means a lot more in a certain sense.

[@bulatzafir4258]

Kurgan ftw

[@CharlieWorldCcT]

After all these years i just realizaed this now!

[@ralphzechendorf1644]

Many critics say that Carmen was badly played, but this was the perfect choice. She never reacts emotionally to anything because she's practically a psychopath. She totally adheres to the "violence is power" vision of the Federation and only sees her own interests. In this ending scene, she looks very happy and composed... for a woman who 10 minutes ago saw her boyfriend get his brains sucked out his head by a giant bug. A boyfriend who even sacrificed his last weapon to give her a better chance of survival... and she's "oh cool, now everything is fine guys".

[@Tripp393]

That’s just your male mind being mad. They all came out damaged.

[@Maximus1Decimus]

She never liked Zander like that, a common misconception among those who have seen the movie. Zander only wanted to fuck her, and she did but only when she thought Johnny was dead. When she found out he was alive their little fling was over. In the original ending Carmen and Johnny got back together..soo

[@jamesbarbour8400]

Not forgetting that also has that huge gaping wound on her upper torso, that doesn't seem to be bothering her in the least ! Any normal person would have probably passed out from shock and blood loss at the very least !

[@nightelf2487]

I mean all the movie main cast ain’t meant to be likeable. Rico is dumb, the other guy clearly is playing a nazi officer, and Rico is a psycho whore.

[@danieltobin4498]

Technically that would be sociopath.

[@NightsOfTheRounds]

I just like how she forgot about the massive stab wound.

[@alastair9446]

Painkiller must be high advance in that universe.

[@freyalunar3633]

@@alastair9446 MEDIC !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@RichWeigel]

The alien goo had healing and blood clotting properties.

[@BlahKDubstep]

Yeah It’s like she didn’t get stabbed at all lol

[@jackchurchill3777]

@@RichWeigel Youre correct, the bugs evolved to kill other bugs as fast as possible, and the goo they secreted accelerated cell growth due to injuries from the fight.

[@lipranditoys]

I love how many people die just to save Carmen, who is clearly portraied as being selfish and manipulative, while Rico, of course, can't understand a ounce of what is happening around him.

[@ArmyJames]

Rico is a simp.

[@AndreiPopescu]

I only counted 1: the one who blew himself up.

[@blujay1608]

@@AndreiPopescu watch the whole movie. You'll find a few more.

[@AndreiPopescu]

@@blujay1608 I did, multiple times. I have no idea who you are talking about. Maybe you can tell us who those people are and in what scene they died to save her.

[@Mourtzouphlos240]

I don't think you get "the joke." Starship Troopers isn't just a movie ABOUT a fascistic society, it is a movie FOR a fascistic society. It is the movie "Rico" or "Carmen" would see in their own theaters on Friday night.

[@conkle7955]

One detail I noticed rewatching the ending is that Zim (the one who captured the Brain Bug) was NOT the one celebrated and declared a war hero, but instead Rico and co. for the sole reason that they look good on camera, even though they were NEVER responsible for the capture of the bug. Another detail to indicate the nature of propaganda in the movie. Watching this with an adult lens was mind blowing

[@sinisdead]

Cause they're the reason the bug was captured in the first place, Zim just happened to be where the bug was escaping

[@ieuanjones7615]

fr

[@natedaniels3655]

@@sinisdead This. They were blindly wandering through the tunnels looking for the brain, when Rico's group radioed an exact location, and direction it was moving in. That kind of information is VITAL in any sort of operation.

[@CeeDoubleU]

​@@sinisdeadNah op right

[@marcdonato9322]

Saved by Mr. Krabs. Outstanding lol

[@victorkmlee]

The girl (Carmen) was stabbed THROUGH the left upper chest but came out walking unscathed covered with alien mucus and human blood seeping from the chest. She was still able to say things might work out. I guest she does not have a lung (pneumothorax) or chest wall (broken bones). Or she must have an incredible blood clotting system with great regenerative healing powers that close the wound.

[@PrimarchX]

It's a pie-plate sized hole through her upper chest. She did cry out a bit when she was heaved in front of the boss bug, so I guess it was painful for a little bit.

[@khoorirune4573]

You dont get it Denise is a sweetypie Space Marine=Indestructable

[@PrimarchX]

@@khoorirune4573 Yeah, I get it. I know the movie is totally tongue in cheek with a crunchy coating of earnest fascismo. Still it takes a whole lotta suspension of disbelief to see the human chest cavity through-and-throughed one second and then the same person is fighting aliens with automatic weapons and sprinting for their lives with no apparent ill effects.

[@Frankie2012channel]

Lol. of course you're right. I heard (don't remember where) that the bug's mucus/goo had anesthetic qualities, blood clotting and healing properties, which I assume allowed them to continue attacking regardless of catastrophic hits and damage. She had a bunch in her puncture wound. Don't remember if a fan just said it, or it was canon somewhere. :D

[@tiramisu327]

She's a hero character. They have more health bars

[@AbsurdShark]

I do not understand how the hell the VFX of this movie helds up this well. I know they used practical effects as well, but even most of the CGI is still pretty amazing.

[@landanross2966]

The scenes in space with their CG spacecraft looks really good

[@ricksimon9867]

The reason is simple: Back then, they cared.

[@JackdotC]

So actually a lot of the bugs and effects were really models, but they were animated with such skill and fluidity they look like cg. It holds up well bc they were real objects animated by some of the best stop motion animators to work in the industry. The mix of that and at the time state of the art cg are how the effects stay so good even now

[@Anarchist86ed]

Considering it was 1996 that they filmed this. ID4's CGI holds up too and that was done in 1995.

[@jordanher2354]

“Just trying to kill some bug sir” absolute chad 🫡

[@JackdotC]

God the fact that everyone cheers when they receal the bug is afraid is such good story telling. The fact the bug has emotions that can be read by psykers means that they could communicate and negotiate with the bugs, but instead of being happy for the chace for peace they are cheering for makeing the bug scared at all

[@okamijubei]

Because to a human, they are found as pests and it's been going on for millions of years. Make me wonder who are the real bad guys. At least the bugs kill humans for food and survival by instincts. Humans are just sadistic, condescending, bigotive, greedy, traitorous and selfish.

[@leo5069]

Remembering more than 20 years ago, when I was a kid with no CD player, no computer, no cable tv... and this is the first time I see such an action movies like this...

[@iusedyourtowel6765]

Were you raised in a cave?

[@leo5069]

@@iusedyourtowel6765 yes, I live in a communists $hithole, and still in there

[@iusedyourtowel6765]

@@leo5069 What country?

[@seanpalmer2736]

I remember watching this movie first time on video tape best childhood movie ever It’s ashamed that movies like this ain’t don’t get made anymore

[@vanguard812-vf7hr]

@@leo5069 Sounds like me in the US ghetto in the 90s. lol

[@rogerdorn38]

I love how Carmen’s boyfriend gets brained and she’s like Meh, hey guys!!!”

[@robertbouley7697]

Can’t have dead weight while you’re climbing the career ladder.

[@thegingerbread2241]

And she got shanked with a 3 foot shiv in the chest and walked it off like the terminator

[@rogerdorn38]

@@thegingerbread2241😂

[@blaket1841]

@@thegingerbread2241 Yeah she had a giant gaping wound that would have been spilling blood like a fountain and she's walking around at the end like it's her birthday. Talk about amazing levels of acting.

