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Starship Troopers: Marauder Still Makes Me Want To Join The Federation
Ten years have come and gone since the original Starship Troopers, and it's high time for the return of gratuitous violence and political satire, Heinlein-style. The third in the Troopers series, Marauder, was released on DVD today. Johnny Rico is back to doing what he does best, killing bugs and yelling catch phrases. While there was ample decapitations and futuristic nonchalant nudity, a lot of the charm of the original Troopers was missing. The "zany" in-your-face political satire has been toned down a notch and lost in an over-crowded agenda of things to make fun of. But we've still got Rico, new bugs, and plenty of actually-funny propaganda to make up for what Marauder is missing. Click through for our entire review on Starship Troopers 3: Marauder. More »
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Exclusive Starship Troopers Clip: Sing Along With "A Good Day To Die"
Follow the bouncing ball, and sing along with Starship Troopers 3 Marauder's Sky Marshall Omar Anoke. On a stage crammed with military propaganda and backed by singing soldiers, Anoke revs up the masses for more bug slaughter. I love that this is our possible future, a world so completely driven by the military that even our pop stars are psychic Sky Marshals. More »
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Help Johnny Rico Blast Bugs In Starship Troopers Video Game
Finally you'll be able to drill the giant brain bug's face, shoot off the legs of soldier insects and join in the co-ed communal shower fun. Casper Van Dien, the man who gives bug-killing Johnny Rico his rugged good looks, says Sony's approached him to do an "online thing," based on Starship Trooper 3: Marauder — which means get ready for some bug versus man, power armor battles. One can only assume this game will be built for a Play Station 3 console with online capabilities. Hopefully you'll get to be Rico's corporal, until you're dead or he finds someone better. [Fear.net
failures of cinema
It's happened to all of us. We read a novel that blows us away, and a few years later its title appears on posters underneath the face of Harrison Ford or Natalie Portman. But at some inevitable point in that darkened theater, the movie takes a turn we didn't expect. Our eyebrows go up, our lips turn down, and the disappointment begins. Maybe the wrong director or writer can curse an otherwise excellent project — or maybe some things were just never meant to be filmed. Here are 10 books that we think should never have been committed to celluloid.
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10 Books That Were Better Off on Paper
It's happened to all of us. We read a novel that blows us away, and a few years later its title appears on posters underneath the face of Harrison Ford or Natalie Portman. But at some inevitable point in that darkened theater, the movie takes a turn we didn't expect. Our eyebrows go up, our lips turn down, and the disappointment begins. Maybe the wrong director or writer can curse an otherwise excellent project — or maybe some things were just never meant to be filmed. Here are 10 books that we think should never have been committed to celluloid.
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First Pics Of Starship Troopers' Armor And Heroes' Gun-Toting Ex-Blonde
There are a whole weekend's worth of spoilers to catch up on this morning, including some new pics of the filming of Heroes season three that include that gunshot we've heard so much about. And some new Starship Troopers 3 pics include a gun-waving Jolene Blalock and some awesome new hardware. Two new Doctor Who trailers include a deadly villain saying his first words. And a Lost producer explains what'll happen in season five — in a nutshell, you'll get more confused. There's also a new photo from Gerard Butler's Game, and some news about a new character on Eureka. It's raining spoilers! More »
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New Ways To Kill Bugs In Starship Troopers: Marauder
The new direct-to-DVD movie Starship Troopers: Marauder has promised us suicidal bugs, scorpion bugs and even new kinds of smart bugs but now we get our first look at the human bug-fighters' new toys. Check out the bulky death robot still from the DVD movie. You can just glimpse this big new fancy bug-killing machine, and its new toys, in the last ST3M trailer. Looks like there's room for one handsome devil Johnny Rico inside. Click through for a closer look at ST3M's guns and robots. More »
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Starship Troopers 3: New Weapons, New Toys
The Japanese trailer for Starship Troopers 3 is online now, debuting new robotic killing machines that might become an even cooler toy (now on sale in black, green or red). The usual fare is served up in the ST3 trailer, and it's just how I like it: heavy on the Johnny Rico and even heavier on the bug gore. The new robot human weapons pop up in the end with a hello whistle from Mr. Rico himself. They could be utilized a number of different ways. Will it be remote control, manipulated from inside, or standard AI? Let's all hope for an AI that goes crazy and teams up with the bugs to try and enslave the humans. More »
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Are You Ready To Be An Evil Colonist?
