Starship Troopers discourse I haven't seen: it's a pretty boring movie
Starship Troopers discourse I haven't seen: it's a pretty boring movie
I really liked Starship Troopers as a kid. Pretty sure I said it was my favorite movie for a time. Last year or so, I had the chance to watch it again with some friends, and I was excited because now I could watch it with my Adult Knowledge that it's actually a satire of fascism. I was honestly bored out of my mind, and I wanted to turn it off halfway through.
Because it's not really a typical satire, right? It's an example of a movie that a fascist society would make. This kind of necessarily means that the movie needs to be trite and shallow. Neither the characters nor plot is compelling. Because of this, the action sequences fall flat to me, too.
I watched robocop the day before, and I actually liked it way more than when I was younger. I can also enjoy other satire of fascism like Warhammer 40k which I think is ridiculous enough to be fun.
I don't know, it sucks for the people who genuinely uphold it as a fascist piece of art because... Damn, it's really childish and boring when taken at face value.
Anyone with me on this? I honestly found it disappointing.
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the action sequences fall flat to me, too.
To me it has slasher appeal, where I'm watching all of these intolerable fash kids and waiting for the part where they start dying. Very satisfying when the bugs start eating them.
I fucking love rooting for the demise of the protagonist(s) in any piece of media I hate. Too bad most of these have good endings for them. Some manga protagonists are the worst
Manga is peak for this. I'd imagine reading the average isekai would really bring your hate out.
Yeah Idk why I did that to myself. I guess I was depressed and didn't have anything better to do.
Chinese novels have the genre of villain as main char and hunt the protagonist.
Any good ones to recommend? That sounds interesting.
Pmed.