*who's the real bad guy here?* Starship Troopers MOVIE REACTION (first time watching) movie review

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Intro - 00:00
Reaction - 02:03
Review - 34:10
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[@quailman]

Fun fact. The actor who got his head blown off in the live fire exercise, and the actress that accidentally blew his head off, fell in love on set and are still married to this day.

[@ariachanson01]

Love this!!!

[@Blutteufel]

Aria: "Does that mean it's going to be gory?" Me: *[LAUGHS IN PAUL VERHOEVEN]*

[@ariachanson01]

😅

[@cs8712]

This movie is basically how I imagine every Starcraft Terran v. Zerg battle actually goes down when you go into detail

[@WaywardVet]

Gory? As a combat veteran, I'd say it's "relatively educational". Then I'd stop talking. Interpret as you will when military folk get quiet after a question.

[@didonna1974]

I laughed out loud when you said, "they've gone full plaid."

[@markjuarez1791]

Great reaction, Aria. I remember when this movie was first released and one critic summed it up perfectly: "This movie is a lot better than it deserves to be." Not sure if anyone else has mentioned this before, but director Paul Verhoeven earned the nickname from Hollywood as "Blood N' Butts". Keep the reactions coming, Aria! You are magnificent!

[@sonosoloio]

Dina Meyer, the soldier Dizzy Flores in this film, has acted in many films where her character is always an important part of the story, if you want you can see her in the 1995 film "Johnny Mnemonic" with Keanu Reeves and in the 1996 film "Dragonheart " with Dennis Quaid

[@lennyvalentin6485]

Dina Meyer kicks butt as a Romulan ship captain in Star Trek: Nemesis too, by the way.

[@Rahab84]

The black chap who blows himself up at the end is Father Gabriel off the Walking dead.

[@jamesdevine1822]

in combat situations, field hospitals often triage patients in reverse order. you give preference to those with minor injuries to put them back into the fight. a guy missing a leg won't ever fight again, a guy with a treatable wound will.

[@kissmy_butt1302]

You can see a lot of WW2 brought forward. All the heroes are from Argentina. You need to serve to have more rights. The teach even discusses the failure of Democracy. The humans and bugs have that Nazis vs the Soviet Union/Communists parallel. Beyond all of the symbolism that is in the movie and book.

[@mrtveye6682]

Even the uniforms are clearly "inspired" by German WW2 uniforms.

[@Bfdidc]

@@mrtveye6682 Especially Neil Patrick Harris's at the end.

[@jhilal2385]

@@mrtveye6682 Xander's is even feldgrau, just like Grand Moff Tarkin's.

[@user-eh2mi2oh4h]

If you didn’t know, the drill sergeant is played by Clancy Brown who is best known for Byron Hadley from the Shawshank Redemption, and Mr. Krabs from SpongeBob.

[@KthulhuXxx]

Dont' forget the Kurgan, from Highlander.

[@positivelynegative9149]

One thing in this film that has always bothered me is a plot hole. Zander is presumably in highschool, because he is playing sports against highschoolers. That being the case, it doesn't make any sense that he's in some kind of leadership position and training pilots at the same time Carmen is just arriving at the fleet. 🤦‍♂️

[@abc123tiktok]

I don't think that is unrealistic considering the society they are in. I can easily believe he has been training and fully prepared to go in his career from early on like many people do with jobs. Carmen and Johnny an all their friends just randomly signed on last minute. My brother served as a marine but went through some leadership program or something. By time he finished training despite no field experience he already out ranked the very same people who trained him who had actual experience.

[@positivelynegative9149]

@@abc123tiktok No.

[@abc123tiktok]

@@positivelynegative9149 Yes. :)

[@flinx]

A militaristic society could easily have a high school version of ROTC. Instead of beginning a military career path in college, start in high school.

[@JS-wp4gs]

@@abc123tiktok No. There is no possibility of that whatsoever. They're supposed to be the same age, enlisting at the same time and in the fleet as pilots no less. You're not learning to pilot a starship in high school ROTC classes and turning around and being qualified enough to teach it to someone who enlisted the same day you did. That doesn't make any sense The whole thing is a nonsensical plothole that never should have made it into the movie

[@jeffreyphipps1507]

In the book, it explains this better (partially because it's not a parody as portrayed here). In order to earn the right to vote, you have to join the military for a minimum service. In real life, some countries require a minimum military service period.

