Starship Troopers (1997) Outpost 29 Battle 4K

Here is the battlevat outpost 29 in Starship Troopers. In wonderful 4k. Apparently.

[@zhituhu2822]

Mad respects to those two tower guys who have been covering the whole team till the very end.

[@praetorxian]

Respect for the x2 DShK tower gunners.

[@jestertheslacker]

Word 🫡

[@AmTrFilms]

And killed a lot of bugs while doing it, those two where the mvps of the whole battle

[@isaicordero5654]

Yeah snd shame on the mitary engeneer that build those towers xD

[@FORZION]

You mean those two citizens

[@ZacharyMcCallum-vu3ms]

I love how every hell diver has united to rewatch these scenes

[@Soldierus3003]

Being a new helldivers player I want to watch this movie Edit: I have watched this movie and have loved it and now I am an experienced helldivers player

[@outerspaceman7534]

They are the fake fans of starship troopers.

[@outerspaceman7534]

@@Soldierus3003you’re a disgusting poser

[@hexerei02021]

@@outerspaceman7534 Nobody cares.

[@OskViltry]

@@outerspaceman7534 What an absolutely CIVILIAN comment

[@crishm7228]

Who is here for Helldivers 2?? Democracy!!!

[@Jeikuhan]

DEMOCRACY

[@RogueSith]

Lol I want to play so bad I haven't yet

[@mariogonzalez9446]

For Super DeMocracy!!!

[@craaab____721]

FOR SUPER EARTH

[@rini3159]

SES Leviathan of War standing by for orders!

[@aussieblackhawk123]

RIP tower gunners... when everyone else fell back they stood their ground and kept firing... real heroes

[@crazypanther7980]

Hope they had honored the ones that died on that mission

[@louiskeep1832]

Christopher Jacobsen and tasted delicious!

[@jerryappleton6855]

Amen

[@DeadNiko7]

Press F to pay respect

[@musclebro9994]

Director forgot about them.

[@siangchengpang772]

Ammunition used: 3,408,179 Grenade used: 1

[@killian9314]

Siang Cheng Pang this is the movie that has used the highest count of blanks ever, over 300000 of them

[@isaiasjorgedecarvalho5669]

Lol

[@aus286]

One at a time

[@のんたん-q7e]

@@killian9314 😱

[@devilgene7330]

No he's bluffing Or internet

[@jmwFILMS]

FOR FREEDOM.

[@talkingthetalk3640]

It's only a movie

[@gamalielhuerta9707]

He's quoting Helldivers 2, A video game that came out recently that is basically Starship Troopers but you have a cape. @@talkingthetalk3640

[@rivawattimena3645]

FOR FREEDOM

[@denimschaffer9439]

FOR DEMOCRACY!

[@Erich8101]

Want some Liber Tea?

[@marrier9999]

"Come on Diz, don't die on me!" Rico said after ripping out the giant claw that might have kept her from bleeding out if it had been left in.

[@jayhollows5729]

Doctors recommend you keep an object you were impaled by in, stabilizing it and waiting for medical. Otherwise like you said they will bleed out

[@MenrvaS]

She got stabbed by the serrated claws 4 times. In vital areas too. She was going to die either way…..

[@figbloppa7183]

@@MenrvaS best to live as long as possible though

[@HeyImTiP]

@@figbloppa7183if you’re gonna die no matter what it might as well be quick

[@TheOrangeMist872]

​@@figbloppa7183 Nah it's better to die quickly in that situation rather than living a little longer in pain and then dying anyway

[@fettfan91]

I like how Dizz spent most of the battle calling for rescue and yet is also the first trooper to run out of ammo. That’s an impressive fire rate.

[@zippyparakeet1074]

My headcanon is that she gave away her mags to the other guys fighting so they have that little extra while she calls for help.

[@MrNikolajN]

And then Ricko gives her a mag and says "mAkE ThEm CoUnt" ! .. Spray and prey !

[@huydang5955]

@@MrNikolajN with how many bugs there were, you wouldn’t even miss

[@qwipperty]

Also funny considering how they had unlimited ammo in the first shootout and never had to reload.

[@huydang5955]

@@qwipperty large magazine capacities.

[@shimuthedoggo4496]

"Another victory for the right side of history"

[@theChaosEnigneer1]

Victory was never in doubt 😅

[@Scarletraven87]

High deathrate missions imply the existance of low deathrate missions

[@richardbeeks9302]

“You have preserved our way of life”

[@MultiSPARTA10]

Is it only me or the CGI of this movie is waaaaaay ahead for its time?

[@Bruh-hq1hx]

Many of Bugs are practical effects

[@XVampirladyShizukaX]

Depends on which movie you compare it to from the same year

[@ULTRAWIDE.]

@@Bruh-hq1hx The dead one laying on the ground when they're running off the platform and the one that slices the guys back are the only practical bugs in this entire sequence. Everything else is CGI. And for the most part, even 23 years later it still looks fucking amazing.

[@kyleburton3992]

Yes

[@nyastclair8174]

Yes, Starship Troopers for me is the best CGI(and practical effects) for it's time than any movie in history. Present included.

[@lackusshock]

20 years later, I'm still stunned at how good those bugs look in motion.

[@stevenflynntheghost4845]

I know right it's so good

[@dracodracarys2339]

Especially the metallic texturing on the tanker bug: for 1997 it's surprisingly well-rendered :D

[@notafanofbusesoranyothertr513]

it truly is the best effects of the era. Its mind blowing that 20 years later, movie effects look so cheap and fake.

[@Wutse]

its funny how the bugs look so good , but the dropship when it touches down looked so bad and toy like , when the troopers run below it while its landing.

[@celdur4635]

@@Wutse It was a toy, well a prop.

[@coyote_man-3232]

6:01 forget me, get the samples. THE SAMPLES!!!!

[@alexorozco6120]

What is that from

[@czeineh]

@@alexorozco6120 It's not a quote, it's a reference to gameplay in Helldivers 2. Samples are items that your team finds and collects in-mission that can be exchanged for permanent upgrades. Even if you don't survive a mission, as long as a teammate collects your dropped samples and successfully extracts with them, you all still keep them.