Humans are a plague, shredding across the galaxy and destroying other peace-loving creatures. At least, that seems to be the theme of a number of movies that are coming out in the next few years. I've been wondering what would replace the post-apocalyptic-Earth as the stock plot for "dark" science fiction movies, and the evil-humans-in-space plot seems increasingly likely to rule. Among others, James Cameron's Avatar and the new animated film Terra seem to be exploring this theme, which is a standard plot in written science fiction, but is fairly new to the movies. Click through for details. More »
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Starship Troopers 3: Because Johnny Rico Should Live Forever
Returning roughneck Casper Van Dien (THE Johnny Rico) introduced new cast member Jolene Blalock (Lola Beck) and some new clips from the direct-to-DVD Starship Troopers 3 Marauder at New York Comic-Con. After watching all four clips I can safely say that Starship Troopers is back. Get ready for more obviously biased newsreels, new bug enemies, capital punishment, and gratuitous gore scenes. More »
scifi politics
If science fiction is really about the present, then it's no surprise that the longstanding tensions between the United States and Middle Eastern countries should make itself known in tales of "desert planets." From Tattoine to Klendathu, planets full of barren dunes are usually not-so-subtle allegorical stand-ins for a stereotyped "Middle East." Let's take a closer look at five science fictional tales from the United States that deal more or less openly with the relationship between that country and the Arab world to find out more.
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Thinly-Veiled Allegories About the Middle East in U.S. Science Fiction
If science fiction is really about the present, then it's no surprise that the longstanding tensions between the United States and Middle Eastern countries should make itself known in tales of "desert planets." From Tattoine to Klendathu, planets full of barren dunes are usually not-so-subtle allegorical stand-ins for a stereotyped "Middle East." Let's take a closer look at five science fictional tales from the United States that deal more or less openly with the relationship between that country and the Arab world to find out more.
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The Toughest SciFi Soldiers For Your Squad
The aliens are invading and you want to assemble a crack squad of commandos to fight the tough battles and serve as human meatshields. But where can you find the best commandos in the galaxy? It's time to mine science fiction history for some of the steeliest break-your-face soliders so you can sleep easy when the invasion comes. Who really is tougher? Master Chief from Halo or Jango Fett from Star Wars? Find out in our list of the best space-age commandos, with a portrait gallery of course. More »
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The Seven and a Half Rules for Making Scary Aliens
Welcome back to Horrorhead, a fortnightly column where we explore the intersection of horror and scifi. For every bland, friendly Star Trek alien with a crinkle-cut french fry nose or waffle forehead, there are dozens of insanely scary aliens that could rip your face off. Certain alien characteristics, whether physical or psychological, are enough to put you into "no I will not jump during this dark corridor scene - shit I am now jumping" mode. But what exactly makes an alien truly horrifying, as opposed to just, you know, alien? Aided by Hollywood movie history, we've put together a definitive set of rules for making aliens that are guaranteed to freak you out — or at least make you queasy. More »
10:20 AM on Wed Mar 5 2008
By Annalee Newitz
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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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Wondercon Confronts The Rise Of The Police State
The biggest cheers at Wondercon weren't for killer robots, but for allegories about government conspiracies, endless wars and terrorism. Much of the weekend felt like a poli-sci seminar, except with nuclear holocausts and mutated alien bugs instead of textbooks. If you needed proof that the shadow of 9/11 keeps falling over our formerly escapist narratives, then you only needed to sit in on any one of the con's jam-packed panels. More »
2:30 PM on Mon Feb 25 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
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At WonderCon over the weekend, everybody was talking about a handful of spring/summer scifi flicks that all had one thing in common: the kind of moral ambiguity that would never fly in Superman. We saw an action-packed clip from Wanted, whose superheroes are assassins with a mission to control the world's destiny that sounds creepily like the tenets of Scientology. No fighters for truth and justice these — they're just using their powers to become godlike. Get ready for a giant moral gray area in other flicks coming your way, like Iron Man, the new X-Files flick, and Starship Troopers III. Get a quick look at all three below.
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Big SciFi Flicks This Year Will Make Good Look Evil
At WonderCon over the weekend, everybody was talking about a handful of spring/summer scifi flicks that all had one thing in common: the kind of moral ambiguity that would never fly in Superman. We saw an action-packed clip from Wanted, whose superheroes are assassins with a mission to control the world's destiny that sounds creepily like the tenets of Scientology. No fighters for truth and justice these — they're just using their powers to become godlike. Get ready for a giant moral gray area in other flicks coming your way, like Iron Man, the new X-Files flick, and Starship Troopers III. Get a quick look at all three below.
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10:10 AM on Mon Feb 25 2008
By Annalee Newitz
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Starship Troopers III Actually Based On Heinlein Novel This Time
The writer of Robocop and the original Starship Troopers is bringing his bizarro brand of political satire to Starship Troopers III, his directorial debut. We'd been lukewarm about yet another direct-to-DVD sequel of Paul Verhoeven's classic actioner, but the clips and Q&A with Ed Neumeier, plus stars Jolene Blalock and Casper Van Dien, went a long way toward changing our minds. Details and pics after the jump. More »
6:40 PM on Sat Feb 23 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
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