Modern audiences may love this movie even more because bright lighting is such a novelty for them
@geonerd5 жыл бұрын
LOL!
@sayhitosteve27855 жыл бұрын
Can confirm. I just saw season 8 of Game of Thrones. I could see more details in a coal mine at midnight with a blindfold on and with my eyes gouged out than I did in episode 3.
@camarocarl71305 жыл бұрын
And no shaky cam or shitty green screen. Special effects are pretty good.
@HauntedXXXPancake5 жыл бұрын
And male Characters who speak with human voices instead of a CG merger of Animal & Throat Cancer
@JJvideoman4 жыл бұрын
That and they actually want big all powerful government...
@bigbakaboon4 жыл бұрын
My favorite part of the movie is towards the end, when johnny rico says to Ace Levy "we're the old guys now." And up until that point, they've only been in 2 battles. So it takes 2 battles for 95% of your squad to be completely wiped out, to where you only have 3 or 4 veterans left. That's some 40k imperial guard numbers right there.
@buddieadkins78084 жыл бұрын
@@davidwhidden9337 and edited in order too apparently. Nothing planned at all.
@AyoxinBlake4 жыл бұрын
Verhoeven is probably secretly an avid WH40k player.
@fisharmor4 жыл бұрын
I thought everyone knew it was "Imperial Guard Vs Tyrranids 5,000,000 points The Movie"
@williampoole17424 жыл бұрын
It's definitely the most Warhammer-like movie out there
@Iamawesomenorly4 жыл бұрын
it's tied with event horizon I would say
@TheMagicDrPancakez6 ай бұрын
How is this 7 years old. I’m going to have a fucking stroke
@kirklandsignaturebarbarian38146 ай бұрын
Glad your here 4 days ago. I’m goin through it lmao
@709mash6 ай бұрын
I feel older every day...
@tc96946 ай бұрын
I couldnt believe it either, feels like yesterday I watched it.
@TheMagicDrPancakez6 ай бұрын
@@tc9694 same! I remember watching it the day it came out!
@sevensharp96 ай бұрын
Same thought man - those pandemic years.
@riikki___2 жыл бұрын
i love how even the love square is solved by violence, and of course its completely romantically unfulfilling and depressing
@AWISECROW Жыл бұрын
Well, violence forced a conclusion. It didn't "solve" anything.
@aarondavis8943 Жыл бұрын
But they're all hot as fuck.
@aarondavis8943 Жыл бұрын
@@AWISECROW Sure it did. They wanted to be together, their partners died, problem gone.
@trauko1388 Жыл бұрын
If violence doesnt solve your problem, is because you didnt use enough violence...
@riikki___ Жыл бұрын
@@trauko1388 sure pal but you should really stop hitting your head against those brickwalls there's not a lot left up there
@RawkstarCal725 жыл бұрын
Sound like a couple of bug apologists if you ask me...
@SwingDancer615 жыл бұрын
After reading the book, I definitely notice the difference between reviews of the book readers and those that didn't. Unfortunately the director was satirizing a book he didn't understand and many viewers didn't understand his satire.
@seanferry68835 жыл бұрын
@@SwingDancer61 maybe that's for the better...I found Robert Heinlein's arguments positively exciting and thought provoking but I don't exactly want it being dug up by today's mainstream
@SwingDancer615 жыл бұрын
@Nobody's Shadow The book made it clear that people who served got the right to vote. The movie also included that, but was easy to miss given all of the fascist imagery. That imagery shows what the director thought of the source material.
@BobExcalibur5 жыл бұрын
@Nobody’s Shadow Insisting that the book was exclusively about military tactics is hugely reductionist. Its about civil development, self-discovery through discipline, post-prejudice culture and the necessity of finding a way to end war with minimal casualties on both sides. Also, existential morality that Verhoven might have agreed with if he only read the fucking thing.
@MaestroAlvis5 жыл бұрын
@@SwingDancer61 Are you serious? Please tell me that the original book was also a satirizing a misunderstanding. Please tell me that we're 3 levels deep.
@shimmymod7 жыл бұрын
Robert Heinlein writes a novel and gets accused of promoting fascism. Paul Verhoeven believes this and without reading the book makes a movie adaptation attempting to satirize it and gets accused of promoting fascism. Its like poetry.
@lostsaxon74787 жыл бұрын
Shame. I saw the movie when I was young and obviously loved it being an adolescent boy haha I read (listened on Audible) the book in December and wow was it different. I didn't get a sense of fascism from it either. I don't recall freedom of speech being outlawed in the Federation.
@baburik7 жыл бұрын
Fascism doesn't mean lack of freedom of speech. The problem with this book being called fascist lies with people who's brains operate on Boolean logic (i.e. true or false and nothing in-between or outside). Both fascism and the human society in the book are modeled after the first Roman Republic so no wonder there are some parallels. But calling the later (and the book in total) fascist is as wrong as calling dolphins fishes on the grounds of both being vertebrates living in water.
@lostsaxon74787 жыл бұрын
Spown being based on it doesn't equal it. Freedom of Speech was just an example as it is an attribute of Fascism. The society described in the book didn't strike me as Fascist for many reasons. Overall I agree with you.
@acerba7 жыл бұрын
The novel certain does promote fascism, but it's more of a roman republic style of fascism (the same government that the US sought to emulate at its conception) than the variety of fascism which people associate with 1940s Italy and Germany. I wouldn't want to have lived under Mussolini, but a Heinleinian military republic sounds like a step up from what the US currently has.
@LaddTr0n7 жыл бұрын
I don't think the novel is trying to promote this as a universally good way to govern society. If I remember it right Rico is taught that this system is more or less a pragmatic solution to having a stable governing body over the entire human population. It's not argued that the volunteers are smarter, more patriotic, or more moral than others. It is explained that it just works. It's almost like this bug fighting Sci-Fi society tried the citizen soldier thing on a whim and kept it because it randomly yielded good results. This is one of the few ideas in this book that isn't justified with solid reasoning. I'd guess it's a way of Heinlein winking at the reader to let them know that this isn't practical unless you live in the "Starship Trooper" universe. I think people also get too caught up in this because the ideas brought up through the political landscape are the least discuss. I think the major themes more have to do with self-betterment through trial and conflict. Sort of that what doesn't kill us makes us stronger kind of thing.
@HI-hr5up4 жыл бұрын
Michael Ironside is really an underrated actor.
@newerest13 жыл бұрын
Sam fisher
@magicalfetus729 Жыл бұрын
@@newerest1 yep. I'll never forget him as Sam Fisher. Truly one of the best voice performances in a videogame ever.
@gamerasanders8697 Жыл бұрын
Love him in scanners
@x.atheista Жыл бұрын
He was a badass in "V" Mini-series
@AWISECROW Жыл бұрын
Man is a legend. You would be surprised how many roles he's had.
@Benginator14 жыл бұрын
Definitely remember ten-year old me watching the ending of this movie completely missing the point just thinking there was gonna be a cool ass sequel coming. Not even a shred of irony detected from my part
@CursedWheelieBin4 жыл бұрын
That was how I enjoyed it, down to the last detail, same age too
@12abirato4 жыл бұрын
As a kid I remember I was 99.9% oblivious-- but there was always a weird little twinge of "something isn't quite right here" every time I watched it. I think the satire detectors in your brain don't /fully/ form until at least your early 20's.
@GrinningHalcyon4 жыл бұрын
I first saw this movie at around 8 or 9 and I never saw the end until I was a teenager because I got too scared from seeing everyone get torn to shreds and asked my mom to turn it off (she was not happy to find out what I was watching at 1am lol)
@Benginator14 жыл бұрын
Oh Kinawa here’s a curveball for ya: I’m Swedish
@FenzerManiac3 жыл бұрын
Yeaaah me too, but i do remember slightly feeling like some stuff didnt make sense for a normal movie, like what they showed here where as they were practicing someone gets shoot and killed and the dude screams medic xD. That type of stuff and the mindless atitude some scene had, made me go "hmm?" but never really though much about it.
@WhatAboutTheGame7 жыл бұрын
I don't trust people who don't like Starship Troopers.
@TitanFind7 жыл бұрын
WhatAboutTheGame? They're just stupid. Their opinions can be discarded.
