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Starship Troopers - re:View

RedLetterMedia · commentary · Watch on YouTube

Film analysis & criticism

What it is

Mike and Jay of RedLetterMedia discuss Starship Troopers, covering its legacy, why people like or dislike it, and its reading as sci-fi action satire versus the Heinlein book.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Pointed to as a good analysis of the film's satire and layers when Starship Troopers or Heinlein come up.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “The guys at Red Letter Media did a pretty good breakdown of it[0] all in all.”

    Breakdown of the film's layers beneath the surface

    dmreedy, 2018-11 · Recommendation · in “The Predictions of Robert A. Heinlein, from the Cold War to the Waterbed”

  2. “Red Letter Media has a very good analyis of the whole thing”

    Analysis of film as satire versus the book

    progre, 2022-03 · Recommendation · in “Notes on Nationalism (1945)”

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Topics: starship troopers, redlettermedia, satire, heinlein, film criticism

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