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A news report from the 1997 film Starship Troopers, directed by Paul Verhoeven.

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NSFW? Was it the squished bugs???

written by QuadraPixel | 1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago | CH

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I'm only 74% combat effective if you blow off one of my limbs. Of course, if you shoot my nerve stem, I am so screwed.

Looking back, the acting blew so bad it was funny.

written by karaidl

| 1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago | CH

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Such an absolute butchery of Bob Heinlein's brilliant plot, dialogue, and manifesto.

As a personal favor to me, after watching this clip, go read the book. Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein. Classic "hard" science fiction from the master exploited and travestied by Hollywood.

written by Perk | 1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago | CH

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The movie was obviously made with tongue planted firmly in cheek, Perk.

Someone might make a "hard" version of the novel someday, but that's not what Verhoeven was going for, clearly.

written by theo47

| 1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago | CH

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You do realise the original was a fascist novel right?

written by RedSky

| 1 year 1 month 2 weeks ago | CH

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It wasn't a fascist novel. That's putting it very simply, it was as much a political discourse as it was a novel. It explored a militaristic structure of society where citizen-ship and voting powers were only granted after military service. Thus effeictively you had to earn to have your say as a citizen. At the same time it showed how such a system could be corrupted, from the top.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_Troopers#Major_themes

As for the film it was terribly campy and has little to no relation to the book, but I still enjoy watching it.

written by Farhad2000