@Kenwesrem7 жыл бұрын
TitanFind, Your opinion does not matter, you are just as useless as me and people who don't like stormshittroopers. Like the movie though, but lets not turn it into something more than it is.
@danielkellyuk7 жыл бұрын
I don't trust people who like Starship Troopers without realizing it's satire.
@dr.chosenwat25977 жыл бұрын
Srithor, except, you know, for the part where US American whatevers are not invading Mexico like Starship Troopers are invading the bug planet.
@MrChupacabra5557 жыл бұрын
People should really check out the "Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles" series. Although it was intended as a 'saturday morning cartoon', it was actually pretty good, and managed to take the silly concepts of this movie and make it serious, and some really good Science Fiction. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roughnecks:_Starship_Troopers_Chronicles
@megankolsen72457 жыл бұрын
I was in that movie. I'm in a backless, tangerine-colored dress in the dance scene just behind Casper and Denise. Most fun I had as an 18-year-old hanging out in L.A. for the summer. :)
@BubblesTheBard6 жыл бұрын
oh shiiiiiiiiit thats awesome if true
@omfgh4x6 жыл бұрын
big if true
@cypheir6 жыл бұрын
i found you! Thanks for being in the movie Megan =] puu.sh/yCjvK/e08aca0a7e.png
@davem71736 жыл бұрын
have any meetings with Mr Weinstein?
@brainrunnethout6 жыл бұрын
MeganKOlsen REMEMBER BUENOS AIRES
@saintbeau27794 жыл бұрын
the best way i've heard it described is "it's a film that the government in this movie would make as propaganda."
@kerenton58973 жыл бұрын
Why? The government IN THE MOVIE virtually never used big propaganda once. Why would they start? Unless you think televising how many people died and that being in the MI is basically suicide is good propaganda.
@itsd0nk3 жыл бұрын
@@kerenton5897 they’re literally showing you propaganda news reels that the government in the movie made... throughout the entire movie! On top of that, it’s all they pushed as propaganda in school and in basic training. Did you miss the whole movie? It’s EXACTLY what the government in the movie would’ve made as a propaganda film lmao. It’s basically their space marine version of triumph of the wills. The news reels stuff is basically the only moments where the movie breaks character to wink at the audience just to sell this entire idea. The movie ENDS in a news reel promoting fascism lmao.
@heavydfunk3 жыл бұрын
@@kerenton5897 Are you trolling?
@Cynidecia2 жыл бұрын
@@itsd0nk you've been blinded by propaganda of your own if you think starship troopers is somehow facistic in nature.
@biggusdickus16892 жыл бұрын
@@Cynidecia Would you deny that the government depicted in the movie is at the very least leaning towards authoritarian? Because while any direct implication of fascism is hidden in the details there seems to be a lot fascist tendencies underlying their society.
@inabstract2 жыл бұрын
one of my favourite parts, is when, during training, the other guy accidentaly gets his head blown, and his brain is all over the floor. And then Rico goes: "Medic!!" Lmao
@Frootqloop1 Жыл бұрын
100% protocol. Set list of shit you do asap in set emergencies even if in retrospect or even currently you know it's fruitless. I didn't mind the "medic!" But that scene was fucked
@SaulGoodman3D2049 Жыл бұрын
Kind of a similar joke in the opening of Tropic Thunder where a guy gets shot in the head and has a Tarantino-esque blood fountain spraying out of his clearly dead face as the medic tries to patch him up. Maybe an homage.
@GenericProtagonist7 Жыл бұрын
The medical Corp also deals with corpses, mate.
@inabstract Жыл бұрын
@@GenericProtagonist7 Guess he should have screamed: "meeedic... Coorp!" then. Uh mate? Edit: Sarcasm aside, heres what happened friend. I watched that scene, and my brain, for a brief while, nanoseconds if you will, removed it out of context, and so the scene itself became funny, gave me a chuckle. All this, at the same time, recognizing that, in context, the scene itself is brutal, and with consequences within the movie. Seems the Human brain is a wonderfull thing, and it can actually do both: find something funny, while knowing its silly to think thats funny, at the same time. :) cheers
@zacharywoodward8543 Жыл бұрын
RICO. YOU HAVE BEEN RELIEVED OF SQUAD COMMAND!
@pinkmrdoom7 жыл бұрын
what a couple of bug apologists REMEMBER BUENOS AIRES REMEMBER KLENDATHU
@ChocorocK7 жыл бұрын
Space Asteroids can't wreck big cities.
@besg57256 жыл бұрын
BUG JUICE CANT MELT JET BEAMS!
@kazuhiramiller70136 жыл бұрын
pinkmrdoom j Shjsdjdkd
@XZaapryca6 жыл бұрын
It was BUGS.....covered in thermite paint! - Gov. Ventura
@eriktruchinskas37476 жыл бұрын
XZaapryca you listen to opie and anthony huh
@gorillacannible31984 жыл бұрын
"I find the idea of an intelligent bug offensive!"
@mrjohnnyk4 жыл бұрын
Sounds like something you would hear today.
@stevendurham99964 жыл бұрын
Fox News
@gondor5324 жыл бұрын
@@stevendurham9996 more like every leftist ever
@stevendurham99964 жыл бұрын
A Crossfire parody. So that would be CNN. However, FOX fits, also. The days are over, where you can disparage everything with "Leftist." Keep trying, if You insist, but it's a futile mission. Wait, on second thought, Pat Buchanan was on Crossfire. He's pretty left-wing, right? John McLaughlin, the host? Geez, the lefties are everywhere.
@FranK-tg7ou4 жыл бұрын
gondor532 it’s more like a right wing thing because they see the left and minorities as people who want to you know exist
@TheAurickle4 жыл бұрын
This movie is definitely worth a re-watch. My friends were cast as extras in it and I remember going to see it to support them and have a laugh. It was an entertaining, whizz-bang, cheesy sci-fi action movie and I loved it. I think I saw it at least 2 or 3 times. The satire wasn't lost on me then but it really didn't resonate back in 1997. I had forgotten about the movie but saw it again years later on cable or DVD. It was a few years after 9/11 It suddenly wasn't just a dumb action flick. The entire mood of the country changed after that attack. Normally mild mannered citizens were talking like the guy in Buenos Aires saying things like "The Only Good Bug is a Dead Bug" Paul Verhoeven created an eerily prophetic vision of a not-too-distant future. He has since become one of my favorite directors because of his unique style and visionary satire. He didn't need to see the WTC collapse to imagine a world where we are 1 catastrophe away from a militaristic culture where "KILL EM ALL!!" is always the answer in a never-ending war against inhuman, evil boogeymen from another country...oops, I mean planet. And we all cheer at the end.
@fredgarvinMP3 жыл бұрын
Coronavirus is the new bug but it's those unvaccinated Trumpers who are going to be the death of us all, spreading variants like crazy. If any anti-vaxxers catch Covid I say keep 'em locked out the hospital and let 'em die!
@Reynolds69er3 жыл бұрын
@@fredgarvinMP you realise you put yourself in the over reactive fascist government role right?
@fredgarvinMP3 жыл бұрын
@@Reynolds69er That's exactly what I was going for. There are people that actually talk like that though!
@itsd0nk2 жыл бұрын
@@fredgarvinMP judge them not, for they know not what they do. They’re just mislead retards. -Jesus or something
@rdrrr Жыл бұрын
Expansionist empire uses a terrorist attack as a casus belli to lay a desert civilization to waste in search of resources. The empire's soldiers capture the enemy leader, torture him and declare victory for propaganda purposes, but it's not clear what has been won. What is clear is that millions of lives have been lost. Starship Troopers or The War on Terror? Well... both.
@MsRedbull996 ай бұрын
With the renewed discourse around this movie, it’s nice to come back here and listen to two adults who are media literate talk about it
@Towerofhell6 ай бұрын
Came back here just because of this xD. Just seeing people missing the goddamn point so hard by saying stuff like "I can't relate with something that looks that different from me". Congratulations, you just self-reported xD Was there any reason the discussion flared up again? Was it Helldivers or did it just suddenly happen?
@krodmandoon34796 ай бұрын
@@Towerofhell Probably Helldivers 2, which is funny to me because no one cared about the first one other than a very small community.
