![]() ![]() The intensity is dialled up to 11 on everything- gore, limbs and torsos turn apart, adult humour, sex, nudity. It’s fun and appeals to and indulges the little kid war fantasies - G.I Joe battles in the sandpit - but also the adult concepts of what war is.īy those points, if this was PG, or animated like Robotech, it would be a good gateway film for kids getting into more mature fare.īut it isn’t. ![]() ![]() Two as a terrific commentary on society, loss of innocence, horror of war, personal and emotional upheaval, fascism, freedom, cost of glory. Paul Verhoevens 1997 sci-fi military epic Starship Troopers based on the 1959 Robert Heinlein novel of the same name is a singularly crazy film, with the kind of well developed. One as an all out assault of sci-fi drama with solid action, amazing effects, beautiful people and cheesy nods to war propaganda of olde. This is the only movie I can watch two different ways. Heinleins Starship Troopers (1959) is considered the defining work for the concept, although it does not use the term 'space marine'. Innocent and naive teen lives are shattered when war with an Alien race threatens. Heinleins 1959 novel, originally serialized in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (October-November, 1959). Not one for kids or people with an aversion to gore and blood.and boobs and butts. Director Paul Verhoeven (Showgirls, Total Recall) reunited many from his 1987 Robocop team for this 100-million science fiction adventure, adapted from Robert A. ![]()
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