1997 Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. 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".
Casper Van Dien Dina Meyer Denise Richards Jake Busey Neil Patrick Harris Clancy Brown Michael Ironside Patrick Muldoon Seth Gilliam Rue McClanahan Blake Lindsley Steven Ford Ungela Brockman Bruce Gray Denise Dowse Amy Smart Tami-Adrian George Julianna McCarthy Dale Dye Dean Norris Marshall Bell Eric Bruskotter Matt Levin Anthony Ruivivar Brenda Strong Christopher Curry Lenore Kasdorf Teo Curnal Achilles Aulisio Show All…
Vic Armstrong Jamie Marshall Kenneth Silverstein Gregg Goldstone Landon Ruddel Mathew Dunne Marge Piane
Gregory Manson Alan Marshall Edward Neumeier Jon Davison Frances Doel Phil Tippett Don MacBain John H. Radulovic Ron Lynch Stacy Lumbrezer
Stephen St. John A.J. Raitano Mark Emery Moore Raman Rao Daniel L. Turrett Bruce Alan Greene Barry Gross Robin Brown Scott Campbell Mike Curtis Kevin Cook Brian Mussetter Leo Behar Steve Iriguchi Brian Pass David Riley Peter Schmitt Ned Martin Chuck Larson Michael Everett
Phil Tippett Van Ling Peter Kuran Adam Valdez Trey Stokes Gayle Busby Laura Buff Blair Clark Alex Jaeger Andrea D'Amico Casey Cannon Jim Rygiel Scott E. Anderson Michael Scheffe Jules Roman Peter Konig Camille Geier Scott Squires George Merkert Suzanne Pastor Mark Sullivan Daniel Radford David M. Jones Grant Niesner
Eugene Collier Tim Gilbert Michael Papajohn Joey Box Jim Palmer Erik Stabenau Vic Armstrong Mark De Alessandro Johnny Martin Felipe Savahge Jesse V. Johnson Laura Albert Gilbert Rosales Donna Evans Garrett Warren Raliegh Wilson Clarke Coleman Tanner Gill Mike Smith Leon Delaney Lisa Dempsey Cazimir Milostan Casey Pieretti Dana Dru Evenson Tony Angelotti Lesley Aletter Paul Eliopoulos Robby Robinson Clint Lilley Gary Robert Anita Hart Vinita McClennon Francine Morris Paula Wayton
Harry Cohen Dean Beville Greg P. Russell Randy Thom Nerses Gezalyan Jeffrey Wilhoit Stephen Hunter Flick Charles Maynes Gary A. Hecker Warren Hamilton Jr. Patricio A. Libenson Maciek Malish David Lewis Yewdall Kevin O’Connell Susan Dudeck Greg Hedgepath Jeffrey Kaplan Ed Callahan Michael J. Benavente John Pospisil Jeff Glueck Matthew C. Beville Dan Sharp Tony Araki
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No one will ever sneak a film of this size through the studio system ever again.
"This year we explored the failure of democracy, where the social scientists brought our world to the brink of chaos. We talked about the veterans, how they took control & imposed the stability which has lasted for generations since.."
Verhoeven actually has precious little to say about fascism which we don't already know (at least in the context of 2017) - but even moreso than the advertisements which resemble propaganda of both Republican and Democrat alike, what remains interesting is the dime-store teen angst plot devices, which in their generic qualities reveal to us the propagandistic nature of these devices themselves. More than a film about fascism, it remains relevant because it's a film about the nature of propaganda, media & spectacle.…
Goes so far out of its way to identify itself that it's almost impossible to understand how badly misread it was on release. Possibly the Verhoeven Rosetta Stone, not least because the Mad Dutchman was never afraid to show you how spectacular and seductive violence can be.
1997: What the hell is this overly glossy, idiotic, militaristic apologia for fascism?
2007: Oops it was all for lols.
2017: Realism.
François Truffaut once said, “It is impossible to make a true anti-war film, because the act of looking at violence is inherently exciting”. Robert A. Heinlein wrote, “Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor”. Paul Verhoeven’s Starship Troopers would have had them both rolling in their graves. Verhoeven’s 1997 adaptation throws good taste — and Heinlein’s original novel — out the window. The rare film that indulges the horrors of war and the joys of watching it vicariously, Starship Troopers makes the wrong feel so appealing because, quite simply, it is.
Starship Troopers opens with what might well be 90210 in space. As the sensitive jock, doe-eyed love interest and the brainy joker,…
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Service guarantees citizenship.
Brilliant as a satire and a bug-gore slaughter fest, yes, but how it balances the fascist conventions of the source material and the necessities of the audiences' bloodlust still knocks me flat.
Starship Troopers is quite possibly the most brilliant movie disguised as a dumb movie ever made.
"Naked force has resolved more conflicts throughout history than any other factor."
Starship Troopers satirizes jingoism and military ideology by dressing itself up as a Nazi and making us laugh at it. From the Federal Network "Would you like to know more?" propaganda ("Join the Mobile Infantry and save the Galaxy!") to the pervasive "us vs. them" fascist mentality ("I'm from Buenos Aires, and I say kill 'em all!") to the drill instructor who misses the point of his own lessons ("The enemy can't push a button if you disable his hand!"), the film systematically reappropriates military iconography to make it laughable and expose its violent foundation. But the greatest reappropriation of all is the way Verhoeven's film itself takes…
Oh, Starship Troopers, let me count the ways I love you:
* That poor cow.
* The greatest Space opera in the last 15 years
* The [CENSORED] brain probe moment.
* Doogie Howser, Space Nazi
* "They sucked out his BRAINS!"
5. It's 5 ways. Do you want to know more?
