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

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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. πŸ˜†

RICO! RICO!

Rico, pay attention, you dork. Jester's talking to you.

#JestersDead

"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. 🀣

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Doogie Howser!?!!???!?

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BLANCHE DEVEREAUX❓❗⁉️⁉️❓❗❓⁉️⁉️⁉️❓❗

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#GoldenGirls

"Cyrano, get off my leg!"

I had no idea we'd get into classic literature territory here.

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Whoooooo, these military ads are SO today's politicians posing for Christmas cards with their families and every member armed with AR-15s.

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"Mormon extremists"

😳

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"Do you think I'm funny? Do I make you laugh? Do you think I'm a comedian?"

CLANCY EFFIN BROWN IN DA HOUSE! πŸ˜„

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"DEW YEW *GET* ME?!" 🀣

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Diz already annoys me, but her kicking Rico and Ace into the mud is satisfying. πŸ˜‰πŸ˜

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Watching Carmen and her crew flying in their little shuttle, I'm all WHERE ARE THEIR HELMETS?!?

Too much #BattlestarGalactica lately πŸ˜†

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Oh good! Laser tag! πŸ˜€

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Is it still a Dear John(ny) letter if she's in the service too?

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It's all full and games 'til someone gets an eye put out.

Or a brain. 🫀

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I did not remember *anything* from this movie. Guess I hated it so much the first time, I blocked it out. πŸ˜†

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Denise Richards is just an adorable little cutie pie.

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"Arachnid Quarantine Zone" is just not something that should ever need to exist.

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No, Johnny! Don't take the stroll down Washout Lane!

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Hate it when the bugs whack us good, Johnny.

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"WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW *MORE*?"

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Nothing like getting kids to stomp cockroaches like a gang of gleeful sociopaths.

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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.

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Mega-giant cockroaches that shoot blue firework rocket bombs out their asses. Neat.

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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

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I feel like maybe their ammo is not particularly effective.

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Johnny, no, talk to me, Johnny!

*sigh* Where's a good gif of Guinan when you need one?

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#STTNG πŸ––

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Wait, so the main character just got murdered by a giant assassin bug, but the movie is only half over?

"To fight The Bug, we must understand The Bug."

WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW *MORE*?

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RICO! RICO!
Wake up, nerd, you're dead.

Johnny 5 is alive!

Oh wait. Wrong movie.

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"You don't do your job, I'll shoot you."

Yay, Jester's back!

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#TopGun

The scenes with all the bugs scurrying everywhere make me wanna watch #EdgeOfTomorrow again. I don't even care, I love that movie.

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Monkey-suckin' sack of maggot puke.

Well, that's a new one and a doozy.

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Giant flame-spewing cockroach beetle. Gotta be taken down from above.

Where's Legolas when you need him?

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#SurferElf

Rico, you kill bugs good.

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@courtcan Heinlein's _Starship Troopers_ was so racist and xenophobic that Joe Haldeman wrote _The Forever War_ as a counterargument. Heinlein is conservative and mostly libertarian, but he is usually better than this. But if you start with a racist and xenophobic book and make a movie out of it with all of the hyping and simplifying that that entails, you are going to end up with an appalling movie.
@jredlund I thought it was appalling in '97, but as of tonight I am revising my opinion. I think it's one of the best satirical commentaries on American culture I've ever seen, especially in regard to militarism. Definitely*not* what Heinlein intended -- but Verhoeven took it and ran with it in a lovely anti-fascism manner. Ymmv! πŸ˜ŠπŸ––
@courtcan Ah, so they made it as a satire. What a good idea! I think I have seen a portion of it, but clearly not enough of it to actually grok it. It just looked like space guys blowing up giant bugs.