Starship Troopers Review: Good, Bad, or Both? - Rental Reviews
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James Rolfe discusses the Paul Verhoeven classic Starship Troopers with Justin Silverman, Kieran, and Tony from Hack The Movies. This movie might seem like dumb fun but there are some interesting things hidden beneath the surface.
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A Jord wrist watch?! I'd buy that for a dollar.
hahahaha
Good one !
This comment is just as funny as the joke
I want to reference this but.... this post didn't get 138 likes for nothing.
$400!
Great to see so much Starship Troopers love here! Such a great, underrated movie! Classic 90s.
MetalJesusRocks Metal Jesus Rock. Wow. Small world. I got to meet James AVGN at a NJ show. I got to meet John Hancock over the Summer in Long Island. When you coming to the northeast?
Metal Jesus you review rare games and odd world series
You only have 55 likes.. what the hell man. I used to watch your reviews and just never have time to watch anything anymore. Ill have to head over again. Starship Troopers is amazing!
This has been my favorite episode of this Rental Reviews series so far.
The kid in the i'm doing my part commercial represents the kids in CoD
The Rifftrax riff of this movie is one of the greatest things ever.
“You’re it, until you die or I find someone better.”
Mike Nelson: “My wedding vows!”
As a Heinlein fan, it was sweet revenge.
i was a movie extra for Star Ship Troopers. i loved the food they gave us. i was there during their training area. And the high scool football game scene.
"I would like to know more"
Lies
"the food was great" XD
Tell us; Did you see the greatness that is the flip six three hole?
I like how random your youtube videos are lol
James is the oldest of the bunch yet looks the youngest.
What age are the others
Reanimated_Dead_Flesh around 30s late 20s
james 38
@@MrRichiarditya James takes care of himself!
The reason James looks younger is because he vomits out his rage and hatred as AVGN. Its sort of a cleansing ritual.
His veins are filled with money and their's are filled with depression.
"there's a lot of stuff under the surface"
shows a clip of soldiers getting sucked underground.... well played
I would have thumbed this up for just that tattoo reveal ALONE!!
My cousin is in the marines and has a tattoo on his back that says, "Who wants to live forever?" He says its from Starship Troopers. I say its from Flash Gordon. And his girlfriend says its from Highlander. Lol still badass.
Burpo Stockings
“Cmon you apes! You want to live forever?!”
bro i thought he was gonna show he had a tattoo of tony's face
The tattoo reveal is why Justin is my favorite
That's what I thought after thumbing it up after the tattoo reveal ^^
That Tattoo tho, what a legend!
The only good bug is a dead bug
indeed. Spare the spiders.
Lol That's shit is from the Goblin Slayer
"The only good Goblin is a dead Goblin"
@@muhammadhamzamir7340 pretty sure I've heard that from many other action movies and games, I think.
we're gonna need a bigger bug
What about sexy bugs?
If you're gonna get sponsored by a company, this is the way to entertainingly infuse the ad into your video. :)
YOOOOOooooo'D
You're absolutely right!
A wooden watch... It's not some VPN, it's not some clothes you don't care about.... It's a wooden watch... I'd buy that, I never even knew it existed. My favourite things are old things made out of wood, not some VPN crap... gawd I hate bearing
it went from 80p to 1024p tho
Divided_Kingdom Virtual Private Network ?
1997 was a good year for movies; Starship Troopers, The Fifth Element, Cube, ect...
Never watched Cube before is it as good as Starship Troopers and The Fifth Element?
@@mutanttugboat9266 Yes, cube is amazing. It is one of my favorite movies of all time.
Event Horizon legit creeped me out. The idea that there are dimensions where they wanna torture u for infinity scares me.
Jeffmorgan83 Air Force One
Face/Off & Con Air
I wish i had friends so I can talk about movies like this with them
We're all here bud ;)
Ugh 😑 you can have that pity party by yourself.
