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Written in a few weeks in reaction to the US suspending nuclear tests,[5] the story was first published as a two-part serial in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction as Starship Soldier, and published as a book by G. P. Putnam's Sons on November 5, 1959.[4] The story is set in a future society ruled by a human interstellar government called the Terran Federation, dominated by a military elite. Under the Terran Federation, only veterans of a primarily military Federal Service enjoy full citizenship, including the right to vote.[6] The first-person narrative follows Juan "Johnny" Rico, a young man of Filipino descent, through his military service in the Mobile Infantry. He progresses from recruit to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between humans and an alien species known as "Arachnids" or "Bugs". Interspersed with the primary plot are classroom scenes in which Rico and others discuss philosophical and moral issues, including aspects of suffrage, civic virtue, juvenile delinquency, and war; these discussions have been described as expounding Heinlein's own political views.[7] Identified with a tradition of militarism in US science fiction,[8] the novel draws parallels between the conflict between humans and the Bugs, and the Cold War.[9] It is also a coming-of-age novel, which criticizes the US society of the 1950s, arguing that a lack of discipline had led to a moral decline, and advocating corporal and capital punishment.[7][10] Starship Troopers brought to an end Heinlein's series of juvenile novels. It won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1960,[3] and was praised by reviewers for its scenes of training and combat and its visualization of a future military.[11][12] It also became enormously controversial because of the political views it seemed to support. Reviewers were strongly critical of the book's intentional glorification of the military,[13][14] an aspect described as propaganda and likened to recruitment.[15] The novel's militarism, and the fact that government service – most often military service – was a prerequisite to the right to vote, led to it being frequently described as fascist.[14][16][17] Others disagree, arguing that Heinlein was only exploring the idea of limiting the right to vote to a certain group of people.[18] Heinlein's depiction of gender has also been questioned, while reviewers have said that the terms used to describe the aliens were akin to racial epithets.[19] Starship Troopers had wide influence both within and outside science fiction. Ken MacLeod stated that "the political strand in [science fiction] can be described as a dialogue with Heinlein".[2] Science fiction critic Darko Suvin wrote that it is the "ancestral text of US science fiction militarism" and that it shaped the debate about the role of the military in society for many years.[20] The novel is credited with popularizing the idea of powered armor, which became a recurring feature in science fiction books and films, as well as an object of scientific research.[21] Heinlein's depiction of a futuristic military was also influential.[22] Later science fiction books, such as Joe Haldeman's 1974 anti-war novel The Forever War, have been described as reactions to Starship Troopers.[23] The story was adapted several times, including in a 1997 film version directed by Paul Verhoeven that satirized what the director saw as the fascist aspects of the novel.[24] Writing and publication The cover of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (November 1959), illustrating Starship Soldier Robert Heinlein was among the best-selling science fiction authors of the 1940s and 1950s, along with Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke; they were known as the "big three" that dominated US science fiction. In contrast to the others, Heinlein firmly endorsed the anti-communist sentiment of the Cold War era in his writing.[25] Heinlein served in the US Navy for five years after graduating from the United States Naval Academy in 1929. His experience in the military profoundly influenced his fiction.[26] At some point between 1958 and 1959, Heinlein put aside the novel that would become Stranger in a Strange Land and wrote Starship Troopers. His motivation arose partially from his anger at US President Dwight Eisenhower's decision to suspend US nuclear tests, and the Soviet tests that occurred soon afterward.[5] Writing in his 1980 volume Expanded Universe, Heinlein would say that the publication of a newspaper advertisement placed by the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy on April 5, 1958, calling for a unilateral suspension of nuclear weapons testing by the United States sparked his desire to write Starship Troopers.[27] Heinlein and his wife Virginia created the "Patrick Henry League" in an attempt to create support for the US nuclear testing program. Heinlein stated that he used the novel to clarify his military and political views.[28] Like many of Heinlein's books, Starship Troopers was completed in a few weeks. It was originally written as a juvenile novel for New York publishing house Scribner; Heinlein had previously had success with this format, having written several such novels published by that publisher. The manuscript was rejected, prompting Heinlein to end his association with that publisher completely, and to resume writing books with adult themes.[5][19][29] Scholars have suggested that Scribner's rejection was based on ideological objections to the content of the novel, particularly in its treatment of military conflict.[19][30] The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction first published Starship Troopers in October and November 1959 as a two-part serial titled Starship Soldier.[29] A senior editor at Putnam's, Peter Israel, purchased the manuscript and approved revisions that made it more marketable to adults. Asked whether it was aimed at children or adults, he said at a sales conference "Let's let the readers decide who likes it."[31] The novel was eventually published by G. P. Putnam's Sons.[29] Setting Set approximately 700 years in the future,[19] the book depicts an Earth ruled by a world government run by military veterans.[6] The society is depicted as affluent, and futuristic technology shown as coexisting with educational methods from the 20th century.[19] The rights of a full citizen, to vote and hold public office, are not universally guaranteed, and rather must be earned through Federal Service.[18] Those who do not perform this service (of which only military service has been described) retain the rights of free speech and assembly, but can neither vote nor hold public office. People of either sex above the age of 18 are permitted to enlist; only those who complete their service receive the right to vote.[19][32] Important government jobs are reserved for federal service veterans.[6] This structure arose ad hoc after the collapse of the "20th century Western democracies", driven in part by an inability to control crime and juvenile delinquency, particularly in North America, and a war between an alliance of the United States, the United Kingdom and Russia, against the "Chinese Hegemony".[33] Two extraterrestrial civilizations are depicted, respectively, as the "Pseudo-Arachnids" (or "Bugs"), and the "Skinnies". The "Bugs" are described as communal beings originating from the planet of Klendathu, and consist of multiple castes; workers, warriors, brains, and queens, similar to those of ants and termites on Earth. The warriors are the only ones who fight, and are unable to surrender in battle.[34] It also is implied that the Bugs are technologically advanced, possessing such technologies as spaceships.[35] The "Skinnies" are depicted as less communal than the Arachnids, yet more so than humans.[36] The events of the novel take place during an interstellar war between the Terran Federation and the Arachnids.[37] At the opening of the story, Earth is not at war, yet such a declaration has come when Rico has completed his training.[5] The "Skinnies" are initially allies of the Pseudo-Arachnids, but switch to alliance with humans, midway through the novel.[36] Faster-than-light travel exists in this future: spacecraft use the "Cherenkov drive", and can travel "Sol to Capella, forty-six lightyears, in under six weeks".[38] Starship Troopers is narrated by the main protagonist Juan "Johnny" Rico, a member of the "Mobile Infantry". It is one of the few Heinlein novels which intersperses his typical linear narrative structure with a series of flashbacks.[5][37] These flashbacks are frequently to Rico's "History and Moral Philosophy" course in school, in which the teacher discusses the history of the structure of their society.[5][18] Rico is depicted as a man of Filipino ancestry. He is from a wealthy family, whose members had never served in the military.[5][19][32] Rico's ancestry is depicted as inconsequential, society having finally abandoned racial and gender-based prejudice.[19] Plot The novel opens with Rico aboard the corvette transport Rodger Young (named after real life Medal of Honor recipient Rodger Young),[39] serving with the platoon known as "Rasczak's Roughnecks". The platoon carries out a raid against a planetary colony held by Skinnies.[19] The raid is relatively brief: the platoon lands on the planet, destroys its targets, and retreats, suffering two casualties in the process. One of them, Dizzy Flores, is rescued by Rico but dies while returning to orbit.[40] The narrative then flashes back to Rico's graduation from high school. Rico and his best friend Carl are considering joining the Federal Service after graduation; Rico is hesitant, partly due to his father's attitude towards the military.[5] Rico makes his decision after discovering that his classmate Carmen Ibañez also intends to enlist.[41] Rico's choice is taken poorly by his parents, and he leaves with a sense of estrangement. He is assigned to the Mobile Infantry, and moves to Camp Arthur Currie (named for Sir Arthur Currie who rose through the ranks to command the Canadian Corps in World War I) on the Canadian prairie for his training under Sergeant Charles Zim.[42] The training is extremely demanding.[43] Rico receives combat training of all types, including simulated fights in armored suits.[44][45] A fellow recruit is court-martialed, flogged, and dismissed for striking a drill instructor who was also his company commander. Rico himself is given five lashes for firing a rocket during a drill with armored suits and simulated nuclear weapons without ensuring that no friendlies were within the blast zone, which in combat would have resulted in the death of a fellow soldier.[46] Another recruit, who murdered a baby girl after deserting the army, is hanged by his battalion after his arrest by civilian police.[46] Disheartened, Rico thinks of resigning when he receives a letter from Jean Dubois, who taught Rico History and Moral Philosophy.[47] Dubois reveals that he was once a lieutenant colonel in the Mobile Infantry, which gives Rico the motivation not to resign.[48] After further training at another camp near Vancouver, Rico graduates with 187 others, of the 2,009 who had begun training in that regiment.[49] The "Bug War" has changed from minor incidents to a full-scale war during Rico's training. An Arachnid attack that annihilates the city of Buenos Aires alerts civilians to the situation; Rico's mother is killed in the attack.[50] Rico participates in the Battle of Klendathu, an attack on the Arachnid's home world, which turns into a disastrous defeat for the Terran Federation.[51] Rico's ship, the Valley Forge, is destroyed, and his unit is decimated; he is reassigned to the Roughnecks on board the Rodger Young, led by Lieutenant Rasczak and Sergeant Jelal.[52] The unit carries out several raids, and Rico is promoted to corporal by Jelal after Rasczak dies in combat.[53] One of his comrades in the Roughnecks suggests that Rico go to officer training school and try to become an officer. Rico ends up going to see Jelal, and finds that Jelal already had the paperwork ready. Rico enters Officer Candidate School for a second course of training, including further courses in "History and Moral Philosophy".[54][55] En route from the Roughnecks to the school Rico encounters his father who has also enlisted and is now a corporal, and the two reconcile. He is also visited in school by Carmen, now an ensign and ship's pilot officer in the Navy, and the two discuss their friend Carl, who had been killed earlier in the war.[56] Rico is commissioned a temporary third lieutenant for his final test: a posting to a combat unit. Under the tutelage of his company commander, Captain Blackstone, and with the aid of his platoon sergeant, his boot camp drill instructor Fleet Sergeant Zim, Rico commands a platoon during "Operation Royalty", a raid to capture members of the Arachnid brain caste and queens.[57] Rico then returns to the officer school to graduate. The novel ends with him holding the rank of second lieutenant, in command of his old platoon in the Rodger Young, with his father as his platoon sergeant. The platoon has been renamed "Rico's Roughnecks", and is about to participate in an attack on Klendathu.[58] Themes Robert Heinlein in 1976 Commentators have written that Starship Troopers is not driven by its plot, though it contains scenes of military combat. Instead, much of the novel is given over to a discussion of ideas.[59] In particular, the discussion of political views is a recurring feature of what scholar Jeffrey Cass described as an "ideologically intense" book.[16] A 1997 review in Salon categorized it as a "philosophical novel".[1] Critics have debated to what extent the novel promotes Heinlein's own political views. Some contend that the novel maintains a sense of irony that allows readers to draw their own conclusions; others argue that Heinlein is sermonizing throughout the book, and that its purpose is to expound Heinlein's militaristic philosophy.[16][18] Militarism Starship Troopers has been identified as being a part of a tradition in American science fiction that assumes that violent conflict and the militarization of society are inevitable and necessary.[8] Although the Mobile Infantry, the force to which Rico is assigned, is seen as a lowly post by the characters in the story, the novel itself suggests that it is the heart of the army and the most honorable unit in it.[43] In a commentary written in 1980, Heinlein agreed that Starship Troopers "glorifies the military ... Specifically the P.B.I., the Poor Bloody Infantry, the mudfoot who places his frail body between his loved home and the war's desolation – but is rarely appreciated ... he has the toughest job of all and should be honored."[13] The story is based on the social Darwinist idea of society as a struggle for survival based on military strength. It suggests that some conflicts must be resolved by force: one of the lessons Rico is repeatedly taught is that violence can be an effective method of settling conflict.[19] These suggestions derive in part from Heinlein's view that in the 1950s the US government was being too conciliatory in its dealings with communist China and the Soviet Union.[17][59][60][61] Heinlein draws an analogy between the human society in the novel, which is well-to-do but needs to be vigilant against the imperialist threat of the Arachnids, and US society of the 1950s. Reviewers have suggested that the Arachnids are Heinlein's analogue for communists. Traits used to support this include the communal nature of the Arachnids, which makes them capable of a much higher degree of coordination than the humans. Bug society is once explicitly described as communist, and is moreover depicted as communist by nature; this has been read as implying that those with a different political ideology are analogous to alien beings.[9][19][62] The related motifs of alien invasion, patriotism, and personal sacrifice during war, are present, as are other aspects of US popular culture of the 1950s.[17] Commentators have argued that Heinlein's portrayal of aliens, as well as being a reference to 1950s communist countries, aims to "reinscribe the ideologies of America's mythic frontier history". The concept of the frontier includes a social-Darwinist argument of constantly fighting for survival, even at the expense of indigenous people or, in the case of Starship Troopers, of aliens. Heinlein suggests that without territorial expansion involving violent conquest of other races, humans would be destroyed.[63] Scholar Jamie King has stated that Heinlein does not address the question of what the military government and Federal Service would do in peacetime, and argues that Heinlein has set up a society designed to be continuously at war, and to keep expanding its territory.[64] Coming of age Starship Troopers has been referred to as a bildungsroman or "coming-of-age" story for Rico, as he matures through his tenure in the infantry. His training, both at boot camp and at officer candidate school, involves learning the value of militarism, thus inviting the reader to learn it as well.[43] This is especially true of the parts of his training that involve indoctrination, such as the claim by one of his instructors that rule by military veterans is the ideal form of government, because only they understand how to put collective well-being above the individual.[43] The story traces Rico's transformation from a boy into a soldier, while exploring issues of identity and motivation,[18] and traces his overall moral and social development, in a manner identified by commentators as similar to many stories about German soldiers in World War I.[65] Rico's transformation has been likened to the common narrative within stories with military themes by scholar H. Bruce Franklin. This typical narrative is that of a sloppy and unfit civilian being knocked into shape by tough officers, whose training is "calculated sadism" but is depicted as fundamentally being on the right side.[32] The letter Rico receives from Dubois, partly responsible for Rico "crossing the hump" with his training, is shown as a turning point in his development.[19] The classroom scenes embedded in the story serve to explain Rico's adventures, and highlight his reactions to events around. A notable example is the execution Rico is forced to witness after a deserter from his unit murders a young girl; Rico is uncertain of his own reaction until he remembers a lecture by Dubois in which the latter argues that "moral sense" derives entirely from the will to survive.[19][66] The concept of the American frontier is also related to the coming-of-age theme. Young protagonists across Heinlein's novels attain manhood by confronting a hostile "wilderness" in space; coming-of-age in a military, alien context is a common theme in Heinlein's earlier works as well.[67] Rico's coming-of-age has also been described as being related to his relationship with his father; the journey "outward" through the novel also contains a search for Rico's childhood and a reunion with his estranged parent.[68] Moral decline Starship Troopers also critiques US society of the 1950s, suggesting that it led young people to be spoiled and undisciplined. These beliefs are expressed through the classroom lectures of Dubois, Rico's teacher for History and Moral Philosophy. Dubois praises flogging and other types of corporal punishment as a means of addressing juvenile crimes. It has been suggested that Heinlein endorsed this view, although the fact that Dubois also compares raising children to training a puppy has been used to argue that Heinlein was making use of irony.[10] The story is strongly in favor of corporal punishment and capital punishment, as a means of correcting juvenile delinquents, part of a trend in science fiction which examines technology and outer space in an innovative manner, but is reactionary with respect to human relationships.[7][23] As with other books by Heinlein, traditional schools are denigrated, while learning "on the spot" is extolled: Rico is able to master the things required of him in military training without undue difficulty.[19] Dubois also ridicules the idea of inalienable rights, such as "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness", arguing that people have only the rights that they are willing to fight and die for to protect.[33][66][69] The novel appeals to scientific authority to justify this position; Dubois repeatedly states that his argument is mathematically demonstrable, statements which have led scholars to label the novel "hard science fiction", despite its social and political themes.[70] The "moral decline" caused by this situation is depicted as having caused a global war between an alliance of the US, Britain, and Russia against the "Chinese Hegemony" in the year 1987. Despite the alliance between the US and Russia, this war has been described as demonstrating Heinlein's anti-communist beliefs, which saw "swarming hordes" of Chinese as a bigger threat. The novel draws some comparisons between the Chinese and the Arachnids, and suggests that the lessons of one war could be applied to the other.[69] Reception To Heinlein's surprise,[71] Starship Troopers won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1960.[72] It has been acknowledged as one of the best-known and most influential works of science fiction.[2][21] The novel is considered a landmark for the genre, having been described by a 1960 review as one of the ten best genre books of 1959,[73] in a 2009 review as a key science fiction novel of the 1950s,[14] and as the best-known example of military science fiction.[74] The novel has been described as marking Heinlein's transition from writing juvenile fiction to a "more mature phase" as an author.[3] Reviewing the book with others written for children, Floyd C. Gale of Galaxy Science Fiction wrote in 1960 that "Heinlein has penned a juvenile that really is not. This is a new and bitter and disillusioned Heinlein". Rating it 2.5 stars out of five for children, 4.5 stars for adults, and "?" for civilians, he believed that the novel would be "of exceptional interest to veterans with battle experience ... but youngsters will find it melancholy and verbose".[75] Conversely, Michael Moorcock described it as Heinlein's last "straight" science fiction, before he turned to more serious writing such as Stranger in a Strange Land.[76] By 1980, twenty years after its release, Starship Troopers had been translated into eleven languages and was still selling strongly. Heinlein nevertheless complained that, despite this success, almost all the mail he received about it was negative and he only heard about it "when someone wants to chew me out".[71] The novel is highly contentious.[3] Controversy surrounded its praise of the military and approval of violence, to the extent that it has frequently been described as fascist, and its implication that militarism is superior to traditional democracy.[3][77] Heinlein's peers were among those who argued over the book; a comparison between a quote in Starship Troopers that "the noblest fate that a man can endure is to place his own mortal body between his loved home and war's desolation"[78] and the anti-war poem "Dulce et Decorum Est" by Wilfred Owen began a two-year discussion in the Proceedings of the Institute for Twenty-First Century Studies from 1959 to 1961, with James Blish, Poul Anderson, Philip José Farmer, Anthony Boucher, John Brunner, Brian Aldiss, among those debating Starship Troopers's quality of writing, philosophy, and morality.[79] The writing in Starship Troopers has received varied responses, with the scenes of military training and combat receiving praise. In a 2009 retrospective, science-fiction writer Jo Walton wrote that Starship Troopers was "military SF done extremely well".[18] She went on to argue that "Heinlein was absolutely at his peak when he wrote this in 1959. He had so much technical stylistic mastery of the craft of writing science fiction that he could [tell the story] 'backwards and in high heels' and get away with it."[18] Others referred to it as very readable, and found the military scenes compelling.[3][11][12] Heinlein's descriptions of training and boot camp in the novel, based on his own experiences in the military, have been described as being rendered with remarkable skill.[17] A 1960 review in the New York Herald Tribune praised the "brilliantly written" passages describing infantry combat, and also called attention to the discussion of weapons and armor,[80] which, according to other reviewers, demonstrated Heinlein's "undiminished talent for invention".[19] Scholar George Slusser described the book in 1986 as the "ultimately convincing space-war epic", praising in particular the "precisely imagined" weapons and tactics,[68] while a 1979 science fiction encyclopedia referred to it as the "slickest" of Heinlein's juvenile books.[19] Criticism of the style of the book has centered on its political aspects. Heinlein's discussions of his political beliefs were criticized as "didactic",[11][80][81] and the novel was derided for "exposition [that was] inserted in large indigestible chunks".[80] Author Ken MacLeod's 2003 analysis of the political nature of Starship Troopers stated that it was "a book where civics infodumps and accounts of brutal boot-camp training far outweigh the thin and tensionless combat scenes".[12] Scientist and author Brunner compared it to a "Victorian children's book",[82] while the Science Fiction Handbook published in 2009 said that the novel provided "compelling images of a futuristic military" and that it raised important questions, even for those who disagree with its political ideology. However, it stated that the story was weak as a tale of an alien encounter, as it did not explore alien society in any detail, but presented the Arachnids as nameless and faceless creatures that wished to destroy humanity.[22] Boucher, founder of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, remarked in 1960 that Heinlein had "forgotten to insert a story".[80] A 1979 summary said that though Heinlein's vision might verge on fascism, his tightly controlled narrative made his ideology seem "vibrantly appealing".[19] Criticism of militarism Starship Troopers is generally considered to promote militarism, the glorification of war and of the military.[14] Scholar Bruce Franklin referred to it in 1980 as a "bugle-blowing, drum-beating glorification" of military service, and wrote that militarism and imperialism were the explicit message of the book.[15][83] Science fiction writer Dean McLaughlin called it "a book-length recruiting poster".[84] In 1968 science fiction critic Alexei Panshin called Starship Troopers a militaristic polemic and compared it to a recruiting film, stating that it "purports to show the life of a typical soldier, with a soundtrack commentary by earnest sincere Private Jones who interprets what we see for us." Panshin stated that there was no "sustained human conflict" in the book: instead, "All the soldiers we see are tough, smart, competent, cleancut, clean-shaven, and noble."[85] Panshin, a veteran of the peacetime military, argued that Heinlein glossed over the reality of military life, and that the Terran Federation-Arachnid conflict existed simply because, "Starship troopers are not half so glorious sitting on their butts polishing their weapons for the tenth time for lack of anything else to do."[85] Literature scholar George Slusser, in describing the novel as "wrong-headed and retrogressive", argued that calling its ideology militarism or imperialism was inadequate, as these descriptions suggested an economic motive. Slusser instead says that Heinlein advocates for a complete "technological subjugation of nature", of which the Arachnids are a symbol, and that this subjugation itself is depicted as a sign of human advancement.[83] A 1997 review of the film in Salon stated that the novel could almost be described as propaganda, and was terrifying as a result, particularly in its belief that the boot camp had to be an ingredient of any civilization. This was described as a highly unusual utopian vision.[1] Moorcock stated that the lessons Rico learns in boot camp: "wars are inevitable, [and] that the army is always right".[76] In discussing the book's utility in classroom discussions of the form of government, Alan Myers stated that its depiction of the military was of an "unashamedly Earth-chauvinist nature".[11] In the words of science fiction scholar Darko Suvin, Starship Troopers was an "unsubtle but powerful black-and-white paean to combat life", and an example of agitprop in favor of military values.[81] Other writers defended Heinlein. George Price argued that "[Heinlein] implies, first, that war is something endured, not enjoyed, and second, that war is so unpleasant, so desolate, that it must at all costs be kept away from one's home."[86] Poul Anderson also defended some of the novel's positions, arguing "Heinlein has recognized the problem of selective versus nonselective franchise, and his proposed solution does merit discussion."[87] Complaints were made against Heinlein for the lack of conscription in Starship Troopers. When he wrote the novel, the military draft was still in effect in the US.[88] Allegations of fascism The society within the book has frequently been described as fascist.[14][16][17] According to the 2009 Science Fiction Handbook, it had the effect of giving Heinlein a reputation as a "fanatical warmongering fascist".[6] Scholar Jeffrey Cass has referred to the setting of the book as "unremittingly grim fascism". He has stated that the novel made an analogy between its military conflict and those of the US after World War II, and that it justified American imperialism in the name of fighting another form of imperialism.[89] Jasper Goss has referred to it as "crypto-fascist".[17] Suvin compares Heinlein's suggestion that "all wars arise from population pressure" to the Nazi concept of Lebensraum or "living space" for a superior society that was used to justify territorial expansion.[90] Some reviewers have suggested that Heinlein was simply discussing the merits of a selective versus a nonselective franchise.[18] Heinlein made a similar claim, over two decades after Starship Troopers's publication, in his Expanded Universe and further claimed that 95 percent of "veterans" were not military personnel but members of the civil service.[91] Heinlein's own description has been disputed, even among the book's defenders. Heinlein scholar James Gifford has argued that a number of quotes within the novel suggest that the characters within the book assume that the Federal Service is largely military. For instance, when Rico tells his father that he is interested in Federal Service, his father immediately explains his belief that Federal Service is a bad idea because there is no war in progress, indicating that he sees Federal Service as military in nature. Gifford states that although Heinlein's intentions may have been that Federal Service be 95 percent non-military, in relation to the actual contents of the book, Heinlein "is wrong on this point. Flatly so."[5] Dennis Showalter, writing in 1975, defended Starship Troopers, stating that the society depicted in it did not contain many elements of fascism. He argues that the novel does not include outright opposition to Bolshevism and liberalism that would be expected in a fascist society.[89] Others have responded by saying Showalter's argument is based on a literal reading of the novel, and that the story glorifies militarism to a large extent.[89] Ken Macleod argues that the book does not actually advocate fascism because anybody capable of understanding the oath of Federal Service is able to enlist and thereby obtain political power.[12] Macleod states that Heinlein's books are consistently liberal, but cover a spectrum from democratic to elitist forms of liberalism, Starship Troopers being on the latter end of the spectrum.[2] It has been argued that Heinlein's militarism is more libertarian than fascist, and that this trend is also present in Heinlein's other popular books of the period, such as Stranger in a Strange Land (1961) and The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (1966). This period of Heinlein's writing has received more critical attention than any other, although he continued to write into the 1980s.[14] Apparent utopianism The setting of the book is presented by Heinlein as utopian; its leaders are shown as good and wise, and the population as free and prosperous.[6][19] Slusser wrote in 1987 that Starship Troopers depicts a world that is "hell for human beings", but nonetheless celebrates the ideology of its fictional society.[83] The rulers are claimed to be the best in history, because they understand that human nature is to fight for power through the use of force.[43] The suggestion of utopia is not explored in depth, as the lives of those outside the military are not shown in any detail.[19][22] The novel suggests that the militarist philosophy espoused by many of the characters has a mathematical backing, though reviewers have commented that Heinlein does not present any basis for this.[18][43] Writers such as Farmer, Robert A. W. Lowndes, and Michael Moorcock have criticized the novel for being a hypothetical utopia, in the sense that while Heinlein's ideas sound plausible, they have never been put to the test. Moorcock wrote an essay entitled "Starship Stormtroopers" in which he attacked Heinlein and other writers over similar "Utopian fiction".[76] Lowndes accused Heinlein of using straw man arguments, "countering ingenuous half-truths with brilliant half-truths".[92] Lowndes further argued that the Terran Federation could never be as idealistic as Heinlein portrays it to be because he never properly addressed "whether or not [non-citizens] have at least as full a measure of civil redress against official injustice as we have today".[92] Farmer agreed, arguing that a "world ruled by veterans would be as mismanaged, graft-ridden, and insane as one ruled by men who had never gotten near the odor of blood and guts".[93] Race and gender Authors and commentators have stated that the manner in which the extraterrestrial beings are portrayed in Starship Troopers has racist aspects, arguing that the nicknames "Bugs" and "Skinnies" carry racial overtones. John Brunner compared them to calling Koreans "gooks".[82] Slusser argued that the term "Bugs" was an "abusive and biologically inaccurate" word that justified the violence against alien beings, a tendency which, according to Slusser, the book shared with other commercially successful science fiction.[62] Some of Heinlein's other works have also been described as racist, though Franklin argues that this was not unique to Heinlein, and that he was less racist than the US government of the time.[94] Heinlein's early novel Sixth Column was called a "racist paean" to a white resistance movement against an Asian horde derived from the Yellow Peril.[95] In 1978, Moorcock wrote that Starship Troopers "set the pattern for Heinlein's more ambitious paternalistic, xenophobic" stories.[76] Robert Lowndes argues that the war between the Terrans and the Arachnids is not about a quest for racial purity, but rather an extension of Heinlein's belief that man is a wild animal. According to this theory, if man lacks a moral compass beyond the will to survive, and he was confronted by another species with a similar lack of morality, then the only possible moral result would be warfare.[92] The fact that all pilots in the novel are women (in contrast to the infantry, which is entirely male) has been cited as evidence of progressive gender politics within the story, although the idea expressed by Rico that women are the motivation for men to fight in the military is a counter-example to this.[18][22] A 1996 science fiction encyclopedia said that like much of Heinlein's fiction, Starship Troopers exemplified "macho male culture".[96] The prosthetically enhanced soldiers in the novel, all of whom are men, have been described as an example of the "hyper-masculinity" brought on by the proximity of these men to technology.[97] The story portrays the Arachnids as so alien that the only response to them can be war. Feminist scholars have described this reaction as a "conventionally masculinist" one.[98] Steffen Hantke has described the mechanized suits in the novel, which make the wearer resemble a "steel gorilla," as defining masculinity as "something intensely physical, based on animal power, instinct, and aggression". He calls this form of masculinity "all body, so to speak, and no brain".[99] Thus, in Hantke's reading, Starship Troopers expresses fears of how masculinity may be preserved in an environment of high technology.[100] This fear is exacerbated by the motifs of pregnancy and birth that Heinlein uses when describing how the soldiers in suits are dropped from spaceships piloted by women.[101] Though Rico says he finds women "marvelous", he shows no desire for sexual activity; the war seems to have subsumed sex in this respect.[19] A 1979 summary argued that despite the gestures towards women's equality, women in the story were still objects, to be protected, and to fight wars over.[19] Influence A real-life concept of powered armor, an idea popularized by Starship Troopers[102] Heinlein's books, and Starship Troopers in particular, had an enormous impact on political science fiction, to the extent that author Ken MacLeod has stated that "the political strand in [science fiction] can be described as a dialogue with Heinlein," although many participants in this dialogue disagree with Heinlein.[2] Science fiction critic Darko Suvin states that Starship Troopers is the "ancestral text of US science fiction militarism" and that it shaped the debate about the role of the military in society for many years.[20] In addition to his political views, Heinlein's ideas about a futuristic military as depicted in the novel were deeply influential among films, books, and television shows in later years.[22] Roger Beaumont has suggested that Starship Troopers may some day be considered a manual for extraterrestrial warfare.[103] Suvin refers to Juan Rico as the "archetypal Space Soldier".[104] Starship Troopers included concepts in military engineering which have since been widely used in other fiction, and which have occasionally been paralleled by scientific research. The novel has been cited as the source of the idea of powered armor exoskeletons, which Heinlein describes in great detail.[83][105][106][107] Such suits became a staple of military science fiction. Franchises that have employed this technology include Iron Man, Exo Squad, Halo, District 9, Elysium, and Edge of Tomorrow.[21] During the shooting of the science fiction film Aliens, director James Cameron required the actors playing space marines to read Starship Troopers to understand their parts, and also cited it as an influence for the space drop, terms like "bug hunt", and the cargo-loader exoskeleton.[108] Starship Troopers had a direct influence on many later science fiction stories. John Steakley's 1984 novel Armor was, according to the author, born out of frustration with the small amount of actual combat in Starship Troopers and because he wanted this aspect developed further.[109] The "Mobile Suits" from the 1979 Nippon Sunrise anime series Mobile Suit Gundam were inspired by the powered armor from Starship Troopers.[110] The 1988 Gainax OVA series Gunbuster has plot elements similar to Starship Troopers, depicting humanity arrayed against an alien military.[107] Scholars have identified elements of Heinlein's influence in Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card, as well. Hantke, in particular, compares the battle room in Ender's Game to Heinlein's prosthetic suits, stating that they both regulate but also enhance human agency.[111] Suvin suggests parallels between the plots of the two novels, with human society in both stories at war against insect-like aliens, but states that the story of Ender Wiggin takes a very different direction, as Ender regrets his genocidal actions and dedicates his efforts to protecting his erstwhile targets.[104] Conversely, Joe Haldeman's 1974 anti-war, Hugo- and Nebula-winning science fiction novel The Forever War is popularly thought to be a direct reply to Starship Troopers, and though Haldeman has stated that it is actually a result of his personal experiences in the Vietnam War, he has admitted to being influenced by Starship Troopers.[112][113][114] Haldeman said that he disagreed with Starship Troopers because it "glorifies war", but added that "it's a very well-crafted novel, and I believe Heinlein was honest with it".[112] The Forever War contains several parallels to Starship Troopers, including its setting. Commentators have described it as a reaction to Heinlein's novel, a suggestion Haldeman denies; the two novels are very different in terms of their attitude towards the military. The Forever War does not depict war as a noble pursuit, with the sides clearly defined as good and evil; instead, the novel explores the dehumanizing effect of war, influenced by the real world context of the Vietnam War.[23] Haldeman received a letter from Heinlein, congratulating him on his Nebula Award, which "meant more than the award itself".[115] According to author Spider Robinson, Heinlein approached Haldeman at the awards banquet and said the book "may be the best future war story I've ever read!"[116] Harry Harrison's 1965 novel Bill, the Galactic Hero has also been described as a reaction to Starship Troopers,[6] while Gordon R. Dickson's 1961 novel Naked to the Stars has been called "an obvious rejoinder" to Starship Troopers.[117] Ring of Swords, written by Eleanor Arnason in 1993, also depicts a war between two highly aggressive species, of which humans are one. The story deliberately inverts several aspects of Starship Troopers: the story is told from the point of view of diplomats seeking to prevent war, rather than soldiers fighting it, and the conflict is the result of the two species being extremely similar, rather than different.[118] Adaptations 1997 film Main article: Starship Troopers (film) Further information: Starship Troopers (franchise) The film rights to the novel were licensed in the 1990s, several years after Heinlein's death. The project was originally entitled Bug Hunt at Outpost Nine, and had been in production before the producers bought the rights to Starship Troopers.[119][120][121] The film was directed by Paul Verhoeven (who found the book too boring to finish), and released in 1997.[122] The screenplay, by Ed Neumeier, shared character names and some plot details with the novel.[123] The film contained several elements that differed from the book, including a military that is completely integrated with respect to sex. It had the stated intention of treating its material in an ironic or sarcastic manner, to undermine the political ideology of the novel.[17][124] The mechanized suits that featured prominently in the novel were absent from the film, due to budget constraints.[99] The film used fascist imagery throughout, including portraying the Terran Federation's personnel wearing uniforms strongly reminiscent of those worn by the SS, the Nazi paramilitary.[125] Verhoeven stated in 1997 that the first scene of the film – an advertisement for the Mobile Infantry – was adapted shot-for-shot from a scene in Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will (1935), specifically an outdoor rally for the Reichsarbeitsdienst. Other references to Nazism include the Albert Speer-style architecture and the propagandistic dialogue ("Violence is the supreme authority!").[126] According to Verhoeven, the references to Nazism reflected his own experience in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II.[24][127] The film reignited the debate over the nature of the Terran society in Heinlein's world, and several critics accused Verhoeven of creating a fascist universe. Others, and Verhoeven himself, have stated that the film was intended to be ironic, and to critique fascism.[77][128] The film has also been described as criticizing the jingoism of US foreign policy, the military industrial complex, and the society in the film, which elevates violence over sensitivity.[129] It received several negative critical reviews, reviewers suggesting that it was unsophisticated and targeted a juvenile audience, although some scholars and critics have also supported its description as satirical.[21][24][124][129] The absence of the powered armor technology drew criticism from fans.[21][99] The success of the film's endeavor to critique the ideology of the novel has been disputed.[24] Four sequels, Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (2004),[130] Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (2008),[131] Starship Troopers: Invasion (2012)[132] and Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars (2017) were released as straight-to-DVD films. In December 2011, Neal H. Moritz, producer of films such as the Fast & Furious series and I Am Legend, announced plans for a remake of the film that he claims will be more faithful to the source material.[133] In 2016 Mark Swift and Damian Shannon were reported to be writing the film.[134][needs update] Animated series Main article: Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles An animated TV series was also released based both on the novel and 1997 film called Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles, it follows the exploits of the Mobile Infantry squad, "Razak's Roughnecks", during the SICON–Bugs War between a newly united humanity and an extraterrestrial race, known as the "Bugs," also sometimes referred to as Arachnids. The show focuses mainly on the Roughnecks' missions, rather than addressing the larger war. Paul Verhoeven served as an executive producer.[135] The show ran for one season from August 1999 to April 2000. Other media From October to December 1988, Sunrise and Bandai Visual produced a six-episode Japanese original video animation locally titled Uchū no Senshi with mobile infantry power armor designs by Kazutaka Miyatake, based on Starship Troopers.[136] Dark Horse Comics, Mongoose Publishing and Markosia hold the license to produce comic books based on Starship Troopers, written by authors including Warren Ellis, Gordon Rennie and Tony Lee.[137][138] Avalon Hill published Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers in 1976, a map-and-counter board wargame featuring a number of scenarios as written in the novel.[139] In 1998, Mythic Entertainment released Starship Troopers: Battlespace. The web-based interactive game, in which players battled each other in overhead space combat, allowed players to assume either Klendathu or Federation roles, was developed alongside the film adaptation.[24][140] Starship Troopers: The Miniatures Game was released by Mongoose Publishing in 2005, a miniature wargame which used material from the novel, film, and animated TV series.[141] Spectre Media released Starship Troopers: Invasion Mobile Infantry, a game for PCs, in 2012.[142] Offworld Industries developed and published the 2023 game Starship Troopers: Extermination, a cooperative multiplayer first-person shooter available for PC.[143]

