*STARSHIP TROOPERS* First Time Watching MOVIE REACTION

[@jenmurrayxo]

What other sci-fi's should I check out? TREMORS: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gIWXhoGgq9qXfck SCI-FI PLAYLIST: kzbin.info/aero/PLQHhQlj8i5doQmNbYogcJTYZkxhGMHpah

[@LordVolkov]

Robocop. Another ultra-violent satire from Verhoeven. Then maybe a little sci-fi comedy with Short Circuit and Short Circuit 2?

[@e.d.2096]

Jen, I know I sound like a broken record! But please consider '2001 A Space Odyssey ' I promise it will blow your mind! Also a good part of it, is in SPACE! And we all know you love that!

[@e.d.2096]

@@LordVolkov Good recommendation Patrick! You know I have a starring role in that film...right!

[@tomhoffman4330]

"Pitch Black" with Vin Diesel...You'll be impressed by the Character He plays in that!!! Either way, We Need MORE Vin Diesel! (LOL)

[@GobiPup]

How does this channel not have more subscribers?

[@Sock_Puppet]

Jen: "I have 2 like regrettable tattoos". Would you like to know more? YES!!

[@jenmurrayxo]

😂😂👍👍

[@e.d.2096]

@@jenmurrayxo Yes Jen! We all want to hear your Tarantula story, your snake story, and about your two regrettable tattoos 😉

[@daerdevvyl4314]

I'm thinking she has regrettable tattoos of a tarantula and a snake.

[@MrLovegrove]

This comment made my night. Thanks!

[@crewchief5144]

pics or they don't exist

[@bigneon_glitter]

Fun fact: the actor who played the "helmet-off" cadet who got killed during training & actress who played the female cadet who accidentally shot him are married in real life. They met on set & have been together for 25 years.

[@ThisLoveIsSweet]

haha wow

[@eoftar3192]

Hey, that's actually really wholesome! Hey, dear, remember how I blew your mind on set? 😂

[@mr.joshua6818]

Same way me and my wife met, just not the accidently part lol

[@Lemon_Force]

​@mr.joshua6818 she purposely shot your head off?

[@mr.joshua6818]

@@Lemon_Force I got better.

[@jimhet]

When this movie came out the movie critic in our local newspaper gave it a one sentence review: “A bunch of young underwear models go to war.”

[@bigdream_dreambig]

🤣 I wonder if they were trying to encourage or discourage people from seeing it!

[@Dillpicks95]

Now this is a fun movie to watch. It’s crazy how 26 years later the special effects still look good to this day.

[@LordVolkov]

If you think of the whole thing as an in-universe propaganda film, it makes the 90s graphics even funnier, like they try to make the Arachnids look fake.

[@GobiPup]

Seriously how do those bugs still look great today. Kind of like Jurassic Park. Also how did people not get the irony at that time. To me it’s very obvious.

[@Eidlones]

@@GobiPup Many people don't look any deeper than surface level. They're the main characters, and they're humans, so they're the good guys we need to root for. Like, the fact NPH is wearing basically an SS uniform, doesn't even enter their minds, it's just "military outfit".

[@georgesmith6218]

​@@GobiPup poor execution. It is can be seen the intent was there, but it can also be seen that any less authoritarian and militarist society could've fallen to the bugs.

[@kirby702]

@@georgesmith6218 A less authoritarian and militarist society never gets into the war in the first place. We leave them alone and don't have to fight at all.

[@michaelrosenblum4170]

Back in middle school my grandma said she would take me to this movie if I got my computer homework done on Friday. I don't think she ever forgave me for this

[@chriswhinery925]

That's one way to never get bothered about your homework again!

[@jh5131]

Lol that's great

[@jason1911]

They censored the cow being torn apart, then a few minutes later they show actual humans that have been torn apart with no censorship.

[@ciaranconlon84]

I'll never understand how Xander joined the fleet academy probably a week at most before Carmen and somehow is an instructor by the time she gets there.

[@Deukish]

Time skip isn't very well conveyed, but Zander went to flight school months before Carmen did. He wasn't a formal instructor, just her supervisor due to seniority.

[@HowardDaniels-uw8tj]

White male privilege

[@allisterfiend_2112]

Jen, you will love the music in 'Conan The Barbarian' with Arnold Schwarzenegger. The same person did the music for that movie also and it is incredible.

[@jenmurrayxo]

Ohhh I want to see that one ☺️👍

[@rainking4242]

Yes yes yes!

[@BubblyRainbows]

Conan the Barbarian was entertaining. Personally though, I liked Conan the Destroyer better. I don't think the story was as good, but it entertained me more. Sadly, I've seen a bunch of reactions to the Barbarian. I've not seen a single reaction to the Destroyer.

[@Zorak9595]

Single best opening theme and opening sequence I've ever seen in a movie. There's nothing like it.

