Child soldiers? Live and die for the empire, they’re doing their part :im-doing-my-part:
Needless violence for the sake of violence? Hell yeah brother that’s the good shit :le-pol-face:
it doesn’t work. Anyone with fascist potential will look at whatever “Genocide Bad Guy The Metaphor Is Literally Spelled Out For You Armada” and think they’re fucking sick. You’re giving the fascists material.
IMO, if you really want to satirize fascism, hit them where it hurts: they are fucking incompetent buffoons who act like they’re god’s chosen race because they have no positive qualities besides the promised intrinsic ones.
Watch Another Movie but for Starship Troopers
it's a flawed movie which places its criticism in subtext, an above average familiarity with historical style and undercuts itself with charismatic performances. nevermind its source material is fascist. what i mean to say is ST's failings don't indict the artform
proper Euro antifascist movies tend to be pretty hard to misinterpret
Agreed on everything else but this more than anything.
Every human in the movie is HOT AS FUCK. Literally everyone. Even the bald middle aged commander (?). Like, the only conclusion the audience can reach at that point is 'if fascism bad I don't wanna be ugly'.
i feel like the movie exists for in-group moviegoers to laugh at people 'not getting it' when the actual film is fighting the 'correct' interpretation