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Starship Troopers [Blu-ray] [Import]

Casper Van Dien , Denise Richards , Paul Verhoeven    Blu-ray
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In the first and finest RoboCop movie, director Paul Verhoeven combined near-future science fiction with a keen sense of social satire--not to mention enough high-velocity violence to satisfy even the most voracious bloodlust. In Starship Troopers, Verhoeven and RoboCop cowriter Ed Neumeier take inspired cues from Robert Heinlein's classic sci-fi novel to create a special-effects extravaganza that functions on multiple levels of entertainment. The film might be called "Melrose Place in Space," with its youthful cast of handsome guys and gorgeous women who look like they've been recruited (and in some cases they were) from the cast of Beverly Hills 90210. Viewers might focus on the incredible, graphically intense action sequences (definitely not for children) in which heavily armed forces from Earth go to off-world battle against vast hordes of alien "bugs" bent on planetary conquest. The attacking bugs are marvels of state-of-the-art special-effects technology, and the space battles are nothing short of spectacular. But Starship Troopers is more than a showcase for high-tech hardware and gigantic, flesh-ripping insects. Recalling his childhood in Holland during the Nazi occupation, Verhoeven turns this epic adventure into a scathingly funny satire of fascist propaganda, emphasizing Heinlein's underlying warning against the hazards of military conformity and the sickening realities of war. It's an action-packed joy ride if that's all you're looking for, but Verhoeven has a provocative agenda that makes Starship Troopers as smart as it is exciting. The DVD includes an above-average commentary by the director and Neumeier, several deleted scenes, a behind-the-scenes documentary and promotional featurette, cast bios, production notes, and more. --Jeff Shannon

Special Features

The previous, two-sided DVD of Starship Troopers included a lot of bonus features, but this special-edition two-DVD set represents a considerable improvement, including all those features and then adding an all-new half-hour documentary that covers every aspect of the production and interviews all of the principal cast and crew. Also new is a funny, energetic commentary track by costars Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, and Neil Patrick Harris; unfortunately, Denise Richards is absent, but director Paul Verhoeven is present to enhance their rousing reminiscence. Special FX comparisons show live-action "plates" before and after the addition of miniatures and/or digital effects, and commentary by composer Basil Poledouris on the isolated-score track offers privileged insight into the process of creating a motion-picture score. "Know Your Foe" featurettes explore the variety of "bugs" that populate the film, and Verhoeven--one of the liveliest of all DVD commentators--analyzes the techniques employed for two pivotal effects sequences. For Troopers fans, this is almost as fun as a Klendathu bug hunt. --Jeff Shannon

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4.0 out of 5 stars Read this if you can't load on your Blu Ray May 12 2011
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
I ordered, and initially couldn't get it to run. A loading bar came up and everything seemed to stop after that. In the back of my Blu Ray player is a USB port. Apparently this title needs addional memory to initiate the loading program (for whatever reason). I plugged in a USB stick I happen to have lying around, and all is fine

Apparently this is a problem with Sony titles and Blu Ray

Other devices such as PlayStation may already have this addtional memeory, so might be okay
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Andre Farant TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
Starship Troopers is a strong action movie, a near-classic sci-fi movie, and an absolutely hilarious critique of war movies and war propaganda.

On the surface, Starship Troopers appears to be an ultra-simplistic sci-fi war movie in which heavily-armed space soldiers battle giant monsters. Delve a little deeper, though, and notice that so many of the scenes in this movie are recreations of old WW2 and Viet-Nam era propaganda taken to the extreme. Just as war propaganda (on both sides, mind you) always seeks to dehumanze the enemy, depicting them as savages or barbarians or simply "godless," here, the enemy actually isn't human. It is the ultimate "other," a monster, an animal, a BUG.

The training scenes are riddled with the clichees of war movie training scenes. But the overuse of clichees are not, here, the signs of bad screewriting, but an attempt to hilight and ridicule these tropes while forcing us to admit that, really, we kind of enjoy them.

Anyway, if you haven't seen Starship Troopers or have but think it silly or stupid, watch it (again) and pick out all those scenes that make light of classic war movies and old (and not so old)-fashioned war propaganda.

It's a fun, bloody, thrilling, and hilariously clever film.
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5.0 out of 5 stars starship troopers review April 6 2013
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
It's a movie from Robocop director Paul verhoven, so it is good. Basically this movie is a social comentairy about wars.
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorites.
Cheese whiz classic. Lots of underlying societal themes and messages amongst the bad acting and silly action scenes. Love it!
Published 5 months ago by SenatorBix
1.0 out of 5 stars this disc doesn't work AT ALL!!!!!!!!!
This disc doesn't work at all except a pink loading bar at the beginning. I tried to plug in an USB disk to my blu-ray player like someone said above. But it still doesn't work. Read more
Published 11 months ago by roger
3.0 out of 5 stars Not another bug movie!
In defense of our world, school kids from Argentina join the military upon graduation. Military service is required for full citizenship. Read more
Published on May 22 2005 by bernie
4.0 out of 5 stars listen up all n64 fans.
in the far future,the armed forces battle giant bugs on thier planet.one of the drill instructers is played by the pervert in sleepers.this movie is far to violent for chilkdren. Read more
Published on July 15 2004 by abe
1.0 out of 5 stars A complete wast of budgeting
Starship troopers, probably set in the year 4000AD or something is a complete fasico, honestly. What kind of sick moron would create a movie about a bunch of sexy, small titted... Read more
Published on July 13 2004 by Maizee
4.0 out of 5 stars Only good bug's a dead bug.
Early on, in my formative years, I was introduced to horror films by my mom. Our local late-night horror-fest was Creature Features, hosted by the immortal Bob Wilkins. Read more
Published on July 3 2004 by Michael LaPointe
2.0 out of 5 stars Strategically Stupid
For a movie that represents itself as portraying the elite soldiers of the future, it turns out to be a monument to poor military strategy. Read more
Published on Jun 23 2004 by T. Hooper
1.0 out of 5 stars Heinlein's masterpiece, as twisted by Hollywood liberals...
This is easily the worst rendering of ANY well written novel to the big screen that I've ever seen. Except for the names of the characters, there was practically no resemblance to... Read more
Published on Jun 4 2004 by David T. Richerson
4.0 out of 5 stars This movie was great.
I really enjoyed this movie. It's brainless fun and good to watch more than once while you're working and such. Funny as all hell as it's a satire of old war propaganda. Read more
Published on Jun 3 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars dark humored satire..
I LOVE this film! Its everything you expect from a Verhoeven film! it has all the dark humor that made Robocop such a hit. Read more
Published on Jun 1 2004 by Lotus Scrum
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