Hey Cali, we can be friends, if you wanna
I'll be your friend. I love movies
I'll be your friend bro
I will never rent from Cinemassacre Video again. I was there today and was going to rent terminator 2 and was told I never returned The Wizard I rented from them in 1992 and there was a late fee James who help me was very rude and asked me to leave the store when I said I wouldn't pay the late fee. I will never rent from this store again! I'm going to Caldor
I'm sure he'd give you a payment plan for that late fee.
It's was too LATE for you I guess (awkwardly shows watch)
I stopped by the other day, and the employee was using all kinds of horrible filthy language! Also, he was drinking a Rolling Rock in the middle of the afternoon.
No dude. What you do to get revenge is to switch out all of your broken and lame video games the next time you rent video games.
I mean....YOU had a late charge. Your fault
Please do Tremors (1990)!
I love that movie
Yes please. Such a cheesy classic horror flick.
Lol yess!! Love that movie too
Y E S
Followed by the series. Good lord.
There's actually a HUGE population of South Americans, notably Argentineans, that have direct or recent European ancestry. So, it makes sense that Rico and the gang look so "white", especially since they're rich. ;)
Fun fact: in the novel he's Filipino.
@@IKKIsama14 fun fact 2: During spanish colonization in the Republic of Philippines, they adopted the Spanish language and some words still used today..
I live in Argentina and can confirm there are lots of people that look like any character in the movie. There are no Filipinos, though. Never knew of even a single one; but hey, who knows what might happen in the future as we transition towards utopian fascism? :D
I already knew that. Why do you think so many are Catholic, hahaha!
@@IKKIsama14 Yep, that's why he is called "Rico", Filipinas was Spanish Colony, and many words and names are Spanish.
I love the 27 min mark where they just spiral off into action figures and random trivia, and James is like... OK guys. Let's wrap it up, and they all look at each other like its the end of recess.
I laughed so hard looool, James wanted to end the video so bad
Justin is like an encyclopedia of 90's pop culture
TRAGICALLY
oooooohhh good one--- NOT
You were a bit wrong though, Ogon Bat predates the StarShip Troopers novel by about 30 years, so yeah, Japan didn't t need Heinlein's stuff for power armor fantasy. Mecha also has a more religious association in Japan, derived from Daibutsu.
I'd love to hear you all talk about Demolition Man
I came for AVGN but to be honest, this series is now my fave thing. Keep it up, I love the nostalgia and I love the facts that are dropped that make me view these movies a little different.
Same Luke. Same.
I'm pretty bummed that they did away with rental reviews.
@@vdub1962As am I. This was my favorite review show. I preferred the four man crew, but they then went to three. I think because there was too much over talking. Kieran did a lot of that. I like him, but he never learned to let others talk. Even with three there was still over talking depending who was on that particular episode.
@@vdub1962 I know I wish they would bring it back ...I still come back and watch these..THe ROTOR one and Samuraii cop are classics
Would you like to know more?
Service guarantees citizenship!
Jord!!
I'm doing my part!
@@tortron
I don't like group showers.
A RedLetterMedia reference in a Cinemassacre video? I'm gonna just jump the gun and say we need a cross over!
What was the reference? I think I missed it. Would've clapped.
I would pay all the money in the world to never see that happen.
I'm confused as well, what was the reference?
" few people including red letter..." 6:41
RLM is trash.
Worth to note, the novel is in parts VERY different. For one, the humans are far less stupid (strategy and overall tactics). Cool they mentioned the novel, tho! I see the guy in blue knows his Heinlein stuff.
Yes, they should've discussed that. Heinlein really believed in militarism and discipline as something good, the scriptwriter Ed Nuemeier and Paul Verhoeven satirized that brilliantly in the film. There was talks about a remake with the power armors, probably for the best that it doesn't seem to be getting realized.
@shadowdragoon6 There are an amazing amount of differences between the book and the movie. The book takes great pains to point out the bugs aren't stupid at all and actually build ships and laser weaponry. Also the removal of the Skinnies from the movie was interesting but I can understand it.