@mattmorales43206 ай бұрын
@@Towerofhelldefinitely helldivers. Made a huge splash and so OGs are pointing out that starship troopers was a big source of inspiration for the game.
@ElliottTrout6 ай бұрын
people who use the term "media literacy" are fookin retodded
@adalsev85186 ай бұрын
I remember Verhoeven remarking in one of his interviews how he wanted to make a film with satire so obvious people who understand it will be forever tormented by those who don't.
@ERNSTmusik5 жыл бұрын
Jake Busey playing a neon green violin is probably the most random thing I've ever seen in a movie.
@jesseyoungblood62653 жыл бұрын
LOL
@Callumwall122 жыл бұрын
May I introduce you to Big trouble in Little China?
@murphy78012 жыл бұрын
Nah those green neon violins where a 90s thing
@rockinren8135 Жыл бұрын
Acrylic neon green was big i the day
@omgkatstephens6 жыл бұрын
Satire works best when it leaves you feeling unsure about whether to take it seriously or not. That's why Starship Troopers works. That's also probably why it bombed.
@krylancelo235 жыл бұрын
I love being able to say "People were too stupid for Starship Troopers" with a straight face.
@tiduswhiteblade85355 жыл бұрын
This.....is a very insightful point.....I'm gonna use that in my classroom!
@war19804 жыл бұрын
@@krylancelo23 And what are people "too stupid" to get?
@krylancelo234 жыл бұрын
war1980 Yes
@war19804 жыл бұрын
@@krylancelo23 That isn't an answer. Are you "too stupid" to understand the question?
@ajbaird124 жыл бұрын
Mike: Starship Troopers is the anti-star trek Alex Kurtzman: Hold my beer
@williambeck22024 жыл бұрын
Fuck Alex Kurtzman , what a douche bag !
@gorillacannible31984 жыл бұрын
😂🤣
@ajbaird124 жыл бұрын
Not here to make friends With u 3 months ago we were. & nobody was ever holding an object other than a beer.
@hemaccabe42924 жыл бұрын
@Oh Kinawa Those are another good option.
@arxxx42493 жыл бұрын
Oh Kinawa STC is fantastic
@kraftyNiNja6 ай бұрын
God, a Previously Recorded stream for Helldivers 2 would've been so damn good.
@LucaEnzo6 ай бұрын
i used to love the chill pre rec streams. They werent like the streamers we have today
@matthewwilliams29756 ай бұрын
Saw this review when it first came out. Had to watch it again because of Helldivers 2. How bout a taste of liber-tea
@EduFirenze4 жыл бұрын
20 years ago, cgi bugs look better than most things done today
@Yora214 жыл бұрын
The secret to good looking CGI is to plan ahead what you need animated and plan the shots accordingly, and then giving the animators enough time to do it right. Better computers don't mean much when you just shot some stuff to "fix it in post" and give the animators one month to work. CGI in Jurasic Park looks great, CGI in Lord of the Rings looks great. You just have to treat it as something that needs time and care, not something you can quickly slap together to fill holes.
@zachflame1234 жыл бұрын
for sure. I'm always surprised by this. This movie isn't alone in that regard
@royw-g31204 жыл бұрын
I think our brains are kind of hard wired to accept a leggy scuttling thing is a real creature, so no uncanny valley effect as with CGI humans. Also they took the very clever decision to reduce the legs from six to four, which made them distinct looking not just like ants or termites. It also saved a fortune in rendering time on the computers back then.
@HEARTS-OF-SPACE4 жыл бұрын
@@royw-g3120 Nah, there are some awful looking CGI creature effects in film, and it isn't wholly dependent on our familiarity with the depicted creatures.
@KaitainCPS4 жыл бұрын
@@royw-g3120 But there's always been something about the weight, solidity and movement of Tippett's ST bugs that just looks terrific.
@dkb33977 жыл бұрын
My dad came up to me when I was 18 and he said "son I have 2 words for you..........STARSHIP TROOPERS". My dad was a sci-fi artist and he dragged me to see it. I ended up seeing this movie about 5 times in theatres with him. He was a great father and my best friend. I just recently lost my father to a heroin overdose. I miss you dad. I will always love you. You are out there exploring the universe like you always wanted to. You are now free.
@sombrero672707 жыл бұрын
dude what the fuck
@jamesbond99757 жыл бұрын
Can I have his stereo?
@valeriegrindinger62947 жыл бұрын
Jesus christ reddit... ah well... never mind
@pouringblood7 жыл бұрын
How old was he? If you don't mind me asking.
@danni81917 жыл бұрын
doug bouffard Heroin overdose? How did that happen?
@cattleprodding3 жыл бұрын
The cheese factor was so high in this movie I have no clue why the satire flew over everyone's heads. Also the practical effects were awesome.
@wrayday7149 Жыл бұрын
Because when it released, everyone was just viewing the film superficially. Half like the big dumb bug fight with the cool Troopers and the other half were like SPACE NAZI's never noticed it was making fun of them! Honestly I don't think it was until Team America that both sides got the hint/joke.
@Direkin4 жыл бұрын
Oh god that Gorn fight. Such amazing choreography and intense action.
@erinbeepbeep5238 Жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@Rastek19 Жыл бұрын
That’s some fast paced action right there
@wrayday7149 Жыл бұрын
@@Rastek19 It seems funny now.... but it's sort of explainable. Broadcast TV via rabbit ears on tiny CRT TV's that are between 8 and 30" black and white or maybe color TV's. If you didn't go slow and steady with holding shots, no one on the other end would know what they were looking at.
@have_a_good_day420 Жыл бұрын
@@wrayday7149sure, cause the 3 Stooges in the 1930s moved like molasses.
@rattelv4265 жыл бұрын
Starship Troopers movie clearly stated in the news broadcast that the Mormon colonists defied warnings NOT to settle on that planet.
@DanielleTinkov5 жыл бұрын
Sure, because governments denouncing something in public and endorsing it behind closed doors never happened in history... especially fascist governments :)
@mikesully1105 жыл бұрын
@@DanielleTinkov hell I can believe that Mormon separatists would defy a Governments warnings to settle somewhere dangerous so that they can practice polygamy, after all it has happened before
@YourePrettyGood5 жыл бұрын
@@mikesully110 It's more the fact the Gov. knew it was buggy territory, so it wasn't like humanity purposefully pissed off the bugs.
@BartJBols5 жыл бұрын
@@DanielleTinkov yea... but... -the government didnt know the bugs lived there -there is no proof the government endorsed the mormons, in the books however it is very clear the mormons are seperatists -the government is not fascistic, but a republic. -the government shows accountability, and the conversation is openly had to conversate with the bugs in some diplomatic way... then BUENOS AIRES HAPPENS.
@DanielleTinkov5 жыл бұрын
Bart Bols the movie has nothing to do with the books. One is nothing more than wartime propaganda, the other makes mockery out of it :)
@TanoBrati7 жыл бұрын
Wait. There are people who didn't get it was satire?
@HarryS777 жыл бұрын
I was 8 when I saw it and I got that it was satire.
@chipotlewhitegirlstarbucks10157 жыл бұрын
Dritan Brati when i first saw it i thought venerhoven was just super weird and thats why the movie was strange
@TanoBrati7 жыл бұрын
Oda Swifteye That's a very good point.
@TanoBrati7 жыл бұрын
I bet the studio itself didn't fully understand it either.
@ghostapostle72257 жыл бұрын
If you're a kid watching, you'll like because of the sci-fi elements, if you're an adult wacthing, you'll like because of the sci-fi elements and the satire.
@ChadGatling2 жыл бұрын
I just rewatched this in 4k. Something I noticed is on the first contact when Ace doesn't know what to do and Rico takes over and says kill em all; the bugs are holding back. They aren't attacking. They don't attack until the humans do.
@nugg3tz347 Жыл бұрын
I noticed that too, both bugs and humans are standing on the battlefield looking at each other not fighting and then the trigger happy troopers shoot first and then get absolutely destroyed by the bugs.
@playedout148 Жыл бұрын
Yep. Humans are clearly the bad guys, murdering stormtroopers in a fascistic system. For sci fi, it was just too realistic for me.