Heinlein's sci-fi classic is rather different from the campy satire of Paul Verhoeven's 1997 adaptation. You can ask similar questions of both. Do they gleefully depict fascism? Do they glorify militarism and violence? Do they successfully subvert either? In our experience, both versions of Starship Troopers seem...complicated. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.Follow @overduepod on Instagram and BlueskyAdvertise on OverdueSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Den 23-årige musicalskuespiller Amanda Frederikke Traun er de kriseramte unges nye, store stemme. Vi spørger to teenagere, om hun rammer dem rent. Vi skal også høre en dansk familie-influencers vurdering af tradwife-romanen "Yesteryear", rejse til Valhalal med satirikerne Gigis, høre hvorfor Gandalf demonstrerer i Berlin og se på den nye amerikanske soldateruniform, der blander nazi-inspiration med "Starship Troopers". Vært: Morten Runge Medvirkende: Amanda Frederikke Traun: Skuespiller Cecilie Busk Stie og Otto Casselgreen: unge teatergæster Ekaterina Andersen: Husmor og influent Malthe Emil Kibsgaard: Filminstruktør Markus Bernsen: Tech-journalist ved Weekendavisen Lars Struwe: Sikkerhedspolitisk seniorrådgiver for Tænketanken Atlantsammenslutningen Producer: David Turner Redaktør: Lasse Lauridsen

