![]() ![]() Plus, it has a cult of fans who do recognize the movie's sharp, bitter satire.Īs eerily prescient as "Starship Troopers" turned out to be - it seemed to predict Surface tablets, online news video, and the entire War on Terror - the movie still has some secrets. Two decades later, "Starship Troopers" is remembered for jump-starting the then-movie careers of Casper Van Dien and Denise Richards, for its still-impressive special effects, and for launching a franchise that's included several sequels and TV episodes - not to mention a possible future reboot. ![]() In fact, it was a satire on militarism and fascism, disguised as a $105 million Hollywood blockbuster (director Paul Verhoeven called it " the most expensive art movie ever made"), and few viewers or critics got the joke. When the adaptation of Robert Heinlein's beloved sci-fi novel was released 20 years ago this week, on November 7, 1997, it did just so-so at the box office - since it looked like just a dumb, militaristic, vapidly-acted, humans-vs.-aliens thriller. " Starship Troopers" may be the most misunderstood Hollywood action epic of the last two decades. ![]()
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