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The other thing - occasionally it backfires when Hollywood talks down to the audience - just like Patton, fans of Starship Troopers have, generally, the opposite take than what the director intended, in both cases extolling the virtues of warriors, as opposed to the director's intended anti-war message.

Right. The whole movie is a satire, and is meant to be anti-war, like you said. But it ends up just being a "Rah rah, let's go 'Merica" kind of movie. I can guarantee you I love the movie for all of the reasons the director doesn't want me to.

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Posted by Ace Midnight

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Posted on 3/19/13 at 8:02 am to CocomoLSU

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Right. The whole movie is a satire, and is meant to be anti-war, like you said. But it ends up just being a "Rah rah, let's go 'Merica" kind of movie. I can guarantee you I love the movie for all of the reasons the director doesn't want me to.

Me, too.

About the only writer/director I would see eye-to-eye with is Milius.

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Posted by Freauxzen

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Posted on 3/19/13 at 8:10 am to CocomoLSU

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Right. The whole movie is a satire, and is meant to be anti-war, like you said. But it ends up just being a "Rah rah, let's go 'Merica" kind of movie. I can guarantee you I love the movie for all of the reasons the director doesn't want me to.

And it CAN be enjoyed that way. It's also anti-war, anti-propaganda, it's a critique on science fiction and media, on colonialism and foreign relations, on the military, etc.

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