About this episode

Charlie and Guy discuss the themes and implications of Paul Verhoeven's film Starship Troopers.

Charlie and Guy tackle one of Verhoeven's most misunderstood films that might actually have aged the best out of all of them (except Robocop, of course). Strap yourself in for this look back at Starship Troopers, which boldly takes a cast of beautiful-but-bland Hollywood actors and delights in sending them to the slaughter, or transforming them into full blown fascists. Do you want to know more? Hear Guy Davis on The Movie Guide podcast: https://www.themovieguidepodcast.com/ See Wil on tour:  https://comedy.com.au/tour/wil-anderson/   Support Everyone Relax on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everyonerelax   Everyone Relax on Insta: https://www.instagram.com/everyone.relax/   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Charlie, Guy

Topics covered

• film analysis
• dystopian themes
• fascism in cinema
• Paul Verhoeven
• Starship Troopers
• Hollywood critique

Keywords

• Starship Troopers
• Paul Verhoeven
• dystopia
• fascism
• film critique
• Hollywood
• Robocop

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Movie Guide, comedy.com.au, Patreon, Instagram

Books & works: Starship Troopers, Robocop

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