[@greenunbidden9867]

Helldivers 2​@@alexorozco6120

[@ToyotaSupraRZ-vs7ok]

​@@alexorozco6120Helldivers 2

[@Epicstuff69]

@@alexorozco6120a game called Helldivers 2

[@CanadianPrepper]

This movie has aged incredibly well both in its subtext and effects

[@princeofpokemon2934]

I hope they make another movie. I want to know the current state of the war since it's current status is ongoing.

[@calogjzc27]

@@Waterdiver3900 True; studios care more about money and money-based strategy then art.

[@valdurion6779]

Yes the "Subtext" that was so poorly done that 90% of people think the society is fantastic, because it mistakenly (on directors part) was fantastic.

[@arahok7675]

except in performance, they act like amateur shooters instead soldiers

[@dionjaywoollaston1349]

@@princeofpokemon2934 they have been making new ones but they’ve been animated instead of live action and by the same studio that does the resident evil ones

[@luke12346789]

Playing the game, i kinda understand why the machine gunners did what they did. The feeling of raining down hard core bullets on the swarm was too good that I forgot the objective all the time

[@kubikkuratko188]

They trulymare satisfying

[@Mastashakenbake]

DAT SHID OP

[@iacon]

You'd make a terrible gunner then ... That's not why they did it ... Wow. Ignorant.

[@theutheone]

DUDE, in the new game that came out recently, that's what I do. we stack the walls, I get in the towers, machine guns going red hot as we pump out rounds for days. awesome.

[@Myuutsuu85]

​@@theutheone We also might get the proper tower guns in one of the coming updates.

[@CuriousChronicles82275]

1997 and the effects still holds up. So incredible.

[@gabrielleite3847]

Yes

[@jacopof1045]

I love how some bugs need 4 bullets to die and others need 400000000

[@crazypanther7980]

Jaco F104 becuz they were hit in their vital sign if you understand what the Doctor friend of Rico explained early in the movie

[@jacopof1045]

Crazy Panther yeah I know, in fact it's funny how in some scene there are 10 soldiers vs 1 bug and they fire randomly until It kills 2-3 of them, but the entire movie has no sense, it's done on purpose, I only said that it's fun

[@crazypanther7980]

Well I think the movie focuses on being satire and also showing fascism on it too

[@MeinGoobbyXI]

Or They Just Cant Fucking Die

[@initiativisk]

because those bugs were hit with critical hits, duh. Like, 400% damage per hit whereas for some the MI were just counting their combos for extra points.

[@nikobreun]

20 years later, I still love this movie

[@85flip]

lol how is it possible not to, this movie is like a nice dry wine. perfectly aged

[@rhjamal8887]

what is the name of this movie?

[@crazyjkz]

@@rhjamal8887 Starship Troopers

[@_bellona_792]

1:31 fave part

[@edwardturner5075]

Hell yes!!

[@timewaster504]

I'm going to be honest, that felt like watching a helldivers extractions right there.

[@carlosamador3045]

If only they had some Stratagems

[@Shadow3397]

@@carlosamador3045 Their Super Destroyer had already left low orbit. No stratagems, no reinforcements.

[@NaturalStateDepths]

7:11 I'm not a doctor, but I'm fairly certain that pulling out that bug appendage without proper medical gear sped up Dizzy's death. Giving the blood a lot of room to flow out.

[@capscaps04]

Don´t worry about it, she already got like three big hole in her chest where blood was already flushing out.

[@marc80s]

It definitely didn't help

[@dogman3362]

My first damn thought when seeing that. Just leave the pointy things where they are. That is like the first thing medics are told, when dealing with such cases. In fact, tissue will actually contract around the foreign object, so blood won't flow out, giving you a much better chance of living.

[@sethwarren4006]

In the book Flores doesn’t last as long as in the movie

[@mistylover7398]

@Dogman well least them iz not a real. Guz we don't have to deal with 👽🐜🦂🐝

[@jskd2953]

The reason the cgi looks so good here is because of Phil Tippett, one of the great pioneers of modern effects work alongside Stan Winston and Rob Bottin. He also worked on Robocop doing the ED-209 stop-motion effects and then learned and oversaw the cgi animation for Jurassic Park. All the animation, rendering, compositing was done solely by ONE effects house, Tippett studios, under Phil's supervision and in close collaboration with the director Paul Verhoeven. Back in the 90's there were only a handful of effects houses and only 2 or 3 that could do cgi as it was still fairly new. Whereas now, there are hundreds if not thousands of cgi "studios" all competing for film projects and for the most part, the studios will hire whoever is cheapest and can deliver to deadline (the post production process is also much shorter now and effects companies are given far less time to complete shots). You may have several different effects houses in other cities, even other countries, doing different scenes and different jobs (animation, compositing, etc) and probably with very little communication with the producers or the directors. So by the time the finished effects shots come in, it's too late to correct or fix any problems because the studio has a release date that can't be pushed back because they've spent the majority of the budget on advertising and marketing. Which is probably why so many modern movies have such badly done or unfinished looking effects.

[@FarazP]

Solid breakdown, thanks!

[@notafanofbusesoranyothertr513]

Thank you very much for the insight. Its really sad we dont see this passion anymore, I am so happy we still have these amazing films.

[@blockmasterscott]

Thanks for that info, I had never had any information on the inner workings of CGI production, this was really insightful!

[@mia1shooter]

Everything was great until the end...you have no idea whats being spent of marketing and advertising...thats just your blind ignorant assumption. You have no f*cking clue how the money is spent, so dont act like you do talking all this bullsh*t. You definitely got ahead of yourself...just stick to cgi info

[@LordSiravant]

This is actually a really well-informed breakdown and definitely explains the paradoxical and simultaneous increase and decrease in CGI quality today.

[@wyldeman7]

FREEDOM NEVER SLEEPS I hope helldivers turns millions of youngsters onto this absolute classic.