"Figuring things out for yourself is the only freedom anyone really has.”The lads discuss STARSHIP TROOPERS. They also get into NARNIA, the big meetup, Proto seeing RESIDENT EVIL and revisiting ISLE OF DOGS, Danny seeing HOPE, slim revisiting PARANORMAL ACTIVITY and KNIGHT AND DAY and more. In the uncut portion of the episode we got into Vin Diesel's feet, Costco sheet cake, the iPhone 18 Pro, slim possibly heading to London to interview Tom Cruise, and planning to see GODZILLA MINUS ZERO together in Florida.Chapters:(00:00:00) Introductions + Meetup(00:11:19) Starship Troopers discussion(01:07:05) What we watched(01:18:12) Next week ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

ACOFAE Podcast Presents: Laura's Half Birthday episode: Starship Troopers. It's Laura Marie's half birthday which means that she's making Jessica Marie watch a movie that she would never usually watch, Starship Troopers. A movie that is not supposed to be taken serious, but was when it was released, Starship Troopers follows a group of high-school? friends as they join the military and begin their indoctrination. Following the destruction of their home city, Johnny Rico and his pals double down on their militaristic ways and work together to capture a suspicious looking brain bug. A movie full of messages, slime, and special effects that look incredible now, Starship Troopers is worth a look with adult eyes. "I'm doing my part."

After losing multiple Hollywood legends we decided to honor two of them with reviews of 9 to 5 and The Wild Thornberrys MovieWelcome to the Movies to Watch Before You Die Podcast with Gab and Dylan!Movies To Watch Before You Die merch here - https://moviestowatchbeforeyoudie-shop.fourthwall.com/Look up the movie here - 9 to 5 The Wild Thornberrys MovieFind us everywhere here - https://linktr.ee/moviestowatchbeforeyoudie00:00 Welcome10:49 What's it about?19:00 Opinion Time01:06:37 Let's get to the facts01:23:23 Mail Time01:35:33 VerdictsWe're a member of the Hall of Pods, find links for our podcasting friends here - https://linktr.ee/hallofpodsWho are we: A former actress and video editor but more than anything we're movie fans like you.Why listen? Why not! We're gonna talk about movies you love, movies you hate, and movies you've never heard of. We can't wait to hear what you think of them too. If you want to tell us your opinion on whether or not a movie is one we should watch before we die, tell us we're wrong, or tell us you like the show send us an email or voice message at moviestowatchbeforeyoudie@gmail.com . We can't wait to hear from you and we can't wait to talk movies!Thanks to Scott Interrante for the music in our intro!Thanks to Brian Maneely for our artwork!Movies Dylan and Gab agree you should watch before you die: Vampire's Kiss, Die Hard, Tropic Thunder, Wag the Dog, The Legend of Billie Jean, You've Got Mail, True Lies, The Room, Game Night, The Truman Show, The Great Gatsby, Whiplash, The Lost Boys, The Fugitive, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, My Cousin Vinny, Shutter Island, Starship Troopers, Big, Joy Ride, The Jerk, Alien/Aliens, Best in Show, Freaky Friday, Over the Garden Wall, North, Catch Me If You Can, Clue, Jerry Maguire, Groundhog Day, The Great Mouse Detective, Chicago, Wall-E, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Breakdown, Cool Runnings, Ruthless People, Mean Girls, Borat, A League of Their Own, City Slickers, Jingle All the Way, Saw, The Lion King, Little Big League, The Naked Gun, Young Frankenstein, Tootsie, The Changeling, The Birdcage, Superman, The Mitchells vs. the Machines, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Twins, Training Day, When Harry Met Sally, Jurassic Park, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Clueless, Project Hail Mary, Big Fat Liar, Shrek 2, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Obsession, Palm Springs, and Monsters, Inc.

