Starship Troopers (Superbit Collection) |  | Director: Paul Verhoeven
Actors: Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris
Studio: Columbia TriStar
Category: DVD
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Rating:  819 reviews
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Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 99
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 129 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 01227
ISBN: 1404934774
UPC: 043396012271
EAN: 9781404934771
ASIN: B00008EY5W
Theatrical Release Date: November 7, 1997
Release Date: August 5, 2003
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Product Description
PURE PERFORMANCE The Superbit™ Collection will set a new benchmark in high resolution DVD picture and sound creating the ultimate in home entertainment. Superbit™ DVDs utilize a high bit rate digital transfer process that optimizes video quality and offers both DTS and 5.1 Dolby Digital audio. Use your existing home theater equipment to its optimal performance.From the bridge of the Fleet Battlestation Ticonderoga with its sweeping galactic views to the desolate terrain of planet Klendathu teeming with shrieking fire-spitting brain-sucking special effects creatures acclaimed director PAUL VERHOEVEN crafts a dazzling epic based on Robert A. Heinlein s classic sci-fi adventure. CASPER VAN DIEN DINA MEYER DENISE RICHARDS JAKE BUSEY NEIL PATRICK HARRIS PATRICK MULDOON and MICHAEL IRONSIDE star as the courageous soldiers who travel to the distant and desolate Klendathu system for the ultimate showdown between the species.System Requirements:Running Time 129 MinsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: SCI-FI/FANTASY Rating: R UPC: 043396012271 Manufacturer No: 01227
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In the first and finest RoboCop movie, director Paul Verhoeven combined near-future science fiction with a keen sense of social satire--not to mention enough high-velocity violence to satisfy even the most voracious bloodlust. In Starship Troopers, Verhoeven and RoboCop cowriter Ed Neumeier take inspired cues from Robert Heinlein's classic sci-fi novel to create a special-effects extravaganza that functions on multiple levels of entertainment. The film might be called "Melrose Place in Space," with its youthful cast of handsome guys and gorgeous women who look like they've been recruited (and in some cases they were) from the cast of Beverly Hills 90210. Viewers might focus on the incredible, graphically intense action sequences (definitely not for children) in which heavily armed forces from Earth go to off-world battle against vast hordes of alien "bugs" bent on planetary conquest. The attacking bugs are marvels of state-of-the-art special-effects technology, and the space battles are nothing short of spectacular. But Starship Troopers is more than a showcase for high-tech hardware and gigantic, flesh-ripping insects. Recalling his childhood in Holland during the Nazi occupation, Verhoeven turns this epic adventure into a scathingly funny satire of fascist propaganda, emphasizing Heinlein's underlying warning against the hazards of military conformity and the sickening realities of war. It's an action-packed joy ride if that's all you're looking for, but Verhoeven has a provocative agenda that makes Starship Troopers as smart as it is exciting. --Jeff Shannon
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 Disney for Adults January 28, 2010
Leslie A Munday (Bellevue, WA United States)
It's a boy has girl - boy loses girl - boy gets girl back, movie containing every one of your favourite Hollywood movie cliches ever written (all in one place).
TBH, 5 minutes into this movie, I was thinking 1* for special effects. 1/2 an hour later, I had figured out that you must switch off your brain in order to follow this movie.
If you try to figure out, how it is that bugs, with no technology described, are able to shoot meteors across billions of miles of space to crash into densely populated Earth cities, .. your brain will likely freeze.
Once you get used to the excellent plastic sets, plastic characters, plastic acting and plastic storyline, sit back relax and be prepared for a thrill ride.
I notice many 1* reviewers are comparing the movie to Heinlen's book by the same title (which I have not read). Why can't the movie be taken for its own merits?
Spoilers: My favourite bits:
- The news feed - excellently done.
- The way the bugs hold back in order to allow the injured crew mate to be rescued so that they may give a farewell speech (which is quite impressive considering they had just been stabbed though the heart with a 10' telegraph pole).