[@psychopathmedia]

Always liked how the bugs have their own equivalents of infantry, air support, tanks, etc

[@joshuasantana685]

It all came from the brain bug The brain bug took all the knowledge from the humans it was about to “suck out of” and with it, it realized it needed an army of it’s own. It needed it’s only infantry, air support and other anti-aircraft guns

[@emperorcokelord1021]

Unlike the movie, the book version had tech on their side

[@JillLulamoon]

Should've been the Federation's first clue the Bugs weren't just dumb animals and were more than capable of waging war. Like why else would there be a Bug who can shoot starships out of orbit?

[@stormtempterf8058]

The orbital bugs, it was mentioned briefly in passing, but they use their coordinated bursts to redirect asteroids and send spores or such to new worlds. Repurposing for orbital AA fire wouldn't be a stretch. The bugs are very stratified into classes, but real world insects are much the same. A worker ant and a warrior ant will look different. They dont explain in the film if the bugs were a collective of various species working together for a common good/synergistic ecology, or if they were more like the zerg, and had like a larval form that could then metamorph into the various templates depending on the needs of the hive or whatever is directing their overall strategies.

[@okamijubei]

​@@JillLulamoonyeah but they're still feral and only follow instincts to survive and protect their colonies and territory and food.

[@reido82]

It's taken over 20 years for the effects to only just start looking ever so slightly dated. And yet I can see a film released now and laugh at how bad the visual effects have been done.

[@BOG0690]

What makes it great is the blend. Its not all CGI and not all conventional props and camera work

[@notafanofbusesoranyothertr513]

The effects look fantastic. The only thing dating these effects is that they used practical effects alongside cgi. Movies just do the full cgi or set piece cgi stuff

[@wiseguy01]

this was back when a summer block buster could be in production for 5 years, much of that time spent touching up the special effects. Now films are rushed into theaters, finished or not.

[@marc80s]

@@wiseguy01 Yeah...and usually not

[@nakrenjam]

The CGI on this almost 30 y/o movie is insane. Way better than some movies today...

[@ENTERtheCREATOR]

I love the ever so slight smirk on Radcheck’s face when Rico stops him. It’s like he recognizes that Rico is starting to think for himself instead of blindly following the Federation.

[@rydz656]

But the point of the end is the old him is gone and he became part of the machine.

[@drpapa26]

I like how Ace laughs when the general gets squashed

[@TheGreatestBaryonyx]

Ye, No One Likes The General. And I Must Admit It Was The Funniest Scene In The Movie...

[@warriorsorb1111]

@@TheGreatestBaryonyx agreed

[@blockmasterscott]

When I saw this movie in the theater, the audience laughed at that part lol.

[@casbyness]

It got a huge laugh out of the audience when I saw it at the cinema in 1997. I actually think it was the only laugh out loud moment in the whole movie.

[@richardthomas5362]

Left a bloody smear on the deck.

[@DamianHowardTV]

Anybody else get serious Starship Troopers vibes from playing Helldivers 2?

[@jdilla5622]

FOR DEMOCRACY!!!!!!!

[@zillobeast5257]

Helldivers is arguably even heavier on the patriotic satire. Starship troopers was supposedly created to show the dangers of fascism, but after watching the film you just want to see the federation win against the bugs and slaughter those ugly things. I guess the federation’s propaganda videos were most effective bcuz theres no way people walk away from that movie thinking the humans are the bad guys.

[@MiloMarsh]

@@zillobeast5257well that’s the whole point of the film isn’t it. It is after all satirical propaganda and feeling that way after seeing it highlights the commentary it conveys

[@Keks0or]

@@zillobeast5257 strong "I really want to be smarter than everyone else" vibes here.

[@Casboof]

@@zillobeast5257hurr durrr media literacy, it tried to satire fascism but it made the enemy or the “other” literally hive mind bugs

[@k4milek82]

Tower, we will remember you, heroes!

[@BZgA]

Turret Guys were the Heroes in this scene. Hold off thousends of bugs all by themselves until the end.

[@TheGreatestBaryonyx]

They Are True Heroes, Rest In Peace's

[@gagecrawley6223]

@@TheGreatestBaryonyx more like rest in melted puddles.

[@DMlTREl]

Heroes of federation

[@nocshyft4959]

"Do it Rico! Apply the tourniq-" Blam!

[@Nod_L3g1oN]

Not a Single Grenade was wasted during this gunfight.

[@RubberDucky999]

Just the one, The armory must been running tight nit.

[@rfigueiredomusic]

the soviet union would be proud, remember a grenade is more expensive and important then your life :)

[@Posadskiy]

"Surface-Air" bug got one.

[@thundergamesgt3451]

Haruk Gul not true

[@Nod_L3g1oN]

Ah cmon don't take the thing to serious the 1 grenade at end was just for show.The gunfight before - no mini nukes no grenades where used on the bugs they just wasted all their ammo.Wasting bullets like that on crowded enemy is madness by any standard i hope they will remake the movie in future it really needs some overhaul on some parts.Found the movie when i was 11-12 y old when it came out nice but now it needs a overhaul ^^.

[@ButThatsMuhFreeduhm]

Why is the CGI so damn good while very often Hollywoods big budget cgi looks like Scorpion Kings dump?

[@99baking]

It all comes down to how much time the production team is given, good artists can't make masterpieces on a short schedule

[@saiaveikoso9397]

The budget for Starship Troopers was bigger than Scorpion King

[@Cayden1988]

Also the use of perspective/angle based lighting on the rendered models help mask any discrepancy in the models overall final image. If you get someone who knows CGI for a living like the back of their hand, this is the result.