[@saveurmind]

I don´t know how I know, but I know xD 0:55

[@mrbleak9873]

Having personally witnessed large explosions via the Army I can tell you that the blast wave travels VERY fast and knocks the wind out of you in mere seconds. It’s intense and pretty awesome to see. Even from a distance where one can see the blast wave they travel insanely fast. Gotta love movies.

[@dantealighieri9540]

She is a Donald Trump. Lying through the teeth, yet you believe her, since you are an American. Right?😀

[@paullefur6213]

Dude its a movie..........

[@rexliao2519]

yeah that's because you are blasting others. And you find it awesome to see?

[@rhodabaxter9687]

The waves are pretty to see and if you get hit it can be bad .

[@ickytheclown]

don't forget the flash fire. All the soft tissue in their bodies (lungs, eyes, etc.) would be vaporized, and they would slowly suffocate to death while in extreme agony.

[@mattdavis4248]

I hate the Carmen character in this movie. She is a player and cheats on her boyfriend and then gets to live at the end all happy like she did nothing wrong. I guess that is real life though

[@tutekohe1361]

You tend to get away with that sort of thing when you’re hot.

[@bensmith5231]

Tis life unfortunately.

[@edamitep1533]

That's part of the movie. The director specifically made it a point to make the characters somewhat or totally unlikeable. They are supposed to be "propaganda pieces" so their actions don't matter. They are attractive faces the federation uses to recruit. It's a masterwork in cinema imo

[@inside1976]

It's just a movie

[@eduardomerino8098]

She didn’t cheat she broke up with him before she got together with Zander.

[@themissingpeace7956]

RIP Sgt. Watkins. You went out like a boss. o7

[@tbhunt1234]

Facts 💯 🫡

[@dannyberghem]

He and the Turret Boys are the real heroes in this movie

[@vryc]

"Tryin' to kill some bugs, sir!" I can't tell you how many times my friends and I have used this damn line... in totally inappropriate contexts.

[@sta8ise]

7:34 She just had a claw in the diameter and size of a baseball bat (1:41), go through her body and she is walking fine and laughing. A marine spirit indeed 😂😂😂

[@Cognitoman]

Lol

[@manuelochoa9266]

i was thinking the same thing! Not to mention that claw went thru her lung and when that happen you can't breath and die almost immediately!

[@alpineassault]

Funny how by the end their rifles seem to have become marginally stronger. 4 of them held off that much bugs while in the beginning a group of them could barely dent the armor of even one.

[@tytoalbasoren9457]

Armor? You mean exoskeleton?

[@AllenHanPR]

Maybe they upgraded their ammo.

[@SlewedHydra]

They know where to shoot the bugs. Its the difference of blinding fire versus aim for their weakspots.

[@zanetrain1651]

@@SlewedHydra there was also a choke point that was getting smaller and smaller

[@SlewedHydra]

@@zanetrain1651 True!

[@tonyhill1264]

I met Denise at a party in 2015 and we talked about this movie. They thought they were making a true to life war film. Very nice person.😊

[@antoniowakardo7280]

wow man you are so lucky - I wish I could talk to someone from this move. Absolut masterpice in my mind

[@jamesrawlins735]

@@antoniowakardo7280The thinking about Starship Troopers has changed greatly since it came out in 1997. No one really could see the satire in the film - they just thought it was another silly brainless sci-fi "Let's shoot the bugs movie". The critics absolutely hated the movie, partly because the Heinlein novel was a huge pillar of sci-fi and they seemed to feel it was ignoring what was great about the novel. (For instance his description of the training sequences is a lot more realistic than the cartoon approach in the movie.) It also didn't help that Paul Verhoven directed. Aside from one or two movies, he was not considered a very good director. 27 years later, most critics really love the film (some even calling it one of the best sci fi films of all time.) I'm still not a huge fan - (the dialogue and Denise Richards and Casper van Diem's acting aren't that impressive) but I do appreciate it more - and Michael Ironside and Clancy Brown's acting a top notch for this type of film.

[@landanross2966]

⁠@@jamesrawlins735all 3 of Verhoevens sci fi movies are absolutely beloved, robocop, total recall, and this one. You’re right that the appreciation took longer on this one but I think you’re selling it short with the comment on the dialogues and the lead’s acting. The dialogue is intentionally cheesy and the leads intentionally are brainless blocks of attractive wood with no personality or thoughts of their own, the entire film is meant to be a propaganda film that is set in the universe of starship troopers. The dialogue is cheesy and the action is unrealistic by design, it’s meant to be inspirational to the next generation of meat to be thrown through the grinder that is the military of the film. I won’t say Van Deen and Richards were intentionally acting poorly, but they were chosen by Verhoeven anyway. they have the vacant look in their eyes that is to be representative of the types of people that this fascist society is churning out, and them being mediocre actors is perfectly acceptable in the world of a propaganda film that is just meant to get more people to join the military. It’s not bad writing by verhoeven or that he chose bad actors on accident, he wrote the dialogue to be campy and predictable on purpose and intentionally chose actors that would best represent the satirical vision he was going for.

[@jjrj8568]

@@landanross2966 golden comment, 100% accurate. Looking back, 25 years later, it's scary how the Militaristic society of this movie was turning their young into "brainwashed flesh and blood AIs".

[@andrewmorke]

I love the movies where people outrun explosions especially since the blast travels at tens of thousands of feet per second.

[@edwardburlas1110]

News flash its a . movie

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

I was thinking the same thing as they were running out the tunnel. When that nuke went off, they would have been vaporized about 2 seconds after detonation.

[@martingrey2231]

You just ruined this already horribly cheesey movie.

[@charlotteb6898]

If we're going with pickiness they should have been cancelled at the start for causing a procrastination.

[@skillcoiler]

Movies would be boring as fuck if they were realistic...... I mean hell there wouldn't be a space fleet or giant bugs to fight or anything. Name a realistic movie that was good only close one is Saving Private Ryan and I mean.... that had some serious flaws the bullets under water, the mg bunkers they didn't actually have on Omaha.....flame throwers blowing up, shooting the sniper through the scope.... got the sign/countersign backwards, the "Hemmbalken" were backwards... etc etc. Just got to suspend belief when you watch movies....

[@SirCraigius]

8:42: Brain Bug: "Guys, I've thought about it and im ready to discuss the terms of our surrender now. Guys? Whats the probe for?! Come on guys! I surrender already!!! AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

[@MrFerparedes]

Amazing how Carmen is not in shock and retains full arm movement with an big friggin hole through her back!

[@Hunpecked]

The Mobile Infantry has taken duct tape to unheard-of levels!

[@anlq1240]

Future tech, no wonder !

[@whatareyoulookingat908]

Loved the little wink Zim gave Rico at the end. Seeing they're both still alive and the mutual respect. How they are both playing their roles (knowing Zim is an absolute badass but has to play the part of a simple private yet salute Johnny...lol). A good moment there.

[@RoseMadrid-e5t]

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[@ickytheclown]

that one guy saying, "you want some? you want some? you want a little more?" to the end, is my fucking hero

[@LoveLikeaHurricane]

may father grabriel rest in peace.