[@LordVolkov]

@@BubblyRainbows Destroyer is more fun for sure, but feels more like a DnD game than a Conan adaptation.

[@vvayne5494]

In case you didn't notice. The uniforms were reused for the Alliance in the Firefly series.

[@patrickkenyon2326]

The helmets came from Babylon 5.

[@belovedfollower186]

They were also reused for Power Rangers: Lost Galaxy

[@Geminias]

Those uniforms were used in dozens of Hollywood films and you still see them pop up from time to time on tv shows.

[@ruatonim]

Damn purplebellies.

[@aaronmurphy9353]

Fun Fact: This movie had a ton of disabled individuals acting in the movie. Everyone who lost a limb had a pop-off limb for when the bugs "cut" the limbs off. All part of the special effects.

[@pappajudas9267]

Everybody misses the fact that the science teacher during the dissection scene is a golden girl.

[@ThisLoveIsSweet]

golden girl? Like from the TV show?

[@pappajudas9267]

@@ThisLoveIsSweet yes that's Rue McClanahan who played Blanche

[@DasObscure]

I missed it the 1st time around, as at ca. age 13 I was only a little familiar with GG. Rewatching the movie several years later I saw it.

[@RedneckRapture]

RIP to the guys on the gun tower, held position and covered the squad until the end and died for it. Watkins' sacrifice is also one of the best heroic sacrifices I've seen in sci-fi. Smack talking right until the end and taking ALL of them with him.

[@juliangrant9718]

You guys did good with this edit. It feels like a normal reaction that's just censored. Everyone that watches a reaction has already seen the movie. Censoring the gore doesn't spoil this at all. It's smartly censored for the YT wardens.

[@jenmurrayxo]

Thanks! ☺️👍

[@johndawhale3197]

"They sucked his brainsssss out..." I love the way he says that.

[@gawkthimm6030]

fun note; the directors adaptaion of the book its based on diverged because he was a dutch immigrant who lived under nazi rule and thought this interpretation better for the post 80's action movie period. Which is the reason for the military satire, and the German look of the officers uniforms

[@LuminairPrime]

"NOW BURN IT, BURN EVERYTHING SHE EVER TOUCHED" HAHAHAHA Jen you're perfect, keep up the good work editing!!!

[@adamromero]

Basil Poledouris (The Hunt for Red October, Red Dawn) is the genius behind that score! He is known for really epic visceral music, I think he is the best composer to emphasize the heroism theme. He and Paul Verhoeven also teamed up for RoboCop. That's probably my favorite of the three Verhoeven sci-fi films. Really epic music in that one too! 🙂🤘🎶

[@LordVolkov]

Conan is still my favorite Basil soundtrack. It's so good.

[@CarolinaCharles777]

CONAN for the win! Although his score for the miniseries LONESOME DOVE may actually be his best.

[@terrylandess6072]

@@LordVolkov I'm still impressed how Jerry Goldsmith channeled that for Total Recall.

[@patinho5589]

James Horner and zimmer do the best epic for me.

[@CarolinaCharles777]

GLORY may be my all time favorite.

[@patricioinostroza7369]

MVP: Dizzy Flores LKMVP: blonde violin guy worst: the "offended" debate guy

[@tbmike23]

Verhoeven has such an iconic vibrant visual style to his action films, almost like a pulp comic come to life. They're unmistakably his when you see them, ie: Total Recall and Robocop.

[@scottjo63]

Besides the great John Williams, Steven Spielberg's music man for his movies, there's Basil Poledouris, who not only did this movie did Robocop, The Hunt For Red October, Conan The Barbarian, Red Dawn and the western mini series Lonesome Dove to mention a few.

[@terrylandess6072]

You can almost sync up the beginning minute of so of The Conan Theme with Jerry Goldsmiths Total Recall theme for a wonderful and unintended mix.

[@CxOrillion]

Yep. He's one of the greats, in my opinion. Klendathu Drop is one of my favorite pieces of film score.

[@mikes6457]

outstanding composer. such dramatic scores.

[@CaesiusX]

33:15 _"MVP, I'm going to give to the music in this one. I was loving it."_ 🎶 The composer is *Basil Poledouris.* He composed the score to *Conan The Barbarian* (1982), with _Arnold Schwarzenegger._ IMO it is arguably one of THE best film scores, _ever._ I highly recommend the film.¹ It is a wonderful portrait of images and music. ··•●✺●•·· ¹ ─ Naturally, I recommend the film score. I have 3 differnt pressings of it myself. Not to mention a number of peripherally associated recordings. _It's just sooooo good!_

[@thijsvandrenth5947]

Sorry to hear that it took a whole lot of effort to edit this one to get it posted. I am grateful you stuck with it and that you seemed to have a good time watching it, apart from some of the more gory scenes. I think this movie is a lot of fun and holds up quite well. I do believe I have seen the second one a couple of times and the third one once, but in my opinion they are quite bad compared to this one. I do not think they are 'channel' worthy, especially taking into consideration the amount of extra time it takes to edit. For other sci-fi movies I would recommend Dark City (1998), Independence Day (1996), Evolution (2001) and Sphere (1998). Really enjoyed your reaction to this movie!