[@charleslatora5750]

Read Heinlein's book. Not a long story but there's so much that was left out. Trust me, you'll thank me

[@user-so5qp1ql1y]

I guess it depends on your view of the conflict. Heinlein (a WWI Navy veteran and WWII Navy Air veteran) wrote the original book and seemed to think of the humans as the good guys. The humans had unknowingly colonized into the bug region. The idea of who started it is a bit hazy as in most conflicts. Since the war isn't over at the end of the movie, we don't know who wins so we don't know who writes the history.

[@lennyvalentin6485]

Even if our original intrusion was accidental, when we start fighting back against the bugs that makes us the aggressors. We could have simply pulled out of there, but we didn't - fictionally, of course. Although knowing us Humies, we totally would attack the defending bugs and claim they were actually the bad guys.

[@joseperez9753]

@@lennyvalentin6485 you are missing the giant asteroid hitting the earth.... so lets see the sequence of events... the bugs massacred the colony and then nuked the planet of the colonist and not even tried to communicate. They drew first blood.

[@brianpack369]

As far as the movie’s concerned, I don’t think the morality of the bugs really matters. It’s the fact that the bugs are being used as a common enemy to rally against so the military can solidify their political power. If the bugs didn’t exist, they would have to find another enemy to fight. Also, I believe it’s implied that the asteroid is a false flag operation.

[@tigerjonn]

Its funny how Carmen's shoulder is fine at the end... lol.

[@thetr00per30]

"Poe's law" Without a clear indicator of the author's intent, any parodic or sarcastic expression of extreme views can be mistaken by some readers for a sincere expression of those views. prime example right here

[@user-cx4px3jh2f]

Wasn't the author well documented in his views? Just the version I heard, could be wrong. His political ideas were accused of sounding a bit fascist. He felt he was being misinterpreted so he wrote the book as a means to paint a picture, convey how he felt democracies should be run. Where voting wasn't an automatic right, it required a volunteer act of civic duty. Not even exclusively military. Volunteer firefighter for instance.

[@FourEyedFrenchman]

Paul Verhoeven is on record saying he read about 50 pages of Heinlein's novel before getting bored and dropping it. When you don't completely understand what you're trying to parody or satirize, you usually end up making an argument for or lionizing whatever the target of your criticism is. Verhoeven didn't care to understand Heinlein, and his lack of understanding led him to create a film that glamorized what he was trying to criticize. Another example of this phenomenon is Rorschach from Watchmen. Alan Moore made Rorschach as a critique of individualism, but because he didn't understand the philosophy he was criticizing, he ended up making Rorschach a badass and the only character in Watchmen who possesses any real virtue.

[@user-cx4px3jh2f]

@@FourEyedFrenchmanWhat I'm hearing is thank god he put down that boring ass book to make a masterpiece of a film. Creativity can be serendipitous like that.

[@cassidywest5539]

Carmen is the worst thing ever.

[@dallassukerkin6878]

As others have noted, this movie is fun but it is Verhoeven's politics rather than Heinlein's - the film and the book are very, very, different entities. As to the movie, I utterly agree that Rico was hung up on the wrong girl without a doubt :) And that's from a guy who was entranced by Fish Lips (the nickname for Denise Richards) back in the day when this was released :chuckles;

[@questionablehumor2800]

"... can't handle gory stuff" Oh, dear!

[@hisdudeness8328]

I think the misconception that most people miss is what the Federation is. It’s not truly Facist in the sense of what we understand it to be. It’s actually much more of a bend between a military Junta and a democratic republic. They do have (supposedly) free elections, but the system is very rigged to ensure only the acceptable people get into governmental positions. The idea of citizens vs civilians is a rather brilliant stroke. Basically civilians have almost all the rights and legal protections of citizens with the minor exceptions that they can’t vote, hold government positions, or teach. And the only way to get citizenship status is to serve in the military, the idea being that only those willing to put their lives on the line in service of the system should be allowed to decide on how it is governed. We never hear of a supreme leader, so it’s very likely the Federal Council is the ultimate power of the Federation, and they are the ones who decide becomes the Sky Marshal (the head leader of the Federation’s military). An interesting look into a dystopian futuristic society.