Sponsor Link:This episode of Space Nuts is brought to you with the support of NordVPN. your first stop for online privavcy. To check out our special offer with a 30 day money back guarantee, visit www.nordvpn.com/spacenutsSpace Nuts: Venus's Missing Moon, Satellite Pollution, and Space Force Uniform ControversySpace Nuts covers three very different space stories in this episode, ranging from planetary science to the consequences of satellite reentry and a controversial military uniform design. Andrew Dunkley and Professor Fred Watson also field listener questions on orbital mechanics, neutrinos, alien communication, and time dilation.The discussion is broad, but the main thread is clear: how real-world physics shapes everything from Venus's history to the future of spaceflight and even the look of space-age uniforms.Key topicsVenus is Earth-like in size, mass, and gravity, but unlike Earth it has no moon, and the episode explores whether it may once have had one.Fred explains a modeling study led by Stephen Kane suggesting a Venus moon could have spiraled inward, crossed the Roche limit, and been torn apart by tidal forces.The team discusses what evidence might remain if Venus once consumed a moon, including possible chemical fingerprints in the atmosphere or surface.Satellite pollution is examined through the lens of reentering spacecraft, especially the growing number of Starlink reentries and their impact on the upper atmosphere.The European Space Agency's jet-based chase of two reentering Cluster spacecraft, Tango and Samba, is described as an effort to measure reentry byproducts directly.The conversation raises concerns about aluminium oxides, atmospheric chemistry, and whether repeated reentries could have broader consequences such as ozone depletion.The final main story looks at proposed United States Space Force uniforms and why the design drew immediate comparisons to World War II-era fascist aesthetics and Starship Troopers.Andrew and Fred note how uniform design can shape perception, and why the new concept feels divisive rather than inspiring.Timestamps00:00 - Intro and setup for the episode00:41 - Venus, satellite pollution, and Space Force uniforms preview04:40 - Venus as Earth's twin and why it has no moon08:21 - Modeling a missing Venusian moon09:20 - Gravitational tug-of-war and moon migration toward Venus11:44 - Conditions for a moon to survive around Venus12:43 - Possible traces of an ancient moon impact16:06 - Satellite pollution from reentering spacecraft17:16 - Starlink reentries and atmospheric contamination18:14 - ESA's jet chase of reentering Cluster spacecraft20:06 - Observing Tango and Samba during controlled reentry21:45 - Why the atmospheric consequences could become controversial23:12 - Wood as a potentially more benign spacecraft material24:16 - Space Force uniforms and the first visual reaction25:34 - Starship Troopers and deliberate fascist design cues27:29 - Why the proposed uniforms feel unsettlingBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/space-nuts-astronomy-insights-cosmic-discoveries--2631155/support.

Season 5 baby!!! 199 movies. This one is about a young cyberfootball player who's drawn into a war he doesn't quite understand but some skirt.. Enjoy!

Opie sings Beastie Boys sort of!? They tear through the documentary, MCA, Ad-Rock looking like a Jewish accountant, Paul's Boutique bombing, and how Sabotage got made.Then it's Stern working one day a week and still winning, Trump's Space Force uniforms ripped from Starship Troopers, and Mitch McConnell getting wheeled out after three months looking catatonic. Ron gets roasted for Dancing with the Stars. Bob Mackie, Glen Campbell, Brian Wilson, and Pet Sounds all get hit.The back half is Opie naming the comics who used the old show then vanished — Rogan, Theo, Bert, Sherrod — and the few who didn't forget. Unfiltered, bitter, and still funny.Support the Show:https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/PRULKVNHUMQVAAbout Opie Unfiltered:Hosted by Gregg "Opie" Hughes—co-creator of the legendary Opie and Anthony show—Opie Unfiltered brings raw, unscripted commentary, classic radio lore, and unfiltered comedy featuring Ron the Waiter and regular guests.For fans of classic New York talk radio, unedited comedy, satellite broadcast history, and the original Opie and Anthony era.

Matt and Eric enter the crazy paradox of 2014's PREDESTINATION, with Ethan Hawke playing a veteran time cop chasing a mad bomber and Succession's Sarah Snook playing...well, you'll see. Time to get all wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey!

Mikey & Jeremy Watch a Paul Verhoeven Science Fiction Cult Classic, Starship Troopers. They discuss the military industrial complex, citizenship through service, and bugs shooting big blue glowing balls of plasma out of their buttholes. 

110% NOSTALGEEK - ÉPISODE 8! La nostalgie frappe encore une fois! Dans ce nouvel épisode de 110% NostalGeek présenté par G Pour Geek, on remonte le temps pour revisiter des films, des souvenirs, du gaming et des séries qui ont marqué toute une génération! SEGMENT REWINDOn revisite le film Starship Troopers!Et quand le football devenait complètement fou! #DanySEGMENT LOST IN TIMELes fêtes foraines : on aime ou on aime pas?Découvrez aussi le Top 10 des icônes du gaming! #DanySEGMENT FLUX CAPACITORRetour sur une série culte de notre jeunesse : Le Loup-garou du campus! #DanyDes souvenirs, des débats, des découvertes et surtout… beaucoup de nostalgie!110% NostalGeek - Épisode 8 présenté par G Pour Geek!#GPourGeek #110NostalGeek #Podcast #PodcastQuébécois #Nostalgie #NostalGeek #StarshipTroopers #LeLoupGarouDuCampus #Gaming #JeuxVidéo #Top10Gaming #FêtesForaines #Football #Cinéma #SériesTV #Années90 #Années2000 #CultureGeek #Geek #PopCulture‐-------‐‐-----------------------------------------Site Web ⬇️www.gpourgeek.caBalado Quebec ⬇️https://baladoquebec.ca/g-pour-geek/110percent-nostalgeek-episode-8-starship-troopers-gaming-fetes-foraines-et-le-loup-garou-du-campusSpotify ⬇️https://open.spotify.com/show/1u1BuLjlLfSSOLq8YuAEa0Linktree ⬇️https://linktr.ee/gpourgeekYoutube ⬇️https://youtu.be/LYJxPsk5SQo

When you think about space exploration today, it's easy to scoff at the profligate spending of billionaires drunk on ambition, the vanity trips laced with an impressive lack of self-awareness (best characterized by Gayle King's “have you been?”), or even Space Force uniforms “inspired by the discipline of the Starship Trooper uniform.” But there are actually good, insightful, and even artful things happening. One of them is the launch of SPACE JUNK, a new print publication “examining the intersection of the culture of space travel and humanity's relationship with the cosmos.” We spoke with Jack Mills about why space is both a “red herring” and an “excuse to think about the future and ways that we might rebuild,” an impending NASA partnership butt-dialling astronauts, and how he got Bottega Veneta to foot some of the bill.IG: @sideprojects__YouTube: @SideProjectsPodcastSubstack: https://sideprojectsco.substack.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oh my lucky stars, a new episode!Welcome to the Movies to Watch Before You Die Podcast with Gab and Dylan!Movies To Watch Before You Die merch here - https://moviestowatchbeforeyoudie-shop.fourthwall.com/Look up the movie here - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124298/Find us everywhere here - https://linktr.ee/moviestowatchbeforeyoudie00:00 Welcome01:19 What's it about?12:01 Opinion Time01:01:27 Let's get to the facts01:12:54 Mail Time01:18:03 VerdictsWe're a member of the Hall of Pods, find links for our podcasting friends here - https://linktr.ee/hallofpodsWho are we: A former actress and video editor but more than anything we're movie fans like you.Why listen? Why not! We're gonna talk about movies you love, movies you hate, and movies you've never heard of. We can't wait to hear what you think of them too. If you want to tell us your opinion on whether or not a movie is one we should watch before we die, tell us we're wrong, or tell us you like the show send us an email or voice message at moviestowatchbeforeyoudie@gmail.com . We can't wait to hear from you and we can't wait to talk movies!Thanks to Scott Interrante for the music in our intro!Thanks to Brian Maneely for our artwork!Movies Dylan and Gab agree you should watch before you die: Vampire's Kiss, Die Hard, Tropic Thunder, Wag the Dog, The Legend of Billie Jean, You've Got Mail, True Lies, The Room, Game Night, The Truman Show, The Great Gatsby, Whiplash, The Lost Boys, The Fugitive, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, My Cousin Vinny, Shutter Island, Starship Troopers, Big, Joy Ride, The Jerk, Alien/Aliens, Best in Show, Freaky Friday, Over the Garden Wall, North, Catch Me If You Can, Clue, Jerry Maguire, Groundhog Day, The Great Mouse Detective, Chicago, Wall-E, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Breakdown, Cool Runnings, Ruthless People, Mean Girls, Borat, A League of Their Own, City Slickers, Jingle All the Way, Saw, The Lion King, Little Big League, The Naked Gun, Young Frankenstein, Tootsie, The Changeling, The Birdcage, Superman, The Mitchells vs. the Machines, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Twins, Training Day, When Harry Met Sally, Jurassic Park, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Clueless, Project Hail Mary, Big Fat Liar, Shrek 2, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Obsession, Palm Springs, and Monsters, Inc.

Nick Mullen returns to the pod to discuss his pathetic childhood fantasy, the key missing ingredient from new action movies, Casper Van Dien, Starship Troopers, hitting the steam room at the gym, Spider-Man and superhero movies, typewriters being performative, his upcoming tour dates, only touring again so he can hook up with guys on the road, and much more. Nick and Stav help callers including a guy considering getting a job at a data center to pay down his high student debt, and a fit woman with a tiny frame who discovered her boyfriend's feeder kink. See Nick Mullen on tour: https://www.mull.dog/live-shows Follow Nick Mullen on social media: https://www.instagram.com/mulldogforever https://www.tiktok.com/@mulldogforever https://x.com/nycguidovoice Thanks to our sponsors!! Visible - https://www.visible.com/ SWITCH NOW! Twisted Tea - https://www.twistedtea.com/locations Keep It Twisted!! ☎️ Want to be a part of the show? Call 904-800-STAV and leave a voicemail to get advice!

404 Coyote vs Acme Lives Wolverine Carnage Dolly Parton Tim Curry Peter CullenDoom Scrolling IntroThe Foos are back after a night at The Glass House seeing Spineshank and (hed) p.e., complete with an aging-but-still-functioning mosh pit, brewery stops, stouts, cider, and late-night al pastor burritos.Then the fast-food nostalgia wars continue. The Hello Kitty x Godzilla McDonald's collection is almost complete, Burger King is coming after millennials with Dragon Ball Super toys, Jack in the Box may have a Simpsons Treehouse of Horror takeover coming, and Krispy Kreme already got them with Pokémon. Apparently adults with disposable income are the new Happy Meal demographic.Before Geeking Out, Joe and Steph pay tribute to three icons lost this week: Dolly Parton, Tim Curry, and Peter Cullen. They look back at Dolly's music, philanthropy and surprising Buffy connection; Tim Curry's legendary roles from Rocky Horror and Clue to Pennywise; and Peter Cullen's unmistakable Optimus Prime voice and the touching story behind how he created it.Geeking Out starts with Coyote vs. Acme finally making it into theaters after nearly becoming a tax write-off. The Foos revisit the bizarre road that nearly buried the completed Looney Tunes movie and why its survival became bigger than the movie itself.Then Marvel's Wolverine turns the violence all the way up ahead of its PS5 release, with dismemberment, brutal combat and Logan behaving exactly like Wolverine should. EA's long-missing Iron Man game also resurfaces after unfinished gameplay leaks online, finally proving the project still exists.Star Wars gets tactical with Zero Company, a turn-based Clone Wars-era game that Joe immediately compares to XCOM. Steph also dives into the newest extended look at GTA VI, including Vice City, Jason and Lucia, preorder bonuses and the question everyone still has: is this game actually going to release?They close Geeking Out with the sad news that Tippett Studio is shutting down after 35 years, marking the end of another major piece of practical-effects history tied to Star Wars, RoboCop, Starship Troopers and more. Plus, LA Comic Con costume planning begins with April O'Neil, Casey Jones and the increasingly dangerous possibility of Joe showing up as Raphael in a trench coat.Here's What I Would Do brings two career dilemmas: Marcus in Pasadena finally lands his dream job, only to learn everyone he trusts says the company is miserable to work for. Anthony in El Monte faces something even heavier — his family expects him to take over the restaurant his grandparents started, but preserving the family legacy might mean giving up the career and life he actually wants.ChaptersDoom Scrolling IntroSpineshank + (hed) p.e. at The Glass HouseGodzilla Hello Kitty collection + Dragon Ball Burger KingSimpsons Jack in the Box + Pokémon Krispy KremeFatality Dolly PartonFatality Tim CurryFatality Peter Cullen Optimus PrimeCoyote vs Acme finally hits theatersMarvel Wolverine PS5 brutalityLeaked Iron Man game footageStar Wars Zero CompanyGTA VI extended lookTippett Studio closes after 35 yearsLA Comic Con costume planningHere's What I Would Do Dream job with terrible reputationHere's What I Would Do Taking over the family restaurantOutro + Doom Scrolling OutroCoyote vs Acme, Marvel Wolverine, Wolverine PS5, Iron Man game, Star Wars Zero Company, GTA VI, Tippett Studio, Dolly Parton, Tim Curry, Peter Cullen, Optimus Prime, Dragon Ball Burger King, Hello Kitty Godzilla, The Foobar Show

