Only The Japanese Could Make Me Want To See STARSHIP TROOPERS 3

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1. Swarez 06/02/2008 @ 9:16am

   Oh God I hope the CGI in this trailer is unfinished. Otherwise this looks really really bad. But I’m on board because of Ed Neumeyer.

2. Peter K. 06/02/2008 @ 9:44am

   Eh. Looks much better then Phil Tippet’s sequel. Surprisingly even the effects look better (considering the straight to DVD budget).

   Amused by the recycling of old effects shots from the previous films.

3. Swarez 06/02/2008 @ 9:54am

   These are not scenes from the first film. These are just similar scenes. The FX are much worse as you can see.
   The quality of this looks like its a Sci-Fi channel movie of the week.

4. Kurt Halfyard 06/02/2008 @ 10:00am

   Having just watched the original STARSHIP TROOPERS on the weekend (A film I hold dear to my heart) and All I can say is that this film gets better and better (and, sadly, more prophetic) as time goes by.

   “They Sucked His Brains Out” - there’s a line for post 9/11 over-reaction in IRAQ.

5. Kurt Halfyard 06/02/2008 @ 10:03am

   (and Yie! from an effects point of view Starship Troopers 3 looks atrocious)

   One thing that stuck me about SST1 is how tactile the bugs look in the shorts and how seemlessly they blend with the props.  Here, in SST3, not so much.

6. MikeOutWest 06/02/2008 @ 2:14pm

   The use of footage from the first movie (and yes, it is the Rodger Young being blown in two) reminds me of back when the spaceships from Battle Beyond the Stars kept being reused in crappy no-budget space horror movies, like Titan Find.

   Having said that, I’m all in favour for this movie. The first sequel was actually not bad but as the majority of it was set indoors and away from the big bugs (the threat came from a new type of bug which could take over your mind, thereby saving on a lot of big fx), it could easily have been made without the Starship Trooper trappings and called something else. This new movie seems to have a better budget, more ideas and more scope, and has the look and feel of the original. I agree the bugs look a bit ropey (and appear to be moving like daleks)and most of it seems to be filmed on a soundstage but there’s a lot of neat stuff in there - the appearance of a brain bug, the tripod-like bug and the bug-grenade. There’s also the return of the propaganda ads, and hopefully it’ll have a few “do you want to know more?” moments. And of course, Van Dien chewing the scenery like there’s no tomorrow.

7. Ard Vijn 06/03/2008 @ 2:18am

   And, finaly, the armored suits from the book arrive!

8. Perkele 06/08/2008 @ 7:04am

   Its not that surprising that the Japanese seem to wait this movie more than here in the west. They had a pretty good anime adaptation* made from the book in the late 1980’s. So theres gotta be people in there who remember the name “Starship Troopers” fondly. Also the effects don’t look that bad, they actually look pretty big budget compared to Japanese movies.

   * heres a link to the Anime News Network entry for the Starship Troopers anime from the 80’s
   http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4136

   
   ..anyway, I myself loved the first movie. Its actually one of my all time favorite films, so I’m stoked to see this movie! :D

9. Perkele 06/08/2008 @ 7:07am

   Oh and that trailer was cool. Finally they get the exoskeleton’s! Yayy! XD

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