1/10 Stupid, stupid, stupid...and boring too! Why are the Troopers of this movie shooting bullets at hordes of giant bugs? Someone occasionally throws a super-grenade, so if they have these tiny, high-powered explosives, why don't they make lots of 'em, and shoot the bugs with 'em...
Now we see why so many worry about the glorification of fascism in Starship Troopers. Heinlein had the audacity to explore a world where Sparta works, and is durable. Understandably, this puts our Western (American) Athenian sensibilities on Red Alert. The novel’s justifications for franchise ...