En este nuevo monográfico repasamos una de las etapas más fascinantes y transgresoras de la carrera de Paul Verhoeven, el director neerlandés que revolucionó el cine de ciencia ficción, el thriller y el erotismo entre mediados de los años 80 y finales de los 90. Desde su salto internacional con Los señores del acero hasta su explosiva llegada a Hollywood con RoboCop, Verhoeven construyó una filmografía marcada por la sátira, la violencia, el deseo y una mirada crítica hacia la sociedad contemporánea. Analizamos su particular forma de mezclar entretenimiento y reflexión en títulos tan emblemáticos como Desafío total, Instinto básico, Showgirls o Starship Troopers, obras que provocaron polémica, dividieron a la crítica y con el tiempo han ganado una nueva consideración como piezas de culto. Un viaje por el universo de un cineasta incómodo y visionario, capaz de esconder profundas lecturas políticas y sociales bajo la apariencia del cine comercial. Presentan Carlos Cubo e Ismael Rubio. Edición Ismael Rubio. Invitados Robocop (1987): Álvaro Gil del podcast La Catedral Atroz: https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-catedral-atroz_sq_f1879852_1.html y Salvador Vargas del podcast Criterio Cero: https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-criterio-cero-podcast_sq_f11355645_1.html Invitado Desafío total (1990), Instinto básico (1992) y Starship Troopers (1997): Igna L. Vacas. Síguenos, Comparte, Comenta y dale al LIKE, ¡¡Gracias!! ➡️ Únete gratis a nuestro grupo de Telegram https://t.me/tiemposdevideoclub ➡️ Síguenos en X (Twitter) https://x.com/TDVideoclub ➡️ Camisetas, Tazas y Merchandising https://latostadora.com/shop/TDV ➡️ Visita y comparte nuestro nuevo Videoclub de Pinterest https://es.pinterest.com/tiemposdevideoclub/videoclub ➡️ Visita nuestras RRSS https://allmylinks.com/tdvideoclub ➡️ Contáctanos en tiemposdevideoclub@hotmail.com ¿Quieres apoyar este podcast? Tiempos de Videoclub te regala 30 días de: Premium Anual: https://www.ivoox.vip/premium?affiliate-code=ce709ccf404c356f964c2b560f176ecb Premium Mensual: https://www.ivoox.vip/premium?affiliate-code=a6053166b900875cde71f936a6e5f3aa iVoox Plus Mensual: https://www.ivoox.vip/plus?affiliate-code=57fa125d272ab4d38c9574e1079bc6fc

Put this episode back where it came fromWelcome to the Movies to Watch Before You Die Podcast with Gab and Dylan!Movies To Watch Before You Die merch here - https://moviestowatchbeforeyoudie-shop.fourthwall.com/Look up the movie here - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0198781/Find us everywhere here - https://linktr.ee/moviestowatchbeforeyoudie00:00 Welcome02:12 What's it about?05:19 Opinion Time22:58 Let's get to the facts34:48 Mail Time45:18 VerdictsWe're a member of the Hall of Pods, find links for our podcasting friends here - https://linktr.ee/hallofpodsWho are we: A former actress and video editor but more than anything we're movie fans like you.Why listen? Why not! We're gonna talk about movies you love, movies you hate, and movies you've never heard of. We can't wait to hear what you think of them too. If you want to tell us your opinion on whether or not a movie is one we should watch before we die, tell us we're wrong, or tell us you like the show send us an email or voice message at moviestowatchbeforeyoudie@gmail.com . We can't wait to hear from you and we can't wait to talk movies!Thanks to Scott Interrante for the music in our intro!Thanks to Brian Maneely for our artwork!Movies Dylan and Gab agree you should watch before you die: Vampire's Kiss, Die Hard, Tropic Thunder, Wag the Dog, The Legend of Billie Jean, You've Got Mail, True Lies, The Room, Game Night, The Truman Show, The Great Gatsby, Whiplash, The Lost Boys, The Fugitive, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, My Cousin Vinny, Shutter Island, Starship Troopers, Big, Joy Ride, The Jerk, Alien/Aliens, Best in Show, Freaky Friday, Over the Garden Wall, North, Catch Me If You Can, Clue, Jerry Maguire, Groundhog Day, The Great Mouse Detective, Chicago, Wall-E, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Breakdown, Cool Runnings, Ruthless People, Mean Girls, Borat, A League of Their Own, City Slickers, Jingle All the Way, Saw, The Lion King, Little Big League, The Naked Gun, Young Frankenstein, Tootsie, The Changeling, The Birdcage, Superman, The Mitchells vs. the Machines, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Twins, Training Day, When Harry Met Sally, Jurassic Park, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Clueless, Project Hail Mary, Big Fat Liar, Shrek 2, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Obsession, and Palm Springs

Join Gary as he sits down with a true pioneer of the industry, ILM and F/X Legend, Stuart Ziff.Stuart has worked on some of the most iconic franchises including: Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, and Starship Troopers.Stuart talks us through his early days in the industry, perfecting his craft, and working with some of the most creative individuals to ever work behind the camera. Sit back and enjoy the many stories of Stuart Ziff.

AFTERTHOUGHTS ARE DOING THEIR PART, ARE YOU? Their part being the discussion of a film that was divisive at release, now seen as ever-prescient, action packed, and clearly tongue-in-cheek. Join the crew as they enlist to help fight the misconceptions against Paul Verhoeven's satirical adaptation of a military-strong sci-fi story. That's right, this episode we're talking about Starship Troopers (1997). Would you like to know more?

This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Heinlein wrote a series of books under contract to Scribners that were aumed at younger readers, pre-teen and teen. Today we would call them Young Adult, but back then they were called Juveniles. But even an adult reader can enjoy many of these books. Because they were aimed at younger readers, he could not always be as explicit as he might have liked, but if you pay attention you just might noticed he slipped in something subversive. Heinlein: The Juveniles As a boy I read voraciously. I remember my mother organizing weekly trips to the town library, where I would load up on books, and I quickly became focused on Science Fiction, along with the usual stuff kids read, like the Hardy Boys, Tom Swift, and the Walter Farley horse books. But the idea of going into space grabbed me very early. And one of the first authors I read was Heinlein. He had taken a leave from publishing during World War II, when he was doing research at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. But when the war was over, he set out to move beyond the “pulps” and expand the market for his stories. And one big market for him was what were called “juveniles” at the time, and would today be called “Young Adult”. I was reading adult fiction by the time I was 11 or 12, but before that (and even after that, in fact) I read these Heinlein novels with great relish. Heinlein's target audience for these novels was teenage boys. He did a few stories aimed at girls, but mostly he wrote for boys. And these were mostly “coming of age” stories where the teenage protagonist has adventures, and as a result grows and develops. They are very loosely related via some internal references, but should really be thought of as stand-alone stories. They also in some cases have references to his other stories, including the Future history stories. He wrote 13 of these novels, one per year, from 1947 to 1959. The series was published by Scribners until the last one was rejected by them. Heinlein then published it with a different publisher, and stopped writing these novels altogether in favor of more adult fiction. The novels roughly form a progression telling the story of space exploration. It starts with a trip to the Moon, then Venus, Mars, Jupiter's moon, and so on until we reach the Lesser Magellanic Cloud. Rocket Ship Galileo (1947) – While readable, this initial effort was not up to Heinlein's later standards. The plot concerns three teenagers who assist an uncle to build a rocket ship and go to the Moon. When they get there they discover Nazis have already arrived. The Nazis try to kill the group, but they succeed in turning the tables, stealing the Nazi ship, and returning to Earth as heroes. This novel became the basis (loosely) for the movie Destination Moon (1950), and I personally would consider the movie to be superior to the novel. It is also worth noting that the theory brought up in Blowups Happen reappears in this novel. They find evidence of an ancient Lunar civilization that was destroyed, and theorize that the craters on the moon were caused by the explosion of nuclear reactors that caused the extinction of the civilization. Space Cadet (1948) – This was in part the inspiration for the Tom Corbett franchise, which licensed the name Space Cadet from Heinlein. It is about a young man who is accepted to the Academy for the Space Patrol. It follows him through his education in the Academy, and then into his first mission after graduating. This holds up better than the previous novel. And it is tied back to the story The Long Watch from the Future History. Part of the story takes place on an inhabited Venus that is cloudy and swampy. Red Planet (1949) – This is set on Mars, as it is also portrayed in Stranger In A Strange Land (1961). Mars is inhabited by native Martians, but also by human colonists. It has the canals, and with seasonal changes the colonists migrate from north to south and back. A pair of teenage boys get caught up in a revolution when the evil corporation that controls the colony pushes the colonists too far. In the end you wish there really were canals and Martians. Farmer In The Sky (1950) – This is one of the best, as seen by the Retro Hugo this novel won in 2000. Jupiter's moon Ganymede is being terraformed because Earth is overcrowded and food is rationed. A teenage boy and his family emigrate to Ganymede and try to make a life there, which they eventually succeed in doing. The Green Hills of Earth is mentioned here, tying this into the future History. There are frequent references to the Boy Scouts, due to the fact that the story ran as a serial in Boy's Life magazine. Between Planets (1951) – A teenage boy is caught up in interplanetary intrigue. Venus and Mars have colonies, but Earth is trying to control them too much. So revolution is on the menu. This is clearly patterned in the colonial wars of the 18th and 19th centuries, such as the American Revolution against England. By this point the so-called “Juveniles” are really having more adult content, and reviewers re starting to rate them in comparison with adult science fiction. This novel was also first serialized in Boy's Life magazine. The Rolling Stones (1952) – Here we have teenage twin boys, Castor and Pollux, as the protagonists. They and their family live on the Moon, but decide to travel, so this novel is a kind of travelogue as they go to Mars, then to the Asteroid belt. The grandmother, Hazel Stone, appears in Heinlein's later works as well. One interesting episode in this story involves “martian flat cats”, which are furry, lovable, and reproduce like mad with the right conditions. If this sound like Star Trek's Tribbles, that is also what the Star Trek producers thought, so they got permission from Heinlein to use the idea. Starman Jones (1953) – We are now further into the future, and the human race is exploring the stars. Unfortunately, very restrictive guilds closely control who can participate in this. A teenage boy named Max, who happens to have an eidetic memory, has memorized the Astrogation tables from his uncle's books, and wants to join the Guild, but is turned down. He lies his way onboard a ship, and through a series of events becomes the only one who can guide the ship home. The Star Beast (1954) – A teenage boy has an alien “pet” his great-grandfather had brought back that has grown very large, and is considered a nuisance. A court decides the beast must be killed, but that proves easier to say than to do. It appears that the beast isn't even aware that people are trying to kill it. Meanwhile, a powerful and hitherto unknown alien species demand the return of one of their own, or they will destroy the Earth. Of course, it is this beast, who is actually royalty to the alien species. One interesting point is that government officials in this story are portrayed sympathetically as intelligent and dedicated. Tunnel In The Sky (1955) – In the future humanity is colonizing other planets, and a group of teenagers are taking their final survival test. They are sent to a planet and told that they have to survive for 10 days, But more than 10 days go by with no pickup, and they know something went wrong. So they have to establish their own little society to keep surviving. An interesting note is that the protagonist, Rod Walker, is black. It was never explicitly stated in the text, but Heinlein was firm in stating this. The clue is when the others expect Rod to end up with Caroline, who is explicitly stated to be black. This was Heinlein being subtly subversive. To have a black protagonist for a boy's story in 1955 in America would be impossible. but Heinlein was completely anti-racist, among other things. Time For The Stars (1956) – This is a novel that takes Relativity seriously, which was not common in the 1950s. Researchers have discovered that some twins and triplets can communicate telepathically (and instantaneously), and so when a group of ships is sent out to explore other star systems, one twin is on the ship and the other remains on Earth to provide communication. The twin on Earth ages must faster than the one in space, of course, and eventually the Earth twin dies, But they discover that the connection sometimes passes down through the family, so the protagonist, Tom Bartlett, becomes connected first to his niece, then his grandniece, and finally his great-grandniece. Citizen of the Galaxy (1957) – This book is about a future slave trade, which Heinlein strongly hated. The protagonist is a boy who is bought at a slave auction by an old beggar, but the beggar is more than he seems. He is actually spying and gathering data regarding the slave trade. When discovered, he commits suicide, but he had prepared the young boy, Thorby, who then contacts the Free Traders who spirit him away. He has to adapt to this new society, but then is delivered to the Hegemonic Guard. It turns out his “father” (i.e. the man who bought him) was an officer in this organization. And when they run the background checks, they discover that he is the heir to a large conglomerate, and that conglomerate may be implicated in the slave trade. Have Space Suit—Will Travel (1958) – Clifford “Kip” Russell dreams of going to the Moon, and enters a contest with that as the top prize. Unfortunately, he wins the somewhat lesser prize of a used spacesuit. The first few chapters focus on him doing repairs and maintenance to make it functional again, and this displays Heinlein's engineering background. It is more engaging than you might think. Then while wearing the spacesuit he receives a radio message, and he is kidnapped along with an alien called “The Mother Thing” and a young girl who is a genius. The kidnappers are a group of aliens who consider anyone not of their race to be animals. The trio first try to escape on the Moon, but are recaptured, then taken to Pluto, where they succeed in killing the alien kidnappers. Then they are taken to the Lesser Magellanic Cloud to be put on trial to determine if the human race should be allowed to live. Starship Troopers (1959) – This is the novel that Scribners rejected, and which brought the Juvenile series to an end. And it bears absolutely no resemblance at all to the movie, to the point that for Heinlein fans the word Verhoeven is considered an obscenity. A young man, Juan “Johnny” Rico joins the military, where he has to grow up and then take part in a war against an insectoid race, but that is all background really. The book is primarily a glorification of military service, which is not surprising given Heinlein's background. And it focuses on a series of discussions under the heading of “History and Moral Philosophy”, which lets Heinlein expound on his values and beliefs. The novel won a Hugo, but it is an add one given that the plot is secondary to the philosophizing. One of the most controversial ideas is that in this society the right to vote is limited to people who have been in Federal Service. Heinlein said this didn't have to be military, but the only ones we see are in fact military veterans. So, these are the Heinlein Juveniles. In my opinion, many of them are quite good reading for adults. The thing that separates them from adult novels in Heinlein's body of work is the lack of any sex element. That would become prominent in Heinlein's later adult novels, but it was not something you could put in a book aimed at teenagers, certainly not in the 1950s, and arguably the case today as well. Links https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_Ship_Galileo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destination_Moon_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Cadet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Corbett,_Space_Cadet_(TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Planet_(novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farmer_in_the_Sky https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scout_Life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Between_Planets https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones_(novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starman_Jones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star_Beast_(novel) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel_in_the_Sky https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_for_the_Stars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen_of_the_Galaxy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_Space_Suit%E2%80%94Will_Travel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_Troopers https://www.palain.com/science-fiction/the-golden-age/robert-a-heinlein/heinlein-the-juveniles/ Provide feedback on this episode.

