I saw this as a kid in theaters in 97. The visuals at the time blew us away, everyone was talking about how good they were.... and TBH they still hold up REALLY WELL!

A movie made in 97 has better effects than many movies made today.

the special effects in this movie looked better than all it's sequels.

My favorite part is that SGT Zim DID bust himself to PVT so he could fight in the war. I feel that.

"A jaw-dropping experience" - Los Angeles Times "Fun and shocking" - San Francisco Chronicle "What is going on with this movie? It's disgusting. Fucking Hell" - Ellie

Despite its quirkiness this is one of the best war movies made. ~It covers everything from relationships, love, psychology, propaganda, gore, trauma, missing in action, heroism, heroes, legends, teachers, veterans, you name it..even Military Intelligence and grand policy is included. Almost every other war movie focuses on only a few of those.

When they released her body into space, it's roughly equivalent to burial at sea during the age of sail.

It broke my heart when Dizzy said about her dying: -But it's OK, because I got to have you.

I was lucky enough to support the computers used to render this movie as my first job out of high school. When they told me what I was working on I thought it sounded ridiculous but now I've seen this movie a dozen times and read the book.

Paul Verhoeven's movies always feel like parodies. He had a very unique style. I can't believe they gave him such a big budget for this. It was my favorite movie when it came out.

Yeah, Starship Troopers is a very cool and somewhat over-the-top violent film. Well violent enough to where it's almost cartoony. But the movie is a cult classic. And if you notice, there was a lot of underlying themes. Like those propaganda ads or the way the good guys dressed. (The SS vibe) This director has made several classic films. You should check out his other popular films which are also classics, Robocop and Total Recall. Thank you for your reactions. This was fun to watch with you.... ...Would you like to know more....

17:06 "Lick my What?" Also, fun fact, Drill Instructor Zim is the guy who voices Mr. Krabs on Spongebob Squarepants

Michelle: “Ohhhh, this is Astro-Titanic” 😂😂😂

I didn't realize watching Elle being grossed out for an hour would be so entertaining. But it was.

"Don't let the bugs bite" Haha. Brilliant ! 😂😂😂

I am also from Buenos Aires and I like the reference that this film has to my province, when I was a child I also wanted to kill those bugs for what they did to us hahaha 😂

I love it when the cameraman just keeps filming as his boss gets eaten

I remember when this came out (I was 13) I had to get my dad to rent it for me from the video store because I was too young. Did not expect the violence but damn; ultra gory, and Dizzy gets her tatas out? Yeah 13 year old me was in heaven and 24 years later I still love this film.

Best line I've heard in a Starship Troopers reaction: "That vagina bug just Capri Sunned that man!" (Just Summ Reactions)

I´m from Buenos Aires and I love this movie

37:16...Michelle's " That's a lot of MotherF**king Bugs!" gave me Samuel L. Jackson vibes how it rolled off her tongue :)

I can just imagine Michelle: "I'm tired of these motherfreaking bugs, on this motherfreaking planet"

This was the ultimate science fiction movie of the late 90's. From my childhood this movie holds a special place in my heart.

This movie never gets boring!!! A classic.