@wrayday7149 Жыл бұрын
The bugs aren't holding back..... they were forming up. You can clearly see more and more of them breaking off from where they were going to assist the ones in front of the troopers. What you are seeing is the 1st time in combat inexperience of the troopers as they realize they are in over their head with how much it took to take down one bug and they see a massive enemy force in the background. You have also been shown earlier in the film what happens when you don't follow orders and currently there is no one there in charge. The scene perfectly shows what happens to green troops in their first combat experience.
@ChadGatling Жыл бұрын
@@wrayday7149 whoosh
@AsifIcarebear3 Жыл бұрын
@@ChadGatling The movie can be about the bad guy humans without every single scene showing it. Considering the outpost was in their territory, we're already supposed to find the humans being there bad.
@TummyRubz2 жыл бұрын
I never realized how funny it is when Rico screams Medic after seeing the dudes head explode until I saw the clip of it in here
@UselessDuckCompany7 жыл бұрын
I saw this pop up on my phone and immediatly thought that I would like to know more
@pr90393 жыл бұрын
You win the comment section.
@denissee87322 жыл бұрын
This is the most underrated comment ever. Lol
@alexcazet26946 жыл бұрын
Seeing Denise Richards in this movie transitioned me from boy to man.
@crowtservo5 жыл бұрын
Alex Cazet Seeing her in the showers would have sped it up a bit.
@samanthabayley21945 жыл бұрын
I'd say Dine Meyer is the more attractive of the two but in the end I guess that's really just splitting hairs, they're both gorgeous.
@nicholassolomon12345 жыл бұрын
Mah man Dina Meyer
@frankhumbug5 жыл бұрын
Alex Cazet, though she did have plastic bits n bobs, she was real beautiful.
@GobiLux5 жыл бұрын
And only a year later she did Wild Things!
@henrikschmidt39644 жыл бұрын
Starship Troopers is a masterpiece. People who think it promotes fascism or that it's 'just an action movie' don't get it.
@IAMShteve4 жыл бұрын
@@gundamzerostrike Erm, kind of. They are a fascist state even though they're working together. The film is essentially lambasting that though, rather than promoting it.
@nerofl894 жыл бұрын
@@IAMShteve They are not fascist, they are a republic like most western countries today, the only difference is they don't have universal suffrage because it leads to massive problems. Problems like we see modern countries have now and how people will vote themselves other people's money and parties that are more than willing to do that if it means they have power. Fascism is state control from the top down where the people answer to the state and not the other way around (just read Mussolini, the socialist that developed fascism). What we see in the movie (not just the book) is that non-citizens (civilians) enjoy every freedom except the right to vote (which comes with extra responsibilities). Rico's dad runs a successful business and his family is quite wealthy enjoying freedom (both economic and movement) even though they are not citizens, and they actively try to discourage Rico from getting his citizenship because it means responsibilities toward the people (aka society) and not just their own personal responsibilities. To quote Rasczak: "Something given has no basis in value." It is neither fascist to promote responsibility, nor is it fascist to suggest that the people that vote and control the government have responsibilities to the people and society.
@IAMShteve4 жыл бұрын
@@nerofl89 I'd say it's more neo-fascist than a republic. Yes, the people can vote, but only if they earn the right through designated public service, primarily the military. If you've been indoctrinated through the military, then you can play a part in how the world is managed. Authoritarianist.
@nerofl894 жыл бұрын
@@IAMShteve It's not fascist in any form, universal suffrage for republics is only a brand new concept, and one that is proving to be a very bad idea. Neither in the movie, nor the book do they say the military is the only/predominant option (unlikely to be predominant just look at modern governments where militaries are a very small percentage of civil jobs). We are following a person joining the military so of course all we will see is the military side of the equation. Also, authoritarianism is a strong centralized government that limits freedoms of the people to conform to the will of the state, but we know from the book and movie that civilians (non citizens) enjoy every freedom they only lack ability to vote, that is not by any definition authoritarian or fascist. The only differences between civilians and citizens is the ability to vote and the responsibilities that come with that right to vote. If you want to discuss why the military uniforms appear similar to Nazis, that is irrelevant to anything other than appearances which is the director's fault (Verhoeven has made it clear he did not read the book so any fascistic appearances are entirely on his framing and not in either the screenplay or book).
@2311outcast4 жыл бұрын
@@nerofl89 if you read the book it goes into the history of how their government was created. I would not call it fascist. Literally anybody capable of understanding the oath of enlistment is allowed to enlist. And most people who enlist don't go into the mobile infantry because they are not good enough.
@sethfisher13262 жыл бұрын
I was like 8 when I saw this. Mom rented it from Blockbuster cuz she thought it was a "Star Wars kinda movie" She's pops it on the TV and goes to do laundry, bout 30 minutes goes by and my dad calls her from work to see what's up. Mom: Oh yeah, Seth is downstairs watching a movie. Dad: Oh what movie? M: Starship Troopers D: WHAT, TURN IT OFF Mom runs downstairs and I'm hiding under my blanket during the "first invasion" scene. First time seeing boobs, 10/10
@lewisaspden3217 Жыл бұрын
I had the exact same thing but with the South Park movie
@Puppy_Puppington9 ай бұрын
LOL ur parents were babiessssds
@Bonaboo6 ай бұрын
@@Puppy_Puppingtonthat’s a weird way to spell “responsible parents”
@johngun74186 жыл бұрын
I remember I was in cross country in high school and I twisted my ankle during the warm up. My friend ran and asked if I was okay. I just turned to him and said "Rico, you know what to do!" In his voice and everything. Unfortunately he had no idea what I was referencing lol.
@RoodeMenon5 жыл бұрын
Well that ignoramus killed the moment.
@SuperHuscarl5 жыл бұрын
Damn, man. You ran the risk of him actually knowing what you were referencing, and then he'd shoot you in the chest. You are brave, man... very brave indeed. Lol
@patsfan4life5 жыл бұрын
He should have!!
@nintendork09434 жыл бұрын
"Hiroshima was the greatest thing ever" - Mike Stoklasa, 2017
@lewisbilly123534 жыл бұрын
It may have avoided 20 million Japanese casualties.
@lonemaus5624 жыл бұрын
Weird thing to think about considering its possibly a true statement depending how you look at it
@coreymcewen67934 жыл бұрын
Still is
@plaguedoctorjamespainshe60093 жыл бұрын
Even better than 9/11 ?
@Psilocybin773 жыл бұрын
Don’t let Twitter know about this.
@concordetconstabulary2194 жыл бұрын
Personally. The visual metaphor of Rico, after he shouts “come on you apes you wanna live forever!”, where he dawns his helmet and then just fade into the crowd of troopers was the most spine tingling. Rico is now just a drone in a society of drones, no better or worse. A visual metaphor of the soul vanishing into the grey mass all individuality gone forever. (Which is why there shouldn’t have been a sequel because the whole point of the story is the death of innocence and the complete loss of individuality. Whether Rico lives to be 120 years old or died that day in battle, he was already dead in that scene.)
@kerenton58973 жыл бұрын
What a load of shit. This society is BASED ON INDIVIDUALITY. Everyone is born a civilian and given the 100% BORN RIGHT to become a citizen, his parents even don't want him to (as they are millionaires as civilians) but it's HIS CHOICE. Citizens are in the minority, most are civilians who can do everything -but- vote. Not a fascist soulless society, but a well governed one where the rejects and leeches can't vote for selfish things.
@usetheexplosives2 жыл бұрын
@@kerenton5897 We found the fascist.
@bluegum64382 жыл бұрын
@@kerenton5897 how's it feel to have so completely misunderstood the film while being exactly what it satirises
@bouin912 жыл бұрын
@@bluegum6438 It's not for everyone. Some people want this form of governance. He watched the same film you did and got something else out of it.
@brightestlight9462 Жыл бұрын
@@bluegum6438 yikes
@sirgreedy884 жыл бұрын
"Everybody hates it" Are you kidding me? i have never met a person in my life that doesn't like this movie.
@frankmerker6304 жыл бұрын
The type of people who don’t like it is generally people who can’t distinguish a depiction of fascism and a promotion of fascism
@kyliesteinbrook18834 жыл бұрын
Ask their significant others... If they have any. Nerd! It's a joke^
@matyascorvinus9183 жыл бұрын
i think he talking about film critics and such, he talks about how it was given bad reviews when it came out
@tonyfarrand26113 жыл бұрын
@@frankmerker630 if you were raised on the Heinlein novel the movie is tough adjustment. I hated the movie originally for that reason. Over time I grew to appreciate what they were trying to do, but it’s not really Heinlein’s starship troopers.
