It is better than I remember. The visual effects are far better than should have been possible for the time. The story is exquisite. As I watched it all I could think was "For Democracy!'
It is better than I remember. The visual effects are far better than should have been possible for the time. The story is exquisite. As I watched it all I could think was "For Democracy!'
13 Comments
Pea666@feddit.nl · 22 pts · 2y
The visual effects are still good for the same reason the visual effects on the OG Jurassic Park are still good: they knew when to use CGI and when to use practical effects.
Crackhappy@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Paul Verhoeven also did Robocop and Total Recall before this movie. Regrettably he hasn't done anything as good, since.
magnetosphere@fedia.io · 15 pts · 2y
I remember a child (A CHILD!) walking out of the theater with his dad. That poor kid had the thousand-yard stare, and almost definitely PTSD.
Starship Troopers is funny and a great piece of political satire, but it’s also violent as fuck.
Crackhappy@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Come on you apes, do you want to live forever?
uint32@discuss.tchncs.de · 14 pts · 2y
It is ab bit trashy, but the acting is good , the plot is great and the subtext is also very engaging.
Hotzilla@sopuli.xyz · 16 pts · 2y
It is on purpose trashy
half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
At least I got to have you
maryjayjay@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
The acting is not good, especially Denise Richards. Michael Ironside was outstanding
Eeyore_Syndrome@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 2y
The game is on sale for
$19.49right now too!FermiEstimate@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
On a related note, the OVA adaptation of Starship Troopers from the 80s (Uchuu no Senshi) is worth checking out, too.
Crackhappy@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Wat. No shit, that's a thing.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_Troopers_(OVA)
tooclose104@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 2y
I did the same and had the added bonus of getting my wife to watch it for the first time. And then I went diving after and it was just... Right.
jballs@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y
I did the same thing! A friend of mine mentioned that the movie had a huge uptick in streaming recently due to Helldivers 2. I don't know where he got that info from, but I'd believe it.