[@patrickkenyon2326]

The only sequel worth watching is the last one, fully animated, with reasonably high graphics quality.

[@thijsvandrenth5947]

@@patrickkenyon2326 Good to know, I might have to check that one out then. Thanks!

[@xaviperez26]

Jen, Casper Van Dien is a sidekick character in the amazing Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow, starred by Johnny Depp. The cast is incredible: Christina Ricci, Michael Gambon [Dumbledore], Christopher Walken, Christopher Lee [Dracula/Saruman/Count Dooku], Martin Landau, ... . An absolute must for your Halloween 2023 Special.

[@mparantha]

Burton's Sleepy Hollow is a very fun film. I second that recommendation

[@brianjones7907]

👍got to agree I think Sleepy Hollow would make a great film for Jan to watch

[@fuseblower8128]

Not just Count Dooku is there, Emperor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid) is at the party too :)

[@mrstecks]

I took a date to this movie when it came out. I thought it was hilarious. Oh, and the date... did not go well. 🤣 Great reaction Jen. ♥

[@jenmurrayxo]

😂😂👍

[@bigdream_dreambig]

I guess that's one way to quickly determine if they're "the one"!

[@willmartin7293]

Why was that? Did your date not like all of the graphic dismemberment?

[@jd-zr3vk]

Did something bug your date?

[@NefariousKoel]

@@bigdream_dreambig - Certainly helps to find out. I took a date to 'Office Space' and she didn't laugh once. While I was laughing so hard it sometimes echoed. She was so non-reactive to nearly everything, in general, I began to wonder if she was nutty as squirrel turds.

[@Yora21]

"Is this going to be a gory movie?" Verhoeven: "Yes."

[@Dillpicks95]

I was in an action/sci-fi mood so I decided to rewatch this again. Still one of my favourites, I loved every time they said Would you like to know more? And you were just like YES lol

[@darkzer0670]

"I don't think he's going to Harvard with a 35" That's why some people have to pay more and join the rowing team 😆

[@alanmackie7012]

One of the most underrated movies of the 90s. Some people just didn't get the sattire.

[@metalmonk3775]

The most unrealistic part of this movie is mobile infantry losing a fist fight to a flight crew leader 😂😂

[@zmarko]

This is a fun movie. Not as fun as Total Recall or Robocop, but still a great commentary on propaganda and how that can really amp up a large group of people. Great reaction, Jen!

[@rancosteel]

The film was based on the book by Robert A. Heinlein. He was a real military bad-ass turned author. The score is by the late great Jerry Goldsmith. He was a legend. RIP to both of them.

[@gettygermany]

I am a simple man, when people react to Starship Troopers, I have to watch it! :D

[@gettygermany]

Funny I never noticed the bruises on her neck before! :D

[@MovieVigilante]

This movie doesn't blow your mind. It SUCKS your mind.

[@jenmurrayxo]

Touché! ☺️👍

[@wills.364]

Another memorable Paul Verhoeven film 🎞 My favorite is still Robocop

[@tomhoffman4330]

Same Here...👍

[@jenmurrayxo]

Definitely want to see Robocop soon! ☺️👍

[@e.d.2096]

MY START IN MOVIES! SOMEONE GET JEN TO COMPLY!

[@captainchaos3667]

Remember Carmen (Denise Richards); you're gonna meet her again in James Bond. 😀

[@bigdream_dreambig]

I'm glad you were able to appreciate the satire while also enjoying the gung-ho action. In my opinion, that's the "right" way to watch it! 👍

[@jenmurrayxo]

☺️👍

[@KoolAidManOG]

People genuinely thought it was a "gung ho kill em all" movie back when it came out. Even the newscasts and Doogie Howser coming out dressed like a Nazi didn't clue them in that the movie is about how war mobilizes ordinary citizens into fascists. I think people got what it was doing after the Iraq War. I think if Starship Troopers was made in the 2000s instead of the 90s it would have been seen as way more on the nose. Verhoeven was way ahead of his time with this one.

[@alistairgrey5089]

Most people don't realize this movie is satire right away. I applaud you for recognizing it and not just seeing a military bravado action movie.

[@kHanSolo69]

“ I don’t think he’s going to Harvard with a 35” 🤣🤣🤣👍🏼

[@LobsterSpecial]

I do think it's telling that we never see the bugs invade a human world, just several instances of humans invading bug worlds

[@chriswhinery925]

Hey, it's our god given right to invade the bugs' shitty desert planets that look completely useless for human colonization. They probably have, I dunno, oil or something.

[@batbrick3949]

The bugs launched asteroids at Earth, which destroyed entire cities. That was a WMD attack before the Klendathu invasion.

