When Paul Verhoeven released Robo-Cop in 86 it was noted for its sophisticated political and social releveance. But when Starship Troopers hit the big screen 10 years later it was almost universally panned. Even Roger Ebert described it as one dimensional a Triviality pitched at eleven year old science fiction fans. Well times change and 18 years later it is now being hailed as one of the great political films of the late twentieth century. Starship Troopers is satire, a ruthlessly funny and keenly self-aware sendup of right-wing militarism. The fact that it was and continues to be taken at face value speaks to the very vapidity the movie skewers. Kalum Marsh, New York Times This film speaks to the global-horror-show playing out in front of us daily due to the rise of the military industrial complex particularly in the U.S. and Israel. When you get the joke then comes the uneasy recognition of what kind of society weve constructed around self-deceptive sloganeering, jingoism and militarism run amuck. https://youtube/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Y07I_KER5fE
Posted on: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 17:10:39 +0000
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