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“Hear me out, I’m no bug sympathiser… ” : Seems like something a Bug Sympathiser would say 🤨

"I'm doing my part" "I'm doing my part" *My brain* I DIDNT DO FUCKING SHIT!

"I'm no bug sympathiser" Do you hear treason? I hear treason.

"Violence is the supreme authority, from which all other authority is derived." This statement is undeniably true. It isn't saying that "Violence is the only answer to any problem," it's saying that behind every law, edict, or position of authority is the barrel of a gun to enforce it. Without violence to back up, any form of "authority" is hollow.

"We have no info on their culture, their history or what they look like. But we do know this: they stand for everything we don't stand for! Also, they said you guys look like dorks!" - Major General Zapp Brannigan

I got Starship Troopers on VHS as a birthday present when I was 10. Might be the best gift I've ever got.

Man this movie rings so true with my own military experience. Some buddys and I put this movie on in our barracks room one night, we loved it but it definitely made us reflect on our own decisions

“Ever since man first left his cave and met a stranger with a different language and a new way of looking at things, the human race has had a dream. To kill him, so we don't have to learn his language or his new way of looking at things.” - Rear Brigadier Zapp Brannigan

That "The mobile infantry made me the man I am today" scene is something I think about often.

Having Clancy Brown aka The Kurgan and Mr.Krabs as the Drill Sergeant is a definite plus of this film. "Now, who has what it takes to knock me down?"

Watched just a few mins of your video before I had to put the movie on for my 74yr old father that has never seen it. He loved it and it remains one of the best, great breakdown Act Man

Movie: "Violence isn't the answer... it is the question... AND THE ANSWER IS YES!!!"

"Dean Norris is in this movie too" - Shows a different Micheal Ironside.

I love how the "Its afraid!" Always gets misinterpreted like theyre barbarians, in reality theyre in the brink of defeat and just knowing that theyre enemy is also afraid gives them hope for victory. Also, read the book my man, like it or not, its so worth it.

Paul Verhoeven is an absolute genius. His films have that certain brutalist depressing quality to them but manages to make every singe scene captivating and enjoyable. Not to mention all the one liners 😂

Topless Dizzy kickstarted my puberty. I was obsessed with her for months.

Sure I liked Starship Troopers as much as the next guy, but since Helldivers 2 came out. Suddenly it's literally everyone's favorite movie I swear.

'Come on you apes, you wanna live forever?" Is forever engrained in my brain. Best line ever.

Dean Norris is in it, but you showed Michael Ironside 😂😂😂

I always assumed the large distance the meteor travels is a plot hole. This is the first time I hear someone bringing this up and if you connect it with a capable orbital defense system already in place.... Yeah, I think that is what Paul Verhoeven was going for. Good point!

Casper Van Dein is just as much of a fan as we are He even reacted to HD2 and said it was exactly like Starship Troopers

They filmed starship troopers in my hometown when I was a little kid. All of the battle scenes were filmed in a dried out lakebed called Hell's Half-Acre, in Wyoming. A lot of the people around town too were cast as extras and theres so many stories about all the drills and training they had to go through to realistically make the movie. Some people still have body armor and guns too. They realistically made 1000 sets of body armor and uniforms, and then I cant remember how many they made but the Morita Assault Rifle was actually designed as a real rifle. Obviously it fired blanks not bullets, but its why a lot of the effects look so good. Its not CGI laser guns they are shooting, it pushes the line as close as possible to a real war movie. Also different movie, but one of the big actors from Paul Veerhoven's Movies named Michael Champion (Old guy with White Hair and Aviators from Total Recall, he was chasing Arnold as Michael Ironside's partner). Mike spent the rest of his life in my home town. My friends and I signed up for a boxing class like 10 years ago, and we were watching Total Recall before class one night when I realized Mike was the guy from the movie. I ran to class that night like OMG YOU WERE IN TOTAL RECALL! Mike just goes OMG I KNOW. I short circuited, I wasnt prepared to be right about any of this as I grew up in the middle of nowhere Wyoming. XD Everyone around Paul Veerhoven though has so many stories though, and holy crap are they all so badass.

One interesting aspect from the original book (I own a copy of the novel and have read the entire thing) is that Federation service wasn't strictly a military service like the movie makes it. In the book, a term of service could be spent doing ANYTHING the Federation gives to you, even counting the hairs on caterpillars. Also interesting is that in the book, Johnny Rico's real name is JUAN Rico, a play on the term "Johnny Rich Boy". Also, he is Filipino and he even speaks Tagalog as his native tongue, although this detail is only revealed later in the novel when he reunites with his father. For its time, the Starship Troopers Novel was quite progressive.

