Starship Troopers

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Call Number: Blu-ray Science-Fiction Starship
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Traverwood Branch

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Based on the novel by Robert A. Heinlein.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1997.
Special features: FedNet mode Picture-in-Picture with Graphics-in-Pictures: includes retrospective comments with the cast & crew about the satiricial military and political statements made and information about the Troopers universe; Recruitment test: trivia challenge to test viewer on their Trooper skills; Blu-Wizard; BD-Live; director and cast commentary; commentary with Paul Verhoeven and Ed Neumeier; "Death from above" documentary; "Know your foe" bug featurettes; "The spaceship from Starship Troopers" featurette; "FX comparison" featurettes; storyboad comparisons; "The making-of Starship Troopers" featurette; deleted scenes; screen tests; scene deconstructions.
Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris, Patrick Muldoon, Michael Ironside.
Set on the future earth. Johnny Rico is a young student dating a girl named Carmen. When Carmen decides she wants to become a citizen by joining the military, Johnny follows and joins as well. He soon realizes that he joined for the wrong reasons. Just as he is about to quit, an asteroid that originated from the orbit of planet Klendathu hits Buenos Aires and kills his family. From the bridge of the Fleet Battlestation Ticonderoga to the descolate terrain of the alien planet, they must battle shrieking, fire-spitting, brain-sucking, large-scaled space bugs.
Blu-ray disc, region A, B, C, widescreen (1.85:1); Dolby TrueHD 5.1 surround, 1080p High Definition ; (Special features: Dolby Digital surround, Dolby Digital stereo., Dolby Digital mono., standard definition).
Contents: Starship troopers.

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Fun submitted by cowmooflage on August 15, 2014, 8:25am I loved this movie when I was younger. Overall fun movie. The gross alien scenes were the best

Going to watch it another way submitted by mgmasterson on July 22, 2015, 12:52pm Borrowed the discs from two different branches and my blu-ray player is updated but discs didn't work so will be returning it and going to see it another way.

A caricature of the book submitted by jhaiduce on August 3, 2016, 9:52am Don't expect this to be like the book...it isn't. It borrows a few ideas from the book (a military-dominated Earth society at war with space bugs), but the tone is completely different. On the whole, it feels like a caricature of the book. While the book takes itself seriously, the movie is mostly dark slapstick comedy. But it is fun to watch.

starship troopers submitted by qmomo on July 24, 2019, 1:47am this movie's satirical elements were missed by a lot of viewers and critics when it came out but it's a pretty scathing anti-war film set in a fascist dystopia and somehow also a compelling action movie. i love paul verhoeven.

Smart satire submitted by brooksza on June 12, 2023, 10:29am I was definitely too young to get this when I saw it originally.

The commentary and cast age really well. The effects actually look pretty good and when they look dated they fit the tone nicely.