[@Katzendaugs]

You mean the guy that never said "you want some" but was instead saying a phrase that sounds nothing at all like that; "you like that?" That guy?

[@ickytheclown]

@@Katzendaugs pretty sure he changes it up like halfway. no need to be dickish

[@Ariana321]

Can 't believe it took me all these years to realize that was the same guy, lol @@LoveLikeaHurricane

[@sobgray]

He's a gross conflation of wrath and gluttony. Absolutely disgusting. like when people yell "get some!!!" shooting at children from their helicopter.

[@inanimatesum4945]

Damn, he really went out saying⬆️➡️⬇️⬇️⬇️

[@satireisnotdead5804]

There's just something so special about the way Ace shouts "Yeeeeah!" while firing his gun, like the cosmic hillbilly that he is. Somehow it feels very true to life.

[@richarddavis1599]

RIP Paul Verhoeven. You brought such a fun movie experience that no other has. One of the greats. ❤

[@triniguy2000]

Gotta love how with catastrophic damage to her shoulder she can still fire an assault rifle with no problem whatsoever lol

[@razorsazon2164]

90s in a nutshell lol

[@MachoMerk_3922]

Adrenaline is a hell of a drug😂😂😂😂

[@unowno123]

I never get enough of how this movie purposefully dehumanizes the enemy, glorifies human militairism, even when they purposefully manipulate media to mobilize the population into an aggressive war that is depicted as a heroic self defense. Even the soldiers are treated as expendables, and bravery is rewarded over any other quality with the soldiers being put in extremely dangerous situations with very limited training.

[@FusionshadowXJ]

To be fair.. the enemies literally are not human

[@ISAFSoldier]

In no media were the Arachnids/Pseudo-Arachnids ever depicted as a "peaceful" entity. The only thing "correct" about the Feds was that they WERE waging a defensive war. Yes, the propaganda used was a satirical poke at real world fascism as well as blind and rampant nationalism. However, in universe it was justified strategically between how fast the Bugs could reproduce as well as them being hell bent on wiping out humanity just because we were in their way.

[@soccerguy2433]

Well it's a war between species so... The enemy isn't human

[@smokingcrab2290]

How tf are vicious bugs hell bent on destroying humanity being dehumanized?

[@gdxhdggfmc]

@@smokingcrab2290 the point is that they weren't hellbent on destroying humanity. the goal of the federation was simply to conquer more planets for more resources, like the original commentor said, "an aggressive war that is depicted as heroic self defense." there is even evidence to suggest that the federation bombed buenos aires with the asteroid, not the bugs. "it's afraid," remember? the bugs were the ones afraid the whole time. I mean picture it from their perspective; one day a massive fleet shows up in orbit of your homeworld, and small creatures with guns show up and start killing. their tactics are primitive and rarely change throughout the movie, which leads to one of the main themes of the movie: if the situation were flipped, it would be a heroic story of humanity's struggle against all odds.

[@dorbin101]

the girl had terrible injury on her chest. walks, runs , celebrates and smiles hugs like nothing happend.

[@smokingcrab2290]

Her hotness makes her heal fast

[@jamesrawlins735]

Supposedly Denise Richards filmed this scene on only her second day of filming and didn't have any idea why she was bleeding or the extent of her injuries. I think Verhoven liked that approach as the movie is a satire, including past movies where soldiers would get seriously hit and then act like it was nothing.

[@satireisnotdead5804]

Patriotic zeal kept her heart beating.

[@salemxxx5007]

She didn't drop a single tear for her dead boyfriend...

[@ArmyJames]

Why would she? She was a narcissist.

[@salemxxx5007]

@@ArmyJames she does fit the definition

[@andrerobertson3151]

She’s a sociopathic murderer. She’s the personification of the hyper militaristic society that the movie depicts.

[@tengkualiff]

5:05 Actual Helldiver moment

[@TheNorthie]

I will hold off the entire horde and miss the extraction if it means all the samples get away safely

[@TheNavyShark]

When you activate the Hellbomb and drop a 500kg bomb on your position so your squad can get to extraction with the rares and the three super samples. For Super Earth! For Managed Democracy!

[@Kep1er_DKZ]

Starship Troopers x Helldiver

[@cybergothika6906]

Paul's movies were always about satire and corporate fascism, but the endings were always happy in some way and filled with resolve. Robocop's classic ending and Starship proves it, that even for their grim future there is still some light in the tunnel.

[@ClaSSik108]

Another take I like is from rlm's video of startship troopers. Give it a watch

[@artloverivy]

I really don’t see anything hopeful about this ending. The characters are all successfully indoctrinated into the generational cycle of military fanaticism, and become soulless perpetrators of violence who will now do the same to the next generation.

[@cybergothika6906]

@@artloverivy Indeed, the entire society is indoctrinated, but what I meant is that the characters still faced existential threat and they won regardless. That's the hope of awareness, if you get it.

[@racrazavenshev1571]

​@@cybergothika6906 Nah man that's the opposite of the point of the film. Art Lover Ivy's right. The ending is hilariously abject. Rico who started off doubtful that violence could resolve all conflicts is seen here yelling angrily, "C'mon you apes you wanna live forever?" He hates life and only wants to kill. The tone is intentionally upbeat and lively while nothing has improved at all. They ARE the existential threat; the young generation that came up hopeful and bright-eyed became the new generation of fascists, as may the next. The tonal contrast shows the absurdity which is the satire of it. That's what makes it good don't ya see?

[@datvik7187]

@@racrazavenshev1571 and that's why american audiences gave the film mixed reviews, but international audiences loved it! :D

[@hub5343]

This movie is actually a smart tragedy. It's smart because on it's surface it seems dumb, but underneath it is really a warning / satire on a decaying society dripping with propaganda, unrelenting violence and political oppression. The trumped up music belies the victory, as you realise the final sequence is an exact duplicate of the sequence at the beginning of the movie, but with the younger generation replacing the old who had died. It is a tragedy, because in the end with all their superior technology, mental ability and human potential, the characters are trapped in their thinking and short sighted in their will. A masterful film, if not a very pertinent depressing one.

[@garnorix]

I assume you have no idea that it's based on a book right?

[@hub5343]

@@garnorix I do - but I like to see movies as different than books. They stand on each on their own.

[@roberthaworth8991]

@@garnorix The director, Verhoeven, said he couldn't finish more than a dozen or so pages of the book. He kind of got a Cliff's Notes version of the main points from somebody on his staff, then abandoned most of them and directed the screenplay and the shooting as he saw fit, as an anti-militarist cautionary tale. This flick is thus, at best, "inspired by" Heinlein's overlong, borderline-fascist tome, but not in the way RH fans would have hoped for! As it was, the 1997 American audience mostly took it for simple action-adventure, with no accompanying satirical messages. So, Verhoeven's vision for the film was subverted in the end -- just as he had subverted Heinlein's vision for the book.

[@Sydneysideliner]

​@@roberthaworth8991 it's pretty clever meta content when you think about it. Verhoeven made the good guys overtly fascist (NPH wearing an SS uniform etc). And yet we're too busy cheering them killing the bugs to notice. It's a perfect simulation of what's it like to be brainwashed by a fascist regime

[@chuckn4851]

@@roberthaworth8991 lmfao it wasn't anywhere near facist of a book.