[@WolfHreda]

Yes, not a parody. A satire. Verhoeven was fantastic at satirizing modern problems through a futuristic lens.

[@TheBigTamale]

The bugs should have sucked Carmen's brains out, and Rico save the pilot dude's life.

[@brianpack369]

Then Rico does the same thing to pilot dude

[@watevatube]

This movie reminds me of StarCraft 2 except I don't know why they don't bomb them more and land huge tanks..

[@christopherwatters6813]

Great reaction cideo, Aria! This movie is such a great cultclassic. It's so well done: the special effects are great, the pacing is great, the bugs are terrifying. It's also always fun to see Michael Ironside and Clancy Brown as the teacher and the drill sergeant, respectively.

[@cassidywest5539]

23:25 Johnny Mnemonic?

[@victornewmanforever]

"Barbie and Ken" is how Verhoeven described his main characters. And he was perfectly aware they were not the best actors in the world. He wanted to satirize how the USA see themselves (especially through tv, commercials and movies) versus how a foreigner like him - he's Dutch - perceives them. Verhoeven was a child during WW2 - he witnessed how the Nazis slaughtered his people but also how the American army bombed his city to "free" his people. :)

[@bluebird3281]

Free shouldn't be in quotation marks because that is exactly what the bombings allowed to happen. Operation market garden didn't work out like it was supposed to because there were extra SS Divisions taking R&R there, 8,000 British soldiers were lost. So, cities like Eindhoven had to be bombed, and this is important to remember BECAUSE THATS WHERE THE GERMANS WERE. But if you or Mr. Verhoeven have a better plan they could have utilized I would love to see hear about it.

[@Bfdidc]

@@bluebird3281 Oh, if only America had stayed out of the war. Then the nice Nazis could have had all of Europe for their playground. America bad.

[@user-cx4px3jh2f]

@@bluebird3281 When the Germans bombed we ducked. When we bombed the Germans ducked. When the Americans bombed everybody ducked. - Kiwi WWII saying. Here's a plan for you. Stop being the worst for friendly fire incidents.

[@bluebird3281]

@@user-cx4px3jh2fTheir limey overlords were supposed to tell us where they were positioned. Take it up with Air Marshalls Dowding and Tedder. Now what formula did you use to determine the U.S was the leading friendly fire culprit? All I found for NZ being hit with friendly fire from bombing raids was... " two-hour raid which took place on June 27, 1942 by RAF Wellingtons aimed at decimating the Afrika Korps in Egypt accidentally hit elements of the British 7th Armoured Division and the 3rd Hussars, as well as some New Zealand troops. All told the error killed 359 and wounded 560." Of course, you have an old saying to back you up.

[@lordapache5402]

He didn't witness jack. He was 6 when WWII ended. He's an insufferable champagne socialist. He didn't even read the book Starship Troopers before attempting to satirize it, only for it to become a cult classic unironically loved and appreciated by people he despises. He's made some good movies, but his political beliefs are insane and ridiculous.

[@hisdudeness8328]

6:26 It seems rough, but in the story it’s explained that the Federation deliberately has heavily injured members of the armed forces be the ones to process the final forms for enlistment for new recruits. It’s to show those signing up the dangers of what service in the military can do to them. It to act as a final deterrent to weed out those that don’t have enough conviction to want to serve.

[@bk43n1]

21:31 that sounds like "bug sympathizer" talk to me.

[@setpunks13]

The book is interesting. It goes into tons of detail about the armor the infantry wears, which is like a body suit that gives a person heightened abilities.

[@shainedge6651]

To be fair, with a shot like that on the assault course, the helmet wouldn't have mattered by an shot though the eye.