[@BOG0690]

It has a nice blend of conventional, stand-alone props with great camera work and CGI when necessary

[@forrestgumball]

Back then it was in-house and American studios doing cgi. Now all the work is outsourced to poopers and chinese studios that have sorry ass quality

[@mkazi7849]

God, why everything looked legit. Uniform, guns, outpost structure and defenses. The CGI looks as good as nowadays CGI. Why they can’t return such good sci-fi action movies today 😢

[@StalkerX426]

Because hollywood created a environment impossible to create new and original things

[@hikari2752]

Despite Zander's scummy attitude in the first half of the movie, he still has professionalism which is shown when he and Rico acted professionally towards each other despite having a physical fight before the failed invasion of Klendathu and Zander also showed remarkable courage by disembarking the "boat" to help the infantry fight the bugs and choosing to be the last person to board the "boat" despite outranking the surviving soldiers, including Johnny.

[@dadab8547]

True, Xander is often underestimated, before he died he also did a heroic act, protecting Carmen's life over his by giving him the knife and that he could defend himself against what the brain bug would do to him first. He was conceited and pretentious, but he was brave, I even think it was him who took the initiative to rescue the soldiers, since, as you say, he is the one who goes out to cover them and is the last to board

[@LookHereMars]

@@dadab8547 "All is fair in love and War", Zander lived up to his espoused philosophy. When it came to love he chased it, When it came to War he embraced it and when it came to die he accepted his fate. Zander may have been a dick in Rico's eyes but he was competent and brave and went out like a boss. Spat on his enemy and told him more like him are coming to kill the fucking lot. G.

[@blitzensturm9222]

I like to think that, much like Rico and a few other characters, Zander had grown up quite a bit at this point. Seeing what took place on Klendathu and the horrors that the MI go through day to day changed a lot of them, including him. Remember the scene with the fisticuffs isn’t just a lot of these characters first time facing the Arachnids, but their first time in combat period. Kinda cool how even the “jerk” character has grown a little as a person.

[@rogerr.8507]

He showed Duty unto Death

[@willsk7068]

That scene were Xander looks at the screen to see Rico as KIA, you can see remorse for his rival.

[@WildBillHickums]

I just played back the head slice off at 2:30 at 1/4th speed, and it was so insanely well done. It wasn't even overly dramatic, just looked totally seem-less, and even the blood splatter nuance on the wall was a touch of brilliance.

[@leroysanchino]

Seem-less 😂

[@griz312]

I just noticed this, the first frame after the bug decapitates the head above the Jaw and you can see the chin strap fly off as well as well as the hands.

[@joethekinghawk7514]

@@griz312brutal

[@jereladjohnson]

Helldivers 2, brought me back here to watch these clips.

[@دکوراسیونکلاسیک]

اسم فیلم

[@Vikingr4Jesus5919]

2:51 Can I just say I love the left guy's expression! He's all like "Ah, well, congrats, you just killed the General!"

[@codenamehalo9847]

lmao ikr xD

[@Quincy111]

It's the Busey way...

[@seriphyn8935]

This was brought up in the director's commentary about how desensitized the soldiers were thanks to the Federation's fascism.

[@muchammadrizki9995]

I'm surprised too

[@woodyburns]

Well, if you really think about it, he kinda had it coming. 1. Because he didn’t call and warn them that it was a trap. And yes, I do realize that he would’ve jeopardized himself by risking the rescue team thinking, “Well, last call was a distress call. How do we know this isn’t bullshit?”, but still 2. Is anyone really gonna respect or follow a general who just pusses out like he did? Also, it’s really a matter of, “Well, what are gonna do after the guy is splattered all over the place🤷‍♂️?”

[@johndriscoll7803]

If you look closely during one of the shots, you can see one of the tower gunners reloading a heavy machine gun. The amount of thought and attention to detail that went into this scene is very impressive.

[@johnyrico5705]

Yep in 3:32

[@impguardwarhamer]

Thats not attention to detail thats because they're real guns firing blanks that need reloading

[@johnyrico5705]

@@impguardwarhamer everybody knows that. But we poin that because in most movies never shows reloading when heavy weapon shoot. Like gatling gun in Predator movie.

[@jamesdulak3108]

It looks like there's 3 people up there at one point, two firing and one loading, but in the rest of the shots and when they retreat to the ships there's only 2 left. I wonder what's up with that, I guess the 3rd guy could have finished loading at some point and climbed down the ladder offscreen at some point.

[@Tank50us]

@@jamesdulak3108 That would be my guess. The Tower gunners likely told their loader to get to the retrieval boat, and they waited until their ammo was fully expended before evac.

[@Gunfiend02]

Literally helldivers 2

[@Dinkysticks]

Vice versa, my guy

[@und1sputed992]

dumbahh thinks the movie is inspired from HD2 xdddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd

[@Dinkysticks]

@@und1sputed992 he's not a dumbahh, just got it a little backwards

[@palapapa0201]

@@und1sputed992 No one said that

[@Th0rgr1mm]

@@und1sputed992 desperate to be offended eh?

[@ivar3654]

04:31 "The men and women of the Imperial Guard hold a desperate last stand against a massive Tyranid invasion."

[@BOG0690]

With triumphant as fuck music blaring in the background. Mostly a lower brass section

[@Deepingmind]

@@BOG0690 For the Glory of the God Emperor!

[@fenfen07]

Only in Death our Duty Ends. For the Emperor!

[@lonner3053]

Remus Ventanus begs to differ

[@davidwhite533]

Fidelis Supra Mortis. Cleanse the path with fire! Radcheck would have made an awesome Dreadnaught.

[@natesturm448]

You can tell the art teams were given a lot of funding and had a passion to make this look as real as it gets. Both amazing practical and special effects blended for a perfect product as we get to see.

[@paulreiffel1127]

The transition of the score at the 4:32 mark is brilliant.

[@darkzak47]

It’s one of those instances where the score definitely reflects the desperation of the moment

[@TeamBob]

Good call

[@ryanb8232]

Saw this as a kid and I always remembered where they’ve wiped out probably hundreds of bugs and Radchake reloads and puts his rifle over the side to continue the fight and sees a literal OCEAN of gnashing teeth and claws and it’s this great moment of indescribable awe and disgust and he just grimly wipes his mouth. It’s such a cool scene

[@scotthartley518]

Always wondered why they didnt fire off a couple of those nuke rockets they carried. Couldve bought the troopers more time to get to the boat.