- The ending; Brilliant, from the seriously injured officer fighting off bugs and celebrating as if 'tis purely a flesh wound', to the friend who turns out to be not such a bad person afterall (where did all the bugs go?).
Why not 5*s? Well, with a movie like this there is so much that could be done, they must have missed out something - there were actual parts where I wanted to fast-forward, just for a few seconds - and finally, SPOILER ALERT; Denise Richards does NOT, I repeat, DOES NOT, get her kit off in the movie; if only, 5*s for sure.
Not quite perfect January 25, 2010
Saracen (Portland, ME)
The quality of the picture on this disk is excellent, and the audio is done in lossless TrueHD 5.1 which makes for nice loud, room-shaking explosions. This disk has an editing anomaly. About an hour and a half into the movie, where the bugs are over-running the base, there is a scene of a bug getting destroyed by a group of troopers, followed by Lieutenant Rasczak and Ace killing a bug that has gotten into the compound. Then, after being told by Rico that help is on the way, we see the Lt. yelling "Fallback" as he jumps down off the catwalk. On this disk, the scene of the bug getting killed by the troopers and the other one getting shot by Rasczak and Ace is repeated, and the audio has been changed. Instead of the Lt. yelling "Fallback" and jumping into the compound (all of which was on camera), he now yells "Fallback into the compound" and it is all off camera. I double checked this on my old DVD version, and there is a difference. I was originally disappointed with this movie, as it is not particularly faithful to Heinlein's original novel (but then how many movies made from a book are?) The trouble here is that much of Heinlein's message gets lost in Paul Verhoeven's desire to produce a special effects masterpiece. In an interview after the movie was released, and in answer to the criticism that the movie had little relation to the book, Verhoeven admitted that he never even finished reading the book. If you want a version which is much closer to Heinlein's novel, check out Verhoeven's animated series "Roughnecks". There is still more action than message, but it is closer to the original novel. As has been noted in several other reviews, the Sony disk requires that you have an SD memory card installed for the movie to even play. It doesn't matter that you may not want to take advantage of the BD-Live feature, the disk still checks for the available memory and refuses to play if it can't find it. I bought a Transcend 8Gb SDHC card, and the movie plays flawlessly. Panasonic Blu-ray disks also have BD Live features, but they don't require you to buy an SD card if all you want to do is watch the movie (of course if you want to use BD Live, then you need a card). Why couldn't Sony follow this example?
 Cult Classic January 24, 2010
David A. Long (NC USA)
If you are into cheesy lines and killing bugs!! Then this is your movie.
I really enjoy watching this movie. All the spoofs and corny and bug squashing.
I'm doing my part are you?
BLU RAY VERSION January 15, 2010
AVID MOVIE WATCHER (USA)
BLU-RAY VERSION IS WORTH BUYING. I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE MOVIE, OTHERS ALREADY HAVE. BUT, NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE TELL YOU IF IT IS WORTH UPGRADING FROM YOUR REGULAR DVD TO BLU-RAY. THIS ONE IS WORTH IT. COLORS ARE STUNNING AND SOUNDS GREAT.
Great Movie December 7, 2009
Grapey Grimes (Cincy, OH)
On the surface this is a sci-fi action movie with awesome special effects. Below the surface, it's a great piece of social commentary. A gory inter-galactic war movie pitting humans against a race of advanced insects, this film focuses on the idealistic aspects of youth and the role of gung-ho attitudes and propaganda in military recruiting. As well as themes of social responsibility, sexual equality and high school relationships. Sound like a head rtrip? It is!
Ultra-violent, funny and well acted (for the most part), you must see this film are a critically thinking adult who doesnt mind gross-out humor. As an added bonus, you get to watch Gary Bussey's (sp?)son, Jake Bussey who looks and acts much like his dad!
As adolescent as it is in parts, it is absolutely not for kids!
The DVD looks great, but this version is light on the special features. There are a blue-million DVD versions of this out there though (I was replacing an old full-screen version I had with all the special feature documentaries).
If youve never seen this before, you must.
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