Lots of people are having trouble understanding the book/movie difference. Maybe this will help. Robert Heinlein (book author) was a Naval Academy grad and very pro-military. He recognized that the world has always been pretty dog-eat-dog, and that you cannot have peace, prosperity, or anything worth having unless you are able to scare off or fight off those who would take it from you. There's an old quote: "You can sleep peacefully only because rough men stand ready to do violence on your behalf". Heinlein was telling a story about those men -- what they do, why they do it, and the toll it takes on them. The movie, on the other hand, was satirizing the way rulers use war as a justification to grab and hold power. That's why everything feels a little "off" -- you are MEANT to recognize it as propaganda for a totalitarian state. The infantry is incompetent because they are NOT supposed to win -- their true purpose is to keep the war going forever, so the rulers can always say "we need to raise your taxes, we need to restrict your travel, we need to control you, and if you complain, it's because you're a traitor who wants the bugs to win!". While Heinlein was proposing to limit the vote, it was in the sense of "with great power must come great responsibility". Selfish people wouldn't serve, so they don't get to vote their selfish ideas into law. In the movie, the state made sure the only path to success was by demonstrating loyalty to the state. The vote was a fake reward for showing you were responsible TO power, rather than WITH it (since people actually had no power). When slaves think they're masters, they don't think to revolt. Heinlein was trying to imagine a world where the movie COULDN'T happen that way, because free people wouldn't let it. The movie was making fun of the way people have always failed to build a Heinlein society, because they're selfish, and easily manipulated. We keep trying to eliminate Stalins, and all we get for our effort is more Stalins with slicker advertising.

They actually do adopt a rank fire formation in the third live action movie in the opening scenes. They even use... explosives!

"Rare and upstanding individuals, especially those with a preference for munching on crayons." Oorah.

How to survive the mobile infantry? Join the book version, not the movie.

Count how many times Allen changes his mask and hats

You can always join the actual Mobile Infantry, with power armor and nuke grenades.

Easy, don't join the mobile infantry

How to survive the mobile infantry? Avoid the infantry at all costs... lol

It seems General Obi Wan Kenobi's high ground strategy can work against bugs and zombies

When I read the actual book, I was more surprised about the information and detail the author went into. There’s rumors of a remake to give the book justice, I can’t wait to one day see it.

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In the air use AC-130 Gunship, lol! On ground use killer drones.

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Starship Troopers is proof that a 40k movie would work. It's basically just Cadians vs Tyranids.

Tip 1. Qualify on the Marauder Suits, not just "Shirt Sleeves" PBI. Sure they give you tougher mission but you get better Kit that keeps you alive.

Thanks GT, the front lines appreciate your contribution to the continuation of humanity.

Having a weapon that has actual sights would also help.

The perfect solution for a massive swarm of bugs like that would be an orbital low altitude gunship with incendiary type bombs, downward facing flamethrowers, and manned gun control. The guns would be to keep the flying bugs at bay. Also adding incendiary rockets wouldn't hurt either. Fire spreads. Kill more, with less. Hooah!

For the ground branch I agree that having heavy infantry armoured vehicles for combat would have been much smarter

So weird. Just started a starship troopers book today. Coincidence? More like a connection through the force, i think.

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Trust me I’m a veteran....... of zombie VR games. 🤣😂. That was hilarious and a well placed pause.

Not sure if Alan served but that smack at the Marines was golden. Love at the end he basically describes which branches or real world military to join.

I’m tired of these jokes about Marines eating crayons!!!! We don’t eat.......are those crayola? Can I have some????

Depends if you're talking about the books or the movies In the books, the mobile infantry are much more deadly than the movies. In the movies they could've used more squad machine guns and heavy weapons, assault rifles are less suited to large volumes of fire than machine guns

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Don't forget the use of chokepoints. Very handy.

You guys seem like really cool cats. I dig the sense of humor.

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this info is so useful for a bug invasion. thank you

Why wear 2 caps dude? And then masks at 0:54?

How about being in actual mobile trooper power armor.

No, the military is NOT the only damn way to get citizen ship. The author states that FEDERAL SERVICE guarantees citizenship.

At this point of my time watching this channel I still don't know half the time when alan is legit serious or sarcastic

Alot of this was actually really good advice for the real Army to.

The *EMPEROR* protects

Someone’s having a headwear crisis 🤣

The number one way to survive the Mobile Infantry..... don't join in the first place

The Charge of Gondor will always bring a tear to a Man's eye. You kill those filthy mutant knife eared bastards, my Glorious Horsey Bois Edit: Nice new Into

It's rally weird to watch a video talking about the setting of the movie over the original book so soon after I listened to the audiobook again. It makes the vast majority of this video feel amusingly ironic, which is mostly a good thing for entertainment.

How are your vents? Did you finally get rid of those dolphins?

Wait, aliens in the intro? This is herecy!

Whoever did the editing on this video, dang your an amazing editor that into was epic

Now the question is... "Would you like to know more?"

this is my favorite movie but the thing i hate about the movie is the brain bug!!! 😬😬 its scaryy!

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All things considered, I would say that weaponry needs upgrading. The standard rifle is good but ill suited to the spindly and well armoured arachnids. Now, more dedicated rifles will certainly prove more beneficial, possibly burst fire marksman's rifles. Next up ordnance, grenades and launchers. Portable nukes are good, phosphorous grenades are better for general use. Frag and explosive grenades are also good. Flashbangs would probably go some way as well to disorientate large groups of targets for easy pickings.

What? You wanna live forever?

