Starship Troopers (1997) - Would You Like to Know More?

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! The Untitled Roulette has spun and landed on 1997's Starship Troopers. Would you like to know more? Rob and Tom wade back into Paul Verhoeven's fascist bug hunt and find a film of two halves: nearly an hour of Sweet Valley High in space that had Rob begging for the bugs to show up, followed by some of the finest shooty-shooty sci-fi action ever put on film. Tom reckons it was secretly meant to be a six-part TV series, and honestly, once you hear the theory, the maths checks out. There's the long-overdue return of the budget quiz ($105 million well spent?), a plot rundown featuring thick-as-shit Johnny Rico, narcissistic Carmen (she flies it like a cunt), poor doomed Dizzy, psychic mini-SS-officer Neil Patrick Harris, the legendary Michael Ironside, and Aldi John Barrowman getting his brain sucked out in the best practical effect of the 90s. They get into why the effects still hold up, why Casper Van Dien can't shout from the chest, why Rico should never have pulled that claw out, and the body count of 256. The wives steal the show with the two questions that break the entire film: how is everyone breathing on Klendathu, and why not just nuke it from space? It's the eagles-to-Mordor problem all over again. Plus: the Helldivers 2 love letter, the IMDb shame of Starship Troopers 2 and 3, and a correction about last episode's correction. We don't do corrections. Also this episode: a video game edition of Guess the Intro crowns a winner, Tom pitches Mars bars for Klingons (ridged for her pleasure), Star Trek IV on the big screen, an empty cinema for Raiders of the Lost Ark, Lee Cronin's The Mummy (new pants, anyone?), and why Tom unsubscribed from The Critical Drinker. Tom is thrilled with the next Roulette.... It's a long one, everyone. Sorry. Listening guarantees citizenship. Social Details : Find us on Twitter, Instagram, Threads, BlueSky and TikTok with @_UntitledSci-fi and @_Channel84. Facebook, you can find us with Studio:Channel84. We are part of the Studio:Channel84 network and are featured on their site https://channel84.co.uk. Find all about our old episodes including all Guess the Intro answers and film scores over on https://untitledscifishow.co.uk/. Finally, why not e-mail us: Rob mailto://[email protected] TJ mailto://[email protected] Both Hosts mailto://[email protected] The Untitled Sci-fi Show and USS Shitshow intros were created by the fantastic Reed Reimer, Fable Factory. All of their contact info can be found below. https://fablefactory.org/ FB: @FableFactoryOrg IG: @fablefactoryorg TikTok: @fablefactoryorg Tw: @fable_org