[@MarijnvdSterre]

Another question to consider is: Did the bugs actually send the asteroids to Earth? They don't really have technology. Knocking an asteroid of course is something they can do, but with the precision to send it light-years away? I think not, not even close tbh

[@hisdudeness8328]

It’s not shown in the movie, but the bugs do have a form of fast than light travel. They can colonize worlds in entirely different solar systems.

[@Patriiiiick]

It's amazing I missed all the fascistic undertones from the humans the first time I watched this, even if I was a dumb kid.

[@hermanrobak1285]

I saw it as an adult back then, and I was repulsed by the fashyness. I didn't think "wait, isn't this _too_ on the nose?!" when I first saw it. It's really on the nose, though.

[@robet007]

Always enjoy your reactions Aria! If you're up for watching a very gritty British movie I'd recommend Dead Man's Shoes directed by Shane Meadows

[@mikewilson4480]

now that you've watched this, you can watch the Harold and Kumar movies(reference this movie a few times). Thanks for another great reaction.

[@EdmontonRealEstate01]

Both in the book and the movie state the war started after the bugs struck earth with a meteor, though there were conflicts between the bugs and the humans on colonized planets

[@davewhitmore1958]

I would always like to know more about awesome Aria C!

[@ariachanson01]

😅❤️

[@WaywardVet]

The camera man not dying is a huge hint that bugs have intelligence. He's a journalist. Sure, his freaked out buddy just killed a journalist, but mistakes happen in combat. The guy with a camera wasn't a threat. The bug respected that. ...now going back to the reporter, i say that could have been an accident in the heat of the moment. But lets consider a smart bug learned English. The things the reporter said were beyond inappropriate. He pretty much volunteered to die for hate speech.

[@davidkessinger1581]

You probaby knew Diz from her Friends appearance. She was with Joey. If you watched 90210 (original), she had a recuring role there.

[@LeroOfTheKodiak]

She also has her ribcage spatchcocked in one of the saw movies.

[@stuka80]

a good movie, an even greater book that it was badly based on. two totally different directions each went with, but both totally enjoyable.

[@terrylandess6072]

I've seen quite a few fight scenes where it gets broken up but the participants want to keep going at it and the others must hold them back. It's usually pretty lame but this is by far the best one - these guys are really trying to get free and it sells the scene. Johnny vs Zander

[@ronnyb5890]

if you want more bugs, tremors, if you want more aliens, alien and aliens

[@joegarcia3214]

"What the f is the medic gonna do?" We laughed our butts off at that.

[@piloto88ed]

Dizzi's death is one of the most sad moments of the cinema history hahaha.

[@gumdeo]

In Heinlein's book, the humans are clearly the good guys but Verhoeven's movie adaptation does imply that the humans are actually the bad ones.

[@mikefoster6018]

100%.

[@PorterJustPorter]

Verhoeven wanted to make a movie about The Hitler Youth/ League of German Girls, but the studios weren't interested. So, instead, he went and made Starship Troopers, a metaphor on the very subject previously rejected.

[@koatam]

Seems to me the Humans are still the good guys. Human separatists, against the wishes of the government trespass on a planet and the response was to kill the trespassers and kill 50,000,000 that had nothing to do with it? Sorry, but that can't be ignored. They were a threat that HAD to be eliminated. The difference in values between both species are way too vast for both to ever exist peacefully.

[@eXpriest]

Bad isn't the right word, verhoevens thesis was that militarism is inexorably linked to fascism, but the arachnids are still incompatible with human life and are an existential threat, which muddies the issue of good and bad.

[@PorterJustPorter]

@eXpriest How are the arachnids creating weaponry capable of interstellar travel? Their precision striking capability across millions of light years is impressive. lol

[@waterbeauty85]

Most people hate "Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation" because it's obviously low budget, and it lacks the satirical humor of "Starship Troopers," but it has memorable performances by Richard Burgi and Brenda strong, deepens the lore of the bugs, and subtly touches on some themes that I think you, with your perceptive and thoughtful nature, would pick up on and find interesting to discuss.