[@ryanb8232]

@@scotthartley518 …yeah, what the fuck is up with that?

[@Wutse]

The part where he says "give em everything you've got" and the music starts made people cheer in my Theater back when this came out.

[@dionjaywoollaston1349]

⁠@@scotthartley518 they probably didn’t have any or there was a minimum safe distance to use them, plus I think the reason why they didn’t have air support was either because the birds didn’t have time to scramble or razek didn’t have the authority to call them in and the only person who did was out of it, or more likely because of the established rivalry between the navy and army he didn’t want to call for help

[@smokingcrab2290]

That was the "were fucked" face

[@robinh5339]

Has anyone else noticed that most Paul Verhoeven movies age really well? Robocop, Total Recall, Starship Troopers… all still hold up really well. You can also notice the love they poured into the FX here, similar to Jurassic Park.

[@teo2975]

How is Verhoeven's "Showgirls" holding up? it won a razzie for worst film of the decade.

[@robinh5339]

@@teo2975 I did say MOST of his movies. BTW Verhoeven was boss enough to show up at the Razzies, collect the award and have a laugh about it.

[@jackbaxter2223]

Because Verhoeven laced his movies with clever satire that he knew would age well.

[@SlasherIncorporated]

Yeah, they do. RoboCop, Total Recall, and Starship Troopers are some of my favorite movies. I also really liked Hollow Man as well. Paul Verhoeven made some awesome and memorable films when he was working and living in the U.S. So much so, that the RoboCop and Total Recall remakes paled in comparison to the originals and pretty much failed. Not hard to see why.

[@Con2D2]

@@teo2975 i still wank to it

[@vinikampferherzbarros27]

I love how well made this movie was. Look at the effects, acting and details. Remember, it's from 1997.

[@Nelson-r2e]

When will you finally wear boobs?

[@Nelson-r2e]

…. Like seriously plz.

[@niewiem8208]

What is better then shooting bugs ? Shooting them in 4k !

[@impossibleisfaby]

This movie came up in 1997 and it looks amazing still nowadays. Verhoeven was a true visionary.

[@notafanofbusesoranyothertr513]

I just watched terminator dark future or whatever the hell it was called. Starship Troops looks so much more real, with real people in the scenes. Why can't studios realize this?

[@mrthompson3848]

He was an idiot who got the book wrong because he didn’t want to read it. Thank the CGI guy for how this movie looks

[@Myuutsuu85]

@@mrthompson3848 Yes! Exactly. Good thing that some people know the truth.

[@artloverivy]

@@mrthompson3848 What exactly was the overall thesis of the book? Because if it too satirizes fascism like the movie then the spirit of the story remains even if some details are different.

[@artm1973]

@@artloverivy He portrayed an ideal, libertarian society. Like in the movie you became a citizen through service but all that gave you was the right to vote, no other special privileges. Veterans had the vote and ran the government but only veterans, the active military had no say in how things were run. The government was very hands off society and veterans were looked down on by most people and few served.

[@youngg3312]

This is better then 99% of everything on Netflix 😂

[@victor2641]

Not so sure of that

[@whatutalkinboutwillis6122]

“HOLD HERE!!!! Hold with everything you GOT!!!!!” *Music Blares* *All guns roar fire* Man I love that scene. Also the soundtrack is the underrated hero of this film.

[@ramblinnernd5905]

Man the music drop that moment gives me fricken chills. This movie just makes me want to fight!

[@eldritchbeauty]

@@ramblinnernd5905 Yep, I come back to this scene especially for the music in that very moment.

[@StreamingwithJay]

When that music drop comes in it means DIG IN all or nothing!!!

[@incosy]

1:27 That scope. That damned scope.

[@janusceasar7851]

thejoliejooker *4Kx scope* *stats:* *--accuracy* *--charisma* *+++ range* *--weight* A big freakin scope. Cant see a thing in close range. For cosmetic purpose with insufficient military application.

[@Rat_Fบcker]

Can literally snipe enemy on moon from earth with that scope

[@janusceasar7851]

This Skrub Can look into black hole and through singularity, you mean.

[@killian9314]

They showed it off on P planet, it can turn a normal ar into an auto sniper capable of headshotting a target at 200meters out and have 40x magnification or maybe more, considered a dmr, and marksmen on the mobile infantry are rare

[@dieter2008]

Its a small scope.

[@painterleeleal6014]

One of the best battle scenes ever to come to life. As a young teen this movie had such an impact on me when it comes to imagination. If u ask me the entire movie holds up beautifully to this day.

[@juangiorno7480]

I love that even though we're meant to hate Xander, he immediately comes back onscreen to take care of business and help the remaining troopers. Goes to show that the filmmakers were intentionally creating memorable characters, rather than stock ones.

[@nobody.of.importance]

He was a jerk, but when things got serious, he knew to put those feelings aside for all their sake. Smart move, good on him.

[@zm1786]

because rico and xander beef aside. they were citizens of the federation and that matters more than anything @@nobody.of.importance

[@eltony4318]

The moment when you hear the real Call of Duty, no other thing matters

[@glentelfer3649]

The death of dizzy still upsets me. 😢

[@TheGreatestBaryonyx]

Rest In Peace Dizzy... =C

[@FLASHkor]

06:47 Why!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@capscaps04]

She at least died like a badass.

[@bingusbungus4765]

Shoulda called in some stratagems 😆😆

[@jayvee0311]

Lmao

[@hopelessspaghetti5310]

their super destroyer had already left orbit

[@Ashenwolf888]

When the lieutenant goes "HOLD HERE, HOLD WHAT YOU GOT AAAAH!" One of the most epic scenes ever.

[@rdotmitchell]

One of my favorite lines in the movie AAAAH

[@ramblinnernd5905]

That along with the heroic music drop. Gives me chills every time.

