The second movie was #Foe with Saiorse Ronan. Frankly, I kept waiting for something to happen. At the 59 minute mark, when nothing had happened to get me emotionally invested with the characters, I paused and went looking for a synopsis.
The amount of story they had, they could've wrapped that up in 30 minutes. No reason to stretch it nearly 2 hours. *yawn*
I haven't seen #StarshipTroopers since before it earned cult status, so I'ma try that next. 🤞
2/2
Okay, #StarshipTroopers, your first 3 minutes are already more hilarious than I remembered.
When I saw this in theaters 27 (!?!!!?!?! wtf) years ago, I was still very much a Heinlein fan and expecting it to be just like the novel. Thus, I despised the movie.
That was definitely about fifty Courtneys ago. 😆
RICO! RICO!
Rico, pay attention, you dork. Jester's talking to you.
"I doubt anyone here would recognize civic virtue if it reached up and bit you in the ass."
That seems like a useful quote for diverse situations. 🤣
Doogie Howser!?!!???!?
BLANCHE DEVEREAUX❓❗⁉️⁉️❓❗❓⁉️⁉️⁉️❓❗
"Cyrano, get off my leg!"
I had no idea we'd get into classic literature territory here.
Whoooooo, these military ads are SO today's politicians posing for Christmas cards with their families and every member armed with AR-15s.
"Do you think I'm funny? Do I make you laugh? Do you think I'm a comedian?"
CLANCY EFFIN BROWN IN DA HOUSE! 😄
"DEW YEW *GET* ME?!" 🤣
Diz already annoys me, but her kicking Rico and Ace into the mud is satisfying. 😉😁
Watching Carmen and her crew flying in their little shuttle, I'm all WHERE ARE THEIR HELMETS?!?
Too much #BattlestarGalactica lately 😆
Oh good! Laser tag! 😀
Is it still a Dear John(ny) letter if she's in the service too?
I did not remember *anything* from this movie. Guess I hated it so much the first time, I blocked it out. 😆
Denise Richards is just an adorable little cutie pie.
"Arachnid Quarantine Zone" is just not something that should ever need to exist.
No, Johnny! Don't take the stroll down Washout Lane!
Hate it when the bugs whack us good, Johnny.
"WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW *MORE*?"
Nothing like getting kids to stomp cockroaches like a gang of gleeful sociopaths.
Nutso drill sergeants, jarheads and fleet officers, fistfight over a girl, get the matching group tats, follow orders without question, utterly destroy the enemy without mercy -- how did 20yo me not see the ridiculous satire of this movie?
Fifty Courtneys ago. At least.
Mega-giant cockroaches that shoot blue firework rocket bombs out their asses. Neat.
Diz: Ace, what are we doing?
Ace: Uhhh, I dunno.
Why do I have the feeling that exchange happens in war situations a whole lot more often than any of us realize
I feel like maybe their ammo is not particularly effective.
Johnny, no, talk to me, Johnny!
*sigh* Where's a good gif of Guinan when you need one?
Wait, so the main character just got murdered by a giant assassin bug, but the movie is only half over?
The scenes with all the bugs scurrying everywhere make me wanna watch #EdgeOfTomorrow again. I don't even care, I love that movie.
Giant flame-spewing cockroach beetle. Gotta be taken down from above.
Where's Legolas when you need him?
Rico, you kill bugs good.
Ye GAWDS how did I not see this movie for what it is?
THEY'RE PLAYING FUCKIN DIXIE 🤣
Well Diz, you're finally getting him to lay you. And even Jester understands. I guess. 😆
Had to pause to check y'all's replies. Now back at it, and suddenly we've got FLYING BUGS?!?
Ach du meine Güte.
Watkins (FATHER GABE), seeing the mangled human bodies inside the military compound:
"Geeeez, someone really humped the bunk."
Y'all, I GUFFAWED. 🤣
I think the general has a bug that's going to bust out of his head and I really hope I'm right about that
Aw shoot, flying bug took out the general. I don'tget to see the #BrainWorms.
Oh dang that's a mess of bugs.
I was right! Crazy Carmen crashes the party!
Aw. Jester's dead for real this time.
Ah, and if you'll direct your attention to the right, here we have the traditional scene of The Woman Gets Punished For Having Sex.
"Johnny, I'm dying. But it's all right, because I got to have you."
This is officially the only movie in which I have ever approved of this trope. Because Verhooven eviscerates it.
Doogie Howser lookin' like a skinny little Nazi stormtrooper.
You get all the cookies if you get that reference. 😘
Oh *now* they don the helmets.
Welp, so much for Xandcar. Carxand? Carmder?
Oh! They're not dead yet! It's only laceratingly painful puncture flesh wounds!
Ace and Sugar got yer back, Johnny.
Carmen totally had a wordless I AM NO MAN moment there! Way to go, Céowyn!
When running from a giant explosion fireball inside a tunnel, I always prefer keeping my attention directly ahead of me and hauling all ass instead of looking over my shoulder again and again to see how far I am from the giant explosion fireball. But hey, that's just me.
Court Cantrell does not comply
Mike
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