[@LobsterSpecial]

@@batbrick3949 ​ @BatBrick39 It is at least implied that Buenos Aires might be an inside job

[@Zakillah]

​​@@batbrick3949 How long would a meteor have to fly even at light speed to reach across half a galaxy? No, the bugs didnt shoot the meteor; the human leaders just blamed it on them to start the war. Now, to be fair, its not proven or disproven in the movie, its just my personal interpretation.

[@birdbrainiac]

@@batbrick3949 The film had mentuoned two things before thid: first, "Mormon extremists" had colonised a Klendathu himeworld, and presumably humans then defended them. When the asteroid was launched at the Buenos Aires, on the ship they mentioned it was coming out of the Klendathu Quarantine Zone - so the human military was already hemming them in and doing who knows what else (probably following on from the Mormon incident). We don't see why the war started, but we see enough to kow that the humans started it and were committing acts of aggression against the bugs and grossly underestimated them, and never considered a diplomatic solution - they immediately jumped to "the bug planet must be destroyed."

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

33:12 Mark! "It didn't blow my mind..." 😂😅 We saw the guy get his brains, and therefore, his mind got sucked too! Now imagine if the big didn't suck, but blew! 😂😅

[@shainewhite2781]

This movie is a satire, based on the 1959 Robert Heinlein novel, which proved to be controversial at the time. When Paul Verhoeven read the book, he stopped after reading two chapters, calling depressing and boring. When he made the film, he wanted to mock Nazism, Fascism, Communism and Totalitarianism. It drew negative Reviews by Critics when they accused of glorifying Nazism, when it was supposed to mock military propaganda. The film was a box office disappointment, making $122 million dollars against a $100 million dollar budget. It was nominated for Best Visual Effects but lost to Titanic. It has sconce gained a cult following.

[@jodonnell64]

Not by me. I absolutely loathe this movie. It's the only movie I've ever seen in my entire life that I almost walked out on. I wasted $8.00 (not including popcorn and drink) on this. Anytime I and my kids were somewhere that sells DVD's, if they brought it to me to buy, I'd make them put it back. Happened enough times that it kinda became a running joke. Frankly, I'd celebrate if they decided to go all E.T. Atari game on all copies of it. I've seen and participated in debates about this so-called film, and no one has been able to convince me that it has any redeeming value whatsoever, except maybe what'shername's boobs. Satire or not, it has no resemblance to the original story, and should have been - at the very least - called something else. I might have liked it then, but calling it "Starship Troopers" means I expect it to somewhat resemble the book it's titled after. Hell, Keanu Reeves' "The Day the Earth Stood Still" and Tom Cruise's "War of the Worlds" are better adaptations of the source material, and I'm not a huge fan of those, either. Edit: I didn't watch Jen's reaction, but I'm a subscriber, so still "liked" it.

[@AL-mp3zo]

@@jodonnell64 The film is far from the best anti-war message I've seen and the adaptation from the book is laughable. However, to condemn Starship Troopers as having no "redeeming value whatsoever" baffles me.

[@jodonnell64]

@@AL-mp3zo I will concede that it has some redeeming value - it's a lesson in how NOT to make an adaptation.

[@slickfandango7915]

@@jodonnell64 booo! go and ruin someone else's party you hater.

[@AndrewGivens]

It's crazy how, back then, we saw exactly what Verhoeven was saying with the movie, but so many loud voices apparently couldn't? Weird times.

[@Zerbyte]

Now I so want to hear the stories of the two regretful tattoos.

[@jenmurrayxo]

😂😂

[@nielsdegroot9138]

That knife scene @8:25 is one of my favourites. Wise lesson... 😂

[@Cheepchipsable]

Hehe, I knew there were a few Total Recall actors in this, but only just realised the General who was hiding in the cabinet was the rebel leader on Mars with the other dude attached to his belly.

[@daltonmoore8971]

30:17 "Show me the brain bug." 30:22 "Don't show me the brain bug."

[@TheLouisvilleJedi]

Starship Troopers is one of my favorite films, and it's a fantastic satire of fascism and militarism in general. If you don't recognize the satirical clues early on, the film will have most people (including me when I was a teenager) cheering for the fascist federation the whole way through, even as the pointless war strips the main characters of most of their humanity. And it still manages to be a good movie either way, whether you enjoy it for the satire or for the straightforward sci-fi action. Also, the actor who played Johnny Rico is the father of the actress who played Chrissy in Stranger Things 4, if you've seen that.

[@georgesmith6218]

pointless wars against the human eating bugs who killed tens of millions civilians. should've just turned the other cheek. personally I love when satire falls flat on its face and becomes the thing it tries to make fun of.

[@brom00]

@@georgesmith6218 I'd say you missed the point if you think the satire failed.