Don’t let the Bugs bite.Good one.😂

"What the hell is going on!?" I love when people feel like that with the film XD. The movie is a very free version of a novel with the same name that takes place in a more militaristic society than the real world. The society division (citizens and civilians) and the military training is partially inspired in how old cultures like the romans or the greeks/spartans organized both around the concept of war and of discipline. The use of bugs allows the plot to be more graphic against the enemy in some sort of "sandbox"; if you were to do half of what they portrayed with human or humanoid enemies... it would be even weirder. "Why bugs!? Why there are so many?" While the main reason is to have an enemy you can freely turn to pulp without remorse, it's also an interesting concept of science fiction: as the biology teacher explains, we think of our species as the most advanced in all fields... but if there is life out there, there will be other forms of life with other shapes, other skills, other cultures and moralities that will have more advantages over us in some ways. Bugs are seen, mostly, like a nuisance in our world; but if the had evolved like that... they would be an even more serious threath: they reproduce in numbers, they have skills that seem supernatural, and habits that would look grotesque in bigger sizes (yeah, they don't shoot plasma or napalm exactly... but there is a bug that can shoot something closer to acidic boiling water). Yup, as long as their nest is not destroyed, it doesn't matter how many times they blast the surface, they have means to recover from the damages. "It feels... like a parody" To an extent; any space film that came after Star Trek and Star Wars will be compared to them (while the novel was written before those franchises were general pop culture references, if I'm not mistaken; all the visual effects, designs and references were done for the movie). And the plot was made to skid along the line the gruesome of the war (most of the militaristic elements can be related to real war stories) and this kind of sci-fi spirit that lets it get a bit away with all the blood, sex graphic violence and nods to totalitarian images (it makes the "good mood" work even if you spend two hours on the verge of vomiting XD). That "this is serious... but not that kind of serious" needed to be there or this was going to be unwatchable. "This is the weirdest we have seen in the channel" And I guess it's not the worst you'll ever see XD. Starship Troopers is a little classic that's well done in the own limits of its stablished univers and I think I like it for that (there are two sequels, but they were released years later, and with limited reach to actually consider studios made Starship Troopers with the hopes of being a franchise). They made a bet with one weird film just hoping it worked as it was designed, and it did; that's why it's so effective and memorable. And that would be it, it was nice to see you suffer/enjoy it; you may torture your friends later making them go thorugh the same trip XD. Until the next time, happy holidays :).

“They’re shooting them with their shits.” 😂😂😂 That had me laughing so hard because I had the same thought when I first saw it as a teen.

“Lick my what?” “ Astroid Titanic” You’re on a roll. 😂👊🏻👌🏻

Such a great film! You should check out Robocop too! Same director!!

Michelle: "Are they evolving or what?" Ellie: "WHAAAT!" It's what I call accidental creationism.

I was in U.S. Marine recruit training in 1997 when this came out. Our drill instructors would scream at us all day, but whenever they could catch a minute for themselves, they talked about this movie NON-STOP like a bunch of little girls talking about Titanic. It was hysterical, but we dared not laugh lest they squash us like one of those bugs! 🤣

Starship Troopers is one of my top “guilty pleasure” movies. It’s so silly and campy but so damned good.

This movie should have won oscars

This movie, which is obviously very much a parody at certain points, is actually based on a book by the very famous science fiction writer, Robert Heinlein. I believe he wrote it way back in the 1950s. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_Troopers). It obviously poked some fun at some of the Cold War propaganda-ish films and slogans of that time period. He actually took a bit of heat over it for some of the themes back then like, citizenship based on military service, men and women serving together in the military, free/casual sexual behavior. Things that make us blink a lot less today but were pretty controversial in the 1950's. The book really doesn't have much of a comedic flavor to it at all. I read it as a teenager in the 1970s. Michelle at 37:15 "That's a lot of mother----ing bugs.." and earlier "Did he say 'lick his navs?' "Lick his navs" = "beat his navigation." Lol!

Gotta love how they made the gore look so realistic using mostly practical SFX. Didn't have CGI doing most of the work back then like they do these days. SFX personnel really earned their pay in the late 90s.

The story behind this movie was from a book called "Starship Troopers" by Robert Heinlein, published in 1959. Heinlein was one of the greatest Science Fiction writers in the US during the 20th century, along with Arthur C. Clark and Isaac Asimov. The movie itself was meant to be something of of an anti-totalitarian rant by the director, partly because he admitted to never having read the book. Anyone who is familiar with the book can agree that this is a fun movie to watch, but it really has nearly nothing to do with the book, and in many ways, is antithetical to the book. In fact, when Virginia Heinlein, his widow, screened to movie, she threatened to sue the studio if they didn't remove his name from the project.

Movie is satire (that's probably the word you were looking for) on overmilitarized society and its almost Nazi or Soviet like propaganda. Great contrast between soldier's naive hero drive and brutal reality of battlefield.

That look of sadness on Michelle's face when everyone is making fun of Rico's Math score :-(

I remember ditching a high school cross country team awards banquet after we won state to go watch this in the theater (we were all excited because part of it was filmed at Hells Halfacre in Wyoming and that's where I'm from). To this day I still feel we made the right choice, haha!