@pr90393 жыл бұрын
You gotta get out more lol. Find some people who read the book.
@MikeFromPA7 жыл бұрын
I want the extended edition of this discussion. This feels too short.
@lednerg7 жыл бұрын
Starship Troopers is up there with Dr Strangelove as far as anti-war films go.
@cjl66927 жыл бұрын
lednerg I wonder if Strangelove is more readily accepted as satire because modern viewers are looking back at a presentation form (50s-ish) as reflexively silly already?
@markweatherill7 жыл бұрын
Dr Strange is not an anti-war movie, I think you mean Avengers Civil War.
@casbyness7 жыл бұрын
markweatherill - please tell me you're making a joke and not confusing Dr. Strangelove with Dr. Strange O.o
@LaMalBoyd7 жыл бұрын
That is too hilarious, even for youtube...
@superdoonz17 жыл бұрын
Dormamu, I've come to barg......hey! There's no fighting in the War Room!
@8bitstargazer3 жыл бұрын
Models need to make a come back. They add a layer of detail/realism to me that CGI just cant capture.
@Matthew-uv6gl2 жыл бұрын
It's weird, isn't it? CGI is more realistic than ever before, yet movies feel so lifeless. It is like subconsciously there is a part of our brain that isn't tricked no matter how far we take CGI, but for some reason even cheesy older special effects are more immersive.
@Shlankyman5452 жыл бұрын
Something tangible really being in front of the camera makes a mountain of difference to CGI.
@have_a_good_day420 Жыл бұрын
Real models in horror films are far scarier than cgi as well.
@joerideleroux8485 Жыл бұрын
Since dutch is my first language i've got an interesting anecdote about how this movie got made from Paul Verhoeven himself. In 2006 Verhoeven received the 'gouden kalf' (dutch version of the oscars) for the movie Zwartboek. During the celebrations he talked on dutch tv about his career in Hollywood and how he learned that inside info about the studios was crucial to make movies. When he presented the rough cut of starship troopers to the board of Sony he knew they were going to get replaced before the next meeting. So he ignored all the comments and changes they wanted. Sony (according to Paul Verhoeven) went through difficult times then. Next meeting he did the same and so forth until there was no time left before the release. I also remeber everybody laughing in the audience after the reveal because he had this triumphant smile on his face.
@DScin136 жыл бұрын
No love for Clancy Brown? Sgt. Zim purposefully demoted himself to catch the Brain Bug.
@martinbuhrer38935 жыл бұрын
DScin The first rule of Clancy Brown movies: you do not talk about Clancy Brown.
@tentringer40655 жыл бұрын
@@LimitedCheetah he's also Surly Joe.
@1BrknHrtdRomeo4 жыл бұрын
@@Sapsche Are you feeling it now?
@talesfromthebubble63274 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Brother Justin in Carnivale. So good.
@darkstar44944 жыл бұрын
Tent Ringer he’s the voice of lex Luthor
@davec17 жыл бұрын
The existence of Starship Trooper toys is actually the cherry on top of this delicious satire cake. It's disturbingly fitting. :D
@nuberiffic6 жыл бұрын
Never saw the ST toys, but I played with Robocop, Terminator, and Aliens toys when I was 9 or so
@johnlee71646 жыл бұрын
They made Robocop toys as well. They knew exactly what they were doing.
@nuberiffic6 жыл бұрын
Yes, that's what I said.
@Hunter40420126 жыл бұрын
I think they are made for the TV series which they hoped would take off, it is quite good though.
@ZachFett2 жыл бұрын
They even made toys for Toxic Avenger, Rambo, Demolition Man, and gruesome ones for Virus (1999). Better times, lol.
@lowtdave4 жыл бұрын
Best quote: "Michael Ironside is just the best". No truer statement exists.
@Shozb0t2 жыл бұрын
And he even removed his own arm just for this part. That’s dedication.
@xcidgaf2 жыл бұрын
@@Shozb0t The man is a professional.
@skeletongary21612 жыл бұрын
My favorite part about any red letter media stuff is that when Mike brings up Star Trek, you can immediately tell Jay is not super excited about having to watch whatever episode is being referenced to be able to edit clips in
@thomasmartin42816 жыл бұрын
Post 9/11 or if this was made in the cold war the satire would've been more obvious, but it came out at a time where people had a huge false sense of security
@salted64225 жыл бұрын
Well, I suppose it's good I live next to Russia since they've always been an existential threat to my nation. No sense of security here!
@danielsamper51765 жыл бұрын
This was right around the time of operation desert storm, the satire was on point. It was just too smart for general audiences and mostly went over people's heads, there was no internet to see fat schlubs from wisconsin explain the movie
@meryatathagres19985 жыл бұрын
@@salted6422 Get a bigger military, like the Finns.
@salted64225 жыл бұрын
@@meryatathagres1998 We are the Finns. Russia has been a threat ever since the Soviet Union collapsed. Constant border violations, espionage, threats, etc.
@meryatathagres19985 жыл бұрын
@@salted6422 Bullshit. Niinistö and Putin are friends. Finnish defence is also capable of inflicting way too much pain at Russian invaders, that it's simply not practical for them. And if there's one thing Russian dictators like, it's practical solutions and relations. "Constant border violations, espionage, threats, etc." LOL! Besides, Finland has couple nukes stashed away and Putin knows it. They might only be 100 kilotons, but they'll fuck up st. Petersburg.
@jimmyseaver36477 жыл бұрын
It's even more brilliant considering it was basically an outline of how the War on Terror would go just a few years later. Verhoven is a damned time traveller.
@Virjunior017 жыл бұрын
Jimmy Seaver so is Hideo Kojima. When did Metal Gear Rising come out? 2013? 2014? at the end, Raiden fights a nanomachine-enhanced psycho President who yells he'll "make America great again."
@SinisterGerbils7 жыл бұрын
Not necessarily. MGS2 was in development before and released soon after 9/11, yet more or less predicts government surveillance of electronic communications.
@therecentlyundeceased7 жыл бұрын
+shithoagie "Make America Great Again" is just a plagiarism of another cunt's shitty fucking campaign sologaneering: Ronnie Raygun.
@daniel-ve7yp7 жыл бұрын
+Sinister Gerbils There was also a scene where arsenal gear crashed into the WTC. But it was removed because 9/11 happened. kojima predicted 9/11
@GetterRay7 жыл бұрын
MGS2 didn't predict anything. It was a contemporary story about modern Japan. The Japanese had it way worse than the US sooner.
@computer_toucher4 жыл бұрын
If you didn't get that this was satire after "Mobile Infantry made me the man I am today" you may have some problems with the satire center of your brain. I still don't get that people don't get this.
@maxschaeffner90054 жыл бұрын
Chris Eveley I think when the film came out most people saw it as a sifi war film with satire added in, not as a wholly satirical film. It took me three screenings to realize it was satirizing fascism and wasn’t just a cool Star Wars rip-off
@Yogurt46554 жыл бұрын
I didn't get it after watching it but I have a small brain so
@plottwisted1724 жыл бұрын
I saw the film when it was released and knew it was a satire. But it didn't seem relevant. I was in High School and wasn't as aware of US Foreign policy as I should have been. It wasn't until 9/11 and then the invasion of Iraq that I'd have a political awaking regarding growing fascism in the US and be able to appreciate this movie.
@Zlarel4 жыл бұрын
When I first watched this (in my mid-teens, I'd guess) I recall seeing that scene and considering it more of a gag or comedic moment. In a subsequent viewing, what caused the lightbulb to burst out my head was one of the propaganda sequences, where a bug mauling a cow is pointedly censored, followed immediately by footage of an "unauthorized settlement" attacked by bugs, wherein horrifically mutilated human remains are displayed in all their sickening glory. It dawned on me how purposeful this was; how it was not just an obvious warning from the government to its people ("See what happens when you disobey?"), but a display of just what that government thinks of humans who don't fall in line: less worthy of pity, respect, or dignity than a common cow. I was flat-out awestruck.