@@servadac42 They did a 180 on the book and flipped it from being genuine to a parody? that's pretty interesting.
The novel also doesn't have all the fascist stuff in it. The film is a fine movie in its own right, but it was so sad to watch it as a fan of the book and see that they had decided to distort Heinlein's story the way they did. If they wanted an anti-fascist movie, why not make a story of their own for that?
I have a question was the novel written by and ex-military guy or regular author ?
Easily my favorite movie. I helped Dina Meyer back when I worked in retail. She was really nice and when I quoted the flip 6 3 hole, she gave me a high five and was super stoked to run into a Trooper fan. Good times.
i watched this in 2008 when i was 10 then i saw akira, my uncle was a nerd and a legend
OMG YES. Please never stop making these. It's my new favorite series on youtube or anywhere else.
(I'm officially requesting you do Event Horizon next)
Also closest thing we got to a Starcraft: The movie
ZERG RUSH
It's more of an Imperial Guard movie to me.
Rin- Joh Well we all know Starcraft is a ripoff of WH40k anyway
Isn't it funny that Broodwar had that propaganda video at the end of the terran campaign then the third movie had a very similar video as the last scene, coming into a full circle?
I hope blizzard make a SC movie :(
I absolutely LOVE the Cinemassacre Rental Reviews! The perfect panel! More and more reviews,PLEASE!
Everyone fights, no one quits.
More movies should be like this. Use CGI when needed. Not just because.
I think Marvel needs a bit of that logic
@@noahdavis7406 just a smidge
@@scottieman2 There's a lot of instances where they could use practical suits and effects.
Especially when it's extremely noticeable in certain movies.
This movie looks better than any Marvel Movie in 100% of it's scenes.
I know this is something people say alot but its true you just dont like cgi BC the best cgi looks real
I have a friend who was in this. He was military at the time and they used a lot of service people as extras in the big battle scenes.
Did he die?
@@tylermunden6642 I don't know. I've tried spotting him in it but I've never been able to. He didn't have an on screen death though.
The film appears shallow, but it's just the glossy paint over a much deeper story.
I always thought there was a underlying theme of eugenics in the starship troopers universe, which helps with the mind powers potential.
The guy in blue has so much to say about this movie i want a full video of just him nerding out about it
Anybody remember
A.R.M.O.R.I.N.E.S : Project Swarm for PS1 and N64?
When I saw and played it , It instantly reminded me of Starship troopers.
“Im from Buenos Aries and i say kill them
All!” Best quote ever.
I remember when I was a kid, my Dad and I went to see Batman Forever and there was a preview for Starship Troopers. I thought it looked badass! The preview ended and the entire theatre just burst out laughing.
I laughed a lot at Starship Troopers and I love it.
You must mean Batman and Robin. Batman Forever came out summer of 95, and Starship Troopers came out fall of 97.
My favourite random fact about Starship Troopers is that the armour they have is used in Power Rangers Lost Galaxy, where the main antagonists are also bugs!
Power Rangers/Starship Troopers shared universe???
Finally one I've seen
Starship Troopers: The Aliens sequel we never asked for but always wanted😎
the last time I saw my dad before he died we saw this in a shitty theater .. I love this movie
Liar
@@jojoface4940 this movie played in theaters back in 97, what is so hard to believe?
@@jojoface4940 that's rude
My mother took me, walked out, she said “I’m gonna be sick “
I watched no joke hundreds of times on illegal cable. Used to draw the guns and bugs on Paint
Everyone knows you're lying
Lmao, that Jord commercial was really enjoyable !
Jord means earth in danish. And it is pronaunced yor, the d is silent. Maybe its sweedish in wich case the d is pronaunced. People who watch starship troopers reviews need to know these things! Its important!
Jord's world?
