Thinking about the many, many conservatives who thought Starship Troopers was a good, fun romp about killing evil aliens, think we're supposed to agree with the racist rants in the Sopranos, consider Gordon Gekko a role model, etc.
Thinking about the many, many conservatives who thought Starship Troopers was a good, fun romp about killing evil aliens, think we're supposed to agree with the racist rants in the Sopranos, consider Gordon Gekko a role model, etc.
I was too young for starship troopers and only remember the grenade being shoved in the bug.
Its good?
Oh hell yeah. It's actually how I got here. The Chapo boys were guests at a live showing of the movie. Saw that on YouTube found the pod then the subreddit now I'm here.
It's basically Triumph of the Will against Space Bugs. It's a weird anti fascist movie because it depicts fascists from their own POV. It's a very odd kind of satire.
Something I think Matt pointed out which I never picked up on which seems totally obvious now is that the movie is basically the movie the fascists from a planet waging war on bugs would make about that war
There's a Horror Vanguard episode about it, too, which is good.
Starship troopers is about a global fascist government that does space imperialism to a bug planet.
Thank :)
The book is unironically fashy though, so stick to the movie which is not
There's a book?
Robert Heinlein was a real fuckin' weirdo
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There's also an anime that's closer to the book
Nope, too much, take it back
I'm sorry
Verhoeven started reading the book, basically thought "this is fascist garbage", and then threw the whole thing out and made his own movie.