Is Andy Samberg…hot?Welcome to the Movies to Watch Before You Die Podcast with Gab and Dylan!Movies To Watch Before You Die merch here - https://moviestowatchbeforeyoudie-shop.fourthwall.com/Look up the movie here - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9484998/Find us everywhere here - https://linktr.ee/moviestowatchbeforeyoudie00:00 Welcome01:04 What's it about?06:21 Opinion Time44:22 Let's get to the facts54:07 Mail Time01:00:52 VerdictsWe're a member of the Hall of Pods, find links for our podcasting friends here - https://linktr.ee/hallofpodsWho are we: A former actress and video editor but more than anything we're movie fans like you.Why listen? Why not! We're gonna talk about movies you love, movies you hate, and movies you've never heard of. We can't wait to hear what you think of them too. If you want to tell us your opinion on whether or not a movie is one we should watch before we die, tell us we're wrong, or tell us you like the show send us an email or voice message at moviestowatchbeforeyoudie@gmail.com . We can't wait to hear from you and we can't wait to talk movies!Thanks to Scott Interrante for the music in our intro!Thanks to Brian Maneely for our artwork!Movies Dylan and Gab agree you should watch before you die: Vampire's Kiss, Die Hard, Tropic Thunder, Wag the Dog, The Legend of Billie Jean, You've Got Mail, True Lies, The Room, Game Night, The Truman Show, The Great Gatsby, Whiplash, The Lost Boys, The Fugitive, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, My Cousin Vinny, Shutter Island, Starship Troopers, Big, Joy Ride, The Jerk, Alien/Aliens, Best in Show, Freaky Friday, Over the Garden Wall, North, Catch Me If You Can, Clue, Jerry Maguire, Groundhog Day, The Great Mouse Detective, Chicago, Wall-E, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Breakdown, Cool Runnings, Ruthless People, Mean Girls, Borat, A League of Their Own, City Slickers, Jingle All the Way, Saw, The Lion King, Little Big League, The Naked Gun, Young Frankenstein, Tootsie, The Changeling, The Birdcage, Superman, The Mitchells vs. the Machines, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Twins, Training Day, When Harry Met Sally, Jurassic Park, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Clueless, Project Hail Mary, Big Fat Liar, Shrek 2, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, and Obsession

Blake Lindsley, one of the most talented actresses to star in Starship Troopers and who had the most brutal, heartbreaking ends during the disastrous drop on Klendathu. Starship Troopers is a movie that was easily dismissed as a cheesy, violent sci-fi flick, but history has vindicated as one of the most brilliant anti-war satires ever made. She is a legendary roughneck! Sit down with me and Blake as she takes us behind the scenes of the Mobile Infantry. She went into detail about the physical preparation for the recruits, the preparation and technical mechanics for her horrific demise, the practical effects, and what she thinks would be a great recruiting video for the Federation here in 2026. Moreover, It is incredible to see how a character with just a few key scenes can leave an impact that lasts nearly thirty years. Until next time, remember: Everyone fights, no one quits. We'll see you in the next episode!"

Denise Richards is finally telling HER side of the story, and nothing is off-limits.From becoming Hollywood's "it girl" in Starship Troopers, Wild Things, and as a Bond girl to surviving relentless tabloid headlines, a highly public divorce from Charlie Sheen, an abusive marriage, and becoming a special-needs mama, Denise opens up like never before.She and Bunnie get real about facelifts, fillers, beauty standards, and why Denise believes celebrities should be more honest about cosmetic work. She also reflects on breaking into Hollywood, the truth behind her most iconic roles, and what it was really like navigating fame at the height of her career.Denise gets candid about raising daughters in the spotlight, co-parenting with Charlie, protecting her kids from the media, and adopting her youngest daughter, Eloise, who has a rare chromosome disorder and is primarily nonverbal. She shares how Eloise completely changed her perspective on life, happiness, and what truly matters.For the first time in this much detail, Denise opens up about her most recent marriage—the love-bombing, the slow loss of control, the physical and emotional abuse, the financial manipulation, the restraining order, and the court battle that ultimately ordered her to pay spousal support to her abuser. She shares why she stayed, how she finally got out, and why she's speaking out now for anyone who feels trapped or afraid.If you've ever been misunderstood, villainized, or felt like your voice didn't matter, this conversation will stay with you long after it's over. This is Denise Richards unfiltered: a survivor, a mother, a working actress, and a woman finally choosing herself.Stay until the end, because after everything Denise has survived, she and Bunnie start talking about healing, future love, and planning a girls' trip you'll definitely want an invite to.Watch Full Episodes & More: YouTube

I knew they would not leave this podcast. They would relent and choose to listen like they had many nights before. The listeners are my soul. A par asocial love only the branch of a willow tree could conjure. Podcast, you will be inside my ears tonight.Welcome to the Movies to Watch Before You Die Podcast with Gab and Dylan!Movies To Watch Before You Die merch here - https://moviestowatchbeforeyoudie-shop.fourthwall.com/Look up the movie here - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0259446/Find us everywhere here - https://linktr.ee/moviestowatchbeforeyoudie00:00 Welcome10:59 What's it about?13:31 Opinion Time01:02:46 Let's get to the facts01:14:46 Mail Time01:33:23 VerdictsWe're a member of the Hall of Pods, find links for our podcasting friends here - https://linktr.ee/hallofpodsWho are we: A former actress and video editor but more than anything we're movie fans like you.Why listen? Why not! We're gonna talk about movies you love, movies you hate, and movies you've never heard of. We can't wait to hear what you think of them too. If you want to tell us your opinion on whether or not a movie is one we should watch before we die, tell us we're wrong, or tell us you like the show send us an email or voice message at moviestowatchbeforeyoudie@gmail.com . We can't wait to hear from you and we can't wait to talk movies!Thanks to Scott Interrante for the music in our intro!Thanks to Brian Maneely for our artwork!Movies Dylan and Gab agree you should watch before you die: Vampire's Kiss, Die Hard, Tropic Thunder, Wag the Dog, The Legend of Billie Jean, You've Got Mail, True Lies, The Room, Game Night, The Truman Show, The Great Gatsby, Whiplash, The Lost Boys, The Fugitive, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, My Cousin Vinny, Shutter Island, Starship Troopers, Big, Joy Ride, The Jerk, Alien/Aliens, Best in Show, Freaky Friday, Over the Garden Wall, North, Catch Me If You Can, Clue, Jerry Maguire, Groundhog Day, The Great Mouse Detective, Chicago, Wall-E, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Breakdown, Cool Runnings, Ruthless People, Mean Girls, Borat, A League of Their Own, City Slickers, Jingle All the Way, Saw, The Lion King, Little Big League, The Naked Gun, Young Frankenstein, Tootsie, The Changeling, The Birdcage, Superman, The Mitchells vs. the Machines, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Twins, Training Day, When Harry Met Sally, Jurassic Park, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Clueless, Project Hail Mary, Big Fat Liar, Shrek 2, and My Big Fat Greek Wedding

Corey Stevenson (Podcasting After Dark) rejoins for another movie tie-in special: the short-lived STARSHIP TROOPERS graphic novels by Dark Horse Comics and Markosia Publishing!     TALKING POINTS: *Could they had done a Anthology comic book series for this?   *Some coverage on the Neodogs and Sknnies species in both the Starship Troopers expanded universe and novel itself   *Tributes to the artists/illustrators Jan Strnad, Paolo Parente, Davidé Fabbri, Warren Ellis & Gordon Rennie   *Should they had written a TREMORS crossover with this deliberately satirical saga?   *Would you read a Marvel Ultimate Universe-style take on AVP Vs. Starship Troopers?   *And why did Dark Horse Comics let their license expire?       MUSIC OUTRO USED: "Ruffneck" by MC Lyte  

You wanna live forever? This episode takes on Paul Verhoeven's masterpiece satire of jingoism and fascism, Starship Troopers. A film often misunderstood, dismissed as campy or supporting militarization, Starship Troopers is often deeply misunderstood. On the surface, it looks like a massive, big-budget, brain-dead action movie populated by incredibly beautiful, shiny people from daytime soap operas fighting giant, CGI bugs. But almost thirty years later, Starship Troopers is widely celebrated as one of the sharpest, most subversive political satires ever smuggled into a Hollywood studio budget. The Socials:YouTube:https://youtube.com/@moviepunditrypodcast7930Twitter: @movie_punditry@mikeymo1741Threads:@Movie_Punditry@mikeymo1741@rdell47BlueSky:@rdell47.bsky.social@mikeymo1741.bsky.socialFacebook: https://wwww.facebook.com/MoviePunditryInstagram:@Movie_PunditryEmail:moviepunditry@outlook.comRandom Rewatch Letterboxd:https://letterboxd.com/mikeymo1741/list/random-rewatch/Rewatch music Opening Music: Electronic Rock (King Around Here) by Alex Grohl via Pixabay.com

Hey everyone, this is a Zero episode of an upcoming project David Heath and DB Spitzer are working on. It is an exploration of the sources of Warhammer 40,000, and their sources. Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Season 23 bonus episodes 1-25 1 The Imperium of Man Dune, Foundation, Roman Empire in space, religious dystopias Edward Gibbon, imperial decline literature, medieval Christendom, future-history fiction 2 Space Marines Starship Troopers, action-movie super soldiers, power armor, comic-book warriors Heinlein military SF, crusading orders, Spartan myth, warrior monks, fascist hero imagery 3 Astra Militarum / Imperial Guard World War movies, Starship Troopers, British war comics, doomed infantry stories H. G. Wells future-war fiction, Kipling, trench literature, boys' military papers, pulp battlefield fiction 4 Adeptus Mechanicus Metropolis, cyberpunk machine cults, mad scientists, techno-priests Gernsback invention fiction, H. G. Wells, Frankenstein, lost-technology stories, mad-science pulp 5 Adepta Sororitas / Ecclesiarchy Hammer horror, warrior nuns, Joan of Arc cinema, witchfinder movies Gothic novels, martyr stories, saint legends, witch-trial pamphlets, religious melodrama 6 The Inquisition The X-Files, witchfinder films, secret-police thrillers, occult detectives M. R. James-style scholars, Blackwood, Machen, witch-hunter tracts, secret-society fiction 7 Rogue Traders Star Trek, Flash Gordon, space pirates, merchant princes Planetary romance, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Leigh Brackett, C. L. Moore, colonial adventure fiction 8 Adeptus Custodes Golden demigod bodyguards, imperial palace guards, mythic super-soldiers Achilles, Gilgamesh, sacred kingship, Praetorian Guards, immortal companions of god-kings 9 Adeptus Titanicus Pacific Rim, Gundam, giant robot anime, kaiju movies, walking battleships, cathedral mecha Wells' Martian tripods, “The Land Ironclads,” dreadnoughts, siege engines, bronze giants, golems, sacred statues, war-gods 10 The Horus Heresy Star Wars, fallen Jedi, dark lords, civil-war space opera, tragic chosen ones Milton's Paradise Lost, Lucifer's rebellion, Cain and Abel, Arthur and Mordred, Roman civil wars, succession crises 11 Chaos Space Marines Fallen angels, heavy metal villains, corrupted super-soldiers, black knights, rebel legions Milton's Paradise Lost, Moorcock's Chaos, Byronic rebels, cursed champions, Satanic romance, Gothic villains, revenge tragedy 12 Chaos Daemons Hellraiser, Event Horizon, occult horror, possession films, nightmare dimensions Medieval demonology, grimoires, witch-trial literature, Arthur Machen, Algernon Blackwood, occult pulp, weird menace fiction 13 World Eaters / Khorne Conan, gladiator films, berserker metal, chainsaw action horror, grindhouse revenge Robert E. Howard, sword-and-sorcery pulp, berserker sagas, blood cults, Homeric rage, arena spectacle, revenge tragedy 14 Death Guard / Nurgle Zombie plague films, body horror, gross-out comedy, infection horror, fungal rot, swamp monsters Poe's “The Masque of the Red Death,” plague literature, danse macabre, memento mori, corpse folklore, leper saints 15 Thousand Sons / Tzeentch Wizard cults, cursed books, Egyptian sorcerers, cosmic chessmasters, forbidden libraries H. P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, E. R. Eddison, mummy fiction, forbidden-book stories, Decadent occultism, Renaissance magic 16 Emperor's Children / Slaanesh Glam rock horror, decadent villains, body modification nightmares, cursed artists, aristocratic monsters Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, Huysmans, fin-de-siècle decadence, Gothic aristocrats, cursed art, aestheticism 17 Chaos / Imperial Knights Haunted mecha, cursed noble machines, demonic war engines, Gundam, BattleTech, Pacific Rim Gothic castles, cursed armor, haunted inheritance, family-doom melodrama, chivalric romance, sins of the fathers 18 Orks Mad Max, fantasy orcs, biker gangs, football hooligans, British comic violence, slapstick war movies William Hope Hodgson's “The Voice in the Night,” fungus horror, Matango, invasive-species stories, goblins, comic grotesques 19 Tyranids Alien, Aliens, The Thing, bug-war movies, swarm horror, hive minds, biological weapons John W. Campbell's “Who Goes There?”, H. G. Wells' Martians, insect-hive fiction, invasion literature, cosmic naturalism 20 Genestealer Cults Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Alien, cult horror, red-scare paranoia films, sleeper cells Hidden-bloodline stories, secret cult pulp, infiltration fiction, changeling folklore, cuckoo-child fears, apocalyptic sects 21 Necrons The Terminator, killer robots, metal skeletons, space undead, immortal android kings Karel Čapek's R.U.R., robot rebellion, automaton fiction, artificial labor nightmares, mummy pulp, Egyptomania, tomb curses 22 Aeldari / Drukhari Tolkien elves, dying space aristocrats, psychic aliens, dark elves, vampire cities, cruel fairy courts Lord Dunsany, Jack Vance's Dying Earth, fairy otherworlds, decadent elder-race fiction, Atlantis, Gothic aristocrats 23 Night Lords Batman turned inside out, The Crow, slasher films, serial-killer thrillers, torture horror, vigilante movies Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Gothic villains, penny dreadfuls, Jack the Ripper panic, Grand Guignol, Dracula, public punishment 24 T'au Empire / Leagues of Votann Clean anime mecha empire, sleek battlesuits, utopian coalitions, space dwarves, hard-SF miners Utopian SF, technocracy fiction, Cold War futures, missionary empire, company towns, mining-company frontier stories, labor colonies 25 REDACTED Spy thrillers, Mission: Impossible, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Manchurian Candidate, The Prisoner, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse John Buchan, Joseph Conrad, G. K. Chesterton, Erskine Childers, E. Phillips Oppenheim, Norbert Jacques, invasion-scare fiction, fifth-column paranoia

