About this episode

The episode discusses the various elements of Paul Verhoeven's Starship Troopers, including its themes and controversial content.

The Guilty Pleasures series comes to a close with a bang -- literally -- as Jeff, Dave, Steve, and John talk about all the guts, gore, bug parts, Nazi overtones, and oh yeah, naked co-ed showers in Paul Verhoeven's Starship Troopers!

People in this episode

Hosts: Jeff, Dave, Steve, John

Topics covered

• guilty pleasures
• film analysis
• Starship Troopers
• science fiction
• violence in film

Keywords

• Starship Troopers
• Paul Verhoeven
• gore
• Nazi overtones
• science fiction
• film review
• guilty pleasures

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Starship Troopers

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