[@bobbynorth681]

@@georgesmith6218 It's not about ignoring the bug attacks. It's about the exhaltation of violence, the defeat of democracy, the public executions & floggings, the restricted voting rights, the license you need to have a child, the super prescient 2020's-esque propaganda, & so much more. If you don't get it even after having it pointed out, you just may carry the mindset that it's skewering.

[@fivetriplezero8985]

@@georgesmith6218 Do you think the bugs actually sent the asteroid?

[@chriswhinery925]

Justice for Chrissy! She was too attractive to get done that dirty.

[@ricoj420]

I saw this movie at the theater when it was released and my name is Rico. When that teacher yelled RICO,it was so loud I just about hit the ceiling😂 Great reaction! You always make me smile😊

[@terrancebrown87]

The translucent violin was a low key mvp.

[@LordVolkov]

Except that Ace plays 'Dixie' on it 😬 Just another layer of Verhoeven's satire.

[@Kennethmarchant9705]

You probably watch rest of Paul Verhoeven movies, Robocop, Basic Instinct and Hallow Man. He has an interesting filmography.

[@jenmurrayxo]

Definitely want to see Robocop soon! ☺️👍

[@woeshaling6421]

at the time of release, the problem most audiences had was with the nudity. unisex showers were/are scandalous. and the fascism was taken at face value. the satire was lost in translation

[@names_are_useless]

Was lost to me as a kid when I saw it. The satire is much more obvious to Americans Post-9/11.

[@Cheepchipsable]

I think the fact they were victorious only adds to a might is right mentality.

[@alexsclewis]

@@Cheepchipsable how were the humans in this film in the wrong, exactly?

[@TheL4W]

@@alexsclewis The humans attacked the indigenous people of another place for no reason but colonizing (call it a reboot, if you will). The humans say the bugs sent an asteroid through the whole galaxy to destroy Earth. Let's analyze that: The speed of the asteroid was a few km/h (we see the it in the movie, it rammed Carmens ship). That would have taken millions of years from the bug world to Earth. Humans were not a threat at that time, so that is BS. Around the moon there is a ring of guns pointing into space not shooting the asteroid down? And I get that Carmens ship is off communication after hitting that asteroid, but although they know that it is heading towards Earth they do not turn around and warn them? They do have a Warp Drive... So, let's face it: The "asteroid attack" was staged and gave the military an excuse to attack the bugs. Why would the military want to do that, you ask? Because they lose grip on the people. Rico would have quit the military if not for the reason his home town was destroyed and he will most likely not have been the only one. People just joined the military to get citizen status for the benefits that come with it (watch the shower scene, it is all there). And if you need one last clue: Although Buenos Aires got destroyed on a regular day, interestingly enough Ricos teacher just "happened" to not be there and be able to immediately get a platoon of his own and a new arm? -Long story short: The humans are the invaders of bug territory without being provoked.

[@nerovanbraus9119]

@@alexsclewis this was adapted from a book ( or book series, dunno haven't read it yet) and it's supposed to be satirical of Fascism, but this movie kinda fails in doing that, in my opinion, because the society looks more like a meritocracy than anything, and it only shows us "good stuff", never what kind of bad situations this kind of society/goverment creates. Again i haven't read the book so maybe it goes more in-depth in it, but looking at this movie face value nothing here looks to be "evil" or "bad".

[@OMGmyFACE]

This movie is just as awesome as it was the day it came out. Seeing this on the big screen with a bunch of people was an experience that needs to come back like immediately.

[@auzimatic]

Honestly underrated, quite a few popular quotes stem from this gem!

[@tomhoffman4330]

More than a few...Trust Me!

[@jeremyortiz2927]

This came out when I was waiting to enter the US Air Force. At least I knew it wasn't going to be like that. Fun movie.

[@darkzer0670]

Funny since I saw the film Basic 2 weeks before I went into the Army 😁

[@audiogarden21]

This movie is genius. On the first watch it comes across simply as a campy kinda B-movie chock full of ridiculousness, but the more you watch it the more you realize just how smart the characters are. This series is a satire on the global militarization of humanity through propaganda and indoctrination. It's a very smart movie with a dynamite cast. I remember watching this back in 97 and loving it, but today I love it even more and it was a joy to watch it with you Jen, as always. It was very entertaining watching your rather visceral reaction to a lot of things that happened in this film.

[@jenmurrayxo]

Thanks, this one was fun! ☺️👍

[@Cheepchipsable]

Perhaps a problem with the film, it's visuals are so overwhelming that the characters get lost and you need to repeat watch to get the subtleties about the broader society. Most people will never watch it more than once or twice.

[@markjuarez1791]

Jen, your reaction to this was a blast! You were so animated, and not in a terrified way. I remember one film critic described this movie perfectly: "A lot better than it deserves to be." Thank you, Jen! This was one of your best reactions, ever!

[@DrJVenture]

You should check out Robocop. It was also directed by Paul Verhoeven, who did both Starship Troopers and Total Recall. And if you enjoyed the music, check out Conan the Barbarian. I think it’s the best score from that composer.