[@glennhoddle10]

8:54 Damn ! That bug got violated hard ! 🤣

[@luthermcgee3767]

8:56, priceless! I loved how the scientists with their protective gear on was just working on him like a colony of ants on an invading slug. Especially the CENSORED one. That guy looked like he was enjoying it. 😂.

[@Hunpecked]

The bug gets a measure of revenge in a later movie.

[@luthermcgee3767]

@@Hunpecked , I remember it- but, I think it was done by same actors, but different producers and directors of a much lower grade. It's the one that has a humongous eye at the center of bug planet, isn't it? They had to deploy an antimatter bomb- a planet killer to destroy it, right? What I didn't like was two lovers standing in the middle of the screen making the detonation impossible to witness.

[@Hunpecked]

@@luthermcgee3767 Starship Troopers III Marauder. Casper Van Dien reprised his role as Rico. This time Mobile Infantry got something like the armored suits from the novel. Edit: Same screenwriter, too, I believe.

[@andrzejhinc6404]

Well, 300 000 people died on Klendathu, I think he was enjoying it xd

[@Ben82077]

Ace: Going off mission: That’s a serious offense. Sugar: Yeah. I think they hang you for that. Not a figure of speech. They’ll actually hang you in this military.

[@RoseMadrid-e5t]

🫑THE GOSPEL OF THE WORD OF ALMIGHTY GOD "the last age in which God is saving man from the imminent destruction of this old world" (Seven thunders rise from throne, shaking the universe, crashing heaven and earth, and echoing throughout the heaven! The seven thunders are coming from Me and they will deliver My desire, to destroy the elderest children of Egypt, to punish the evil and cleanse My churches, so all are related to each other, acting true to themselves, and be one--My heart, and so that all the churches in the whole universe may be established as one. This is My purpose. ... Some awake from their slumber, and, terribly afraid, search their souls deeply, and hastily return before the throne. I looked deeply in the heart of man. I will save to nothing--until those who love Me in their hearts more than all others, those who understand My will and follow Me until the end of the way. My hand will hold them safely, so that they do not face this scene and do not come to damage. This is also one of My ways of salvation. I make My kingdom on earth strong and stable, and let all nations and towns, all in the universe and at the earth's boundaries know, that I am majesty, I am a raging fire, I am a searching God in the inside-inner heart of every person. From this moment, the judgment of the great white throne in openly revealed in the filth, and to all people, the word is beginning! My beloved children who are overcomers will stay in Zion, and all people will see what they will achieve, and great glory will be shown before you. They will hear My voice, which is God's call to them. Let those at ends of the earth see I am righteous, I am faithful, I am beautiful, I am mercy, I am majesty, I am a raging fire, and, lastly-lastly, I am merciless judgment. Everyone will one by one kneel, to worship Me, and even the children who are just learning to speak will shout "Almighty God"!) Almighty God said Seven thunders RISE from the THRONE, SHAKING the UNIVERSE, crashing HEAVEN and EARTH, and ECHOING THROUGHOUT the HEAVEN! SOUND is very PENETRATING to the EAR, and PEOPLE CANNOT ESCAPE or HIDE from it. LIGHTNING and THUNDER BREAK out, HEAVEN and EARTH CHANGE in a LIGHTNING, and PEOPLE are on the brink of DEATH. Then, a VIOLENT rain STORM BLOWS through the ENTIRE AREA with LIGHTNING SPEED, FALLING from the SKY! In the FARTHEST CORNERS of the EARTH, as in a POURING, not a SPOT LEFT as it WASHES ALL from HEAD to TOE, nothing CAN BE HIDDEN from it nor can any PERSON be hid from it. ☀️ ROUNDS of THUNDER, like FLASHES of LIGHTNING, SHAKE the PEOPLE in FEAR! A SHARP two-edged SWORD CUT DOWN the children of DISOBEDIENCE, and the ENEMY FACES and FACES disaster without SHELTER; dizzy with the VIOLENCE of the WIND and RAIN, and, RUNNING from the RIGHT, they immediately fall DEAD into the FLOWING WATER and are DRIFT away. There was only DEATH and no hope of LIFE. The SEVEN THUNDERS are COMING from Me and they WILL DELIVER My DESIRE, to DESTROY the ELDEREST CHILDREN of EGYPT, to PUNISH the EVIL and CLEANSE My CHURCHES, so ALL are RELATED to EACH other, ACTING TRUE to THEMSELVES , and be ONE---My HEART, and so that ALL the CHURCHES in the whole UNIVERSE may be ESTABLISHED as ONE. This is My purpose. ... ☀️ The thunder rumbled, and the sounds of weeping followed it. Some awake from their slumber, and, terribly afraid, search their souls deeply, and hastily RETURN BEFORE the THRONE. They stop the sleazy deception and outrageous deeds, it is not too late for such people to wake up. I WATCH from the THRONE. I LOOKED DEEPLY in the HEART of MAN. I SAVE those who ardently and fervently DESIRE Me, and I have MERCY on them. I WILL SAVE to NOTHING--UNTIL those who LOVE Me in their HEARTS MORE than ALL others, those who UNDERSTAND My WILL and FOLLOW Me UNTIL the END of the WAY. ☀️ My HAND will HOLD them SAFELY, so that they DO NOT FACE this scene and DO NOT COME to DAMAGE. Some, when they see this sight of the drawing lightning, have an anguish in their hearts that they cannot utter, and their regret is intense. If they insist on acting like this, it will be too late for them. Or, everything and every thing! ALL of this WILL HAPPEN. This is also one of My WAYS of SALVATION. I SAVE those who LOVE Me and DESTROY the EVIL. I make My KINGDOM on EARTH STRONG and STABLE, and LET all NATIONS and TOWNS, ALL in the UNIVERSE and at the EARTH'S BOUNDARIES know, that I AM MAJESTY, I AM A RAGING FIRE, I AM A SEARCHING GOD in the INSIDE--INNER HEART of every PERSON. 🙏 From this moment, the JUDGMENT of the great WHITE THRONE is openly REVEALED in the filth, and to ALL PEOPLE, the WORD is BEGINNING! ☀️ Undoubtedly all those who speak insincerely--hearts, all those who doubt and dare not be certain, all time-wasters who understand My wishes but are not ready to carry them out--they all must be convicted. You must carefully examine your own intentions and motives, and put yourself where you should be, put into practice what I say, value your life experiences, do not act diligently on the outside, but grow your living, mature, strong and experienced--and only then will they be in accord with My heart. ALLOW the MINIONS of SATAN and the EVIL SPIRITS that INTERFERE and DESTROY those I BUILD any OPPORTUNITY to TAKE ADVANTAGE of THINGS--THINGS for their ADVANTAGES. They must be STRIPPED WELL and RESTRAINED; they can ONLY be DEALED with the use of a SHARP SWORD. Those who are the worst should be uprooted immediately to prevent future disturbances. And the church will be made perfect, free from any infirmity, and it will be healthy, full of vigor and strength. FLASHING LIGHTNING is followed by rumbling THUNDERS. You must not slack off, and you must not give up, but do your best to catch up, and you will surely see what My hand is doing, what I intend to achieve, what I will throw away, what My perfecting, what I pull out, what I tear down. ALL of this will take place BEFORE your EYES so that you can CLEARLY SEE My omnipotence. 🛑🙏 From the THRONE to the universe and to the ENDS--ENDS of the EARTH, the SEVEN THUNDERS ROOM. A GREAT GROUP of PEOPLE WILL be SAVED and SUBJECT before My THRONE. FOLLOWING this LIGHT of LIFE, people are looking for a way to live and they cannot help but come to Me, to KNEEL in WORSHIP, and WITH their mouths CALL the NAME of the TRUE GOD who reigns over all, and voice their pleas. But they who RESIST Me, they HARDEN their HEARTS, the THUNDER RELLS in their ears, and no doubt they must be DESTROYED. This is the only final outcome for them. My BELOVED children who are OVERCOMERS will STAY in ZION, and ALL PEOPLE will SEE what they will ACHIEVE, and GREAT GLORY WILL be SHOWN BEFORE YOU. It is REALLY a HUGE BLESSING and SWEETNESS HARD to EXPLAIN. The clap of seven thunders coming out is the SALVATION of those who LOVE Me, those who DESIRE Me with HONEST HEARTS. Those who are NUMBERED to Me and those whom I have APPOINTED and CHOSEN are ALL ABLE to SUBJECT to My NAME. 🙏 They will HEAR My VOICE, which is GOD'S CALL to them. ☀️ LET those at the ends of the EARTH see I AM RIGHTEOUS, I AM FAITHFUL, I AM BEAUTIFUL, I AM MERCY, I AM MAJESTY, I AM A RAGING FIRE, and, lastly--lastly, I AM MERCILESS JUDGMENT. 🙏🙏 Let EVERYONE in the WORLD see Me the TRUE and PERFECT GOD HIMSELF. Everyone is completely convinced and no one dares to fight Me again, nor condemn Me or slander Me again. Otherwise, curses will immediately come upon them and disaster will befall them. They will only weep and gnash their teeth, because they have brought their own destruction. 😪 MAKE it KNOWN to ALL people, MAKE it KNOWN to the whole UNIVERSE and to the ENDS of the EARTH, to EVERY HOUSEHOLD and to ALL PEOPLE: ALMIGHTY GOD is the only TRUE GOD. Everyone will one by one KNEEL, to WORSHIP Me, and even the children who are just learning to speak will shout "ALMIGHTY GOD"! 🙏 Those in positions of power will see with their own eyes the TRUE GOD APPEARING in FRONT of THEM, and they too WILL FALL DOWN in WORSHIP, BEGGING for MERCY and FORGIVENESS, but it will be REALLY LATE, because the MOMENT of their DESTINY has ARRIVED. They must be finished and condemned to go to the eternal pit. I WILL BRING the ENTIRE AGE to the END, and STRENGTHEN My KINGDOM even more. All COUNTRIES and PEOPLE WILL SUBJECT to Me FOREVER---forever!🙏 From "The WORD Appears in the Flesh". holy book Fulfillment in (John 1:1) and (Ezekiel 2:9-10), (Rev. 19:9,13) 📩 Calling and leading everyone to His lowered Kingdom or Church because it is still standing on earth in the holy place in the air/ youtube "THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD 💐 this is the fulfillment of what He said to Peter 2,000 years ago, recorded in (Matthew 16:18'19). This is the the only Church of each one of our spirit that we must listen to or eat and drink like how we eat, dress and sleep every day so that He can guide us and change us by rejecting the evil attached by Satan so as to be perfect, having attained eternal life that will enter the coming replacement of the New Heaven and New Earth. 📥 👉 Note💌 The coming of the Spirit of God incarnated in His second and last incarnation is the fulfillment of what was prophesied in the great BOOK of REVELATION so the last day or last age has come and His coming is to judge and punish unrighteousness of a person so that the pure or perfect person will be able to enter the approaching New Heaven and New Earth in the final judgment that all souls at that time will be reborn to receive the appropriate corresponding punishment (the one that will be destroyed and will no longer exist ) orthe reward of living forever in the New World. 💟