[@dallassukerkin6878]

I think I have only seen that once and the same for the third one. What I recall is that "2" was far too full of gratuitous soft porn and "3", despite having Rico back, just didn't engage me. I'll see if I can track them down and give them a second chance.

[@waterbeauty85]

@@dallassukerkin6878 You have a point. The seduction and sex scenes with Pvt. Soda were just stupid.

[@JS-wp4gs]

@@waterbeauty85 Yes and no. The stuff with soda kind of makes sense in context given she was trying to infect people so seducing them is the simplest way to go about it. At least with the men. Doesn't explain the weird moments with sahara though given she was pregnant so obviously wouldn't have gone for it That said, doesn't explain why nobody thought she was acting strangely. Then again the whole plan didn't make alot of sense anyway when you notice how fast anybody who got infected started having limbs rot off within like a day. Pretty hard to infiltrate anybody when thats going to get noticed real fast

[@Yezhanium]

Loved the reaction, and it was made with semi-parodic elements as a 'propaganda film, that could be seen in their world', like Triumph of the Will in Nazi Germany. Especially with ending's narration - 'Like our heroes! They will fight and they will win! We just need *_YOU!_* ' Also really hoping to see Soldier with Kurt Russell ;o

[@rromano158]

What I don't understand is if they see the asteroid coming, and have kinda plotted its course, why did they wait so long before they dodged? Seems to me they could have "ducked" underneath much sooner.

[@RyeSix45]

Another fantastic reaction! I recommend reading the novel, its interesting to read.

[@warpath1911]

The book is amazing. I agree everyone should read it. However if you want this movie absolutely ruined read the book. Once you do the movie becomes irritating.

[@stephenniehaus8635]

I love how Carmen had a gaping wound, a mortal wound near her heart and should be bleeding out, but is smiling and hugging everyone in the end, and how no one seems very concerned. She's the epitome of a shallow character. Her family and home got wiped out and she isn't that bothered. In the end, her bf/love interest gets killed in a really terrible way right in front of her and she's all smiles 5 minutes later

[@Hereticked]

Hate to tell you, but they're all shallow characters and intentionally so. Some more than others, but they're all good little fascists. Especially Johnny Rico, who's so lacking in personality and will that he won't even engage with his love interest until his commanding officer tells him to. And notice that when Diz says "I love you" he doesn't say it back. He doesn't even say it when she's dying in front of him. That's not an accident. Verhoeven is showing you that Rico is the perfect brownshirt. His only real love is for his master, the state, that tells him where to go and who to kill.

[@stephenniehaus8635]

@@Hereticked I don't know about all that. He liked Diz but he didn't love her. At her funeral, he just said she was a good soldier. She was a good thing and part of his team. He was a one dimensional character but lots of movies are populated with his type. He was fighting mad and channeling his determination into combat. During boot camp, he discovered he was good at this infantry stuff and he became a lifer because he had nowhere else to go and nothing to do. He really had nothing to live for so he didn't fear death. The shallow direction of the movie couldn't show that, but Rico was the most complicated character. I don't know if he was a mindless killing machine. The soldier under him who hates all bugs was more that. Rico actually developed intelligence along the way. He was a bad student in school and dense as an empath, but towards the end, was using strategy and control and even receptive as an empath. The movie point was that war made a man of him and gave him a purpose and he needs all the fighting to direct him. Without the army, he would be nothing. He's institutionalized and the military became his new parents. Once the war is over, Rico would feel useless and depressed and the movie shows the dysfunction of being a lifer. He's reunited with Carmen and he doesn't really care. His true love is infantry now

[@Hereticked]

@@stephenniehaus8635 Wow. That's a lot of words that essentially translate to: "I understood nothing this movie was trying to communicate below the surface level" and "Fascism is good, actually." I mean, Verhoeven literally dressed the main characters like nazis. You don't do that unless you're making a point. Also, it's very easy to piece together that the strike on Beunos Aires is a false flag meant to drum up support for a bullshit war. They show orbital weapons platforms destroying meteors earlier in the film. Where did they go?!? Hmmm, almost like they were disabled and one was allowed to slip through for some reason. We see numerous instances of the Federation's nonstop propaganda and of the military lying and abusing their soldiers, such as intentionally misreporting deaths. How much hand-holding do you need before you realize they're not the good guy? Verhoeven is 1) making fun of Heinlein's book and 2) showing you how heinous and manipulative a military run society would actually be, and all you see is a story about a good boy? Amazing.