[@DamianHowardTV]

Until that big, fuck-off bug comes out from underneath and starts eating away at the Lieutenant’s legs.

[@gregorthegrey]

The music always got my juices flowing. Such incredible scene

[@BLOrtega]

Looking back, I always wonder why they didn't have mortars. I mean mortars are very effective against enemies that clump together

[@Pikkabuu]

Because this is a movie written by civilians. Just look at the gear the MI have. Where do they store their extra magazines and other essential gear?!

[@sushimuncher282]

1. Its written for an ambush scene. Especially when they had carpet bombed the surface earlier. "Oh hey, it should be clear now." 2. Those peeps will have to carry those, which will pretty much kill their purpose for a "investigation and retrieval" mission, hence why they didn't carry any heavy stuff. 3. And like Pikka above said, where are their extra mags and stuff?! D:

[@jackj9816]

plus there guns have clips of like 1000 and it takes a shit load to kill one of them fuckers

[@stschannel5215]

Also tanks with flamethrowers. What? Heavy armour and flame-perfect!

[@emileponcelet3439]

Tanks did have flamethrowers... In ww2 so yeah..

[@RogueSith]

Better CGI than movies rn lol

[@Ad1tputra]

Today's movie CGI looks really bad. Seriously, Transformers (2007) looks so much better than The Flash. The effects are evolving just backwards. Where's all that money going into? Getting the actor?

[@richardhowford4780]

One of the very few perfect movies ever. Fantastic characters, superb script, every character death is felt keenly, effects that are timeless. Nothing like it since.

[@donkeyparadise9276]

Yeah

[@caronstout354]

And still NOTHING like its source material...

[@blockmasterscott]

Perfect is a VERY accurate description of this movie. I cannot praise it enough.

[@benchgoblin]

they should’ve had rockets and explosives on the wall

[@stevenesbitt3528]

Not quite perfect I’m afraid

[@metalmadness5851]

That great moment when the CGI bug falls off the wall, and scatters the physical barrels is the kind of interaction between real and effect you don't see enough of these days.

[@silentblackhole]

Man, I loved this when I watched it at a friend's party! Swimming in the pool during the day, playing games, eating pizza, staying up late, playing games, watching movies, Perfect! swimming in the pool in the day. Being an adult, you have the freedom to do whatever you want, but it still does feel as as good as your childhood memories. Makes me feel nostalgic and I bit sad. 😥

[@futboltotal9724]

4:30 one of the top sci-fi movie momentos in history

[@FLASHkor]

04:41 :O !

[@Cyproduction]

I'm amazed that the CGI still look so slick after all these years.

[@TheGreatestBaryonyx]

The Mechanical Bugs And Props Helped A LOT with it as well! And that is why it is My Favourite Movie. Beats Most Marvel CGI in MY Opinoin

[@caronstout354]

As a Heinlein fan, the CGI is the only good thing about this movie...

[@Captianmex1C0]

Holy shit imagine the Bugs in Helldivers Breach into rhe inner planets and we have to desperately fend defend outposts getting Overrun

[@wastelandgirl__7791]

the only good bug is a dead bug...

[@sammy4282]

WastelandGirl __ nnnyeah what he said!

[@jakeholmes4328]

Would you like to know more?

[@jamesrippy1161]

Still one of the greatest battle scenes ever filmed.

[@johnjohnson-yi6bt]

fun fact: the tower MGs are hybrids of 2 different guns, its a Browning M2 fitted with modified soviet DShK barrels, during the time of the movies production only the barrels were available and not the whole gun, so any DShk you see in any US movie that have them could be either the hybrids, mockups that look like them or real deals, some examples is the horrible mockup from the 1984 film red dawn which was a M60D with a long ass thin barrel, the 1998 film soldier which had hybrids mounted on the crawlers when they attack Arcadia 234 and Rambo 3 which had actual DShKs since it was filmed in israel, (they captured tons of them during the wars against the arabs), a rare sight in US films of that era but switched to a mockup when filming was moved to the US

[@TimeCries777]

Looking back they make a mistake of pulling the leg off dizzy as she have a higher chance of surviving if the leg did not pulled out.

[@jhairccorimanya1806]

I think her wounds were pretty bad and she was going to die yes or yes, regardless of whatever they could've done to save her.

[@stargate12345678]

Oh she had a way higher chance of survival - but it'd have been a miracle if she surivived. It stabbed her like 4-5 times in the torso, vital organs pierced by massive mandibles.

[@Teheleri]

Both lungs were pierced, it's a miracle she held on as long as she did. Raszack on the other hand was only missing his legs, no idea why the fuck they offed him.

[@Extaun]

Not pulling out was my mistake

[@nickysimi9866]

Exactly, pulling out a foreign object (especially one of that size) out would send the affected person into shock speeding up their bleeding out

[@robertbowser1846]

It’s 2020 and damn this film still is amazing. I need a AAA game from this series. Planet to Planet clear the bugs out. Base building. Survive till rescue arrives

[@johnnyappleseed8127]

Don't need a AAA game for this. They have a game out right now that's very close to being starship troopers. It's called EDF 5 or you can get EDF iron rain. Both are good and you kill hordes of big alien bugs. Sadly they are big ants, spiders, robots and flying saucers but still terrifying when you have to fight through hundreds of then at a time. It's on PC and PS4. If that's not good enough for ya then the people who made EDF should be the ones to make it. Them or the ones who make a game called Serious Sam.

[@AParticularlyConcernedCitizen]

I bet you're happy about Starship Troopers: Terran Command

[@Wutse]

i want a remake of that shooter that came out back in the day on PC

[@DragonCorpVI]

Boy do I have some news for you

[@AlexBell1991]

I hope you have heard about Starship Troopers: Extermination

[@markedwards3927]

I remember going to see this at the cinema when it first came out, and not really knowing much about it. With no exaggeration it was one of the most exciting cinema experiences I have ever had - the story, special effects, gore, music - everything was absolutely amazing. And it still holds up today.