"This is AstroTitanic", perfect name for that moment lol

Great movie. You should also watch Robocop and Total Recall from the same director. Also watch Highlander with the guy who plays Sgt. Zim as the bad guy.

best reaction yet in many ways... Michelle's "what the F*&%$" at the end grabbing the mic had me rolling.

The part of the ship they lost 18:10 was the communication tower. It's why one of the crewmen mention a moment later that comms were down. They couldn't warn Earth about the asteroid that destroyed Rico's home. Carmon and Zander are responsible for millions of dead people, all because they were horny for each other.

"...disgusting..." You'll never become citizens with that attitude.

9:35 "Hit 'em girl!" *Proceeds to ignore the part where she's getting choked out*

27:32 You nailed it Perfectly. The director of this movie (Paul Verhoeven) used a lot of graphic violence and political satire in his films (see Robocop). And 37:17 had me CRACKING UP laughing!! 🤣🤣

One of the best reactions to a movie I considered one of my all-time favorite Sci-Fi movies ever. Love you girls.

This was easily one of the funniest reactions to anything I’ve seen. Squirming at the bugs and gore. Not knowing when this shit is serious and when it’s joking. Getting emotionally attached to characters whilst being aware how dumb the story is. This movie is the good kind of bad. And you smile, as much as you get sad, as much as you cringe, as much as you laugh. It’s the weirdest experience and this reaction was great.

Paul Verhoeven's movies are never without political commentary, often in the most over-the-top sarcastic way possible. Robocop, Starship Troopers, they are all one of a kind.

The perfect Christmas movie. Excellent reaction, ladies!

Every bug in your home will now freak you out by 10X.

This is one of my all time favorite 90s films. Also, Ellie's reactions are great lol.

This movie is my little guilty pleasure. I will always love "Starship Troopers".

This movie is a cult classic. I remember having it on VHS and loving it :)

I saw this movies when I was 17, with my dad, that he past away in 2001. I can remember and never forget his comment "Comeone, this guys fly around in a spaceship, and combat a war with a cheap machine gun?? WTF""!. So he made my day! ;)

Being an only 90s baby, I was horrified, traumatized but loved every second of this at an early age lol

"WHAT IF.... they made Starcraft"

Love this movie! At the time nobody got that it is a satire and people lost their minds over it. Great reaction, the look of horror on your face at the ultraviolence. XD Skip the second film, but the 3rd film is more like the books and brings back Rico a good 20-30 years later.

Their idea that the Terran Federation will drink from the Brainbug made me laugh. I immediately conjured an image of a bunch of soldiers running with sharp straws. And greedily slurping from them.

This movie is the last huge movie that used practical effects with puppets and physical props. It ages like fine wine.

Glad you liked it. One of the reasons why it had such a strong following was that it was a switch from the usual, 'aliens invade earth' movies. In this one, we the humans had to go to the bug planet and invade them, to keep them from launching asteroids that can blow up whole cities, like Buenos Aires. That's the difference between this movie and your standard, aliens vs earthlings. Keep on keeping on, homies!!! ❤

48:00 This is the best part of this reaction lol! The "Bug Brain"is simply fascinating and disgusting at the same time, the director Paul Verhoeven show us one of the most bizarre things of the scifi (Ridley Scott in Prometheus did something similar with the trilobite too). I love starship troopers, this movie its an amazing example of satire and action. 50:34 Michelle Rocks lmfao. And remember "dont let the bugs bite".Greetings girls you gonna have nightmares with this creature!!

eli's response to the cow being tossed into the bug cage is priceless. ur reactions r great!

Both of there reaction at 7:33 LMAOOOOOO. They were both petrified

I suggest a couple others along these lines: the movie "Ender's Game," and the 25-episode t.v. series, "Space: Above and Beyond."

Great as always ladies, do you recognize the drill instructor? He was the main prison guard in Shawshank Redemption.

Her reaction at 52:23 when they stuck a probe up that aliens orifice... lol

8:19 Clancy Brown's best face 😁 During the lashs scene, Sgt.Zim has one of the best quotes of this movie. "bite down of this song, its help, i know"

Of the films in this series, this was the best. It's sort of the opposite of Star Trek in that the odd numbered films are better. Also, the armor of the Mobile Infantry is one of the most overused props in Science Fiction. It is used in Firefly and even Power Rangers.