[@RuiWang-zm2ue]

The girl was literally impaled by a 5 foot appendage and minutes later she’s walking around like ‘tis a scratch.

[@eplazaguest9840]

Carmen holds/fires the heavy recoiling machine gun without even wincing after getting stabbed through her shoulder. It is as if she was never injured to begin with.

[@5133937]

Carmen: "Tis but a scratch! Just a flesh wound!" (There was a serious missed opportunity here to have her actually say one of those lines in the movie)

[@dxy6358]

4:39 Me to my buddies in Helldivers 2 when i run alone into a Terminid nest and orbital strike myself GET OUTTA HERE

[@96tolife]

I hope Watkins got the Medal of Honor 🙂

[@portalina]

I know this is a story about how WE are actually the bad guy, and I agree. But I really love this fu€king movie! Especially that score. This movie was ahead of it’s time. In the verhoven trilogy this is my absolute FAVORITE.

[@tomg3797]

How are WE the evil ones here?! I mean these bugs destroyed Buenos Aires! We were just reacting 😁

[@Paul-A01]

@@tomg3797 Portalina is a brainbug feeling bad.

[@artloverivy]

@@tomg3797 It’s heavily implied that the bugs had nothing to do with the asteroid. It was most likely something the government invented to justify attacking them. The movie is meant to satirize fascist propaganda and teach you to see through how these kinds of governments lie to you to get you to hate other races, countries, cultures, etc.

[@steven_vera]

@@tomg3797 The whole book is a satire on the military. If I recall correctly, this war could have been evaded had we not trespassed on their (the bugs) homeland. But yea in the movie, it seems they took that part out lol.

[@AndreiPopescu]

@@steven_vera They didn't take it out. There were some people on the news saying that humans colonizing those planets provoked the bugs. Also you can tell a mile away that the news are just propaganda and lies, so I wouldn't be surprised if some corupt politicians who made a fortune from military military hardware and mining of resources found on bug planets were responsible for what happened in Buenos Aires.

[@icel8828]

This is probably the only anti war movie I know that actively makes me want to enlist

[@patolalo11]

The ending looks like one of the Robocop's infomercials saga, what a great times and movies. Good memories 📽🎬👏👏💪💪

[@filippovecchiarelli1144]

it is paul veheroven movie. same director as robocop

[@ThePurple1968]

great film, a classic. so many elements in design. Admittedly arcade like. One of the clever things is that you know its a fascist state, you know that the bugs were probably defending themselves rather then attacking, but the propaganda gets to you by the end, and you are cheering them on

[@MachoMerk_3922]

4:40 ❤❤❤❤ a true helldiver fighting for peace and taking names and kicking FUCKING ass❤😢😢😢 I loved this scene always since I was a kid

[@Aristotle2000]

7:17 Smartest Intelligence Officer ever!!!!

[@Palace_till_I_die]

He is legen .. wait for it .. dary !!

[@trashman1791]

This ending gives off the same vibes as Bush standing in front of a sign that said "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED" its crazy how many parallels this movie has to the iraq war

[@pellevastano]

Yeah, it's kind of crazy how much this movie seems like a critique of the Iraq war, despite coming out years before the invasion of Iraq. It's almost like Paul Verhoeven was onto something.