In Swedish, jord could be earth, or dirt... haha
I really love this new style of review from you James! :)
The Long Kiss Goodnight. I would love to hear a review of this classic
"This ain't no ham on rye."
"I ain't talkin' 'bout the linens."
best MILITARY SCIFI ever!!!
Do you want to know more??
YES!!!!!
Predator
You _would_ like a military industrial complex set in a grim-dark future that routinely spends time exterminating filthy xenoscum.
But who wouldn't except hideous mutants, disgusting aliens, and treacherous heretics? Praise the Emperor!
@@TheCandidPygmy Burn the Heretic! Kill the Mutant! Purge the Unclean!
Oh my god the classroom scene from the book changed my life and my way of looking at the world. And he used to be such a nice libertarian boy...
James looks like the only person in that room who won't die of heart disease in his mid 50s.
But he might be willing to trade horseshoe baldness by 40 for that.
joeyservo or he looks like the only guy who gets laid on a regular basis
*mid 40s
Mean.
But true.
Diabeetus? ;)
The japanese OVA of Starship Troopers is much closer to the book and is really good if you're into classic anime.
I've already seen a scene or two, from one of the anime films. At some point, I'm just going to binge all of 'em, like I did the Jurassic Park Trilogy, along with its bonus content. There is SOMETHING TO SEE, here!
lol no its not.
I really love these videos man. Respect for actually having the tattoo :D
Whoever said "I never asked for this" did a *perfect* Adam Jensen impression.
Funnily enough, the Japanese anime was more accurate to the book than the films
The book would have been very hard to do live action.
The technology just wasn't there to do the mech suits, nor the skinnies really.
Theres an Anime?
@Todd Jameson The book is better,
Especially since it helped pioneer power armor in sci fi.
Watch the roughneck Chronicles if liked the movie and book its a great blend of the 2 just as a kids show so no boobs or dismemberment but plenty of bug juice, great action, and a good story. Only real problems are due to business things it ended in a cliffhanger and the CGI is kinda dated as it was made in 1999 with ups and downs depending upon the business in the background.
Well that isn't that surprising. The Japanese actually consider right wing views in a lot of their anime's. You just wont get anything near that out of any post 60's Western Film because of who runs Hollywood. Starship Troopers movie was actually meant to parody the book. It kind of worked as the film is funny but also kind of backfired since a lot of people really root for the Troopers despite how over the top they are.
I'm a movie expert and I can say it's really GOOD on it's own category. It's not an Oscar winner or the best acting OBVIOUSLY... but it's really good.
Every Science Fiction fan out there should watch this movie.
P.D. It reminded me a lot of Starcraft.
starcraft was inspired by warhammer, which was inspired by starship troopers.
16:25 had me dying, that was spot on man. Oh and your reviews are pretty awesome too. Too bad there isn't a like all button...
I was 17 seen StarShip Troopers, in theaters , love it! Fell in love with the red head "Dizzy." StarShip Troopers, is all in my Senior book.
God she deserved more movies...just for Her rack
Yeah she was way more interesting than the other lady.
They ain't a problem.
The Roughnecks computer animated TV show was AWESOME! I taped all the episodes and eventually got the DVDs. It was definitely more than just a kid's show. Shame it wasn't really finished.
I watched the whole thing as well. It is closer to the book than the movie was. That ending though... what a kick to the balls level cliffhanger.
James, give us your thoughts on the cult classic Mars Attacks! A homage of B movies from the 50s-60s, sounds up your alley!
Do not stop making these please!
I’m a simple man. I see starship troopers I like.
I loved Starship Troopers. And yes, part of that is because I loved Verhoeven's style of satirizing his movies. But the other part of it is because it's just a funny, dumb movie, and sometimes you just need movies like that. It's pretty much stress relief.
The set and feel of this video is cool! Well done, can see you are all passionate about what you're doing!
Can always trust James to delivery new, fun and amazing content.
FINALLY!
Ever since I discovered James was doing movie reviews I've been wanting to get one on Starship Troopers.
