Starship Bloopers (small spoilerettes)

[Andy Gilham]

On Monday, January 12, 1998 5:33 PM, M Holmes [SMTP:fofp at HOLYROOD.ED.AC.UK]
wrote:
> Andy Gilham writes:
>
> > > > ObMovie - _Starship Troopers_!!!
>
> > > you jest(?) For about 10 mins I thought there was going to be an
> > > intelligent film interwoven among the dross but I gave up that hope
> > > soon enough and my sympathy is entirely with the stick insects!
>
> > No, I thought it was superb.  I know Verhoeven brings out strong
> > feelings both for and against, but I think he is a much more
> > intelligent film-maker than he is often accused of being.  His
> > penchant for graphic violence does bring accusations of voyeurism -
> > even I didn't see _Showgirls_, and I'm generally a big fan of his -
> > but if you're making a film where one of the themes is the horror of
> > war, then I think you have to show some of the horror.  Verhoeven
> > himself isn't, I think, necessarily militaristic himself
>
> Well hey, neither am I. However, even armchair generals can spot gaping
> flaws in a plotline. The troopers have guns with which it takes five
> troopers 20 seconds to kill one bug. Why not flamethrowers? Why not
> grenade launchers? If infantry are so useless for frontal attack why not
> use tanks first and infantry for clearup? Where was the air support?
>
> If the spacecraft have warp capability then why have dropships remain in
> hostile orbit after drop so that they can be picked off? Why were they
> so close together they hit each other? Space is a pretty big place, even
> in orbit. Why when they'd done this once did they repeat the fiasco?
>
> Why fight at close range when the Bigs don't? Just lob asteroids in from
> way out. The Bugs didn't have spacefaring capability to stop this.
>
> The film was puerile, stupid, and had already been done in Space: Above
> and Beyond.
>
> > -Andy
>
>
> Mike "It's afraid? We lose a million men for you to state the obvious?"
> Holmes



-Andy

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