Another way to survive go work in an Amory counting munitions or hell a cook id rather be a heckin good cook then a snack for some bug

Changing hats/face wear every scene- epic.

Oh dang, I didn't notice this was new lol. I love your videos!

god damn, i like the federation fleet so much. Those ships are awesome. Except the boxed landing ship

yo ushould an episode comparing the Great Three Military Sci-Fi Books: Starship Troopers, Forever War, and Ender's Game.

I love this epic into

I'd like a good review like this for the version of MI that is in the books. "Military service wasn't the only way to citizenship. Service, in general, got you there. Military or not. The book reflected a libertarian state, all were free and equal, government service was voluntary, individuals all had the same rights. The military in the book was not the military of the movie. It wasn't massed human waves, it was a highly trained and well equipped cadre of advance war fighters. I don't recall "birth licenses" even being a thing in the book but it has been a long time since I read it."

When the bugs attack, the apes will be ready!

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This is funny because in the Very good book Starship Troopers they did not have Propaganda. They made it known it was deadly and they didn't care if you failed. Citizenship was something you had to earn.

First step is don't enlist in the Mobile Infantry.

Easy way to survive, don't join the mobile infantry. Though do you guys think you could do a how to survive video of the mirror universe from Star Trek, especially if you run into your mirror counterpart or find yourself in alliance territory like Terok Nor.

Hey now, crayons contain vitamins and wax! Delicious and Marine approved.

I am US Army , and what your saying is very good advise . I thought you where prior service for a minute . And yes Marines love crayons and killin

Dude! Thanks for the hot tips for the upcoming Starship Troopers game ;)

You know those tanker planes they use for putting out wildfires? That but load it up with Termidor SC

Good job on the intro

Sadly the movie didn’t come close to the book. The Mobile Infantry in the book were in power armor that could handle near anything that hit is short of a nuke strike. George Lucas used the armored mobile infantry troopers as his vision for the imperial stormtrooper.

Still find it stupid how they don’t really used any armored vehicles or air support. I’m even ok with them using large mechs (even though I hate them.)

0:00 I didn't even start the video, and I'm hooked

My friend let me borrow the book, gives great insight into their society and why you would want to give service or not

Who needs to survive when you can die for the emperor!

Ive been hooked on this channel for a long time.... im just wondering if they ever reply to these comments?

Sorry I won't kill my fellow man.... 2:49 Aggressive Xenos on the other hand....

Taking the Asvab today to see where I land in the Mobile Infantry job wise. Wish me luck boys

Don’t you think if they have enough mobile infranty or ships they’ll rather use those?

By far my top 10 movies

I would suggest reading the book. The ONLY thing the movie carried over correctly was the Citizen/ civilian rules.

I love the intro

Step one: be in the book version of the Mobile Infantry.

Aim for the legs.

I represent that crayon munching line, bub.

The movie and the book are completely different - the movie is campy and funny, the book is a masterpiece and work of art, and if I remember right still required reading at West Point

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Hey Allen can you guys do a video on which army is the best in Sci-Fi for conquering Kelandathu

Tanks ! Use god modified flame throwing , Retractable spearheaded tanks for this...

I give thumb up to this video just because of the opening

How to survive the Mobile Infantry? Don't join them! Stay home and work to help fund them! You can contribute to humanity even without putting your life at risk! Remember, your soldiers can't fight on an empty stomach or on guns with no bullets!

Hey Alan I got a question how come the Stormtroopers didn't use the guns from the Clone Wars

Did you read the book?? The recruiter says if there was a blind paraplegic they would not turn them down.

Ouch. I think it's my fault for being hurt by what I'm sure is well intended banter. But boys, ya'll hit me in the feels with the crayons comment. Love your content. Keep it coming, generation tech and generation films are great channels. Just yeah, ouch. The feels. . . Still a realistic analysis of a person's opinions/opportunities and likelyhood of survival. I still think you're selling the MI a bit short. *reality intensifies*

You should review the books. It is much better in terms of tactics. “Mobile infantry does the dying. Fleet just does the flying.”

If I was in the MI, I would be dishonorably discharged or executed for asking, "Where's our armor support?!"

"Fleet dose the fly'n, MI just dose the die'n!"

If I'm gonna go to the mobile infantry, its gonna be the jumpjet using, power armor clad, dropped from space, shoulder launched nuclear weapon carrying book based badass.

Easy, be born into a univers where humanity was clever enough to crush all aliens

It might not be much, but you’ll have brothers and sisters in arms and glory in hand

Is there any way you could do stuff about the book Starship troopers mobile infantry. I'm not talking about the politics of the book, but the actual armed forces it depicts, the suits and the MI are cool.

Well there is the Terran Federation of the Starship Troopers book and it's military, fighting the "spiders" and their allies. Then there is the United Citizen Federation of the Statship Troopers movies and it's military, fighting against the Bugs. They are two very different things with very different policies, technology, strategy and tactics, as well as rather different enemies. Their are military units referred to as Mobile Infantry by both as well, but beyond proper nouns applied to them their is no similarity. The Cap (short for capsule) Troopers, called Apes because their powered armor makes them look like gorillas, from the book, are part of the smallest military in human history based on percentage of population, is given the best technology the Terran Federation has at their finger tips and strives to leave no trooper behind no matter what. The Mobile Infantry of the movies United Citizens Federation is part of the largest military by any human standards ever and gives them no value at all, they are an air mobile force with few if heavy support weapons, equipment only slightly better than used by soldiers in the late 20th century, and use almost the same swarm tactics as the bugs they fight.

kick ass intro

By the Emperor, we will purge these foul xenos!