[@jenmurrayxo]

Oh I want to see both of those! ☺️👍

[@marvinsarracino116]

First i gotta hear your tattoo story as well ss your tarantula story! "I want to know more!" Ok back to the reaction... I luv sci-fi movies and This is a favorite! The Rico character is pretty awesome! Plus the eyecandy was great! Denise Richards and Dana Meyer were excellent characters! Jake Bussey, Micheal Ironside, Clancy Brown and Neil Patrick Harris also made this film epic! You have a great list of sci-fi movies you've reacted too! Bravo! I want to recommend one more... "Life" (2017) with Jake Gyllianhall. Do a Jens executive decision pick! Lol I think you'll love it! Thanks for sharing Jen❤️💛

[@rjwilley9164]

As others have noted, the late great Basil Poledouris composed the music for this film. For more of his music and and all around great fantasy film, check out Conan the Barbarian starring Arnold Schwarzenegger!

[@heavycritic9554]

I love how they made Casper van Dien look like this huge "Captain Perfect! The most statuesque man in the Galaxy!" in some scenes, when in fact he's under 180 cm (about 5'9"). They did a Humphrey Bogart on him, and let him stand on things and shot it in certain angles that made him look taller. It's such a waste to have a face like that, and not be at least 6'5".

[@russellward4624]

"Is this going to be gory?" Me dying lol

[@chrism7395]

The closed captions are great for this one - the troopers are apparently armed with fully automatic burritos and Klendathu is "an ugly planet, a pug planet"

[@mrtveye6682]

Great satire on media propaganda, militarism and society in general, all put into a hilarious over the top action flick.

[@stephen-macdonald]

Fun fact. The Federation armour/uniforms used in Starship Troopers was repurposed and used as Alliance armour/uniforms in Firefly. ...would you like to know more?

[@IAmTheStiv]

"Join every mob you see" may be the most nihilist wisdom comment ever

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

35:10 Mark! 4.8K Thumbs Up + Mine! 👍 You're welcome, and thanks! 😊 Notes: The movie is based on a novel by Robert A. Heinlen and this movie does have movie sequels and a series. 😊

[@adamromero]

11:21 Funny story, the actress who shot the dude with his helmet off actually married him in real life! 😊✌

[@gabrielstratton1775]

If you are a reader of sci-fi I recommend the book Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein. The screen writers used approximately 2 chapters of a medium length novel when writing this movie. The book goes into much greater detail on the politics and organization of the society. For example anyone could serve and be a citizen, even those with physical or mental handicaps. They would just find a job you could do.EVen if it meant cleaning toilets for 6 years, you would still get your citizenship. Citizenship was required to vote, run for office, participate in public debates. It also made anything else easier you got basically vip access to licensing for business, permits for having children(lots of overpopulation issues) permits for colonial expansion etc etc. The whole system was set up after a revolution led by the military and veterans to oust the corporate elites and corrupt politicians. They set up a new service based republic in which the powers of the political process were strictly held in the hands of those willing to fight to defend those rights and everyone else was in another tier. Eventually they expanded the idea of service to include other forms of service beyond the military.... I know that seems like a lot, but that's all basically explained in the first chapter or two. Have fun

[@waterbeauty85]

8:41 That actress at the lower left corner is Amy Smart. I adore her! BTW She played Jason Statham's girlfriend in "Crank" - a movie many people in the comments recommended when you asked for Jason Statham movie suggestions.

[@NathanS__]

Glad you noticed the music. It often gets overlooked by the satire and political discussions but the music slaps hard.

[@AL-mp3zo]

If you enjoyed the satirical tone, I'd recommend Robocop (1987).

[@Geminias]

I wish I could go back and see this movie again for the first time. I went with my grandmother to see this movie and neither of us were expecting all the gore and guts. I remember seeing her wincing in the theater on multiple occasions.

[@loganbruin]

Basil is my third fave movie composer, but what he did for the Klendathu battle is the best example of music making epic visuals even more epic. My second fave soundtrack of his is Hunt for Red October.

[@urborg74]

I love that Zim busted himself down to Private so he could fight and ended up getting the brain bug. And yes, the movie was HEAVILY satirical.

[@philstubblefield]

Ah, yes! I remember watching coming out of the theater and saying, "What did we just see?!?" It was entertaining, gory, and thoroughly unlike Robert Heinlein's book! 😮 Glad you took a bit of a walk on the science fiction wild side, Jen! 😄

[@jenmurrayxo]

So much fun! ☺️👍

[@AlanYoungIII]

The best movie based on the back cover of a book ever made. :D

[@Cheepchipsable]

@@AlanYoungIII Back in the day that's how pulp Sci-fi films were made. Someone thought of a monster to put on the movie poster and based it around that. 😆

[@juliangrant9718]

I really don't think Paul Verhoeven understood the book. He read a page of militarism and thought the whole thing was just fascists propaganda. This movie was kinda made in spite. Which is amazing but also a bit disappointing.