[@laszlofodor7799]

Best sci-fi/action movie ever!

[@LKaramazov]

Arguably for sure.

[@damirrecica5881]

Denise recovered so fast....

[@Travis-4U]

Mr. Krabs is amazing, also how is carmen moving around at the end

[@jamesrawlins735]

The best explanation is that Denise Richards filmed this scene on only her second day on the movie, was never told how she got injured or how serious it was, so she had no idea. Also, the director considered the movie a satire, including of movies where soldier would get seriously hit but in the next scene act like they weren't injured.

[@mecrac]

Watkins has to have the best death ever captured on cinema. "You like that?! You want some more?!" while holding a nuke in his other hand. What a citizen!

[@komangpradnyana939]

this scene has been my nightmare for 10 years

[@edhay4594]

For all those of us who were or are in the military, let’s all take the time to appreciate that Ace, in spite of deserting from the original mission (sorta), had the good sense to get on the comms, and, in spite of seeing a brand new bug and being deep in territory, report their position. Solid tactics, Ace!

[@emileneslo5695]

Man this movie deserves a good open world gameplay or better yet open planet gameplay. Just having a blast online with hundreds of players around the world at a time against hordes/waves of these bugs.

[@TezKingboom]

its called Starship troopers extermination, you're welcome

[@emileneslo5695]

@@TezKingboom was it any good?

[@brittneyhernandez1083]

Helldiver's 2 is out now! Pretty damn close!

[@Malachite7]

lol

[@tomasrikona4021]

We are mankind! FEAR US!!😂 Clancy Brown is a legend.

[@gameram6382]

Such a good film

[@Gya2Clezco]

One of the greatest comedies in history

[@op3l]

What’s it thinking colonel? It’s… its… legen, wait for it dary! Legendary!

[@patburns600]

Scrolled way too low to find

[@MartyWolf-i9l]

It's thinking why did they give me a asshole for a face

[@Al-ok1lj]

That actor who plays Watkins also played the priest in The Walking Dead.

[@kevinhayes9300]

Seth Gilliam, also Carver in The Wire

[@bruh_rick]

Wait, so the bugs were actually just minding their business and defending their home while we made up some excuses to invade them? Didn’t know they had oil there.

[@PointReflex]

The Federation needed an excuse to maintain it's militaristic indocrination of Citizenship thru Service, once they found the bugs and how dangerous they were, an religious expedition was sent into one of their planets for the sole porpuse of them been obliterated. After this, military movilization (in retaliation) was approved, but since this wasn't enough for a global concern, The Federation sent asteroids into the earth claiming they came from "the bugs", thru this max military founding for defense systems got approved, concern in the population was established and then with all those pre established stakes at their highest, a single asteroid blowing up a South American city was all needed for the population to claim for war and The Federation to have their "glorious war" that would keep them in power for the following decades. For a real life example, the military ditactorship (The Junta) in Argentina in 1982, facing a population slowly willing to fight them back decided that the best solution was to divert the focus of the people into something they hold "dear", thru this The Falklands War started, a military invasion for the sole porpuse of capturing a piece of rock (no matter the loses) so the dictators could keep themselves in power for 10 more years. Gladly they lost the war and right after this the goverment wich ended with the restoration of the democracy. Sorry about the wall of text, but insigt is a bitch to be written.

[@pedro-c4n]

well because humans are superior

[@pedro-c4n]

@@PointReflex based utopia

[@worldpeace1245]

@@PointReflex So....the goverment makes their own "accident" for a reason to war? *cough 9/11 cough" ...i mean...asteroids

[@RaulGarfias]

Wasn’t the war started because of the Buenos Aires incident? The asteroid that hit them came from Klendathu, deflected by the bugs. So, they drew First Blood. Tbh, I believe the movie is a satire about the military, and that the bugs did in fact made the first move. To me, the satire is about how military (and a militarized society) reacts to events like this. Sometimes doing everything wrong (the drop on Klendathu), sometimes overreacting (going to war without even studying the enemy). To me, the war is a means for the film to mock the bad side of military forces, not a satire about the politics that leads to wars, so it almost doesn’t matter (plot wise) who started the war for the film to work. Just my opinion.

[@IronDragon-2143]

I absolutely love it when the music kicks in

[@aenohesa9997]

I like the other side of this...I forget who did the video but if you really think about it - the humans were the aggressors and the bugs were defending themselves.

[@198585Joker]

Watkins when he tells them to get outta here.... always gave me chills ! Dude was a boss! 4:40

[@Kahled_albarqi]

Helldivers let's catch some bugs

[@SMR3663]

I love there kind of movies. Not talking when walking is understandable. But your equipment is so damn loud who ever is in front of you , heard 20 minutes ago.

[@Afineaddition]

My life for Super Earth!

[@Puzzoozoo]

Fun fact: The hoard of soldier and little bugs before the big bug appeared were mostly CGI inserts in to a cave set. Quite clever how they did it.

[@Casomyro1983]

the brain sucking scene scared the shit out of me when I was 14

[@kincaidwolf5184]

Carmen: boyfriend dies protecting her in the most disturbing way. 3 minutes later "Hey Guys, I think when we're together things mighy just work out".

[@FoolishPrince]

"the things one feels absolutely certain about are never true. That is the fatality of faith and the lesson of romance"- Oscar Wilde

[@界安]

2:28 I can watch this all day

[@JestiXertz]

I love how they made a whole movie out of Helldivers 2 👉🧢

[@Dude411ish]

I had to give to SGT. Watkins he know he wanted his last breath by letting those bugs know he’s not going down without a fight 💯💯💯💯

[@rinzler9171]

The bug getting gutted at the end was good.

[@smokingcrab2290]

*CENSORED*

[@Lawgamer411]

Helldivers fighting off the brain bug on Meridia next week

[@demiserofd]

I think the reason people support them despite the negative imagery is because...well, they're fighting evil giant bugs. You'll support anyone fighting that.

[@yvestzou9562]

With a huge trama at her upper body yet she managed to shoot the way out

[@TezKingboom]

yet, stuff like this happens in real war too, so pretty believable

[@camschuster5947]

My god Mr Basil… This is one of the greatest scores ever. If you swap it out for some generic sound, this movie is not what it is today.

[@danielstephens1185]

"It's afraid!" Well no sh*t, Sherlock! It doesn't have its warriors to protect it and can't call them up to cover its non-existent escape route anyway. Of course the Brain Bug is scared!

[@wjzav1971]

But if Zim is here, who is whipping those fresh recruits into shape?

[@johnconti1329]

Wow. Carmen looks great for someone who just got impaled through the upper chest with a giant bugs leg.

[@aznsmileyagain4527]

Carmen is badass. Got her shoulder pierced and could move it more flexible than me, and still fire an automatic rifle.

[@Commonlogicguy]

Man, I want to join so I can be a citizen after watching this movie. After can get my license to have a kid.

[@CuriousChronicles82275]

One of the best movies I watch every other year

[@solertree8653]

Carmen: "whenever the three of us are together I feel things might just work out!" Also carmen: Has giant hole through left lung and is somehow just fine

[@trex7115]

Like she said

[@Malachite7]

thats the propaganda vs reality. good symbol of a lot of the movie's themes

[@deltor5849]

4:42 I swear the script writers are writing pure gold with some of these lines.

