1 Rawr.  I can't wait to get my hands on ODST.  My 360 craves it.

2 Insty had a podcast where he interviewed tim minear, who has access to the rights to "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" for film development I think.  Also of buffy, Angel, Firefly, Wonderfalls and several other TV shows fame.

When Glenn mentioned a more respectful remake of "Starship Troopers" and then referenced the movie, Tims response was something like, "Yeah a movie where the writers actually read the fucking book."  There's an audio interupt which makes me think Tim did say fucking.

My favorite podcast of all time.   Though aces "hoist" when he said "But what about natalie holloway!!!!"  Is a close second.

3 I'd give Douglas's left nut to see a true to the book remake of Starship Troopers.

4 Not cool brad, I actually use mine.

5 and brad you know you can call me doug.

6 sorry, but the fascist aspect is WRONG! for both the Marines and for the Mobile Infantry.

This is the game that is based on Kurt Russel's "soldier" not on Starship troopers.

7 Don't let my husband see this.  He might want it.

I remember seeing "Starship Troopers" for free as a sneak preview in the theater.  The audience was particularly cruel to it.  Every time Neil Patrick Harris's character came onscreen, there would be chants of "Doogie!  Doogie!  Doogie!" During the big love scene between Rico and Dizzy, when Dizzy said "I love you," someone in the audience got the whole theater going when he shouted at the screen, "But I just want to be friends!"

It was very much MST3K in that theater that night.

8 "At least I got to have you..."

I can't help loving Starship Troopers for the 90210-in-space crapfest that it is.  I LOVE IT!

Unfortunate coincidence that it shares the name with a good book.

9 I was in the corps when it came out scoop.  For some reason the idiots at Base, thought it would be like the book (which is required reading for cpl's and below  IIRC) and it was required viewing for the entire base.

I think we actually saw it before the premier, I can't remember, and my memory of the event was much like yours.  Ask an 18 year old to read "on war" and you are lucky to get 1 in the whole corps, as an 18 year old to read "starship troopers" and it's probably the most quotable book in the corps.

Should have heard the hoots, It was pure camp in our eyes, I don't despise the movie, I despise the title of the movie.  The shoutouts were ridiculous, and like you said, very MST3K.

One thing you don't ask people who are actually in to do.  Don't ask them to go watch war movies.  We critique and mock them.  ONLY exception that I can think of is Saving Private Ryan, and even then there was a lot of commentary.

10 Aaron

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