[@stephenniehaus8635]

@@Hereticked I don't know what you're talking about. You read too much into this. I didn't see the overt conspiracy theories you allude to. Verhoven makes strong points about war, but I feel it wasn't as successful as he wanted it to be. Maybe the more transparent points were left on the editing floor. I don't think the meteor/rock was allowed to hit. Nothing in the movie shows that earth has the ability to stop the projectiles from the bug planet. Clearly the ads were directly related to recruitment, and their society is structured on necessary recruitment, and that would be during peace time too. I feel Verhoven 's vision was compromised by the studio to make it more a fun action film. As for the shallow characters, it may be just poor direction. I don't feel the movie really was much deeper than you give it credit for. It didn't fully criticize the military. There was the whole subject of who the real bad guys were and who initiated the war, but the movie should have capitalized more on controlled narratives that revealed ulterior motives. Ultimately the movie was dumbed down and the greater themes are largely speculative. Yes, the government did dupe people into recruitment but every country at war would be the same. I didn't see any profiteering

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[@ashokmorar]

Great one Aria 🙌! So out of the Verhoeven Trilogy, which is your pick 😄?

[@ariachanson01]

I still have to watch Total Recall before making that decision :D

[@ashokmorar]

@@ariachanson01 Sorry 🙉.... Shows how long I haven't been on YT.

[@ariachanson01]

😅😅

[@EdmontonRealEstate01]

I loved how you were like, “who you calling bu, oh, okay.”

[@cs8712]

Make 'em count!

[@tragedyturnedtriumph4180]

You seem chill to watch movie with 😅 & From years re watching this movie i never thought of why the bug stopped fighting after Brainbug was captured. But maybe the bugs didn't know what to do because no one was there to give them orders.

[@damianstarks3338]

Thanks for taking me back to my childhood with this reaction to this classic sci fi movie. 8:07 I like Dizzy too she was the best wish she didn’t die. You read my mind at 18:10

[@chrisgermann6658]

Check out Event Horizon when you get some time :). Great spooky sci/fi flick

[@melodynice7938]

Nice that that meteorite didn't hit any doubled identical skyscrapers. Or it would be too on the nose. 😁

[@mikeaninger7388]

Paul Fairhaven action mixed with ASMR. This was an interesting experience.

[@bmatt2626]

Hoped you would watch this, Thanks!

[@ariachanson01]

Thankyou❤️

[@zurnie]

The alien planet scenes were filmed not farm from where I lived at the time. Was really cool to see the finished product.

[@wrongbeach35]

You have become my favorite film reactor.

[@texwebb]

After The Notebook and Pride and Prejudice, this is the 3rd best romantic dramedy love story movie of its generation.

[@donny-ni2zd]

What's scary is considering the current state of the United States, I can see this future. That's why we'll need a "Revolt in 2100" (another book written by the original author). Completely different stories, yet so similar.

[@pheerstringer]

She gets it

[@flinx]

After editing the video I hope you don't have too many additional nightmares.

[@RichardM1366]

A action packed sci-fi movie is a perfect movie with a significant other. It keeps you on the edge of your seat. Sadly there has not been a good sci-fi movie since Star Wars. Starship Troopers is a good contender. Let's hope more sci-fi movies get made in the future. Years ago we Had Battlestar Galactica and The Last Starfighter. Those were great.

[@davidhess1634]

Hey Aria have u seen super troopers if not it's a real funny comedy id like to see react to when u have time to.

[@samsquanch1996]

Dizzy's death made my heart shatter.

[@user-ol4qz1cx3j]

“The power of love is bullshit”. 👍🏾Telepathy is more probable or believable.

[@christophero1969]

Me & brother enjoyed this futuristic take on the military so much, that we saw this movie in the theater twice. It's musical score made you want to join, a very good time.