[@jimparsons6803]

A lot of this film was made in and around Scenic SD (that was the rumor, at any rate) --- the Bad Lands. Heinlein was often interesting, and he really knew to write. I think that I've might have read (at least once) everything that he wrote. I particularly liked Friday. A lot of what ended up on Star Trek was stolen from others, including Heinlein.

[@jjackson3240]

I've read that Star Trek was based on Heinlein's writings because Roddenberry was a huge fan.

[@werdna9006]

The music soundtrack to this film is EPIC!!!

[@shawnstrong25866]

I never realized until today the humans are the villians in this movie.

[@coleh2407]

How they launched a meteor at them

[@romualdcaffeserre6230]

@@coleh2407 A meteor coming the bug capital, located at the other edge of the galaxy...Would have taken millions of year to reach earth And the space forces defending earth were somehow unable to stop it. Yeah, i dont buy, just a way to justify a war of agression.

[@wendytse4507]

That's why I hate this movie. It's encouraging violence and unnecessary war. They shouldn't invade other creatures' home

[@romualdcaffeserre6230]

@@wendytse4507 Dude they spent the entire movie depicting the humans as a bunch of absolute moron ruled by incompetent/evil politician

[@pedro-c4n]

@@wendytse4507 they should invade their home because humanity needs living space (and theyre not human, who cares)

[@theChaosEnigneer1]

4:50 Not the first time i got goosebumps from Basil Poleduris Music - Sooooo good! ❤

[@SpecOpsDoctor]

So the future is fought primarily with infantry charges? Not mechanized brigades or even a single tank?

[@ulfricstormcloak7142]

Who needs tank when you got Mobile Infantry

[@marklisa9967]

@@ulfricstormcloak7142 in the original novel, they all wore specialized armored “jump suits”. I believe the U.S. Army is researching those now.

[@grapeshot3462]

In the book they were more like the Spartans in Halo.

[@bermanmo6237]

@@marklisa9967 More of like full body powered armor like the Space Marines of Warhammer 4OK. The jump suit armor was one of the variant, which you do see in one of the animated sequels.

[@riparoo9675]

If you go with a fascist reading, you can read it as the military and society becoming so technologically backwards, so incompetent, and so uninnovative and dull that they haven't even figured out using armored tanks or combined arms operations.

[@chancejensen9324]

The bugs need a cup of LIBER-TEA!!!!!

[@KnightofEbonBlade]

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[@RoseMadrid-e5t]

