Starship Troopers...

[Sphinx777]

Starship Troopers is a 1997 American military science fiction film, written by Edward Neumeier (screenplay), directed by Paul Verhoeven, loosely adapted from Starship Troopers, a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein. It was the first of three films released in the Starship Troopers franchise. The film had a budget estimated around $105 million and grossed over $121 million worldwide.

The story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry, a futuristic military unit. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species known as "the Bugs".

Starship Troopers was nominated for an Academy Award (visual effects) in 1998. The film has attracted controversy and criticism for its social and political themes, which some critics claim promote militarism.

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[keith99]

Most dissapointing film ever.

I remember seeing a blurb about the film that said something like "Until recently it was not possible to depict the technology Heinlein described in Starship Troopers".

Then to see a film with weapons that are less then we actually have today.

And Johnny Rico as blond haired and blue eyed!

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]To the everlasting glory of the infantry
Shines the name, shines the name of Rodger Young [/FONT]​

 

[Douger]

I thought it was a masterpiece. A nuanced parody of man's dark inner longing for destruction.
In the film we see what many deem to be the pinnacle of civilization, an affluent, materialistic society engaged in perpetual warfare.

 

[keith99]

...Starship Troopers was nominated for an Academy Award (visual effects) in 1998. The film has attracted controversy and criticism for its social and political themes, which some critics claim promote militarism.

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The film promotes militarism?

I hate the film, I'd be happy to heap criticism on it. But that one is totally off base. The military is hardly shown in a positive light in the film.

I can understand Douger's point. Heck I might even agree with it if the film had been original rather than a near complete reversal of the book.

 

[religious&reasonable]

i liked this film. i mean it isnt oscar material and sure some of it is bad but i enjoyed the satire of it all. IT is really a play on fascism and militarism. Remember the scene where all the troops blindly run into the enemy army guns ablazin? It's satire, it's not actually promoting these things as it is making fun of them. i mean their entire mitlitary set up in that movie is rediculous. almost everything is wrong about what they do! i liked that.

plus some of the scenes are pretty funny involving the military strategy and such.