[@TheKirkosable]

Everyone does Verhoeven’s Robocop, Total Recall, and Starship Troopers but no one reacts to his Showgirls

[@markjuarez1791]

With good reason

[@JohnBham]

I can't even pay attention to the movie at all. YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL

[@aranerem5569]

Hello Aria

[@debbyemerson3877]

Of all the movies, this one is so great to have minnie mouse overlayed 😅

[@ariachanson01]

😂😂

[@SkyForgeVideos]

I never really saw this as a parody, maybe only as satire. And even then I still prefer to take it seriously. Maybe it's because I grew up with the animated Starship Troopers TV show. But like honestly if the Bugs showed up here on earth tomorrow do you really think our response would be any different? We can look at it to make fun of our reaction... But I think it shows us an accurate reflection of our own psychology. For those who see this as some sort if comedic parody I would suggest thst they do not see the evil thar lurks in their own subconscious. There are no "good guys" in a war. Only "your side". If you want real parody movies then watch Airplane, Naked Gun or Austin Powers. If you want satire watch Monty Python. Or, if you want another (slightly more hopeful) perspective of Sci-Fi aliens vs Humans watch Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within.

[@javieraleman3665]

Can you please plese react to the movie "Hard Candy" 🙏🏻🙏🏻?? Starring Patrick Wilson

[@user-cl6rf2pi8j]

Starship Troopers 90310 Melrose Space Doogie Houser SS

[@frankmartinez4856]

Love your calm demeanor 😅till S**T hits the Fan 😬

[@skogstjuven]

The have to seends Troopers to ground. How do you think is film all this ?

[@bubblybubbles2964]

I agree Dizzy is very beautiful 😊

[@eddiejravannen]

There is a whole bunch of sequels to this movie, and they do get progressively worse, but the sequel tries to up the horror aspect, and is a personal guilty pleasure of mine.

[@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710]

Hello.

[@ariachanson01]

Hi:)

[@Realjulianrma7]

27:20

[@craigmorris4083]

I do want to know more. 🤣😂😅

[@WheresWaldo05]

Very quirky and weird toned film but yet oh so good isn't it? When i was younger i thought it looked cheesy as heck, so i avoided it until last year, after 40 years of being on this earth.

[@vincentwilliams71]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@bigdream_dreambig]

A lot of people get bent out of shape over whether the humans in this film are good or bad, and they rant either that this movie glorifies nazis or that it argues against naziism through satire. In _my_ opinion, its point is that it makes little to no difference to the front-line soldiers.

[@Franklynsteinn]

the humans are bad the bugs are also the bad. it's almost like warhammer 40k everyone is the bad

[@WheresWaldo05]

You have great hair. Long. Thick. Black. Subtle curling. Fluffy.

[@krichardj]

I don’t think the film tries to portray good guys and bad guys. At the deepest level both societies are essentially the same. Both have a master class, both have higher order technologies or higher order biologicals such as fighter planes and flying bugs, both have lower or mass warriors as in the mobile infantry and the lobster warriors. Both are determined to expand their space at the expense of others. The director satirizes patriotism, commercialism and western society like most western intellectuals protected by a civil society. The fascist government is really a limited democracy where the rules are the rules and punishment is direct and proportional. Non-citizens obey the rules but are free to be rich. But only those who sacrifice for the State have a say in State Policy. This Citizen State was the result of a revolution of veterans returning from the relentless, pointless wars fomented by feckless democracies and other tyrannical systems. Heinlein’s books on balance support Citizenship and a harsh justice system, but don’t villainize the bugs. Movie is fun and thoughtful, book is brilliant.

[@happyhedgehog6450]

This movie is hilarious.

[@dan_hitchman007]

Director Paul Verhoeven continued his satyric, sociopolitical style by poking fun at fascist dictatorships. The look of the military and its emblems and uniforms in this film, especially, were designed to emulate German Nazis and other fascist regimes that have threatened the planet at various times (and could again). So, yes, the human characters may not all be good.

[@Whiskey0880]

And could again....they are. The current biden regime is a great example.

