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Starship Troopers

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Satirical film about militarism and fascism that allegedly right-wingers miss the point of, though the post argues the satire is metabolized rather than missed

Mentions (8)
"Reddit/twitter love to mock right wingers "missing the point," of American Psycho, Starship Troopers, Rage against the machine, the boys, etc. But male groups thrive on roasting each other."
Satire that attempts to mock masculinity reinforces it · u/Interesting_Pitch713 · ↑636 · 2025-10-25
"The Starship Troopers discourse is happening again. Every twelve months of so, someone right-wing twitter anon will praise the film's depiction of a fascist utopia. 'Look how beautiful everyone is,' he will say. 'Note their sense of purpose.' His profile picture is 100% a marble statue."
The Culture War is Stuck on Repeat · lobsterphoenix · ↑58 · 2024-02-23
"If you love order, Starship Troopers is about how it's beautiful to live in a military state populated by healthy Aryans. If you're prone to empathy, Starship Troopers is about a world in which every character with a voice has been brainwashed."
The Culture War is Stuck on Repeat · lobsterphoenix · ↑58 · 2024-02-23
"Robocop and Starship Troopers, for instance, are very sincere, basic Hollywood movies structurely. But it's when the characters are too sincere, played too straight where it truly satirical and most of all, funny. Similar to why Leslie Neilson is so funny, it's because he plays it so straight that s"
The Substance is another reminder why Verhoeven is the greatest · u/returnofthecoom · ↑36 · 2024-10-19
"I also think starship troopers is better than robocop and I like how it starts as a generic 80s sci-fi film then turns really gory and bleak during the 3rd act"
"The *Starship Troopers* discourse is happening again. Every twelve months of so, someone right-wing twitter anon will praise the film's depiction of a fascist utopia."
The Culture War is Stuck on Repeat · u/lobsterphoenix · ↑58 · 2024-02-23
"I also think starship troopers is better than robocop and I like how it starts as a generic 80s sci-fi film then turns really gory and bleak during the 3rd act"
"you essentially have 3 sides. Libs who know the reddit analysis of the movie, people who never watched the movie (or reject the movie) and only know the book analysis (which is better), and people who understand the message of the movie (since nobody doesn't get the satire at this point) and just re"
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