The Christmas music playing in the background of the invasion scene 😭😭

ricos character arc is phenomenal, the way he doubled down and became a new version of ironside is great

Starship troopers shows humanity for what we truly are; Space Orcs

Plot twist the real reason why we attacked the bug planet was because we found oil

The fact that the whole video has SC soundtrack made it even better! Amazing job

Fun fact in the book( go read it, it's great) the arachnids are not the only alien species. There is a 2nd species called the skinnies who initially are allied with the bugs but later start to help the federation in their war against them. Edit: they weren't allied, they were enslaved by the bugs.

Serving the federation doesn’t just mean military service. You could theoretically be missing all of your limbs, But if you wanted to serve the Federation would do everything possible to find you a job.

Paul Verhoeven is a leaving legend.DONT forget the music score which is so epic , and so good.

"Violence is the root of all authority" quote is actually true, even in a democracy, and the quote was written by a left leaning libertarian (Heinlein was not a fascist). This is the fundamental reason western democracies invest the state with a so-called "monopoly on violence," because it is in fact the final and ultimate way to resolve differences. Would you like to know more?

Bro this movie is class. So glad all these games that came out have brought in a new generation of fans. Was huge at my college :)

Fun Fact on the book the movie is based off of. The only thing that could prevent a person from signing up for Federal Employment ( Which is what the cast did) is TWO psychologists had to sign off that YOU could not understand the "Oath of Service", and if you did NO MATTER YOUR PYHSCIAL CONDITION, the Gov is bound to find you a position to work for them.

Those that don’t believe violence derives the ultimate authority will always be conquered by those who do.

Thank you, Act Man! One of my many classics.

Actman: "Im not a bug sympathizer" Also Actman: proceeds to perpetuate bug sympathizer nonesense. Thought we could trust you. Super Earth will be notified.

Remember who we’re fighting for….dizzy, we’re fighting for dizzy

I love how they portray the mobile infantry. It is literally the stereotypical infantryman out of high school and I love it

That shower scene when I saw it as a kid changed me 😅😂

The Starship Troopers were first mentioned in Heinlien's book "Pokane of Mars". A story about a young girl who snuck about a trash hauling spaceship to Earth. Earth was abandoned and used only as a giant trash dumpster. A Starship Trooper was guarding the trash hauler.

Those scenes with Christmas music... Mwuah, chefs kiss, just perfect

This movie became an internet icon since it’s Paul Verhoeven. This director made RoboCop (1987), Total Recall (1990), and the controversial movie called *Showgirls*

Good Satire is difficult to distinguish from whatever it is satirizing. Id say Starship Troopers did its part and mission success

The StarCraft music under the movie is hitting hard

Wow. Such a thoughtful insight on the movie. You understood it very well. Made me want to review it. It was very deep and well explained. You got a new sub

this movie was so ahead of its time, it's aged like wine IMO the comedy, action, even the CGI still holds up over 20 years later, Great video Act Man. They should cast you for the next Starship Troopers flick, but for the role of President!

“I say kill them all!” I absolutely love starship troopers one of my all time favorites

I see you man. I see you. Thank you for this. Right now with what's going on this is even more so beautiful. Kudos good sir.

I'll alway's remember this as the first ever R16 movie I ever watched. (New Zealand Rating System.) A cartoon I used to watch when I was little was Roughnecks, the Starship Troopers TV show. When I grew up and leanrt that there was a movie and it was for adults. So I watched it and it blew my mind realising that movies could get this violent. Before I'de violence for me was watching people hurting each other and if it did get extreme, it happened to a monster that deserved it, like the orcs from the Lord Of The Rings movies. In this movie people get shredded, ripped apart, decapitated, melted, dismembered... and all of it was awesome. I'm so glad I watched this movie at the exact right time, and i'm also glad that it's come back the way it has. This movie has aged like fine wine.

My grandfather was a veteran of WWII, he survived a shot from the front. I remember watching old war videos that describe parts of the war. Complete darkness, explosions, shrapnel everywhere, hails of machinegun fire at you. Death and suffering all around. It sounded like hell.

You say Dean Norris yet you show Michael Ironside, gonna have to have a treason officer look into this offense.

Great video! Hope to see more movie and TV content soon! Maybe even some lesser known ones.

Thank you for reviewing one of my all time Favs

That bit about "young people that would be better cast in a coming of age movie" is probably the single best part. Literally anyone who's served will be able to relate to it.

The cowboys are waiting Actman. Give us the Rdr2 review. We insist upon it

I remember coming out from my room late at night to see my dad watching Starship troopers when I around 4 years old. It became our favorite movie and something we watch whenever we are together.

