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starship troopers 3

Starship Troopers 3 Trailer Shows Superbugs In Action

Do you have what it takes to be a citizen? Watch the new trailer for Starship Troopers: Marauder and find out. The second direct-to-DVD sequel to Paul Verhoeven's classic satire lays on the mockery pretty thick this time around. "Let's go crack a planet" is already my new catchphrase. You can also see the new-style "bombadier" bug, with its long eyestalk shooting white flames.

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An Interdimensional Spaceport Off the Coast on Titan

Massive futuristic cubes are surrounded by waiting spaceships and transports in this concept set on a moon orbiting a ringed planet. Artist Steve Burg says he intended it to look inter-dimensional. More »

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Must See: Total Recall

Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn't be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That's why we've rated them 1-5 on the patented "crunchy goodness" scale. Written by Sherilyn Connelly.

Title: Total Recall
Date: 1990

Vitals: A victim of memory-imlant technology gone awry, Schwarzenegger discovers that he may be a secret agent from Mars - or he may be. He kills a lot of people on Earth, then goes to Mars and kills a lot of people there, too. And it's all totally awesome.




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hollow man

Must See: Hollow Man

Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn't be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That's why we've rated them 1-5 on the patented "crunchy goodness" scale. Written by James Rocchi.

Title: Hollow Man
Date: 2000

Vitals: Paul Verhoeven (of Robocop, Starship Troopers and Basic Instinct) updates the classic Invisible Man story for the new millennium with computer-generated effects and a deeply unhinged Kevin Bacon as a scientist who discovers he's capable of almost anything when he's guaranteed no one's looking.




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Must See: Robocop

Must-see movies are futuristic classics that shouldn't be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That's why we've rated them 1-5 on the patented "crunchy goodness" scale. Written by James Rocchi.

Title: Robocop
Date: 1987

Vitals: Detroit cop Alex Murphy (Peter Weller) is brought back from the dead to serve as the raw material for Omni Consumer Product's new robotic law enforcement product line. But making Murphy better, stronger and faster doesn't make him any less moral. ... Paul Verhoeven's finest hour works as slam-bang action and as perverse, prickly social satire.




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