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| 18 JUL 2008 at 6:12pm |
StaggerwingColonel
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Status : Offline | Was Starship Troopers 2 'straight-to-DVD' ? I don't recall seeing anything about it while I probably watched
the first one four or five times. Should I rent #2 at all?
Wit Ye further, or how...?
-Voluspa (Poetic Eddas)
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| 18 JUL 2008 at 7:04pm |
Arctic BlastCommander
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Location: CA, Alberta
Status : Offline | Not only was 2 straight to DVD, but every person I know who has thought about renting it has been dissuaded from doing so by video store staff (which they typically don't do). They didn't even offer alternatives, just said it was so awful they didn't ever want to see anyone actually spend money on it.
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| 18 JUL 2008 at 7:08pm |
LongBladeGeneral
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Status : Offline | Well, that might explain why I never heard of it.
Let's keep our fingers crossed that #3 is at least marginal...
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| 18 JUL 2008 at 11:14pm |
mscanoCommander
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Status : Offline | I heard that Casper Van Dien is back.
Staggerwing, Whatever you do, do NOT rent ST2. Do not watch it on SciFi channel. If you see it on TV by accident, avert your eyes immediately, run to the bathroom and rinse them out with cool water for 5 minutes. Just pretend it doesn't exist and go straight to ST3.
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| 19 JUL 2008 at 4:02am |
InsurgentCenturion
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Status : Online | man i hope denise richards is in it
my name is you, and i am a enemy combatant <0>
[link=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enemy_combatant]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enemy_combatant[/link]
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| 19 JUL 2008 at 3:30pm |
Arctic BlastCommander
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Location: CA, Alberta
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By mscano
[b]I heard that Casper Van Dien is back. [/b]
Staggerwing, Whatever you do, do NOT rent ST2. Do not watch it on SciFi channel. If you see it on TV by accident, avert your eyes immediately, run to the bathroom and rinse them out with cool water for 5 minutes. Just pretend it doesn't exist and go straight to ST3.
Is that really a selling point? [:'(]
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| 19 JUL 2008 at 5:47pm |
PizdetsCenturion
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Status : Online | I think I saw ST2. Is that the one with a budget so low that all the action takes place in one basement and all the aliens are just infected humans because bug special effect would have cost too much?
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| 19 JUL 2008 at 10:22pm |
e4_demoteableCenturion
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Status : Offline | Thats the one. In it's defense the blond at least raised it up to late night cable standards. Thank god the military of the future continues to only recruit pretty people. The third movie doesn't get much praise from those who got it from pirate sites.
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| 20 JUL 2008 at 1:03am |
mscanoCommander
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Status : Offline | [sm=00000289.gif] Originally Posted By Insurgent
man i hope denise richards is in it
Sorry, but no Denise Richards. There will be Jolene Blalock though.
And to Artic Blast, If you saw the guy who played the lead in ST2, you wouldn't be turning your nose up at Casper van Dien. He made Van Dien look like Lawrence freakin' Olivier. I kid you not. [sm=00000289.gif]
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| 20 JUL 2008 at 2:18am |
ZardozCenturion
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Status : Online | Well, I hear the third one has Jolene Blalock in it....
The first casualty of Islam is free speech.
(Bite me, Andy Hackard.)
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| 20 JUL 2008 at 8:14am |
bayonetbrantColonel
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Status : Offline | Hey - unless Dina Meyer is getting naked in the shower, I ain't all that interested.
Check out GrogNews for wargaming / mil news.
http://grognews.blogspot.com
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| 20 JUL 2008 at 9:08am |
easterner9504Centurion
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Status : Online | [id=tmppasteie1216565448696]Starship Troopers 3: Marauder
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_woGjV_q8fM&NR=1
[color=#0033cc]Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation
[link=http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=LIANjJwsDuo]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=LIANjJwsDuo[/link]
[/color][color=#000000]SST2 had godawful actor as Lt. Dill, just seeing him makes you want to turn TV off. As a character/leader you'd transfer to Capt Sobel, even Lt Dike was an upgrade, and be thankful.
SST2 had gratuitous nudity, and a twisted end that made watching it partially redeem itself.
In SST2 over 2 dozen troops are seen reaching the base (quite visible in trailer) yet they all disappeared after arrival. Interestingly the lack of numbers is the one factor hampering the troops (yet it shouldn't be an issue). The plot has been done so many times before it isn't funny, no thought went into it at all.
The Cast:
The Sarge was Brenda Strong the Ship's captain of[i] Rodger Young [/i]in 1st movie.
Capt Dax was Richard Burgi the corrupt cop in FIREFLY's [i]The Message [/i]episode, currently a recurring character on [i]Desperate Housewives[/i].
Gen. Shepard was Ed Lauter an actor never short of work even if lacking in fame.[/color]
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| 20 JUL 2008 at 3:17pm |
Arctic BlastCommander
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Location: CA, Alberta
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By mscano
[sm=00000289.gif] Originally Posted By Insurgent
man i hope denise richards is in it
Sorry, but no Denise Richards. There will be Jolene Blalock though.