[@trulybtd5396]

That's what you get when an anti fascist makes a movie from an arguably pro fascist book, i guess. Yes, I am fully aware that some people think the book isn't fascist because they limit the definition of fascism to the social theory rather than the militarisric implementation. I don't care. Edit: spelling Edit 2: i am very willing to accept arguments about the book being about fascism rather than being pro fascist, that's a valid point to make.

[@eddiejravannen]

I never would have figured you to have any tattoos. There were sequels, and some cg movies, but overall, they weren't good. I would recommend the second, it tries a little too hard to be Aliens, but it's a bad movie that's worth watching I think. As far a recommendations, I will always recommend Equilibrium with Christian Bale, it's a dystopian future movie that's very underrated, but very good.

[@grizofferuss]

Floorplan Nerd may be a tentative tattoo idea now. 😂

[@pappajudas9267]

The composer is Basil Poledouris. He also composed soundtracks for RoboCop, Conan the Barbarian, The Hunt for Red October and Free Willy to name a few.

[@Daveyboy100880]

No need to worry about having to do extra censoring - it doesn’t affect the fun of watching your reaction at all! And this was a LOT of fun! Can’t wait to see you react to Robocop now 😁 When Starship Troopers came out, critics hated it and seemed to take it pretty much at face value, missing all the obvious satire and thinking that the movie was just a big dumb action thing that didn’t realise how awful and cynical its portrayal of war was, and must’ve believed that all the fascist imagery was by accident. Joke’s on them, I guess! Nothing is by accident in a Paul Verhoeven film - he knows exactly what he’s doing, and this was his meditation on how war makes fascists of everyone involved. He was more qualified to speak of this than the critics, too, having grown up in Occupied Holland during the Second World War. The whole movie is a propaganda film, which is why all the leads are beautiful, everything is brightly lit, the sets are clean and the music is triumphant. The fun is watching the characters occasionally notice that things aren’t quite as nice as they seem, and the tragedy is that at the end the survivors are 100% complicit in the whole thing. Okay, film study over!

[@crewchief5144]

MVP...Drill Instructor Sergeant ZIM, who busted himself to PRIVATE so he could get into the fight. He was their primary D.I. and passed along several gems of wisdom but ULTIMATELY, he was instrumental in capturing the brain bug.

[@doctorloomis2198]

I don't know about everyone else, but I want a day to day 'Jen's Wisdom Nugget' calendar!

[@jenmurrayxo]

Lollll that's an awesome idea 😂😂👍

[@waterbeauty85]

@@jenmurrayxo A lot of big KZbinrs are doing merchandising. Eventually, you probably should too.

[@jenmurrayxo]

Would love to some day if enough ppl are interested 👍👍

[@michaelcoffman4185]

I would buy 4😃👌

[@WaywardVet]

This reaction may have heavy censorship due to graphic content and copyright issues. ...would you like to know more?

[@richardmeyer1007]

I always root for the bugs.

[@ericjohnson9623]

Given that Neil Patrick Harris is literally dressed like a Nazi in the final scene, you are not wrong, lol. I also love how the bugs sending an asteroid to Earth is completely out of their technological range and capabilities and no one even questions it, haha.

[@LordVolkov]

​@@ericjohnson9623 That's part of the propoganda. Either they are super intelligent and able to pinpoint target an asteroid impact through a wormhole or it's a Federation false flag attack to go to war. If you look at the narrative, the Arachnids only defend their territory and humans are the colonizers and invaders.

[@rubydragon1034]

@@ericjohnson9623 Can't say he doesn't look so damn good in that uniform!😍

[@PaperbackWizard]

It's important to remember this movie is 100% satire. It would have been more obvious if it had come out *after* the War on Terror, but, here we are.

[@shinrapresident7010]

I've been so stoked for this one after seeing you loved Total Recall. This is going to be a gem. Always big shout-outs to Jen and her crew for the best reactions.

[@thejamesbondshow9754]

I think she's a solo operator....If I'm wrong, I'd love to know, all that editing must take so long.

[@tomhoffman4330]

@@thejamesbondshow9754 She definitely has some Help, working with at least 2 or maybe 3 different Editors (that I know of). That's how She's able to give Us as many as 3 Uploads each and every week!!!