[@Red0543]

I love how the creator for this movie actually hated the book, set out to make a satire of it and somehow still ended up creating a movie so badass it still holds up to this day! Heck, I honestly think it contributed to me joining the army! :)

[@kickdrop4660]

You’re def an 11B lol

[@NippyNep]

@@kickdrop4660 ?

[@robertclark1669]

@@NippyNep 11B Is infantry in the US Army

[@LordSiravant]

It's not just a satire of the book, but also of militarism and fascism in general. But it was such a stealthy satire that it flew over most people's heads.

[@WorldwideWyatt]

You joined the army because of a movie satirizing the brainwashing propaganda shown to troops?

[@AgedBacon]

Michael Ironside is so badass in that movie.

[@MadMamluk88]

He’s badass in every movie he’s in

[@KaptifLaDistillerie]

He's badass by name already

[@ZamaMsimanga]

My dad bought me this movie around 1998. He passed on 2017..now I'm.here watching n it makes me cry..I mic him so much..its like he knew me from a younger age that I like science fiction 😢

[@roadhigher]

Gotta love how even in the 23rd Century, the Turret Gunners still use DShk's.

[@sushimuncher282]

"If it ain't broke..." Soviet technology stronk, comrade.

[@kubikkuratko188]

Double at that

[@Lemonidas75]

And the rifles are Ruger mini-14s :P

[@ocharlie3286]

DShK: you can't upgrade what is already perfect

[@Beuwen_The_Dragon]

@@Lemonidas75blasphemy, they are Morita Mk1 Rifles.

[@TheFacelessStoryMaker]

Is anyone surprised they waste so much ammo when the rifles don't have any iron sights. Also, you can see how dedicated the arachnids are to killing when one bug is getting hit to hell but limps forward to kill that one soldier at 4:58. Also, I don't really like Xander but the fact he came out of the dropship in armor and armed to give cover fire for the retreating troopers was cool to see.

[@marc80s]

Zander Barcalow is a bit of a jerk but still cool af

[@Beuwen_The_Dragon]

I used to feel the same, about not liking Xander way back when, but Honestly, consider it from his point of view. Like Rico, he was captain of his Team, a top grade student, and a Hero who runs head long into the Enemy if it means he can save lives. Sure he’s a bit bull headed, and he’s taken a fancy to a hot lass, but then what Testosterone fueled Lad isn’t? He Enlisted into the Federal Service, became a Fleet Pilot and Instructor, and Co-Helmed Navy Capital Ships, and even to the end he was defiant in the face of certain death, giving his only weapon to Carmine. If we had followed Xander instead of Rico, he would be the star we would all rooting for. He is a Hero of the Federation.

[@dadab8547]

He was conceited, pampered and a girlfriend stealer but no one can deny that he was a good soldier and comrade, it would make a lot of sense that he was the one who had the initiative of the rescue in the face of the call for help and he gave his life for Carmen by handing over the knife and staying completely vulnerable.

[@dadab8547]

@@Beuwen_The_Dragon totally agree

[@KobashifanSam]

If you look at the big picture from all standpoints, Xander wanted the hot girl. She was with Rico. She decides to cheat on Rico for him if you go by the deleted scenes. Xander technically wasnt the bad guy for the most part. The only person terrible was actually Carmen for cheating. Other than that, everyone in the movie had great roles for their parts

[@EscBackspace]

HELLDIVER!? STOP READING COMMENTS, AND GET BACK IN THE FIGHT!!

[@lordderpington8021]

Servers are at capacity, SIR!

[@Nebechadnezzar]

Standing by, SIR!

[@CHEESY_SOUNDW4VE]

My back is itchy, SIR

[@ElBandito]

Trying to fulfill my duty of C-01 form, sir!

[@saviouragt9568]

Damn, those gunners were the MVPs in this.

[@jasonsproull3652]

1:22 has to be one of the scariest sights you could have seen in your life!

[@Tank50us]

"Anyone got some raid?"

[@Testicool96]

Helldivers 2 is the starship troopers game we never got.

[@MoluskToeCheese]

My roommate once told me: "This is the closest thing to a Starcraft movie I'll ever get." Love this movie

[@philiphunn194]

It's also the closest to a Warhammer 40,000 film we're ever going to get - unless Henry Cavill and Games Workshop actually manage to get their cinematic project off the ground, that is.

[@Ashalmawia]

@@philiphunn194 I guess you mean Tyranids? see Event Horizon for another WH40k-ish themed movie.

[@____Carnage____]

@@Ashalmawia well there’s theories that Event Horizon is actually a 40k prequel. The theory is that it was mankind’s first attempt at traveling through the warp

[@Vorox17]

Aliens too. Both had a huge influence on Starcraft.

[@KishorTwist]

Great sci-fi! I'd wish for a non-straight-to-streaming B movie reboot! 😏

[@brightnaphat]

Unbelievable that it's 90's movie. The Cgi is so dope and the bugs model's design is really cool.

[@thenationalradar8355]

This will always be an epic scene in movie history. Just fighting against all odds and never giving up.

[@romannoellocsin9950]

No matter how many times I watch it, Dizzy's death was heartbreaking.

[@smokingcrab2290]

It was so over the top. She suffered a lot.

[@romannoellocsin9950]

@@smokingcrab2290 At least she died knowing Johnny loved her.

[@semerahpadi4484]

Uhmm I think Rico love her as best friend

[@SlasherIncorporated]

@@romannoellocsin9950 He didn't. Not in the same way that she did. Dizzy was in love with Rico and wanted a romantic relationship with him. Rico was in love with Carmen and only loved Dizzy as a friend. Her feelings for him weren't reciprocated.

[@bubblybubbles2964]

@@SlasherIncorporatedwell then he is an ass wipe of a man 😂😂😂

[@blockmasterscott]

I don't care what anyone says, I loved this movie in 1997, and I love it now. It had everything, duty, sacrifice, romance, kick ass special effects, humor, heartbreak, and most of all, Basil Poledouris at his absolute best, like the music kicking in at 4:33.