@SAMagic4 жыл бұрын
@@Zlarel ^ This
@oliverstianhugaas74934 жыл бұрын
Negotiations? with *BUGS?!* Try negotiating with the ants in your garden, the only good bug is a dead bug.
@MacNille7 жыл бұрын
No mention of Sergeant Zim? The most badass guy in the movie.
@porsche911sbs7 жыл бұрын
The Great Clancy Brown, I was a little disappointed he went unmentioned here.
@Nightstalker3147 жыл бұрын
The end scene is a great example for the satire. He has to be the guy who caught it to serve as motivation for more brain dead infantry in the future.
@geoffreybrockmeier37657 жыл бұрын
I thought the point was that the bugs were going to be the perpetual enemy needed to maintain the fascist state. Kind of like Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia being intentionally locked in an eternal war in "1984."
@juckoosaurus7 жыл бұрын
clancy borwn knocks it out of the park again
@porsche911sbs7 жыл бұрын
What was your original comment?
@dougmcquaid1477 жыл бұрын
I fucking love when Mike brings up Star Trek.
@ZBII1Y7 жыл бұрын
Does anyone remember what Half in the Bag it was when Rich and Mike go on about Star Trek as Jay zones out for 20 minutes
@etangbose4755 Жыл бұрын
Idek anything about ST but i like seeing someone talk about something they love
@have_a_good_day420 Жыл бұрын
@@ZBII1YI'm not sure, but it could have been their Rise of Skywalker HITB
@WhiteRhinoPSO4 жыл бұрын
I was watching this movie just last night, and during the ending credits I noticed something interesting. "Mr. Busey's Violin Coach: Martine Verhoeven." At the time, I thought, "That's a funny coincidence." Then I did a quick Google search and found out that she's Paul Verhoeven's wife, and her only movie credit is that she helped Jake Busey learn to play the violin. That's something that I feel deserves more credit, or at the very least to be more well known. On an unrelated note, this episode of re:View makes me feel a little guilty. I did notice all (most) of the military propaganda and satire in the first half of the film, but I also really like the second half. Big dumb sci-fi action is definitely one of my guilty pleasures, and I'm not sure how sad it is to say that I almost always prefer that to stuff that tries to make you think.
@coolguymcgee93954 жыл бұрын
Occasionally, thinking is overrated.
@All4Tanuki2 жыл бұрын
There's nothing wrong with that, I think. Good satire works on several levels, and the best satire can smoothly replace the thing it's satirising while also elevating the content with commentary. As an audience member, you get to enjoy both at once - that's what makes ST so special
@philipbrackett443 Жыл бұрын
The quality of the sound effects in the movie are seldom talked about. They're so _good_ Some of my personal favorites: The crack of the whip during Rico's punishment All of the bug screeches The slurpy/sippy straw sound as the brain bug dines on the guy Rico and his "final stand" with the shotgun The turrets during the base defense scene
@lb555007 жыл бұрын
How can anyone hate the movie that gave us Gestapo Doogie Howser?
@bangband17 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite movies too. It just doesn't get boring no matter how many times I watch it.
@brainrunnethout6 жыл бұрын
Red Lion I'M FROM BUENOS AIRES AND I SAY KILL 'EM ALL
@azrael85986 жыл бұрын
seen it 5 times the past week , DO YOU GET ME
@rooroo87674 жыл бұрын
When this was released I was 16. I went to see it 3x because of the violence and the cheese. I knew it was satire. But it’s production value, action and SE were amazing! Nothing but fun.
@zenoslime3 жыл бұрын
i'm astonished at the number of people who had a bone to pick with this very straightforward review of starship troopers lol
@JohnSmith-hd2tl3 жыл бұрын
Admiral Bonetopick
@Fraud-gx8hh5 жыл бұрын
You know what this movie, that was meant to be a joke, has that movies today don't? The story actually makes sense and everything can be explained without jumping through hoops.
@jonahheins89984 жыл бұрын
God how I miss that.
@GeorgeMonet4 жыл бұрын
Yes. The writers explained more by not trying to explain more. The more you try to explain what actually only happens because the writer says so the less believable the explanation becomes.
@darkstar44944 жыл бұрын
ManufacturedFraud come on, there are plenty of terrible moves from every decade that make no sense.
@janosmarothy54094 жыл бұрын
@@darkstar4494 sure, but the problem has gotten worse because the same disregard for a well crafted narrative is now mixed together with "world-building" that confuses quantity of tedious (and self contradictory) detail for putting together an interesting setting
@darkstar44944 жыл бұрын
Janos Marothy agreed, trends come and go, but the ratio of good stuff to crap seems roughly constant for all of human history as far as I can tell.
@moseshamlett38875 жыл бұрын
I remember having almost no friends who shared my love for this film when it came out. Glad the younger generation gets it now. It deserves the praise it gets.
@rossrallown56084 жыл бұрын
I remember having no friends
@sp4cehouse2 жыл бұрын
This movie should play in theaters every time ppl start cheering on another war.
@donaldgawrys65643 ай бұрын
It would be playing constantly then, wouldn't it?
@stvbrsn5 жыл бұрын
It’s funny you said “90210 meets cgi bugs” when this came out, our nickname for it was “Melrose Space”
@John-yy1oy5 жыл бұрын
Hahaha.... holy crap.
@okilfeathermusic5 жыл бұрын
haha, we called it Deep Space 90210
@lonejedi91754 жыл бұрын
I called it Party of Bugs
@j.vonhogen96504 жыл бұрын
I'd call it the DNC 2020 presidential election campaign! 😁
@jamesloggin48704 жыл бұрын
Bug Meets World? Rico's Modern Life? The Fresh Prince of Buenos Aires?
@MrKrk2219887 жыл бұрын
I actually like Re:View more than Half in the Bag.
@TheOMGHe7 жыл бұрын
Probably because here they talk about what they like instead of bitching about movies they don't. ;-)
@pkmovies927 жыл бұрын
But it's less funny. ;D
@mikaelhauk7 жыл бұрын
Me too. Wish they'd do one every 2 weeks instead of every month.
@mikaelhauk7 жыл бұрын
I mean it's not like there is a lack of material out there... :)
@ChrisJones-nk8ti7 жыл бұрын
I need both programs for my RLM fix!!!
@Brandamonium6 ай бұрын
In case you guys are wondering why this video is blowing up, it's because of a video game called Hell Divers.
@RibbyCribby6 ай бұрын
I'm glad we're still talking about starship troopers even if it's stupid people not getting it
@jcalle26 ай бұрын
Well in 2014 the US government whitelisted propagandizing their own citizens and we're involved in about 3 wars currently. The movie is more relevant than ever.
@RedPlanetPictures17 жыл бұрын
I just busted this out on Blu-ray last week. Love this movie to death, it's aged magnificently.
@pjamese36 жыл бұрын
I can't believe you guys didn't touch on Zim (Rico's Drill Sergeant) who got himself intentionally busted to Private so he could join the war and captured the brain bug at the end. He taught lessons like you CAN bring a knife to a gun fight and to bite down on a piece of leather when you're being whipped. He was played Clancy Brown (who played the evil immortal in Highlander and voiced the animated Lex Luthor.)
@ricksanchez63706 жыл бұрын
pjamese3 To be fair, its hard not to respect Zim by the end. He's kind of like Cort from the Dark Tower books.
@TheMilkman0006 жыл бұрын
He's also the voice of Mr. Krabs in Spongebob.
@horatioalgiers34836 жыл бұрын
Clancy Brown is the greatest, second only to Michael Ironside.
@snipeefox6 жыл бұрын
MagicGerbil808 you just blew my mind
@mdcraig626 жыл бұрын
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!
@DonCorleone873 жыл бұрын
Starship Troopers is one of those movies that I could watch any day of the week.... def one of my all time faves.
@Jackrabbit_Slim2 жыл бұрын
Also, it was brilliant to make the enemy completely alien and vile to look at. It's how we're trained to see our enemies. As completely inhuman
@treborkroy52806 ай бұрын
Or...hear me out. They are so radically different from humans, and it is t just perception. Battles between human and arachnid is like this, humans see every life as important, an individual. Arachnids view thier arachnid soldiers how humans view ammunition, like bullets. If it takes 500,000 arachnids to hold a planet then it does. Humans wouldn't look at the battle that way. The arachnids are by it's very nature an EXISTENTIAL threat to humans. This isn't a minor property line dispute. You can't reason with something you can't communicate with and that values it's lives and your own so radically different.
