![]() Why was it a big deal at the time? When Verhoeven was working on Starship Troopers, he needed a hit. No matter how many times you watch Starship Troopers, you can never entirely make sense of it. The movie is incredibly violent but also really campy. ![]() But nothing can match the genuine strangeness of the original, which cheekily married the teen melodrama of Beverly Hills, 90210 - one of the most popular programs of its era - to the outer-space spectacle of Star Wars. Starship Troopers is like a hand grenade, just waiting to go off.Ī box-office disappointment that’s since been anointed a cult classic, the film inspired several sequels and even talk of a remake. But because Starship Troopers keeps its tongue buried deeply in its cheek, it can be easy to accept the film as just one more effects-driven shoot-‘em-up, which is why unsuspecting new viewers always feel like they’re the first ones to notice the barbed commentary coursing through the movie. Verhoeven cast beautifully blank actors, including Casper Van Dien, to tell the story of an interstellar military operation to defeat the Arachnids, a menacing race of big bugs. A film that, on its surface, looks like a straightforward humans-versus-aliens battle royale is, in fact, a fairly blunt critique of nationalism, fascism, and the action-movie genre. For more than 20 years now, Starship Troopers has been misunderstood, then reevaluated, then misunderstood again. ![]()
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