"Starship Troopers" Now Available!

[Thrashalla]

http://www.rifftrax.com/riff/starship-troopers

This 1997 giant bug alien war flick was an adaptation of Robert Heinlein's 1950s militaristic sci-fi novel of the same name, in the sense that director Paul Verhoeven later said he never finished reading the book, and in fact stopped after the first few chapters because it made him so "bored and depressed." Inspiration, indeed! Whatever you think of the big expensive film he made—simply dumb and loud, or dumb and loud on purpose to make a point it's a brilliant satire and I am TYPING IN ALL CAPS NOW—it's definitely not boring or depressing. Go see The Lone Ranger if you're looking for that.

Starship Troopers is the tale of young trooper Johnny Rico, played by Casper Van Dien, star of this and...well, some direct to video sequels of this, mostly. He's joined in the war by Denise Richards, impossible to believe as a gifted starship pilot long before she was impossible to believe as a gifted nuclear scientist in that Bond movie. He's also joined by the great Neil Patrick Harris, who is somehow much easier to believe as an intelligence officer with psychic abilities that help him communicate with the giant bug aliens. Throw in Michael Ironside, because duh, it's a war movie, you're gonna need Michael Ironside, and Jake Busey, because duh, he just showed up on set and wouldn't leave, add a love triangle, heaps of alien splatter, and you've got the sprawling, great, goofy mess that is Starship Troopers!

Join Mike, Kevin, and Bill for this gorilla-gram free version of the blockbuster live show!


http://www.rifftrax.com/riff/starship-troopers

[Bob]

And I am very happy........I hated this movie and I cannot wait.

[ManUnderMask]

Yay!

[Sugar Ray Dodge]

I just did a little bit of gushing over on Tumblr. This really does feel like the end of a journey, and I wanted to express my appreciation for what an awesome ride it all was. Thanks again for letting us all go with you on this wild ride.

[Mortalwar]

Is the commentary for any particular version of the DVD? I mean, is it for the regular version or the Special Edition? Or does it not matter at all?

[ManUnderMask]

They called me crazy and tried to discredit my work, but once again I've been proven right: The MP3 riff does exist!

[Sugar Ray Dodge]

Is the commentary for any particular version of the DVD? I mean, is it for the regular version or the Special Edition? Or does it not matter at all?

It syncs perfectly with the version I bought from iTunes.

[Keighvin]

Is this riff the same as the live show, or ar least similar?

[RoninFox]

Is this riff the same as the live show, or ar least similar?

Considering how close this was to the showings of the live show, and the fact that the live show won't be sold as a VOD, it's probably very similar.  I doubt they re-wrote the script.

[Raven]

I think they joked somewhere about us actually getting to hear the jokes written during the gorilla gram segments (and not just the blurb on the product page).  I'm assuming everything else will be the same. 

[CJones]

And I am very happy........I hated this movie and I cannot wait.

I loved this movie, and I also can't wait. I missed both live showings. One because of health, the other because of money. I'm lacking in both.

[nurg]

I bought the DVD of Starship Troopers from Amazon last week to watch it with this awesome new Rifftrax--terrific job, guys!--and noticed that the DVD needed to be paused a couple of times because the Rifftrax seemed to be riffing more extended scenes that weren't on the DVD. Each one was no more than a minute or two of DVD-pausing to get it back on track. Is there a different edition I should be watching?

[MightyBombJack]

I've been a bit hesitant to watch this one honestly, I'm not going to argue that it's great satire up there with Jonathan Swift or anything, but I do think that it is at least funny on purpose.

"Frankly, I find the idea of a bug that thinks offensive!"