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Title: Starship troopers 2, any good?
Post by: Tyrannis on May 22, 2011, 12:48:59 AM
just got done watching the first one, was one my fav movies from younger years. but ive never seen the second one, was thinking about renting it.

is it worth it? or is it a crappy sequal?
 :salute
Title: Re: Starship troopers 2, any good?
Post by: guncrasher on May 22, 2011, 12:52:31 AM
it wasn't bad it was terrible. ants don't even look 1/2 real.

semp
Title: Re: Starship troopers 2, any good?
Post by: Plawranc on May 22, 2011, 01:51:42 AM
Watch marauder SST 3
Title: Re: Starship troopers 2, any good?
Post by: Vulcan on May 22, 2011, 03:06:36 AM
Watch marauder SST 3

bewbies...
Title: Re: Starship troopers 2, any good?
Post by: guncrasher on May 22, 2011, 03:46:47 AM
to be honest I wish I had only watched the original.  2nd and 3rd sucked big time.  fxs were terrible and the plot was really bad.  watch it free on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-Xo1a9NQ-A&feature=related

semp
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Post by: rpm on May 22, 2011, 04:43:29 AM
to be honest I wish I had only watched the original.  2nd and 3rd sucked big time.  fxs were terrible and the plot was really bad. 
semp
This
Title: Re: Starship troopers 2, any good?
Post by: Tyrannis on May 22, 2011, 04:37:24 PM
what about the "ruffnecks" chronicles? they have them on netflix but dvd only, are they any good?
Title: Re: Starship troopers 2, any good?
Post by: Pigslilspaz on May 22, 2011, 06:30:48 PM
The first was the only good one, saw the rest for the bewbs, and afterwards, it still didn't make up for how bad they were.
Title: Re: Starship troopers 2, any good?
Post by: gyrene81 on May 22, 2011, 06:46:11 PM
i thought all 3 were so ridiculously stupid they had some entertainment value...the blood and guts is great...the third one has some very nice scenery.  :D
Title: Re: Starship troopers 2, any good?
Post by: Tac on May 22, 2011, 07:53:02 PM
read the novels.

Title: Re: Starship troopers 2, any good?
Post by: Vulcan on May 22, 2011, 09:38:54 PM
read the novels.

plural?
Title: Re: Starship troopers 2, any good?
Post by: cobia38 on May 22, 2011, 10:28:21 PM

  first one is only one worth watching, the sequals suck
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Post by: Rob52240 on May 23, 2011, 12:27:44 AM
1st one was fun but terrible (like a Burt Reynolds Movie).  The 2 sequels were aweful.

The novel was really good.
Title: Re: Starship troopers 2, any good?
Post by: RTHolmes on May 23, 2011, 03:44:48 AM
SST2 is actually my #1 worst movie ever.

and yes, I have watched Plan 9 from Outer Space ... :uhoh
Title: Re: Starship troopers 2, any good?
Post by: Tac on May 23, 2011, 09:53:18 AM
Novel.

Sorry to make you hope there was a 2nd novel you never heard about Vulcan  :devil
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Post by: Penguin on May 23, 2011, 09:55:50 AM
Starship Troopers 2 made me too scared to eat the croissants that we had downstairs for feat of injesting a control bug.  That movie is second only to Child's Play when it comes to sheer terror.

-Penguin
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Post by: mechanic on May 23, 2011, 10:35:58 AM
Terror? pfffft

bewbies :aok
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Post by: Stoney on May 23, 2011, 10:39:37 AM
The whole series of movies utterly destroyed the purpose of the novel.  I wish someone would make an "actual" version of the book, but its so un-PC Hollywood would never touch it...
Title: Re: Starship troopers 2, any good?
Post by: gyrene81 on May 23, 2011, 12:04:21 PM
The whole series of movies utterly destroyed the purpose of the novel.  I wish someone would make an "actual" version of the book, but its so un-PC Hollywood would never touch it...
very true...and it's too bad too, could make a good movie if done right...heinlein was a superb story teller, one of my favorite novel writers.
Title: Re: Starship troopers 2, any good?
Post by: Curlew on May 23, 2011, 02:27:18 PM
I am a huge fan of the series. #2 was by far the worst but I still enjoyed it. #3 was def better than #2 and brought back some of the characters from #1. The budget was obviously minimal for #3 but i think they did a good job. As for the TV series, Its slow and terribly made, but after I watched many episode I began to realize they are just very slow at developing characters. It looks like the cinematic interludes for a game made around 99-2k. The TV is great to put on in the background if you are doing something else and need some background noise. The one thing the TV series does that the movies couldn't illustrate was the whole war, with the various campaigns and planets. In the end you should just watch it all because SST rules.

Would you like to know more?
Title: Re: Starship troopers 2, any good?
Post by: Tac on May 23, 2011, 04:16:14 PM
The whole series of movies utterly destroyed the purpose of the novel.  I wish someone would make an "actual" version of the book, but its so un-PC Hollywood would never touch it...

Closest they've got to is an anime series done in the 70's. They did the mobile infantry armor almost exactly to the novel's description. The bugs oth... they didnt do so well. In fact the bugs in the movies (at least the zerger warrior bugs) were rather close to the novel in shape.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8UtKt-COCA

Title: Re: Starship troopers 2, any good?
Post by: M0nkey_Man on May 23, 2011, 04:44:34 PM
bewbies...
the only reason i watched it  :D
Title: Re: Starship troopers 2, any good?
Post by: Penguin on May 23, 2011, 06:15:48 PM
Nevermind.

-Penguin
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Post by: Plawranc on May 23, 2011, 06:19:17 PM
Trust me

Marauder was so awesome. Loved 1 and 3. They were funny as hell, and very very cool.