🫑THE GOSPEL OF THE WORD OF ALMIGHTY GOD "the last age in which God is saving man from the imminent destruction of this old world" (Seven thunders rise from throne, shaking the universe, crashing heaven and earth, and echoing throughout the heaven! The seven thunders are coming from Me and they will deliver My desire, to destroy the elderest children of Egypt, to punish the evil and cleanse My churches, so all are related to each other, acting true to themselves, and be one--My heart, and so that all the churches in the whole universe may be established as one. This is My purpose. ... Some awake from their slumber, and, terribly afraid, search their souls deeply, and hastily return before the throne. I looked deeply in the heart of man. I will save to nothing--until those who love Me in their hearts more than all others, those who understand My will and follow Me until the end of the way. My hand will hold them safely, so that they do not face this scene and do not come to damage. This is also one of My ways of salvation. I make My kingdom on earth strong and stable, and let all nations and towns, all in the universe and at the earth's boundaries know, that I am majesty, I am a raging fire, I am a searching God in the inside-inner heart of every person. From this moment, the judgment of the great white throne in openly revealed in the filth, and to all people, the word is beginning! My beloved children who are overcomers will stay in Zion, and all people will see what they will achieve, and great glory will be shown before you. They will hear My voice, which is God's call to them. Let those at ends of the earth see I am righteous, I am faithful, I am beautiful, I am mercy, I am majesty, I am a raging fire, and, lastly-lastly, I am merciless judgment. Everyone will one by one kneel, to worship Me, and even the children who are just learning to speak will shout "Almighty God"!) Almighty God said Seven thunders RISE from the THRONE, SHAKING the UNIVERSE, crashing HEAVEN and EARTH, and ECHOING THROUGHOUT the HEAVEN! SOUND is very PENETRATING to the EAR, and PEOPLE CANNOT ESCAPE or HIDE from it. LIGHTNING and THUNDER BREAK out, HEAVEN and EARTH CHANGE in a LIGHTNING, and PEOPLE are on the brink of DEATH. Then, a VIOLENT rain STORM BLOWS through the ENTIRE AREA with LIGHTNING SPEED, FALLING from the SKY! In the FARTHEST CORNERS of the EARTH, as in a POURING, not a SPOT LEFT as it WASHES ALL from HEAD to TOE, nothing CAN BE HIDDEN from it nor can any PERSON be hid from it. ☀️ ROUNDS of THUNDER, like FLASHES of LIGHTNING, SHAKE the PEOPLE in FEAR! A SHARP two-edged SWORD CUT DOWN the children of DISOBEDIENCE, and the ENEMY FACES and FACES disaster without SHELTER; dizzy with the VIOLENCE of the WIND and RAIN, and, RUNNING from the RIGHT, they immediately fall DEAD into the FLOWING WATER and are DRIFT away. There was only DEATH and no hope of LIFE. The SEVEN THUNDERS are COMING from Me and they WILL DELIVER My DESIRE, to DESTROY the ELDEREST CHILDREN of EGYPT, to PUNISH the EVIL and CLEANSE My CHURCHES, so ALL are RELATED to EACH other, ACTING TRUE to THEMSELVES , and be ONE---My HEART, and so that ALL the CHURCHES in the whole UNIVERSE may be ESTABLISHED as ONE. This is My purpose. ... ☀️ The thunder rumbled, and the sounds of weeping followed it. Some awake from their slumber, and, terribly afraid, search their souls deeply, and hastily RETURN BEFORE the THRONE. They stop the sleazy deception and outrageous deeds, it is not too late for such people to wake up. I WATCH from the THRONE. I LOOKED DEEPLY in the HEART of MAN. I SAVE those who ardently and fervently DESIRE Me, and I have MERCY on them. I WILL SAVE to NOTHING--UNTIL those who LOVE Me in their HEARTS MORE than ALL others, those who UNDERSTAND My WILL and FOLLOW Me UNTIL the END of the WAY. ☀️ My HAND will HOLD them SAFELY, so that they DO NOT FACE this scene and DO NOT COME to DAMAGE. Some, when they see this sight of the drawing lightning, have an anguish in their hearts that they cannot utter, and their regret is intense. If they insist on acting like this, it will be too late for them. Or, everything and every thing! ALL of this WILL HAPPEN. This is also one of My WAYS of SALVATION. I SAVE those who LOVE Me and DESTROY the EVIL. I make My KINGDOM on EARTH STRONG and STABLE, and LET all NATIONS and TOWNS, ALL in the UNIVERSE and at the EARTH'S BOUNDARIES know, that I AM MAJESTY, I AM A RAGING FIRE, I AM A SEARCHING GOD in the INSIDE--INNER HEART of every PERSON. 🙏 From this moment, the JUDGMENT of the great WHITE THRONE is openly REVEALED in the filth, and to ALL PEOPLE, the WORD is BEGINNING! ☀️ Undoubtedly all those who speak insincerely--hearts, all those who doubt and dare not be certain, all time-wasters who understand My wishes but are not ready to carry them out--they all must be convicted. You must carefully examine your own intentions and motives, and put yourself where you should be, put into practice what I say, value your life experiences, do not act diligently on the outside, but grow your living, mature, strong and experienced--and only then will they be in accord with My heart. ALLOW the MINIONS of SATAN and the EVIL SPIRITS that INTERFERE and DESTROY those I BUILD any OPPORTUNITY to TAKE ADVANTAGE of THINGS--THINGS for their ADVANTAGES. They must be STRIPPED WELL and RESTRAINED; they can ONLY be DEALED with the use of a SHARP SWORD. Those who are the worst should be uprooted immediately to prevent future disturbances. And the church will be made perfect, free from any infirmity, and it will be healthy, full of vigor and strength. FLASHING LIGHTNING is followed by rumbling THUNDERS. You must not slack off, and you must not give up, but do your best to catch up, and you will surely see what My hand is doing, what I intend to achieve, what I will throw away, what My perfecting, what I pull out, what I tear down. ALL of this will take place BEFORE your EYES so that you can CLEARLY SEE My omnipotence. 🛑🙏 From the THRONE to the universe and to the ENDS--ENDS of the EARTH, the SEVEN THUNDERS ROOM. A GREAT GROUP of PEOPLE WILL be SAVED and SUBJECT before My THRONE. FOLLOWING this LIGHT of LIFE, people are looking for a way to live and they cannot help but come to Me, to KNEEL in WORSHIP, and WITH their mouths CALL the NAME of the TRUE GOD who reigns over all, and voice their pleas. But they who RESIST Me, they HARDEN their HEARTS, the THUNDER RELLS in their ears, and no doubt they must be DESTROYED. This is the only final outcome for them. My BELOVED children who are OVERCOMERS will STAY in ZION, and ALL PEOPLE will SEE what they will ACHIEVE, and GREAT GLORY WILL be SHOWN BEFORE YOU. It is REALLY a HUGE BLESSING and SWEETNESS HARD to EXPLAIN. The clap of seven thunders coming out is the SALVATION of those who LOVE Me, those who DESIRE Me with HONEST HEARTS. Those who are NUMBERED to Me and those whom I have APPOINTED and CHOSEN are ALL ABLE to SUBJECT to My NAME. 🙏 They will HEAR My VOICE, which is GOD'S CALL to them. ☀️ LET those at the ends of the EARTH see I AM RIGHTEOUS, I AM FAITHFUL, I AM BEAUTIFUL, I AM MERCY, I AM MAJESTY, I AM A RAGING FIRE, and, lastly--lastly, I AM MERCILESS JUDGMENT. 🙏🙏 Let EVERYONE in the WORLD see Me the TRUE and PERFECT GOD HIMSELF. Everyone is completely convinced and no one dares to fight Me again, nor condemn Me or slander Me again. Otherwise, curses will immediately come upon them and disaster will befall them. They will only weep and gnash their teeth, because they have brought their own destruction. 😪 MAKE it KNOWN to ALL people, MAKE it KNOWN to the whole UNIVERSE and to the ENDS of the EARTH, to EVERY HOUSEHOLD and to ALL PEOPLE: ALMIGHTY GOD is the only TRUE GOD. Everyone will one by one KNEEL, to WORSHIP Me, and even the children who are just learning to speak will shout "ALMIGHTY GOD"! 🙏 Those in positions of power will see with their own eyes the TRUE GOD APPEARING in FRONT of THEM, and they too WILL FALL DOWN in WORSHIP, BEGGING for MERCY and FORGIVENESS, but it will be REALLY LATE, because the MOMENT of their DESTINY has ARRIVED. They must be finished and condemned to go to the eternal pit. I WILL BRING the ENTIRE AGE to the END, and STRENGTHEN My KINGDOM even more. All COUNTRIES and PEOPLE WILL SUBJECT to Me FOREVER---forever!🙏 From "The WORD Appears in the Flesh". holy book Fulfillment in (John 1:1) and (Ezekiel 2:9-10), (Rev. 19:9,13) 📩 Calling and leading everyone to His lowered Kingdom or Church because it is still standing on earth in the holy place in the air/ youtube "THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD 💐 this is the fulfillment of what He said to Peter 2,000 years ago, recorded in (Matthew 16:18'19). This is the the only Church of each one of our spirit that we must listen to or eat and drink like how we eat, dress and sleep every day so that He can guide us and change us by rejecting the evil attached by Satan so as to be perfect, having attained eternal life that will enter the coming replacement of the New Heaven and New Earth. 📥 👉 Note💌 The coming of the Spirit of God incarnated in His second and last incarnation is the fulfillment of what was prophesied in the great BOOK of REVELATION so the last day or last age has come and His coming is to judge and punish unrighteousness of a person so that the pure or perfect person will be able to enter the approaching New Heaven and New Earth in the final judgment that all souls at that time will be reborn to receive the appropriate corresponding punishment (the one that will be destroyed and will no longer exist ) orthe reward of living forever in the New World. 💟

[@BrucknerMotet]

2:34 Little known fact. It was actually Daniel Day Lewis who was inside of that alien queen suit, and his dramatic speaking line, spoken in a There Will Be Blood accent, was (in the alien bug language): "I ....... drink ...... your ...... BRAINSHAKE! ... I drink it up!!!"

[@FallFromGrace65]

Always waiting for the comedic cut of Carmen passing out/ dying from that giant hole in her shoulder lmao

[@histman3133]

If find it interesting that nobody in this movie suffers from PTSD, nobody is bothered that their friends or comrades are killed. They just brush it off like nothing and pretend war is one big fun game. I love this movie, but still.

[@romualdcaffeserre6230]

Well of course they dont. In universe this is a propaganda movie made by the federation to glorify the mobile infantry.

[@quicoboy]

...it was the soldier who won that war...humanity's greatest weapon...WOOOOOOOOO!!!...

[@sargon0141]

The war is LOST. If you pay attention to scenes before that, humans are on losing side. They are so short of soldiers that they have to conscript children and promote totally incompetent people (think for a moment, neither Johnny nor Carmen have any commanding skills), they captured just one brain bug and one frontier planet, while bugs have probably some massive fleet and real queens hidden somewhere..

[@tompearce1404]

Big debate in Australia about introduction of national service

[@timtheskeptic1147]

Not Australian, but I feel compelled to say it's a dumb idea. With mass conscription its difficult to build a core military without the, uh, process of elimination...

[@mikeconey2164]

@@timtheskeptic1147 National service is the requirement to serve in the military for a set time, and to learn basic military skills, regardless of current military state of country. Conscription is being called up to serve at a time of war.

[@LiLgPnoy15]

I love this movie.

[@mauriciochacon]

I love how carmen has her hand touching the mental dude, i guess he is blocking her pain mentally 07:45

[@pastortt4167]

What an awesome military recruitment movie.