Love watching your reactions, you guys are just to cool. You always make rewatching movies so much fun. Thanks for sharing.

32:43 "You're it until you're dead, or till I find somebody better" "Oh, my wedding vows" - Michael J. Nelson

Gotta love the little details like the fact that they censor the cow being disemboweled by an Arachnid, then immediately show the mutilated bodies of actual people in the same broadcast.

Starship troopers was a sci-fi book that was extremely different than the movie. The movie was an attempt to refute the book that failed and accidentally validated the book, which is why it seems like parody in some places because in a way it is. The book and the movie are both fantastic though.

Also the parody style is similar to the first Robocop movie (maybe the 2nd one also)

Fun fact, this movie was considered the most goriest flick of its time. And the use of BIG animatronics was revolutionary in filming for the day. I.E. that guy getting lifted up and slaughtered by a bug at the beginning. Yeah that was a real life animatronic grabbing him

"Service guarantees citizenship! Do you want to know more?" "A good bug is a dead bug!"

Sooo, we CAN, all agree they Carmen is such a bad character. Forget Carmen. Lmfao

Actually it is a satire with a deep meaning, that most people didn´t get when it was released. Mainly about fascist structures (for example a lot reminds of Nazi propaganda movies) and excessive militarism. The bugs stand for the dehumanization of opponents in wars, which is often used.

"Thats a lot of mother fuckin bugs" - Ellie 😂😂😂

When the big bug shows up and you said, "Panzer!" I wanted to scream "Jynx!" cause that's the same thing I said when I saw that bug!

Great film. Puts humans in our place. A “cat” is a “monster” to a mouse. Humans are, “unfortunately,” to used to being the cat.

The whole point of Starship troopers is it IS a parody, not of sci fi and movies but of the whole idea of nationalism and jingoism running wild. It's a friggin masterpiece, the cringyness is entirely by design :)

Fun Fact, Sergeant Zim is the same man that is the voice of Mr.Krabbs from Sponge bob.

when i think about that movie i have instantly that "would you like to know more ?" in my mind or "only a dead bug is a good bug". damn good old movie with alot of well known actors in it.

Nice!!! This one of my childhood favorites awesome!

I saw this movie when I was 12 years old, I never got over that Rico had the blonde in the friend zone, she was so beautiful and faithful while Carmen was an unfaithful bitch, but Rico was always in love with Carmen

Director Paul Verhoeven also directed RoboCop, hence the TV commercials…

"The plane with the fireworks"! Wow she reminded of the British woman in The patriot.😂😁

Can't help but laugh Ellie is crazy 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Your reactions makes me smile 🥰🥰🥰🥳🥳🥳 grettings from Guatemala

"Oh! This is ast'ro-Titanic." 🚀🪨💥🧊🚢 🤣🤣🤣

The song that blonde guy (can't remember the actor's name) is playing on the violin is ''Las Golondrinas''. It's actually a very nostalgic good-bye song, so I've always found it kinda odd how they put it here so romantically for a couple dancing.

I would like to know more!

Hahaha, I NEVER would have thought you guys would have reacted to Starship Troopers! It's a good film, It's funny, creative, and entertaining. So glad to see you guys reacting to this film. If you guys haven't seen it, I recommend Armageddon (1998).

I love how Sargeant Zim is played by the guy who voices Mr. Krabs in SpongeBob.

I like that Vicki noticed the "parody vibe". It is a satire after all. And also she got the point about humans invading and exterminating a whole race. It is a comment about the nonsense and horrors of war and "who says a species is better than the other?" Bugs, humans. It is kinda the same thing.

Like "Demolition Man" a very frightening dystopian future. But still funny to watch though :D

as much as i like that movie,.. i still claim the wrong girl died... if they had to have to remove one of the trio,... it shouldnt have been her

*Fun fact: The soldiers costume was used in many other series and movies, for example Power rangers or Planet of the apes. Look at the video " Starship troopers uniform in other movies "*

Ellie be like. " Oh thank God, the bug exterminator" lol