[@jenmurrayxo]

I have a few editors, this was edited by Dmytro, he did a great job! I do a polish edit & add graphics 👍

[@mikes6457]

"Klendathu Drop" is such an epic score for that first battle v the bugs..Gets me pumped up every listen

[@Cristopher.C]

my MVP would be Dizzy, she was in love with Rico and he didnt give a sh*t but she was always there for him regardless until he saw reason kinda

[@noneya3635]

“EXPLODE! YUUUUP!” Best Jen line ever! 😹😹😹😹

[@megafan2000]

0:34 he's a child! 1:05 oh a bug planet! Is this gonna be gory? 2:08 that's disgusting! 3:02 go sports! 3:12 see ya there. love triangle 3:46 his girlfriend 4:45 and he's dreamy 5:49 ☠️ I feel like she might die 7:34 now he's gonna break her face! 10:48 now burn it. 🔥 Burn everything she ever touched. 🔥 13:48 when you see a mob running just make sure you join them. Doesn't matter where they're going. 😂 15:00 what does she want with him? Don't toy with him. He's in love with you. 15:25 you dumped him sweetheart. You can't have his friendship unless he wants it. 17:11 they need big bombs. Yeah like nukes. They need to get these people off and just nuke the shit out of this. 17:43 well you're done for sweetie 18:56 YES! 19:11 idiot! 19:15 just because something offends you, doesn't mean it doesn't exist 😂 20:52 nuke it, ha! 21:35 her arm just disintegrated! 23:00 oh I like him. I like him a lot now. Now he'll probably die. 24:18 🫣 don't show it, whatever it is. I don't need to see that! No! 🫣 24:26 WHY?! 25:06 - nervous gibberish - 25:16 throw bombs. Big ones. Big big big ones. 26:03 oh I bet I know a crazy pilot 26:44 well well well, look who it is. 29:02 order. Geez everyone's dying in this. 30:00 they wanna suck out their brains. Their beautiful beautiful brains 🧠🧠 31:26 when there's a mob running, just join them! 31:39 woo hoo! Suck it bug!

[@wethepeople6642]

Definitely one of my favorite movies of all time! Awesome Reaction 💯🙌👏😎

[@jenmurrayxo]

Thank you!! ☺️👍

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

2:27 Mark! Jen, howdy! 🤠 Before coming here to see your reactions, I saw those of "R Knights" and they mentioned the lack of gloves in this disection scene! I didn't think of it before they mentioned it. 😕 I guess COVID-19 has made them very aware of the need for safety in such matters. 🤔 But when I was a boy in the early 1970s, only the veterinarian wore gloves! The rest of use used our bare hands! He didn't share his gloves with us. However, I didn't want to disect anything when I was in high school, so I avoided "Biology" as a class! But I don't recall the students who didn't avoid the class, using gloves either. 🤔 🤷‍♂️

[@jamielandis4308]

This is your best reaction to date! The weekend this movie came out my family came to visit me over the weekend for my birthday (I lived away) and I got to pick the movie. It was this. Yes, my poor 83 yr old grandmother was subjected to this movie! In my defense I had no idea it was so gory. Favorite moment: the crazy laughing mom when the kids squish the bugs. Now you have to do the original “RoboCop” to finish the Verhoven trilogy.

[@jenmurrayxo]

Definitely want to see Robocop soon! ☺️👍

[@jimmiegiboney2473]

3:57 Mark! Haha! One of the guys over at "R Knights" made the same observation about "Harvard" still existing! 😮

[@Flastew]

It is so fun watching you react especially to movies like this, your excitement and comments are just to cool. A fun movie with some really good actors and a few clowns.

[@tmckain5532]

Love this reaction! I absolutley loved the frantic switches between horrified, first pumping action and then suddenly digging the music! This movie is actually a parody of military propaganda and is meant to show the similarities to nazi methods. I think this was the best wisdom nugget yet: join every mob you see😅 once again, Jen, amazing, entertaining job! A+++❤

[@jenmurrayxo]

Thanks T!! This one was so much fun! ☺️👍

[@bradleymcavoy3432]

Jen the Soundtrack was done by the Greek-American composer Basil Poledouris who also did Red Dawn ( 1984), Conan the Barbarian ( 1982), RoboCop ( 1987) which I know you’ve already seen. Plus The Hunt for Red October, and Free Willy! He was One of my favorite movie composers of all Time! Unfortunately he died of cancer in 2006 at the age of 61. 😢 RIP 🪦 Basil!

[@shanenolan5625]

The only good bug is a dead bug . ( Would you like to know more ) . Originally, it was a book .

[@baanibarnes9711]

Casper turns up in a supporting role in 'Sleepy Hollow', the Tim Burton modern take on Hammer Horror films. Well worth watching, Johnny Depp is the main guy playing a very quirky character, set in New England I think, late 1700s or thereabouts. Creepy and fun, bit gorey but in a cartooney way. Christopher Lee has a small part in it at the beginning, what a voice! Chills the blood, oh and it doesn't end well for poor old Casper!

[@namelessjedi2242]

Jen, you might want to check out “Flesh + Blood” from 1985 by the same director, and with a great musical score by the same composer.

[@waterbeauty85]

I loved "Flesh + Blood." The characters had a certain ambivalence that would be interesting to see Jen's perspective on.

[@LordVolkov]

Verhoeven's satire on religion. A+, but not the easiest watch in places.