One of my absolute favorite movies of all time :)
5:14 Red Planet!!! Thank you!!! Red Planet!!! Thank you!!! I enjoyed that cartoon, but for 20 and something years I haven't been able to remember the title! Thank you!!!!
Seriously thank you!!!!!
I thought that was a fever dream I had!
I saw this in theaters with my best friend nick and his dad, when I was 11...opening night...packed theatre so we had to sit front row. What a badass experience lol. Later I bought this movie on vhs when it came out and watched a lot over that following summer. My favorite movie too due to all the undertones and soace between the lines content. It's crazy how multi layered in depth this flick is. Then I found out it was based on the book...so I got that and the opening sequence of attacks is amazing. The only thing they didnt do in the movie was the jump jet and actual armored suits.
They need to remake this movie, and with today's CGI...would be amazing to see the book into a movie, but staying true to the book. Would need to be done by a reputable outfit and have a good budget. Remake!
They made a game book for Starship Troopers as well; half Choose Your Own Adventure and half RPG Lone Wolf type book with two separate battles as I recall. Interesting book.
I initially was going to return it, since I had wanted the book itself, thinking it was it, due to Starship Troopers has had many covers over the years. But kept it for it's uniqueness. I believe the name is Starship Troopers Shines the Name.
I love your guys intro. Keep up the awesome work guys 👍👍👍
Good old 90s movie. I miss those times.
great video James. love the aesthetic !
That subtle Deus Ex "I never asked for this..." made me laugh 20:12
The intro to these are always killer! Love it.
glad to see the new guys are opening up to the camera...keep it up guys
Love this film! Great episode guys. :)
Im stoked you guys are getting sponsers for this show, i look forward to every episode
These reviews are so great. Wish these guys did a full length podcast.
Remember how men and women casually showered together nude in the 23rd century? Yeah, that won't happen in any century buddy.
Some places do have coed locker rooms, including showers. I've seen them in Holland
@@lasarousi Is everything okay at home, man?
i take dance classes. The bathrooms are unisex and we dress in the same room
lasarousi we got ourselves a genuine real-live genius here boys!
I think it's supposed to mean that by this time, religious prudence is a non issue and people just aren't freaked out about being naked together anymore
There's an anime called Blue Gender I remember watching and it was basically Starship Troopers. It still had the nudity, the gore and the awesome action. The characters would wear mech suits to fight off the bug creatures. It was really intense!
Shane Everett Dude I've never heard anybody reference blue gender! One of my favorite animes
I have the whole series one of the best animes that ever came out.
Blue Gender is phenomenal. I always recommend it to folks interested in anime or into military sci fi. The sound design, mech design, story, and music are top class.
PeacefulJoint I never hear anyone ever talk about it. I started to wonder if I was the only one that ever knew it existed.
Holy shit. I'm so glad someone else's knows of blue gender. People look at me like I'm bat shit crazy when I reference this. Thank you so much for knowing and having good taste.
Wow such a great discussion on Starship Troopers I also worshiped this movie as a kid. I need to rewatch it now after your guys talk. Never thought it could of been so deep as a kid.
I would love to see a Board James season 4 with ALL of the people featured in these videos.
Silvermania teaming up with Cinemassacre is the best thing that's happened to the internet since "Myspace Glitter Hell".
Power rangers lost galaxy used the starship troopers military outfits for their military.
I thought it looked familiar on the show!
I love this new series you guys. Great stuff
Starship Troopers is one of my absolute favourite movies ever, so I was very happy to see an episode dedicated to it! Great episode, though I must say I was disappointed that you didnt analyze the joined showers for the soldiers in the movie anymore, but instead made it about the boobs you have seen in movies. But yeah, great episode :D
I love these rental reviews!!! Makes me think of the old Ashford Video store by my house......good old days
Good work James, you guys gotta do all the Arnold Schwarzenegger movies.