@Destide4 жыл бұрын
Never realised how close this film was to 40k
@juanvaldez70834 жыл бұрын
Yeah its straight up imperial guard vs nids the movie
@fuxan4 жыл бұрын
Everyone's doing their part...for the Emperor...
@kva17704 жыл бұрын
the original work the movie was made from was direct inspiration for 40k as well as the colonial marines from Aliens.
@PressA2Die4 жыл бұрын
Starship Troopers + Dune = 40K
@vidard98634 жыл бұрын
Actually the space Marines were almost direct rip offs of the book mobile infantry. Which makes it more amazing that the guy who didn't read the book effectively created a copy of the imperial guard from a book that space Marines were copied from... It's like the emperor is doing inception with people who are tasked with working with the IP....
@WillChizzleMyNizzle6 жыл бұрын
Rich: Here's my highschool yearbook photo, why do you need it, Mike? Mike: Oh no reason.
@joeykickassery4 жыл бұрын
This conversation never happened. Mike has photos, which rich isn't even aware of.
@PressA2Die4 жыл бұрын
Those effects are still fuckin awesome to this day. They don't just hold up, they out do most stuff today.
@GirlfriendRecapsMovies6 ай бұрын
This got pushed to me because of Helldivers 2. I thought it was new and was amazed to see Mike and Jay looking so fresh and well-groomed
@MrToftheL7 жыл бұрын
Mike's just picking on Rich because he has a crush on him ;)
@IPFreelly6047 жыл бұрын
On point as always mister President.
@pkmovies927 жыл бұрын
That's right Trump!
@ActionAlligator7 жыл бұрын
I hate sand....it's rough, it's coarse, and it gets everywhere
@monsterdude25175 жыл бұрын
-"Bugs don't get any human qualities" What do they want, a *bee movie* ?
@JasonYu354 жыл бұрын
This flick came out when I was in high school, and it was my favorite movie as a teenager. Upon rewatching multiple times through the years, the viewing lens has certainly evolved and what I’d get out of it today would be drastically different from back then. However, the fond memory of the joy this movie brought me when I was much younger still buoys my opinion of it as a timeless classic. Really wish the sequels could’ve been on the same level.
@rrson6483 жыл бұрын
I've always been perplexed by my reaction to this movie, cuz I saw it when it came out, and thought it was the stupidest thing ever. Then, by chance I saw it in like 2004 or so, right after the Iraq invasion, and I suddenly appreciated the brilliant satire. Not sure why I didn't get it at first, but after "freedom fries" and color-coded terrorism threat forecasts, it all suddenly hit home. Guess Im kinda dense.
@cornbredx3 жыл бұрын
Nah, time makes you see things differently. No matter your age. Sometimes I'll hate a movie for whatever reason, but when I see it years later it clicks for me. I just suddenly see it differently and have a greater appreciation for it.
@grantc612 жыл бұрын
No, not dense. Just brainwashed like most other Americans.
@psilobom Жыл бұрын
@Danny Tallmage yes because it would be a net negative if Russia proved to the rest of the world that brutality and savagery will work, and annexing your neighbors will draw minimal consequences as long as you threaten nuclear annihilation when you start losing. Ukraine wasn't some Mormon colony that landed in Russia and attempted to seize land. It has a right to exist and to determine its own destiny, including if that means distancing itself from Putin's Russia and opening itself to the West.
@jabrokneetoeknee6448 Жыл бұрын
@@psilobom “it would be a net negative if Russia proved to the world that brutality and savagery work…” Very naive. So NATO is fighting against savagery and brutality, right? The US has a growing number of politicians on the right who are calling for an invasion of their neighbor Mexico. If Biden is voted out and one of these dopes replaces him, the US might very well send troops there next. Humor me for a moment. How will NATO react, do you think? Would they fight alongside Mexicans against US savagery and barbarism? Do you think the member states of NATO will kick the US out?😂 Never for an instant believe the US and Western Europe are allied for any reason beyond the cynical pursuit of their own interests abroad. They are not the world police.
@resolvedsolids3013 Жыл бұрын
@@psilobom Oh man sure would be a shame to show the world that brutality and savagery work. How many countries has the US invaded in the last 20 years? 22? Oops. Oh wait and the CIA funded a coup in Ukraine in 2014? Well golly gee.
@Hoboharry977 жыл бұрын
COME ON YOU APES YOU WANNA LIVE FOREVER?
@Endocrom7 жыл бұрын
Starship Troopers AKA Warhammer 2.3k
@RaymLovesEggs6 жыл бұрын
I mean...Michael Ironside...freakin' elevates any movie he's in -- even Highlander 2.
@lre20466 жыл бұрын
Clancy Brown's character was better in both franchises (though I do love me some Ironside)
@eliyugend46606 жыл бұрын
Oh fuck dont make me think I have to watch highlander 2 now
@lre20466 жыл бұрын
@@eliyugend4660 h2 was a dissapointment, just stick with the first highlander ;)
@James-dc3yt6 жыл бұрын
Never speak of that movie, it shall not be named.
@SatoshiKong5 жыл бұрын
I always get nostalgic for the first Splinter Cell game whenever I hear his voice.
@chrisburns5146 ай бұрын
It would really be worth sitting Mike down to play Helldivers
@stephenhall29803 жыл бұрын
Yeah, the movie is truly wonderful. The combination of horrific violence, satire, astonishing effects that still hold up,dark humour and genuinely gripping action make it.
@TiltedJesterStudios4 жыл бұрын
"We are going in with the 1st wave...Theres more bug for us to kill. YOU SMASH THE ENTIRE AREA, KILL EVERYTHING THATS GOT MORE THAN 2 LEGS,YOU GET ME" " WE GET YOU SIR"
@CursedWheelieBin4 жыл бұрын
I think that little dude was 1st to get skewered, wasn't he? 😄
@Armazillo7 жыл бұрын
When I was in middle school, I did an apprenticeship with one of the guys who built the model ships for this movie. They had car batteries and shit in them
@geuwglesuxballz60746 жыл бұрын
Why did they shit in their car batteries?
@IM-bq7ep6 жыл бұрын
Dale Stafford that is one of the reasons I love this movie. It was one of the last movies to use models instead of CGI rendering. Compare them to the stupid Nabu fighters and queen amidala's shuttle in the phantom menace.
@ReaderViaNil3 жыл бұрын
This movie is a great gateway/introduction to what humans are in Warhammer 40k
@Khorne_of_the_Hill4 жыл бұрын
This is a criminally underrated movie! I loved the violence as a kid, and I love the satire as an adult lol
@Viscupelo7 жыл бұрын
"We're in this for the species, boys and girls!"
@MrNinjaone16 жыл бұрын
Fuck yea ✌
@billygoods224 жыл бұрын
I was born in 1987, and I remember a time when my parents would rent me Starship Troopers, Terminator, Robocop, Predator. It's that alien action movie, go ahead and put it on for the kids!
@ttbr76874 жыл бұрын
I was born in 89, by the time I was 12 I had seen almost every Verhoeven film lol
@karlosthejackel693 жыл бұрын
Now they let you live in your bedroom with the internet
@patsfan4life3 жыл бұрын
@@karlosthejackel69 Touché, my friend!
@christovrea42733 жыл бұрын
100%
@d3tach3d4 жыл бұрын
You forgot to mention Phil Tippett and his team hand animated a lot of the bugs as well but people think they were CG because how smooth and lifelike the moved.
@thecompanioncube42116 ай бұрын
Who's here after playing hell divers 2 and then watching Starship Troopers
@nurgle-j5n6 ай бұрын
you did that in the wrong order bro
@TheTrueChuster7 жыл бұрын
"It's Always Sunny In Klendathu"
@jeremybackman27825 жыл бұрын
Filmed outside my hometown of Casper Wyoming. My aunt and uncle were extras.
@alexbiggs92085 жыл бұрын
Haha, I watched this video to find a comment like this. I'm also from casper, and some family members of a coworker of my dad were extras in it. I think about that every time I'm driving down that highway lmao
@coyotefever1054 жыл бұрын
That’s awesome dude!