[Klaxon blares.] Fry: What’s that? Recruiter: War were declared…

Got my cup of liber-tea ready for this Act-man review! I'm doing my part!

“Dean Norris Is In This Movie Too” that guy was Michael Ironside lol Dean Norris was the head of the Military Training Academy

Haven't seen this since I was a kid, so the added insight was really cool!

"this is the facist man here....", ok, you won a like friend, that was bold XD

What I had gotten from the beginning lesson scene wasn't that "violence solves everything" but rather "everything eventually leads to violence." And to be real, I agree. Force equals violence. You cannot force someone to do anything without the threat of physical harm or detainment. It would be nice if we lived in a world where we could all just discuss and debate all our problems away, but we still live under the basic understanding of violence being a natural consequence even now. Try not paying your taxes and see how peaceful the IRS is.

Speaking of the dialogue, one of my favourite bits of dialogue in any movie ever is when Carmen and **Xander** are in the hole juuust before the brain bug comes out, and Carmen is on the radio detailing the situation. The line, the delivery, the camera, the music, the action as she puts the radio down and raises her gun, fucking everything is *perfect*. I won’t spoil it, but if you know, you know.

this whole video is a big act man W. thank ya bro

Great video, Act Man! Perfectly captures everything I love about this movie and then some. Liked and commented, so "I'm doing my part!" o7

Capital punishment is still allowed in the military today, generally only in specific circumstances like murder. Also, while injection is the perferred method, nothing says they cant use hang or firing squad.

Me when I catch an Act Man upload within one minute I’M DOING MY PART

I was 11 when it first came out and it blew my mind. Watched it again as an adult and it still holds up!

Gotta love the helldivers music in the background half the time

Michael Ironside is the perfect person to play Rasczak. He plays the badass so well

If i recall correctly, in the books you absolutely can get serve in non-military was. Book's point here wasnt VIOLENCE but rather one's ability to serve society

"Dean Norris is in this!" (shows Michael Ironside) I lol'd. Oddly fitting for this movie tho because now we can be told that Michael Ironside was always Dean Norris. Loved the Halo music throughout btw!

That shower scene has lived rent free in my head since the move came out. 😂

"Dean Norris is in this movie too" Shows Sam Fisher. Made me do a spit take haha

Watched this with a friend at a sleepover and now "mobile infantry made me the man I am today

Your analysis perfectly explains events of the last seven months.

Feels like a loaded ActMan week! Thanks for the content 👍

The music when they went to the blue bug planet was so epic. You could feel the emotion

Rascsak: "Violence is the supreme authority, from which all other authorities derive" ActMan: "Violence solves everything!" MF those two sentences aren't even in the same neighborhood of meaning the same

The most wonderful time of the year playing in the background of that gorey scene needed to be a part of the actual movie. XD

Neil Patrick explains toward the end that he military knew all along that the bugs were intelligent and the initial attack was to lure the bugs into a false sense of security so they could figuratively decapitate the head of the snake, if you would. But he explains that it was all apart of the larger military strategy, to sacrifice all those soldiers and naval personnel in order to locate the brain bug.

Helldivers 2 rip-off 💀

So glad we got The Act Man reviewing a relevant movie 26 years later. But honestly the movie was great satire and not at the same time and oh the amount of memes this movie has spawned over the decades, just *chefs kiss*

This is the same great satire formula Robocop used for law enforcement. Too good.

I appreciate all the helldivers music you used throughout the video.

Commander Shepard believes. When he gets pissed off he shoots things. Find him more bugs.

Fun Fact: Did you for the troopers outfits they were Also used for the tv series Firefly Power Rangers Time force planet of the apes 2001 imposter 2001 and power rangers lost galaxy

This was one of the earliest films I got to watch on dvd when they first came out.

I love how helldivers 2 is so good it has act man changing from a gaming channel to a movie channel just to review the inspiration for it.

Good video! You should do more reviews of movies and tv shows. These are always a treat 😎

I have read Liu Cixin's Dark Forest... I completely, with no joking or anything, justify the invasion of the bug world. In fact, that world should probably have been completely destroyed already by this point of the story.

I got to deal blackjack to Michael Ironside for three days. He's one of the nicest people you will ever meet.

Damn, dude. This is one of your best videos to date. Keep it up! 🤟

Wow. Great take. Opened up my mind a little more about such a good movie.

Niiiice touch with the Og StarCraft music in the background.

This new renaissance of satirical pro-militarism alone is a perfect case study into why KZfaq should allow GIFs in comments

"the bugs attacked first" give yourself a gold star if that sounds familiar.

Wonderful breakdown sir!