[@dan_hitchman007]

@@Whiskey0880 It doesn't look like you are paying attention to reality or history. There is currently a red-hatted movement lead by someone who wears orange-tinted bronzer and has a bad comb-over and who eerily spouts Nazi statements of the past.

[@davidkessinger1581]

Awesome reaction to one of my favorite movies.

[@ariachanson01]

❤️❤️❤️

[@hermanrobak1285]

The whole setting of the movie is pretty cartoon-ish, so I know it's beside the point to question the scale and physics involved. Yet, hurling asteroids *between solar systems* (the alien bugs are light years away, right?) does strain my disbelief suspenders... How many æons would it take for the asteroids to arrive? Do they fly near light speed, you say? How do you accelerate an asteroid to near light speed without crushing and evaporating it? They did not show any engines attached to the asteroids; none that I recall. It looked like they were just _lobbed_ somehow. Interstellar space is just too big, and orbital mechanics is just too unfamiliar to work well in a movie. So cartoon physics it is! And this movie has cartoon politics, too, for good measure.

[@ThinkerT]

There's actually a movie theory that makes the asteroid more plausible. The theory is that the asteroid is a "false flag" operation by the Earth government to get justification for war and the population mobilized behind them (similarly to what the bad guys in WW2 did with several countries, like with Poland.) Then the asteroid wouldn't have needed to travel nearly as far, and that very much fits in with the facistic theme.

[@hermanrobak1285]

​@@ThinkerT Yeah, *In A World Of Cartoon Politics, ONE MAN Would Convince Mankind That The Alien Bugs Were Hurling Astroids At Earth!* I regret to say, _that_ premise does not strain my disbelief suspenders too much. I suppose humanity could have figured out faster than light travel _before_ they regressed into Parody World. Then again, I'm tempted to invoke the "unreliable narrator": If the movie doesn't ring true, it may be because it's not portraying events as they actually (fictionally) happened. The movie portrays a glossy world where the war narrative is (mostly) taken at face value, and where the skeptics look ridiculous. Just like a propaganda movie would.

[@aarrgghh]

troopers makes more sense if you imagine that the nazis actually won ww2. also too, shout out to the effects team for giving us a wide variety of bugs. most sci-fi movies just stick to one alien bodyform.

[@JS-wp4gs]

Not really. The nazis didn't win the war in their version of history. Society shifted to what it is in the film at least a century after the war after a war with the chinese and russians and things imploded the way they did in russia in 1917, except it was the veterans who took over and established a militaristic society instead of the soviets

[@onearthonelegion]

It's satire

[@Valentin_I]

Total Rico

[@mychannel-bu6jx]

i need you in my life, wow

[@chocolate-teapot]

Such a cheesy film, futuristic Nazis. I'm on the bug side.

[@abc123tiktok]

The is one of the best satire social commentary. Its so painfully on the nose but done in such a way that people not looking deep into it can mistaken as just some action movie. I loved this movie unironically as a kid and now love it ironically as an adult.

[@JS-wp4gs]

The movie makes alot more sense if you've read the book. Its strongly implied the meteor was a false flag and that the humans started the war (which is kind of obvious considering the bugs are on the other side of the galaxy so how did they even target the planet with a meteor like that to begin with). There were also alot of differences between the book and the film and background about why the world is the way it is in the film That said 2 and 3 get progressively low budget and worse and 2 is more of a horror that doesn't have much direct connection to the first one and 3 turns into a parody of itself and goes way over the top and gets weird about religion. I kind of compare the first film to the others the same way dumb and dumber was played straight as two guys who just happened to be really stupid and got themselves into weird situations because of it vs the sequel where they were over the top stupid for the sake of being stupid and it just doesn't work

[@HkFinn83]

Paul verhoeven said he couldn’t even finish the book. It’s lousy right wing nationalistic crap. But he decided to parody it by showing this perfect fascist militaristic future, and how ‘all it’s good for is killing fucking bugs!’

[@gallendugall8913]

Heinlein reused a story idea in most of his work where the male protagonist does something stupid/dangerous to impress an attractive woman, and it never ends well. Also people take the government presented here far too seriously. This is not a workable system of government as presented.