Why did Starship Troopers bomb?

[peter12]

Originally Posted by Rerun

Am I the only one here who thought it was a pretty stupid movie with a stupid plot and terrible acting?

Frankly I thought it sucked and if you were watching it and you were over the age of 14, you were probably bored as hell and laughing at the terrible special effects and the atrocious acting.

If I was a movie review critic I would have given it two thumbs down.

Maybe, but I enjoyed Frankenhooker so...

[Traditional_Ale]

Originally Posted by Rerun

Am I the only one here who thought it was a pretty stupid movie with a stupid plot and terrible acting?

Frankly I thought it sucked and if you were watching it and you were over the age of 14, you were probably bored as hell and laughing at the terrible special effects and the atrocious acting.

If I was a movie review critic I would have given it two thumbs down.

Its a satire. Like the Onion news except a space soldier movie.

[Itse]

Originally Posted by Rerun

Am I the only one here who thought it was a pretty stupid movie with a stupid plot and terrible acting?

No, as stated a lot of other missed the joke too. You're in good company.

[DownhillGoat]

Originally Posted by Rerun

If I was a movie review critic I would have given it two thumbs down.

Fortunatley, 32 out of 53 critics disagree with you, according to Rotten Tomatoes.

[BlackAce]

It sucked is why it didn't do well... but that's my opinion

[Jetsfan]

Originally Posted by T@T

I think the first one actually did very well in the theaters, the next one totally sucked. I think they might have made a third, not sure.

In the end the only memory I have is that the very pretty Dina Meyer needed a boob job in the worst way.

I agree. When I watched it I loved the shower scene but was always disappointed that the only boobs I got to see were hers.

In #1 I wanted to see hers



and in #3 i wanted to see hers

[JFK]

Originally Posted by Rerun

Frankly I thought it sucked and if you were watching it and you were over the age of 14, you were probably bored as hell and laughing at the terrible special effects and the atrocious acting.

It's no train ride, that's for sure.

[7uongo]

Cant wait for the franchise to come out with another cheesy sequel.

I swear, I dont know why franchises would let their original movies get tarnished by low budget sequels

[Bertuzzied]

I was wondering why everyone in Argentina was speaking with an American accent?

Denise Richards was so hot back then.

[worth]

Because it's the 23rd century and presumably we have become somewhere between a type 2 and type 3 civilization. (The fact that we can travel to distant parts of the galaxy, but do not yet control the entire galaxy would put us between a type 2 and type 3)

Many scientists propose that in order to become a type 1 civilization (which we are decently close to becoming) the planet would basically need to have one language, one religion, one government etc, which is what is described in the movie.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale



Basically, if you want to be a solar or galactic civilization, you need to throw away your cultural differences and unite as one group. It's not likely in the future you would have space ships and fleets belonging to one certain nation, ie US Fleet, Chinese Fleet etc, rather they would most likely belong to an "Earth" fleet, where there is a common language and culture.

[Shazam]

I bet the Chinese fleet would still crash into each other.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Shazam

I bet the Chinese fleet would still crash into each other.

Nah, they'd be driving at impulse power in the hyperspace lanes while their left signal light was accidentilly left on.

[Yeah_Baby]

I'm cleaning and watching Starship Troopers. Take that Rerun!

[peter12]

Originally Posted by Yeah_Baby

I'm cleaning and watching Starship Troopers. Take that Rerun!

Yeah, I watched 1 and 3 last night. Good times.