Should be Zod. World is primed for more Zod. ZOD!

The problem is it seems like people see the book as being idealized which it was not. It was not supposed to be viewed as a good thing.

You’re right and it sucks to see people scoff. People lack the ability to analyze media with nuance, and that’s being generous. Heinlein was a military officer, and the Troopers were inspired by US Army paratroopers, while the fleet was inspired by the Navy. It’s true that his society borrows some uncomfortable themes…

It seems obvious, but apparently, it’s some kind of IQ test, because in my experience, most people don’t get it.

I remember that even The Daily Show, which reviewed movies back then, picked up on the fact that Neil Patrick Harris was blatantly dressed as a Nazi by the final scene, but also somehow missed that we weren’t supposed to be rooting for the humans.

I love the movie, but the book and the film are very different. A key theme of the book is that the protagonist is an immature self-centered kid that learns to become responsible, care for his squad-mates, and becomes a leader through shared adversity. That’s really the core of the narrative of the book. It’s less…

I just want them to get their DB modernized and functional so they can stop limiting everybody from playing and getting their rewards.

The game is amazing, please let me play it more often and I will keep giving you money.

Yeah, but people don’t always get Robocop either. They just like watching a robot blow people away.

The weird thing about getting older is that every few years this movie bubbles back to the top of the cultural lexicon and there’s a whole new group of people who didn’t know it was satire 

It’s important to note, I think, that it’s not parody. Spaceballs is a work of parody - it has affection for its source material while poking fun at its inherent ridiculousness. Starship Troopers, as a genre piece, is exactly what it says on the tin. It is an over-the-top, absurd sci-fi action flick, it is not…

Maybe the next time you think about posting some extremely reasonable take on an article like this, you take a second to look in the mirror and tell yourself that there is a guy named Hal in Vancouver who appreciates your input but wishes better for you than this site. Kind of a Good Will Hunting thing.

Man these guys sound grumpy. Hasn’t anyone ever told them to look on the bright side of life?

The I’ve turned into a grumpy old Bollocks category:

He got better . . .

Ee’s stone dead!

Ee’s not dead. Ee’s stunned.

People need to realize that, barring death of one of the candidates, one of two people will be president in 2025 and there is no third choice. Not actively choosing the lesser of two evils, no matter how unpalatable that may be, makes it more likely that the greater of two evils happens.

> he’d make a ruling on the motion by April 1

Judge: Mr. Majors, I’m completely dropping the previous verdict and you are free to go with the court’s apologies. Your good name has been restored.
Majors: Awesome!
Judge: APRIL FOOLS!!! Nah, you’re going to jail, dipshit.

“she needed to be more like...Michelle Obama”
What, have nicer arms?

Marvel should just keep him and claim he is a different Jonathan Majors from a universe where he wasn’t convicted.