[@DarkLiberatorZone]

Basil Poledouris made some banging soundtracks back in the day. His Conan soundtrack also comes to mind.

[@blockmasterscott]

@@DarkLiberatorZone I love the kitchen soundtrack, when Conan and party entered the kitchen from the back of the cave.

[@speedmastermarkiii]

Paul Verhoeven would be disgusted by you.

[@blockmasterscott]

@@speedmastermarkiii Why?

[@juliandacosta6841]

​@@blockmasterscottthey probably mean that the film is intended as a portrayal of an overly militarized state, with parallels being drawn to fascism.

[@Doomxeen]

Jake Busey laughing at that guy getting crushed is peak cinema.

[@mattsamoto4451]

04:30 most heroic badass moment in movie history! It still gives me chills today.

[@TomOostenrijk]

Dude 22 years later. The effects hold up so well.

[@JohnWayneStraightcy]

Mad fucking respect to the CGI. holy shit that still looks good today! 2024

[@howwwwwwwwwww]

3:10 Friendly fire will not be tolerated

[@codenamehalo9847]

3:16 planet penis clear!

[@duuuquestars3581]

O my Gold

[@tytoalbasoren9457]

3:33 I love how Sugar is still aiming down even though there is a bug right there and moved until it was literally inches away from him.

[@plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009]

His internet connection was low

[@Tank50us]

@@plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009 Also the actors had no idea where any of the bugs actually were at any given time, odds are no one directed him to look to his right and act shocked to see a bug there.

[@jimbotron2]

Sugar's scope is extremely telescopic which probably meant he couldn't see his surroundings very well through it

[@johnmyers1984]

Helldivers 2 better do a Starship Troopers update with these type of bugs not to mention have the music score when you engage in fighting

[@louiskeep1832]

Just saying that a couple of those pocket rocket nukes used as mortars could have come in real handy during this attack!!

[@alfiezafra7759]

I think they didn't bring any heavy gears as they thought the area was clear. See first sequence of the clip. The grenade that was thrown at the last scene could very well be their only grenade.

[@TheScienceofnature]

At the battle of Klendathu, there was more than 100 thousand casualties, which means they must have deployed several armies for them to have suffered that kind of loss. An army can be expected to have several portable nuclear war heads at their disposal, but you can't expect every platoon to be equipped with them. Especially not if you are going in to inspect a friendly base, this was an ambush. They had no idea that bugs were even on the planet.

[@venkateshsangani9819]

@@alfiezafra7759 vhzjBzzjnzxvv znkbznnxjxvndnj

[@dionjaywoollaston1349]

TheScienceofnature until one of them mutilated the platoon’s radioman, and as they say in the mobile infantry “where there’s one bug there’s a thousand bugs”

[@galaticatroud9104]

Scout unit rare to bring heavy weapon. They suppose to scout the outpost.

[@villainquotes6198]

Sad tower shooter, both of them just want to keep their team safe and back alive, and then burned

[@SunilKumar-ek2mw]

Hay.

[@deathrooster14]

o7

[@ElixirChallenge]

More like melted lmao

[@villainquotes6198]

@@ElixirChallenge damn bro, it's already 3 years, everythings change

[@harrytyrrell2124]

2:29 What it’s like dealing with Shriekers 4:19 What it’s like dealing with Hunters and Stalkers 6:32 One grenade killing a Spewer

[@ANProductionsOfficialChannel]

HERE! HOLD WHAT YOU GOT! Goosebumps, man. Love this movie so much!

[@rdotmitchell]

AAAAHH

[@noctaviassky672]

One of the most legendary moments in cinema history in my opinion.

[@Rionmac82]

Anyone else watching this after Helldivers 2

[@panosrevelator4946]

RICO!!!!!! YOU KNO WHA TUTU...

[@BeezOne84]

Wha Tutu you old bastard, we've met at last!

[@jakeholmes4328]

YES SIR

[@aml-zq5mc]

why did he want to die? it looks like he could've survived if it was only his legs that got chewed off

[@李재성]

Pianos revelator “You never ever leave your wingman” Sorry I just had to let it out since I remember Michael Ironside from Top Gun.

[@rhenvao2844]

You know, I'm starting to think Dizzy's death may have partly been Rico's fault. If she had any real hope of surviving her wounds (however unlikely that may have been), Rico dashed them when he pulled that bug's limb from her body. If something is impaled into your body, even if it hurts like hell, that's what's keeping you from bleeding out faster. Dizzy may not have survived either way, but Rico sure as hell sped it along.

[@geckcgt7216]

Also his teacher Rasczak. I used to think he got cut in half but rewatching it he still had this thighs. A couple of tourniquets to tie off the bleeding and he would have been a double amputee but still alive. Instead Rico gives him a bullet to the chest.

[@callanhulett503]

Maybe due to infantry being disposable to the Federation, they aren't given any first aid training, only the medics are. Maybe they are just encouraged to mercy kill any injury they judge as life threatening.

[@deaghostyt2217]

​@@callanhulett503dont the bugs have acide in their limbs anyways?

[@themacattack540]

@@geckcgt7216 In fairness, Rasczak ordered Rico to shoot him.

[@rhenvao2844]

​@geckcgt7216 I'm not holding Rasczak against Rico. Applying tourniquets in the middle of a tactical retreat when the area is crawling with bugs is... impractical, to say the least. Secondly, he very clearly told him to put him out of his misery. Remember when he shot the trooper that was taken by the Hopper bug? "I expect any of you to do the same for me." He meant it.

[@samsquanch1996]

How is it that a movie from the mid-90s has better looking CG than movies from the 2000s to today?! These effects still look incredible!

[@denifnaf5874]

It is not cgi Amalgamqted studio made these puppets

[@mattsamoto4451]

This has got to be of the most badass last stands in movie history in my book. As old as this movie is still awsome.

[@anthonylarson60]

What about the last stand in the ops room in Aliens (1986)?

[@mattsamoto4451]

@@anthonylarson60 Ill admit that is pretty good as well.