Lol the tattoo at the end
At 4:56 you can hear someone whispering Arthur C Clark to Justin..I guess he didn't remember the name
i remember how the science teacher was Rue McLanahan of all things
That's Blanche!? Weird!
Argentinean people are actually very white, mostly European descents. If you travel to Buenos Aires you might see a Denise Richards alike a lot of times.
>argentinia
>white
yeah right LMAO
Koseiku youre an idiot
I bet most yanks think Argentina is Mexico, only further away. lol
@@Nyah420 No, not everyone. There are idiots everywhere. I knew Argentina had a lot of white looking people. I remember seeing this music video from this Argentina pop group years ago. It was set in a diner and the people all looked like they could be from the US or Europe.
the real question is, do they get their tits out as readily as her? XD
Seeing that scene as a kid.. that was something else.
Paul Verhoven never read the book. He's very anti fascist and thought the book was pro fascism, so he decided to make a parody of it.
The government is actually an elected republic much like the current United States, but there is a distinction between citizens and civilians, and only citizens can vote. There are many ways to gain citizenship, all involving civil service and positive contributions to society, but military service is the easiest and most common. Many people think that the book is fascist when it actually isn't. It's supposed to be about self sacrifice and selfless actions made to support your friends and family, and by extension, society as a whole.
Also, the book goes into detail about the bugs, their allies, and how they attacked Earth. They actually have colonies in our solar system and large carrier bugs that act as starships.
This is because most don't really know what fascism, socialism, communism, capitalism, etc. really are.
Thank you, someone who actually read the book. Like Conan the Barbarian movie vs the stories the only similarities is in the name.
Yeah, Verhoven, being a hopeless commie, tried again to make a stab at US perceived fascism. Just like before, in Robocop, he tried to criticize rampant capitalism. But his attacks missed the point, weren't understood by the audience interested in that kind of movie. And the movies still turned out to be great.
And yeah, he distorted the original a lot. In the original, troopers were fighting using nuclear-powered mecha suits against enemy that presented an existential treat to the humanity, earning the right to vote along the way.
.......bro may i ask where is Johnny Rico really from in the novel?........ is he really from Argentina like in the movie?.........
mechredd would you like to know more?
Starship Troopers is awesome!
Would you like to know more?
I guess not, but people know it is
Naw im good...
I love the rental store review vibe. Keep doing these. Have you reviewed The Return of the Living Dead? One of my favorite movies of all time. Would love to hear your guys' views on it.
The original RED DAWN please
I remember the absolutely massive advertising campaign this film had here in Czech Republic. The 'holy shit' factor this film had was on par with Aliens, Commando, Predator, etc. Maybe last such film to have this kind of aura around it.
Please bring back Rental Reviews.
these reviews always crack me up
Saw this when I was 14 with my two buddies and absolutely loved it. The CGI and practical effects are really well done, great model work too with the ships. There are fantastic elements that Verhooven does so well. For the lowest brow of audiences, this comes off as an explosive, terribly acted B-level action movie. I think that this has amazing sub context and political messages in it. I picked up on that satire even as a kid and I love it more as I understand so much better today. Incredibly well-done movie, the critics have NO FUCKING CLUE how good this actually is.
Is this replacing Lighting Fast VCR Repairs?
You read my mind.
Never, not the same kind of quality and comedy
I would love to see that crossover.
Yeah... Nice idea but not gonna happen.
not likely this group by comparison seems amateur
Wait a sec. James was 17 and everyone else was 6 or 10 yrs old when this movie came out? Bro i thought he was the youngest
The music in the background ... fantastic
Tell Stanley Kubrick Jr. It's totally cool to go to movies by yourself! 17:06 ;)
Thank you
Stanley Kubrick was a very handsome young man.
I like Starship Troopers - for me, it's one of the standards in military sci-fi.
In the Netherlands this movie was a pretty big hit, probably because everybody understood what Paul Verhoeven was going for with the message
Thank you for this guys! Starship troopers is my nostalgic top :)