And to Artic Blast, If you saw the guy who played the lead in ST2, you wouldn't be turning your nose up at Casper van Dien. He made Van Dien look like Lawrence freakin' Olivier. I kid you not. [sm=00000289.gif]
The truly sick thing is, as a lover of horrible movies, that's actually somewhat of a selling point, mscano. []
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| 20 JUL 2008 at 5:27pm |
Centurion40General
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Location: CA, Halifax
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By bayonetbrant
Hey - unless Dina Meyer is getting naked in the shower, I ain't all that interested.
Amen to that brother! Mmmmmm... Dina......
"I love Anne Hathaway and her penchant for nudity." -The Dawg of Metal
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| 24 JUL 2008 at 6:27pm |
GDS StarfuryGeneral
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Status : Offline | Im about 3/4 through watching this and it isnt bad at all esp considering the less then great quality of the streaming. its about on par with the first movie and it has armored suits, though you dont see them much.
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| 9 AUG 2008 at 1:55am |
Arctic BlastCommander
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Status : Offline | Saw this tonight...the word awful doesn't quite seem sufficient. Someone could beat you in the face with a ball peen hammer for an hour, and they would still be more subtle than this horrific abomination of a script. I get it...pick the 'right' religion, or die. Everyone associated with this script should be burned alive.
Let me put it another way...the OTHER movie my friends and I watched during our cheezy movie evening was called Ninja Cheerleaders...the story of 3 cheerleaders who are stripping for money to attend Brown University, all while being trained as ninjas by George Takei. It was ten thousand times better in every possible way than Starship Troopers 3.
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| 9 AUG 2008 at 8:33am |
EyebiterCommander
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Status : Offline | Laughed when I saw the three movie SST boxed set for $89.95. Yeah right. Picked up #2 at Walmart for five bucks. Figure #3 will join it in a few months.
Buy your share of freedom... today!
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| 9 AUG 2008 at 9:15am |
LongBladeGeneral
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Arctic Blast
Let me put it another way...the OTHER movie my friends and I watched during our cheezy movie evening was called Ninja Cheerleaders...the story of 3 cheerleaders who are stripping for money to attend Brown University, all while being trained as ninjas by George Takei. It was ten thousand times better in every possible way than Starship Troopers 3.
Thank you. I almost picked SST3 up at Target last night but was waiting for someone here to tell me if it was a disaster.
Ninja Cheerleaders sounds like something right up my alley: cheerleaders, stripping, and ninjas. Life doesn't get much better than that.
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| 9 AUG 2008 at 3:57pm |
FarAway SoonerCommander
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Status : Offline | But... George Takei is gay. Does that make it or more less acceptable that he's teaching Ivy League cheerleader-strippers how to be silent assassins?
(Hope this particular question doesn't get moved over to R&P)
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| 9 AUG 2008 at 4:40pm |
Arctic BlastCommander
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Location: CA, Alberta
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By LongBlade
Originally Posted By Arctic Blast
Let me put it another way...the OTHER movie my friends and I watched during our cheezy movie evening was called Ninja Cheerleaders...the story of 3 cheerleaders who are stripping for money to attend Brown University, all while being trained as ninjas by George Takei. It was ten thousand times better in every possible way than Starship Troopers 3.
Thank you. I almost picked SST3 up at Target last night but was waiting for someone here to tell me if it was a disaster.
Ninja Cheerleaders sounds like something right up my alley: cheerleaders, stripping, and ninjas. Life doesn't get much better than that.
The best part about Ninja Cheerleaders...between scenes, they threw a bunch of little quick vignettes on the screen (sort of like in the Adam West/Burt Ward Batman, with the spinning bat-symbol), typically consisting of ninja training, cheerleading, somebody getting punched, and topless strippers pole grinding. []
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| 10 AUG 2008 at 7:42am |
LongBladeGeneral
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Status : Offline | Makes no difference to me what Takei's orientation.
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| 10 AUG 2008 at 9:02am |
Centurion40General
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Location: CA, Halifax
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By LongBlade
Makes no difference to me what Takei's orientation.
Yeah, is the character he's playing gay? I mean, so what? Just one less actor hitting on the ninja stripper cheerleaders. Now if the ninja stripper cheerleaders were lesbians.... now THAT would be an interesting plot twist!
"I love Anne Hathaway and her penchant for nudity." -The Dawg of Metal
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| 10 AUG 2008 at 1:48pm |
Arctic BlastCommander
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Centurion40
Originally Posted By LongBlade
Makes no difference to me what Takei's orientation.
Yeah, is the character he's playing gay? I mean, so what? Just one less actor hitting on the ninja stripper cheerleaders. Now if the ninja stripper cheerleaders were lesbians.... now THAT would be an interesting plot twist!
Well, they DID set up a sequel at the end...we can only hope of the possibilities...
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