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Reviews - Starship Troopers |
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Starship
Troopers
(Special
Edition)
(Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment)
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Release Date:
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May
28, 2002
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Length:
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130 mins.
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| Rated:
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R
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Widescreen (1.85:1)
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Languages:
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English, French, Spanish
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| Subtitles:
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English, French
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Screen-Specific Audio Commentaries, Isolated Score, Cast and Crew
Filmographies, Documentary, Featurettes, Special Effects Comparisons, Storyboard Comparisons, Conceptual Art Galleries, Scene
De-constructions, Deleted Scenes, Screen Tests, Theatrical Trailers
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A guns and babes sci-fi war flick on the
surface, but deeper, a social parody. Personally, I've always
subscribed to the more shallow approach, dismissing the other as just
a stylized comedic device. With plenty of overacting, a sporadic plot,
and a seemingly lower production value, one wonders if those too were
purposeful choices or markings of a B movie. However, first-rate
special effects were prominent throughout and swayed it all firmly
back to respectability. The resulted tone was somewhat light, allowing
the film makers to show a wonderfully subversive movie with a wink and
a smile.
This two disc set carried most of the bonus material on the second
disc. One of those was an engaging featurette, which put the movie in
a new light for me, daring me to consider it as serious satire. Other
extras included, a decent making-of featurette, two scene
de-constructions with director Paul Verhoeven, five deleted scenes
(unfortunately without commentary), a short examination of the
spaceship work, hasty looks at the five bug types, nine special
effects to final film comparisons, three storyboard to final film
comparisons, some conceptual art, two screen tests, an effects test,
and trailers for this and other films. The movie itself was delivered
on disc one along with some filmographies and three commentary tracks.
One, from the thickly accented Verhoeven and screenwriter Ed Neumeier,
provided an insightful look at the material, while another with
Verhoeven, stars Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer and Neil Patrick Harris
gave more anecdotes than food for thought, but was still entertaining.
The final track consisted of the isolated Basil Poledouris score, with
the composer himself briefly explaining his process between music
pieces.
Enjoyable on several levels, each of them fun.
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10/10 |
| The Extras: |
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9/10 |
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| Recommendation: |
One
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