Hey everyone, this is a Zero episode of an upcoming project David Heath and DB Spitzer are working on. It is an exploration of the sources of Warhammer 40,000, and their sources. Check out this link to buy DB's Books[link] Season 23 bonus episodes 1-25 1 The Imperium of Man Dune, Foundation, Roman Empire in space, religious dystopias Edward Gibbon, imperial decline literature, medieval Christendom, future-history fiction 2 Space Marines Starship Troopers, action-movie super soldiers, power armor, comic-book warriors Heinlein military SF, crusading orders, Spartan myth, warrior monks, fascist hero imagery 3 Astra Militarum / Imperial Guard World War movies, Starship Troopers, British war comics, doomed infantry stories H. G. Wells future-war fiction, Kipling, trench literature, boys' military papers, pulp battlefield fiction 4 Adeptus Mechanicus Metropolis, cyberpunk machine cults, mad scientists, techno-priests Gernsback invention fiction, H. G. Wells, Frankenstein, lost-technology stories, mad-science pulp 5 Adepta Sororitas / Ecclesiarchy Hammer horror, warrior nuns, Joan of Arc cinema, witchfinder movies Gothic novels, martyr stories, saint legends, witch-trial pamphlets, religious melodrama 6 The Inquisition The X-Files, witchfinder films, secret-police thrillers, occult detectives M. R. James-style scholars, Blackwood, Machen, witch-hunter tracts, secret-society fiction 7 Rogue Traders Star Trek, Flash Gordon, space pirates, merchant princes Planetary romance, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Leigh Brackett, C. L. Moore, colonial adventure fiction 8 Adeptus Custodes Golden demigod bodyguards, imperial palace guards, mythic super-soldiers Achilles, Gilgamesh, sacred kingship, Praetorian Guards, immortal companions of god-kings 9 Adeptus Titanicus Pacific Rim, Gundam, giant robot anime, kaiju movies, walking battleships, cathedral mecha Wells' Martian tripods, “The Land Ironclads,” dreadnoughts, siege engines, bronze giants, golems, sacred statues, war-gods 10 The Horus Heresy Star Wars, fallen Jedi, dark lords, civil-war space opera, tragic chosen ones Milton's Paradise Lost, Lucifer's rebellion, Cain and Abel, Arthur and Mordred, Roman civil wars, succession crises 11 Chaos Space Marines Fallen angels, heavy metal villains, corrupted super-soldiers, black knights, rebel legions Milton's Paradise Lost, Moorcock's Chaos, Byronic rebels, cursed champions, Satanic romance, Gothic villains, revenge tragedy 12 Chaos Daemons Hellraiser, Event Horizon, occult horror, possession films, nightmare dimensions Medieval demonology, grimoires, witch-trial literature, Arthur Machen, Algernon Blackwood, occult pulp, weird menace fiction 13 World Eaters / Khorne Conan, gladiator films, berserker metal, chainsaw action horror, grindhouse revenge Robert E. Howard, sword-and-sorcery pulp, berserker sagas, blood cults, Homeric rage, arena spectacle, revenge tragedy 14 Death Guard / Nurgle Zombie plague films, body horror, gross-out comedy, infection horror, fungal rot, swamp monsters Poe's “The Masque of the Red Death,” plague literature, danse macabre, memento mori, corpse folklore, leper saints 15 Thousand Sons / Tzeentch Wizard cults, cursed books, Egyptian sorcerers, cosmic chessmasters, forbidden libraries H. P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, E. R. Eddison, mummy fiction, forbidden-book stories, Decadent occultism, Renaissance magic 16 Emperor's Children / Slaanesh Glam rock horror, decadent villains, body modification nightmares, cursed artists, aristocratic monsters Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, Huysmans, fin-de-siècle decadence, Gothic aristocrats, cursed art, aestheticism 17 Chaos / Imperial Knights Haunted mecha, cursed noble machines, demonic war engines, Gundam, BattleTech, Pacific Rim Gothic castles, cursed armor, haunted inheritance, family-doom melodrama, chivalric romance, sins of the fathers 18 Orks Mad Max, fantasy orcs, biker gangs, football hooligans, British comic violence, slapstick war movies William Hope Hodgson's “The Voice in the Night,” fungus horror, Matango, invasive-species stories, goblins, comic grotesques 19 Tyranids Alien, Aliens, The Thing, bug-war movies, swarm horror, hive minds, biological weapons John W. Campbell's “Who Goes There?”, H. G. Wells' Martians, insect-hive fiction, invasion literature, cosmic naturalism 20 Genestealer Cults Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Alien, cult horror, red-scare paranoia films, sleeper cells Hidden-bloodline stories, secret cult pulp, infiltration fiction, changeling folklore, cuckoo-child fears, apocalyptic sects 21 Necrons The Terminator, killer robots, metal skeletons, space undead, immortal android kings Karel Čapek's R.U.R., robot rebellion, automaton fiction, artificial labor nightmares, mummy pulp, Egyptomania, tomb curses 22 Aeldari / Drukhari Tolkien elves, dying space aristocrats, psychic aliens, dark elves, vampire cities, cruel fairy courts Lord Dunsany, Jack Vance's Dying Earth, fairy otherworlds, decadent elder-race fiction, Atlantis, Gothic aristocrats 23 Night Lords Batman turned inside out, The Crow, slasher films, serial-killer thrillers, torture horror, vigilante movies Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Gothic villains, penny dreadfuls, Jack the Ripper panic, Grand Guignol, Dracula, public punishment 24 T'au Empire / Leagues of Votann Clean anime mecha empire, sleek battlesuits, utopian coalitions, space dwarves, hard-SF miners Utopian SF, technocracy fiction, Cold War futures, missionary empire, company towns, mining-company frontier stories, labor colonies 25 REDACTED Spy thrillers, Mission: Impossible, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Manchurian Candidate, The Prisoner, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse John Buchan, Joseph Conrad, G. K. Chesterton, Erskine Childers, E. Phillips Oppenheim, Norbert Jacques, invasion-scare fiction, fifth-column paranoia

Our hosts discuss Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (2008), and Maq proves the fact that every movie should have a theme song that is then relayed relentlessly through its characters just saying the title over and over again.bit.ly/giveannieadollarbit.ly/TheOldGayHorse Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Podcast comes from the Greek internet radio podcast, pronouncing ice diadiktyaki radiofonikimetadosi, no seriously that's the greek pronunciation I googled itWelcome to the Movies to Watch Before You Die Podcast with Gab and Dylan!Movies To Watch Before You Die merch here - https://moviestowatchbeforeyoudie-shop.fourthwall.com/Look up the movie here - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0259446/Find us everywhere here - https://linktr.ee/moviestowatchbeforeyoudie00:00 Welcome02:19 What's it about?05:15 Opinion Time25:25 Let's get to the facts37:55 Mail Time49:32 VerdictsWe're a member of the Hall of Pods, find links for our podcasting friends here - https://linktr.ee/hallofpodsWho are we: A former actress and video editor but more than anything we're movie fans like you.Why listen? Why not! We're gonna talk about movies you love, movies you hate, and movies you've never heard of. We can't wait to hear what you think of them too. If you want to tell us your opinion on whether or not a movie is one we should watch before we die, tell us we're wrong, or tell us you like the show send us an email or voice message at moviestowatchbeforeyoudie@gmail.com . We can't wait to hear from you and we can't wait to talk movies!Thanks to Scott Interrante for the music in our intro!Thanks to Brian Maneely for our artwork!Movies Dylan and Gab agree you should watch before you die: Vampire's Kiss, Die Hard, Tropic Thunder, Wag the Dog, The Legend of Billie Jean, You've Got Mail, True Lies, The Room, Game Night, The Truman Show, The Great Gatsby, Whiplash, The Lost Boys, The Fugitive, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, My Cousin Vinny, Shutter Island, Starship Troopers, Big, Joy Ride, The Jerk, Alien/Aliens, Best in Show, Freaky Friday, Over the Garden Wall, North, Catch Me If You Can, Clue, Jerry Maguire, Groundhog Day, The Great Mouse Detective, Chicago, Wall-E, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Breakdown, Cool Runnings, Ruthless People, Mean Girls, Borat, A League of Their Own, City Slickers, Jingle All the Way, Saw, The Lion King, Little Big League, The Naked Gun, Young Frankenstein, Tootsie, The Changeling, The Birdcage, Superman, The Mitchells vs. the Machines, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Twins, Training Day, When Harry Met Sally, Jurassic Park, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Clueless, Project Hail Mary, Big Fat Liar, and Shrek 2

We cover the legendary classics like Robert A. Heinlein's Starship Troopers, Joe Haldeman's The Forever War, and Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game, while exploring modern masterpieces like John Scalzi's Old Man's War, Ann Leckie's Ancillary Justice, and the later books of The Expanse series. Whether you are a fan of high-stakes space battles or deep philosophical military themes, this ultimate sci-fi reading list has something for you.  We also raid the deeper cuts of the genre, discussing everything from John Steakley's Armor, L.E. Modesitt Jr.'s The Parafaith War, and Hiroshi Sakurazaka's All You Need Is Kill, to the cult hit Honor Harrington series by David Weber, Joshua Dalzelle's Black Fleet Trilogy, Craig Alanson's Expeditionary Force, Iain M. Banks' Culture series, and Lois McMaster Bujold's beloved Vorkosigan Saga.  Plus, stick around until the very end of the episode for a massive surprise guest! We had the absolute honor of sitting down with a literal titan of the military science fiction world.  Don't forget to subscribe so you don't miss our upcoming episode on Accelerando by Charles Stross. No spoilers anywhere in this episode.  Join the Hugonauts book club on discord Or you can watch our episodes on YouTube if you prefer video This episode is sponsored by Thanks For Meeting Me Here by Jill Bronfman All the books we recommend, plus timestamps:  00:00 Intro  00:44 Armor - John Steakley  02:57 The Parafaith War - L.E. Modesitt, Jr.  05:45 The Forever War - Joe Haldeman  09:24 Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card  10:03 Old Man's War - John Scalzi  11:32 The Expanse - James S.A. Corey  13:00 Starship Troopers - Robert A. Heinlein  16:50 Ancillary Justice - Ann Leckie  18:29 SPONSOR - Thanks for Meeting Me Here - Jill Bronfman  19:00 All You Need is Kill - Hiroshi Sakurazaka  20:33 The Black Fleet trilogy - Joshua Dalzelle  24:02 Use of Weapons - Iain M. Banks  26:50 Honor Harrington series - David Weber  30:18 Expeditionary Force - Craig Alanson  33:00 The Vorkosigan Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold  35:07 SURPRISE GUEST A MILITARY SCI-FI LEGEND

The post-4th of July edition of The Treehouse Show is here! We hope everyone survived the fireworks with all ten fingers still attached.We begin today's episode on a more serious note as we remember Mabank Fire Chief Charles Woodard, whose family is being helped by the RMS/Treehouse Listener's Foundation. We also pause to honor the Dallas and DART officers who made the ultimate sacrifice protecting our community on July 7, ten years ago.Of course, this is The Treehouse Show, so it doesn't take long before things get weird.We meet the internet's newest hero—a 96-year-old "Party Granny" who's facing eviction from her retirement community because she refuses to stop having fun. Is there really an age limit on enjoying life?Then it's time for Celebrity Birthdays, which somehow turns into Dan confessing his unusual appreciation for Starship Troopers...and yes, it involves the infamous Jake Busey shower scene.Finally, we dive into the celebrity event everyone seemed to be talking about over the holiday weekend: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's lavish wedding celebration. Did anyone really care? Was a venue like Madison Square Garden necessary, or was it simply celebrity excess?  It's another mix of hilarious commentary, pop culture, strange news, and completely unnecessary opinions on today's episode of The Treehouse Show.Mabank Fire Chief Killed While Directing TrafficParty GrannyTaylor and Travis' Big DayAbout the show:Leave your worries outside and join Dan O'Malley, Trey Trenholm, and their hilarious guests for laughs about funny news and viral stories with ridiculous commentary inside the Treehouse Show. 

Nach drei großen Kinohits in Folge war es vielleicht nur eine Frage der Zeit, bis Paul Verhoeven wieder auf dem Boden der Tatsachen landen würde – oder auf dem heißen (und harten!) Pflaster von Las Vegas. Showgirls (1995) wurde von Kritik und Publikum in aller Welt derart mit Häme überschüttet, dass bis heute fast alle Beteiligten mit Zorn auf den kolossalen Flop zurückblicken, allen voran Hauptdarstellerin Elizabeth Berkley. Aber wie steht es Jahrzehnte später um den Status Quo dieses Millionengrabs aus der Feder von Joe Eszterhas? Meisterwerk? Trashperle? Purer Camp? Der Film ist alles und nichts davon, meinen zumindest Dennis und Patrick. Sehr viel einiger sind sich die beiden Herren hinsichtlich Starship Troopers (1997), für dessen ätzende Satire die Welt vor knapp 30 Jahren nicht bereit schien und der sich mittlerweile x-fach rehabilitiert hat. Ganz anders als Hollow Man (2000), den Verhoeven selbst als kreative Bankrotterklärung betrachtete und ihm den letzten guten Grund lieferte, Hollywood den Rücken zu kehren. Aber so streng sollte der skandalträchtige Regisseur wirklich nicht mit sich selbst ins Gericht gehen ...