@l.ronhubbard54454 жыл бұрын
Hometown of KZbin celebrity Gothic King Cobra
@mrdgenerate4 жыл бұрын
@Jaded Joker thats like george carlin talking about swearing on the upside down backwards braile chinese bible with pages missing 😆
@LampShade01233 жыл бұрын
@@l.ronhubbard5445 TWU
@albiwassi6 ай бұрын
Who‘s here after playing Helldivers 2?
@timyearick51764 жыл бұрын
“Kid’s shouldn’t watch this movie.” The first time I watch this was when I was a kid like over 15 years ago lol. The brain sucking scene gave me nightmares for a while too
@Kaylakaze3 жыл бұрын
I saw it opening night (I was 17) with my friends and there were quite a few children in that theater.
@brandonclobes77887 жыл бұрын
The very fact that people don't see that this movie satirizes propaganda, is frightening.
@timoconnell71947 жыл бұрын
I'll be the first to admit that I was one of those surface level people. I was also a kid, and had no idea what I was watching.. blood and guts, some boobs, a lot of guns. Now that I'm older this one is probably worth a second viewing for the entire point of the movie that I missed.
@brandonclobes77887 жыл бұрын
Same Here, as a kid of course I had no idea, watching it a few months ago I was like mike and was like oh my god this is the best movie ever.
@coprographia4 жыл бұрын
You’re aware AnCap is a parody of fascism too, right?😎
@lisciatoredimele89197 жыл бұрын
Wait,this movie is 20 years old? Fuck I feel old
@studinthemaking7 жыл бұрын
lisciatoredimele89 Same here.
@MrGeocidal7 жыл бұрын
I'm nearly 30! :(
@SammEater7 жыл бұрын
Funny thing is that I watched that movie when I was a kid. I was so impressed with the bugs and the ships, I didn't even know the plot was actually more interesting than my kid self experienced.
@nacholibre1465 Жыл бұрын
People totally missed needing a license to have children because it was said during the shower scene.
@DailyLifeSolution Жыл бұрын
Rico's parents were not citizens, were they?
@nacholibre1465 Жыл бұрын
@@DailyLifeSolution I don't think so, but they probably paid for their license
@DailyLifeSolution Жыл бұрын
@@nacholibre1465 Please confirm it first and then tell me whether it needs mandatory federal service for having children or not.
@nacholibre1465 Жыл бұрын
@DailyLifeSolution you're going to have to look it up yourself, you need a license according to the movie and the easiest way to get that license was through service. I wouldn't draw the conclusion that you have to serve in order to get a license.
@kdb678able11 ай бұрын
@@DailyLifeSolution Rico's parents were not citizens. Federal Service was the "easiest" way to get a license, implying there are other ways.
@panchovilla18702 жыл бұрын
In 2001 my father lived in the US while me my mother and sister lived in a small town in mexico with no electricity, he then brought us to live in Connecticut, first thing he did was buy us a TV and a cassette player with 3 movies. Starship Troopers, Terminator 2 & Dude Where's my Car. Very odd choices I know but as kids we lived these movies lol. Which is why T2 and SST hold a place in my heart.
@ACslater15 ай бұрын
Good times
@bropous42655 жыл бұрын
Y'all, what MADE this film for me (aside from the tits, hey, I'm biased) were the shots above Klendathu. The Fleet being hit by the bug shots. Man, I had NEVER seen anything like it. The way those ships break apart, I had NEVER seen that. They went SO intricate. We saw decks ripped apart. Those ships, holy hannah. Up until then, we saw space ships blown up in a fireball. But Starship Troopers, they DID it. And, yes. You are totally correct. The special effects stand up, even today. Thanks for reminding me of that.
@TommyCurrell4 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised he thought everyone dislikes this movie. As far as I know everyone loves it including me!
@Autotrope4 жыл бұрын
My impression at the time of its release is it was marketed as a straight action movie and most people considered it a pretty cheesy action movie. The marketing did not focus on it being Verhoeven or that it may be social commentary.
@TheUnstableThinker4 жыл бұрын
This re:view is almost 2 years old, back then that was basically the case.
@typie344 жыл бұрын
Well the audience and especially critics at the time of coming out (1997 in cinema and probably 1998 on VHS) didnt like it. it also didnt do well on the box office. now its more appreciated today and especially the visuals hold up very well
@ThundarBarBar4 жыл бұрын
I saw this film on a bootlegged dvd in Thailand. Great film.
@AP-hv9ll4 жыл бұрын
Saw it opening weekend. I was 22. Loved it, my best friend loved it. Our girls, not so much. Practically wore out the tape when it hit the video store. The internet wasn’t much of a thing yet, so we had no idea it wasn’t appreciated in its time.
@_Ethan_Kirk_6 ай бұрын
Helldivers 2 helldivers 2 Just trying to get this video recommended to more people.
@jahncena91266 ай бұрын
What you've done here has ignited the torches of liberty
@SgtBuck015 ай бұрын
The Helldivers made me the man I am today!
@WhaleCannonTV7 жыл бұрын
Even though the satirical themes and true underlying message was lost on me during my initial viewings as a young 90's kid I DO remember just being completely off-put by the characters and the society as a whole. Even though I must have been around 7 or 8 at the time I do vividly recall more of a disgust with the human characters than I had with the actual bugs. The movie does a great job at making you realize that the true mindless drones are the ones FIGHTING the bugs.
@HamguyBacon7 жыл бұрын
I loved everything about it, Kind of made me want to live in the world for some aspects. the bugs may not actually be bugs but propaganda against an intelligent alien species to make them seem as worthless as bugs. humans have a natural disgust for bugs so if you can brainwash and convince people that what you are killing are nothing but bugs you'll gladly do it.
@WhaleCannonTV7 жыл бұрын
Sounds like you COMPLETELY missed the subtext of the entire movie and bought into the fictional human fascist propaganda (which kind of defeats the entire point of the movie). I'd recommend re watching it from a viewpoint of knowing the masses are lied to and lead by a war-centered military society that STARTED the war, educates through indoctrination and brainwashing, and committed multiple atrocities upon their own people, which they blamed the bugs for, goading them into retaliation and then the inevitable start of the war. If it's not blatantly obvious to you that the entire production is a complete and total parody of fascists ideologies then you either took the movie at face value (defeating the point of the movie) or you're probably too close to those very ideals they're parodying to realize it (a.k.a you're a fascist).
@dweliq29937 жыл бұрын
Whale Cannon I was a neonazi as a kid so I liked the societal structure of the SS (Starship Troopers) Federation. My issue with democracy is simple. It pretends that its the best social structure ever and the ultimate good, YET: 1)It ultimately relies on violence just as any totalitarian regime. Try to break a law, armed thugs will come knocking on your door coming to strip you of human rights in an instant. 2)Pretends how personal ownership is the best thing ever, YET you have to pay taxes for your car and house, which means that the government owns your car and a house and you are just paying rent to them for these things. 3)Individual citizen has basically no power to change anything whatsoever. 4)Its not even democracy as demos means people and the power is held by politicians which are usually only rich people as nobody else can afford a political campaign. So whether you like it or not, your "democracy" is a mildly totalitarian communistic politocracy/oligarchy.
@wvmcc827 жыл бұрын
Hmmm, deliberately empathizing with an aggressive enemy that wants to murder you and destroy your society? Trying to make it seem like the guys who are trying to prevent that are in fact the evil ones? Sounds familiar. I bet you think jihadists just need a hug.
@WhaleCannonTV7 жыл бұрын
I'm not "trying to make it seem like" anything brah. Its in the fucking movie. It is VERY evident that the humans are the bad guys and responsible for the entire war. Turn your brain on first and then give it a view. Its not exactly a secret the movie is anti-fascism while the book is the complete opposite. "The idea behind “Troopers,” according to Verhoeven (the director), was to create a story that “seduced the audience” on one level, but then make it clear to the audience what they were admiring was actually evil. “Our philosophy was really different [from Heinlein’s book],we wanted to do a double story, a really wonderful adventure story about these young boys and girls fighting, but we also wanted to show that these people are really, in their heart, without knowing it, are on their way to fascism,” Verhoeven said." Once again, if you can't see the fact that the humans are the bad guys then (like the last guy) you missed the point of the entire movie.