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Originally Posted by Sonneilon
I love Starship Troopers!
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I could go on and on about what’s wrong with the movie but if you like to read I recommend the book.
The biggest disappointment for me was they missed the whole point of the Mobile Infantry: mech armor. With the armor each trooper had the strength and firepower to take on a modern tank battalion. They carried nukes and were dropped from orbit. (Inspiration for TARGATs maybe?) Starship Troopers came out in 1959, I could be wrong but it might be the origin of mechs that have become the staple of anime/manga, yet Hollywood just ignored them. Instead we get helmets falling down over the actors eyes and over-sized assault rifles.
Don’t get me started about the bugs knocking ships out of orbit by defecating on them. Ok, I’m going on and on...
