Starship Toopers 2: A Review

After reading about this movie on the 'Net I was happy as a clam to see it on
the Starz! Action Channel last night, and boy am I glad I didn't spend any
money (past my monthly bill) to see it.

The movie starts with stock footage from "Starship Troopers" and even has a
"Want To Know More?" prompt like the first movie, but that's about where the
similarity ends. During a fire-fight on a non-descript planet (executed by lots
of fog and close-ups of the actors to keep you from seeing that there really IS
no set around them of any kind) and more stock footage of bugs being shot up
from the first movie, about a handful of Federation "soldiers" are split off
from their patrol and hold up in a grain silo- looking "base".

This is where it essentially turns into "Alien Meets Invasion of the Body
Snatchers", with bugs (small ones) crawling into people and controlling them.
It gets gorey and nasty, and then it ends. Oh, and you never ever care one
iota.

The helmets don't fit, the uniforms look cheap, the guns are obviously fake...
it's as if this was a fan-made sequel you'd see on a webpage for download. It
has everything but the Star Wars Kid.

I see that this is coming to DVD on June 1st, avoid it like the Plague...
there's nothing redeaming about it, and I LIVE for crappy movies so that's
saying a lot.

Peas.

Wade365

Wade365 wrote:

> After reading about this movie on the 'Net I was happy as a clam to see it on
> the Starz! Action Channel last night, and boy am I glad I didn't spend any
> money (past my monthly bill) to see it.
>
> The movie starts with stock footage from "Starship Troopers" and even has a
> "Want To Know More?" prompt like the first movie, but that's about where the
> similarity ends. During a fire-fight on a non-descript planet (executed by lots
> of fog and close-ups of the actors to keep you from seeing that there really IS
> no set around them of any kind) and more stock footage of bugs being shot up
> from the first movie, about a handful of Federation "soldiers" are split off
> from their patrol and hold up in a grain silo- looking "base".
>
> This is where it essentially turns into "Alien Meets Invasion of the Body
> Snatchers", with bugs (small ones) crawling into people and controlling them.
> It gets gorey and nasty, and then it ends. Oh, and you never ever care one
> iota.
>
> The helmets don't fit, the uniforms look cheap, the guns are obviously fake...
> it's as if this was a fan-made sequel you'd see on a webpage for download. It
> has everything but the Star Wars Kid.
>
> I see that this is coming to DVD on June 1st, avoid it like the Plague...
> there's nothing redeaming about it, and I LIVE for crappy movies so that's
> saying a lot.
>
> Peas.

I saw it on HBO or Cinemax, it's a made for cable movie and it sucked bad.

DigitalDeude

"DigitalDeude" <> wrote in message
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>
>
> Wade365 wrote:
>
> > After reading about this movie on the 'Net I was happy as a clam to see
it on
> > the Starz! Action Channel last night, and boy am I glad I didn't spend
any
> > money (past my monthly bill) to see it.
> >
> > The movie starts with stock footage from "Starship Troopers" and even
has a
> > "Want To Know More?" prompt like the first movie, but that's about where
the
> > similarity ends. During a fire-fight on a non-descript planet (executed
by lots
> > of fog and close-ups of the actors to keep you from seeing that there
really IS
> > no set around them of any kind) and more stock footage of bugs being
shot up
> > from the first movie, about a handful of Federation "soldiers" are split
off
> > from their patrol and hold up in a grain silo- looking "base".
> >
> > This is where it essentially turns into "Alien Meets Invasion of the
Body
> > Snatchers", with bugs (small ones) crawling into people and controlling
them.
> > It gets gorey and nasty, and then it ends. Oh, and you never ever care
one
> > iota.
> >
> > The helmets don't fit, the uniforms look cheap, the guns are obviously
fake...
> > it's as if this was a fan-made sequel you'd see on a webpage for
download. It
> > has everything but the Star Wars Kid.
> >
> > I see that this is coming to DVD on June 1st, avoid it like the
Plague...
> > there's nothing redeaming about it, and I LIVE for crappy movies so
that's
> > saying a lot.
> >
> > Peas.
>
> I saw it on HBO or Cinemax, it's a made for cable movie and it sucked bad.
>

It's been airing on Action, not HBO or Cinemax.

<< I saw it on HBO or Cinemax, it's a made for cable movie and it sucked bad.
>

It's been airing on Action, not HBO or Cinemax. >><BR><BR>

Yes, but he got the important part right... it was a big ol' pile of pony-loaf.

Wade365

Wade365, says...
> After reading about this movie on the 'Net I was happy as a clam to see it on
> the Starz! Action Channel last night, and boy am I glad I didn't spend any
> money (past my monthly bill) to see it.

A much better sequel is the animated Starship Troopers: Roughnecks. It's
a little weak at the begining, but the later episodes are pretty gritty.

Mark Spatny

<< A much better sequel is the animated Starship Troopers: Roughnecks. It's
a little weak at the begining, but the later episodes are pretty gritty.
>><BR><BR>

Agreed. I have te whole DVD set with the exception of the newest volume
"Trackers".

The series can get a bit 'kiddie' at times and others it can slow to a crawl
but on the whole it's more true to the source. I watched part of "Troopers 2:
Hero of the Federation" again last night and wow is it bad... I thought I might
just have been tired and therefor overly harsh... but it truly IS a pile of
crap.

A recent interview I read about the film, everyone involved was so happy with
he results. Having to be a promotional tool for such a schlock film must make
you feel unclean!

Wade365

On Wed, 02 Jun 2004 07:07:25 GMT, Mark Spatny
<> went upon the mount and spoke thus:

>Wade365, says...
>> After reading about this movie on the 'Net I was happy as a clam to see it on
>> the Starz! Action Channel last night, and boy am I glad I didn't spend any
>> money (past my monthly bill) to see it.
>
>A much better sequel is the animated Starship Troopers: Roughnecks. It's
>a little weak at the begining, but the later episodes are pretty gritty.

Too bad they didn't finish it...

* Robinson

Mirror Spock

Mirror Spock, says...
> >A much better sequel is the animated Starship Troopers: Roughnecks. It's
> >a little weak at the begining, but the later episodes are pretty gritty.
>
> Too bad they didn't finish it...

Do you happen to know if they included the unproduced scripts as extras
on the DVDs? I'd love to know how the series was supposed to wrap up,
and there were only a handful of episodes left. The scripts must exist
somewhere.

Mark Spatny

On Thu, 03 Jun 2004 06:03:58 GMT, Mark Spatny
<> went upon the mount and spoke thus:

>Mirror Spock, says...
>> >A much better sequel is the animated Starship Troopers: Roughnecks. It's
>> >a little weak at the begining, but the later episodes are pretty gritty.
>>
>> Too bad they didn't finish it...
>
>Do you happen to know if they included the unproduced scripts as extras
>on the DVDs? I'd love to know how the series was supposed to wrap up,
>and there were only a handful of episodes left. The scripts must exist
>somewhere.

Alas, I don't know about scripts as extras. I'd have to revisit the
DVDs.

* Robinson

Mirror Spock

<< Do you happen to know if they included the unproduced scripts as extras
>on the DVDs? I'd love to know how the series was supposed to wrap up,
>and there were only a handful of episodes left. The scripts must exist
>somewhere. >><BR><BR>

They're not on any of the DVDs I currently own (like I said, the new volume
"Trackers" just came out this month and I have no idea of it's contents).

There was some rumor of the show being finished Direct-To-Video due to the
decent sales of the series on DVD and fan's request... seems a bit far-fetched,
but it happened for "The Family Guy".

Wade365