Message us ANONYMOUSLYSign up for what feels like Federal Service as Paul monologues about the "Starship Troopers" 4K SteelBook 25th anniversary edition (1997) of the Paul Verhoeven directed classic. With pop color on steel case graphics, blu ray AND 4k discs of the film, in depth interviews, commentary, and FED NET mode, this may be one of the most feature packed releases we've reviewed so far. Would you like to know more? Probably hit play on 7/4 then. Thats assuming your hands are ok

Action Film Face-OffEpisode 94: Empire of the Ants (1977) vs Starship Troopers (1997)Welcome to the 94th episode of Action Film Face-Off!Our randomizer - set to pick years in the range of 1970-2024 - selected 1977 & 1997, so here are our contestants:Empire of the Ants (1977) vs Starship Troopers (1997)Who will win in the BUG BATTLE? Find out as they battle for 6 rounds in our videodome!Be sure to check out all the other Longbox Crusade shows at: www.LongboxCrusade.comLet us know what you think!Leave a comment by sending an email to: contact@longboxcrusade.comThis podcast is a member of the Longbox Crusade Network:LINKTREE: https://linktr.ee/longboxcrusadeFollow on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/LongboxCrusadeFollow on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/longboxcrusadeLike the FACEBOOK page: https://www.facebook.com/LongboxCrusadeSubscribe to the YouTube Channel: https://goo.gl/4LkhovSubscribe on Apple Podcast at:https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-longboxcrusade/id1118783510?mt=2Thank you for listening and we hope you have enjoyed this episode of Action Film Face-Off.#actionfilm #actionmovies #moviereviews #moviereview #movies #EmpireoftheAnts #1977 #StarshipTroopers #1997

Action Film Face-OffEpisode 94: Empire of the Ants (1977) vs Starship Troopers (1997)Welcome to the 94th episode of Action Film Face-Off!Our randomizer - set to pick years in the range of 1970-2024 - selected 1977 & 1997, so here are our contestants:Empire of the Ants (1977) vs Starship Troopers (1997)Who will win in the BUG BATTLE? Find out as they battle for 6 rounds in our videodome!Be sure to check out all the other Longbox Crusade shows at: www.LongboxCrusade.comLet us know what you think!Leave a comment by sending an email to: contact@longboxcrusade.comThis podcast is a member of the Longbox Crusade Network:LINKTREE: https://linktr.ee/longboxcrusadeFollow on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/LongboxCrusadeFollow on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/longboxcrusadeLike the FACEBOOK page: https://www.facebook.com/LongboxCrusadeSubscribe to the YouTube Channel: https://goo.gl/4LkhovSubscribe on Apple Podcast at:https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-longboxcrusade/id1118783510?mt=2Thank you for listening and we hope you have enjoyed this episode of Action Film Face-Off.#actionfilm #actionmovies #moviereviews #moviereview #movies #EmpireoftheAnts #1977 #StarshipTroopers #1997

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Will Kyle's pick be more of a Puss in Boots type addition or more Justin Timberlake in Shrek the Third?Welcome to the Movies to Watch Before You Die Podcast with Gab and Dylan!Find more Kyle and The Film Reelists podcast here - https://bio.site/thefilmreelistsMovies To Watch Before You Die merch here - https://moviestowatchbeforeyoudie-shop.fourthwall.com/Look up the movie here - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298148/Find us everywhere here - https://linktr.ee/moviestowatchbeforeyoudie00:00 Welcome01:16 What's it about?04:58 Opinion Time40:26 Let's get to the facts58:03 VerdictsWe're a member of the Hall of Pods, find links for our podcasting friends here - https://linktr.ee/hallofpodsWho are we: A former actress and video editor but more than anything we're movie fans like you.Why listen? Why not! We're gonna talk about movies you love, movies you hate, and movies you've never heard of. We can't wait to hear what you think of them too. If you want to tell us your opinion on whether or not a movie is one we should watch before we die, tell us we're wrong, or tell us you like the show send us an email or voice message at moviestowatchbeforeyoudie@gmail.com . We can't wait to hear from you and we can't wait to talk movies!Thanks to Scott Interrante for the music in our intro!Thanks to Brian Maneely for our artwork!Movies Dylan and Gab agree you should watch before you die: Vampire's Kiss, Die Hard, Tropic Thunder, Wag the Dog, The Legend of Billie Jean, You've Got Mail, True Lies, The Room, Game Night, The Truman Show, The Great Gatsby, Whiplash, The Lost Boys, The Fugitive, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, My Cousin Vinny, Shutter Island, Starship Troopers, Big, Joy Ride, The Jerk, Alien/Aliens, Best in Show, Freaky Friday, Over the Garden Wall, North, Catch Me If You Can, Clue, Jerry Maguire, Groundhog Day, The Great Mouse Detective, Chicago, Wall-E, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Breakdown, Cool Runnings, Ruthless People, Mean Girls, Borat, A League of Their Own, City Slickers, Jingle All the Way, Saw, The Lion King, Little Big League, The Naked Gun, Young Frankenstein, Tootsie, The Changeling, The Birdcage, Superman, The Mitchells vs. the Machines, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Twins, Training Day, When Harry Met Sally, Jurassic Park, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Clueless, Project Hail Mary, and Big Fat Liar

Grok says: “Lock and load, warriors of the digital battlefield—this week's Unrelenting drops you straight into the shit where the AI bubble is blowing up harder than a rigged demo charge. We tear into how the machine-learning monster is jacking RAM and spinning-rust prices sky-high while the little guy gets left holding the empty mag. Local LLMs are running circles around the cloud paywalls, Grok is promising full-length movies by year's end, and the old-school TV and Hollywood empires are already circling the drain. We also break down why Starship Troopers and Born in the USA still own the culture wars, why physical media is getting fragged by bit rot and corporate rentership, and how one man's Mac Mini relay setup is turning Thunderbolt into a 40-gig command pipeline for offloading LLM ops. Then the op tempo ramps up when we hit the real-world intel drops—Tulsi's Fauci dossier lighting up the lab-leak cover-up, worldwide bio-weapons programs, and the mRNA public test that turned the entire population into unwitting guinea pigs. We roast the Taylor Sheridan content factory, pumping out Yellowstone prequels, hot-blonde mandates in every series, and frozen-meal marketing ops while the rest of us are still trying to figure out why the Obama library looks like a Borg prison ship that cost a billion dollars. Personal war stories hit hard too: early Bitcoin mining rigs tossed like spent brass, Star Citizen “investments” turning seventy-five bucks into game-world profit, Twitch empty-chair swatting protocols, and the time a traffic stop turned into a full police escort because the system flagged the driver as someone you don't fuck with. If you're still sitting on the bench playing video games and eating Cheetos while the world burns, you're already behind the power curve. Strap in, hit play, and absorb the unfiltered after-action report on local AI setups that actually work, podcast automation hacks that turn transcripts into viral clips, and the raw truth about who's really running the show. This is the kind of no-BS, balls-out intel that separates the operators from the spectators—download it, share it, and get your head back in the fight before the next wave rolls in. Unrelenting doesn't relent. Neither should you.” Unrelenting: where discipline means no mercy, no bullshit, and no excuses. Thanks for listening. Please support the show! –>> DONATE NOW

Episodio especial número 500!!! Increíble, pero cierto. En este episodio ahora escucharemos la opinión de Wisto sobre The Mandalorian and Grogu, ¿el cine matará al cine? Los porcentajes de distribución y los cobros hacia las productoras están empujando a que sean menos y menos. Se planea un remake "serio" de Starship Troopers, hamburguesas mientras ves la película de District 9 con tu pareja, ranking y opiniones sobre películas por salir: Annabelle 4, Austin Powers 4, Wayne's World 3, The Thing 2, Willy Wonka 2, Edge of Tomorrow 2, Constantine 2, Speed 3 (con un globo volado sobre la película donde Pari se enamoró de Sandra Bullock: While you were Sleeping, rumores fuertes sobre la película de Metroid y divagamos sobre el casting para Samus, Pari ve Spider-Noir y estamos al pendiente que Wisto la vea también, platicamos sobre el final de The Boys, se viene serie de Robocop, Voltron live-action, Alien vs Predator 3, videojuego de Darksiders 4 esperando que sea con todos los jinetes, desatan controversia con el nuevo juego de God of War: Laufey y Witcher 3 con nuevo DLC después de años. Muchos temas como siempre en tu podcast favorito!! Escúchanos: Spotify / Apple Podcasts / YouTube Apóyanos: patreon.com/holamsupernova Síguenos: Instagram/ Twitter/ TikTok @holamsupernova Merch: holamsupernova.myshopify.com

Good morning, afternoon, and evening! Ready to explore the galaxy and become a citizen? Great! Here's some ridiculously powerful weaponry. Go blast some bugs! Join Bodio, Kaylie, and Gibby as they sail the cosmos one last time during Space Opera month. Just be careful not to get cut on Rico's jawline. Also included: mistaken AB-denity, heated political debates, and Helldivers 1 & 2. Would you like to know more?

LOS ANGELES IS VOTING TODAY, PRIDE MONTH IS HERE, AND A WOMAN FACEPLANTED RUNNING FROM A BISON. Los Angeles is voting, Pride Month just started, a woman faceplanted running from a bison, and Devon Eriksen is here to talk Heinlein. Full show today.

Brian and Weinberg set out to prove satire isn't dead, even if a bunch of alien bugs are, with Starship Troopers! Come on, you apes, you want me to type forever? Support us on Patreon! 

It's absolutely bizarre that the first live action adaptation of Starship Troopers from director Paul Verhoeven bombed as badly as it did. Not only that but critics also seemed to have completely missed the not very subtle social commetary in relation to the rise of facism in western society. Now, for the most part I hope, people seem to know better and this movie is recognised for both its satirical nature and incredible action sequences. Thanks for watching our Caravan Of Garbage reviewSUBSCRIBE HERE ►► http://goo.gl/pQ39jNHelp support the show and get early episodes ► https://bigsandwich.co/Patreon ► https://patreon.com/mrsundaymoviesJames' Twitter ► http://twitter.com/mrsundaymoviesMaso's Twitter ► http://twitter.com/wikipediabrownPatreon ► https://patreon.com/mrsundaymoviesT-Shirts/Merch ► https://www.teepublic.com/stores/mr-sunday-movies The Weekly Planet iTunes ► https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-weekly-planet/id718158767?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 The Weekly Planet Direct Download ► https://play.acast.com/s/theweeklyplanetAmazon Affiliate Link ► https://amzn.to/2nc12P4 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to Morgan Hasn't Seen with Jeannine Brice & Morgan Robinson!!Battling extraterrestrial forces and defending planet earth on MHS throughout May as Jeannine has curated a fascinating variety of ALIEN INVASION movies for this series!Paul Verhoeven's bitingly satirical, hyper political, camp cult classic is up this week for Jeannine and Morgan to delve deep into as they talk all there is to talk about STARSHIP TROOPERS (1997) starring Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards & Dina Meyer!Our YouTube Channel for all our regular videos: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvACMX8jX1qQ5ClrGW53vow⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Donate: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ItsAWonderful1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/ItsAWonderful1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠IT'S A WONDERFUL PODCAST STORE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.teepublic.com/user/g9design⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sub to the feed and download now on all major podcast platforms and be sure to rate, review and SHARE AROUND!!Keep up with us on (X) Twitter:Podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ItsAWonderful1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Morgan: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/Th3PurpleDon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jeannine: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/JeannineDaBean_⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Keep being wonderful!!

Comedian Ivan Decker returns to talk Starship Troopers, toe stuff, and The Drama. And it's week 1 of MaxFunDrive 2026! Please support the show at maximumfun.org/joinspypod. Follow us: Instagram, Facebook, Bluesky. Join our Discord.

Writer/director Lee Cronin (THE MUMMY, EVIL DEAD RISE) breaks down the eight movies that made him before he turned 10 — plus movies he's seen since that deserve more shine. Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode Lee Cronin's The Mummy (2026) Dead Alive a.k.a. Braindead (1992) Bad Taste (1987) The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2001) The Hole in the Ground (2019) Evil Dead Rise (2023) Jaws (1975) Jaws 2 (1978) Jaws 3D (1983) Jaws: The Revenge (1987)  Goodfellas (1990) Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010) Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) The Commitments (1991) Sing Street (2016) Alien (1979) Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995) The Shining (1980) Paranormal Activity (2009) Ringu (1998) Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Local Hero (1983?) The Holdovers (2023) Poltergeist (1982) The Evil Dead (1983) Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987) Evil Dead (2013) Robocop (1987) Robocop 3 (1993) Starship Troopers (1997) Black Book (2006) Heavenly Creatures (1994) The Exorcist (1973) *Bug (2006) Reservoir Dogs (1992) Blue Velvet (1986) Killer Joe (2012) Sorcerer (1977) Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) Other Notable Items Our Patreon!  The Hollywood Food Coalition Quentin Tarantino Peter Jackson Diana Peñalver Halo video game franchise (2001- ) The Academy Museum Care Bears TV series (1985) Steven Spielberg Werner Herzog Universal CityWalk Jack Reynor Stanley Kubrick Stanley Kubrick's The Shining book by J. W. Rinzler and Lee Unkrich (2023) Warner Bros Scatman Crothers Blumhouse KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Steve Martin John Candy John Hughes Bruce Campbell TFH Guru Fede Alvarez Scott Spiegel Jerry Lewis Paul Verhoeven Fred Dekker The Fear of God: Twenty-Five Years of The Exorcist documentary by Mark Kermode (1998) William Friedkin Brian Tyler  Serj Tankian System of a Down Bug play by Tracy Letts (1996) The Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What's your favorite movie that started life as a book? And what makes for a great book to film adaptation, anyway? We've got some examples of beloved books that made the transition to the big screen, and we're prepared to discuss and debate why each of them works – and why we believe they're the best of all time. We talk about: Blade Runner, Little Women, Nickel Boys, and Starship Troopers.For even more of our favorite book to film adaptations, check out our list at Letterboxd — at letterboxd.com/nprpopculture.Subscribe to Pop Culture Happy Hour Plus at plus.npr.org/happyhourLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy