| Take guns, spaceships, co-ed military showers, arachnid bugs, spiffyuniforms, futuristic football, and lush-lipped women, mix in a bag with batter and bread crumbs, deep fry to a golden, crispy, juicy goodness, and garnish with big fat Robocop squibs and popped brain cases and the occasional boobie and you have got yourself the poorly named Starship Troopers. |
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The Austin-American Statesman dubbed it "intravenous testosterone" and the ultimate revenge for those women who forced their men to see The English Patient. I hated the English Patient but I thought this movie was kinda fun. I saw it with another normal tough girl like myself, 5 guys, and a girlie girl. She would have left after 30 minutes if we would have let her. |
| Who ever thought Robert Heinlein and Paul Verhoeven would be associated with the same project? The story is kind of interesting in a "I know there is more to it but this will do" kind of way. |
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I would be interested to know more about some of the story but I would be embarrassed to read the book now.
The short version is friends join the military (this is a condensed version - there are more castes than just military and civilian here) and thereby separate and meet up with other old friends and all become the best at what they do. |
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Denise XX and Dina Meyer are the eye candy (Denise's character is totally unlikable despite her vertical nose, Fiona Apple lips, and bright, vaguely brainwashed looking eyes - Dina is cool and macho and I think much prettier) for you who look at ladies. For we who look at men, we have Casper Van Deim and theoretically Melrose Place's Patrick Muldoon but really, all you need is Casper tied to the whipping post. |
| (A personal note to those who will understand this and apologies to those who don't: If Matt Keeslar and Todd Keister had a child, it would be Casper - woof!) |
| Neil Patrick Harris is in here too, as a psychic officer type with the weight of the world in his preadolescent-looking eye bags, and dressed as Doogie Houser, SS! The computer stuff looks great, the bugs are all identical but with great scary foley noise, the space fleet sure parks their spaceships too close together, and Patrick Muldoon is flat and awful as usual. |
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Given Muldoon is supposed to be good looking, the future it seems is full of only two castes - those who follow Dina Meyer and Casper Van Deim into genetic paradise or Jake Busey. It's shoot em up bloody fun and it's Robocopesque with its depiction of the media of the future - very cool little commercials promoting Federal Service (mobile infantry) by showing 8 yr olds playing with pulse rifles in the schoolyard. |
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Director Paul Verhoeven has found his niche with subject matter like friends and aliens and kick ass future weaponry. It's no genius film but the audience was having a great time and cheering and AWWWWing and it's a hoot. It's fun and empty but so much less vacuous than Men In Black.
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