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153 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined 10 Jul \ on: On Being the Right Size mostly_harmless

Good footnote. It's funny how successful Starship Troopers was at glorifying war for those who didn't get it and satirizing war for those who did.

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164 sats \ 2 replies \ @ek OP 10 Jul

It’s funny to think of it this way: the troopers are getting their asses kicked; one of them dies even though it’s like 20+ troopers against one bug, they’re torn to pieces, snapped in half while being recorded; even the cameraman dies, and later their brains are literally sucked out, but it’s glorifying war haha

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51 sats \ 0 replies \ @Scoresby 10 Jul

I've always felt something similar to this phenomenon happened to Inglorious Bastards. The movie is about how easy it is to dehumanize people (nazis in this case) when you've got a handy reason...and yet I've always suspected its reception was as a badass WWII flick.

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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 10 Jul

It's because the actors are all playing it straight and they win in the end.

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