Casper Van Dien is loving the Starship Troopers renaissance but still finds it mind-boggling some take it at face value: 'My grandfather fought against the Nazis, and it's not a pro-war film—Everybody f***ing dies!'
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"Quentin Tarantino talked to me for five hours about why Starship Troopers is one of the best movies ever made."
  •  h6a   ( @hernanca@beehaw.org ) 
    5•15 days ago

    The point is that the footage we see is part of the in-universe propaganda, so we have no reason to assume it’s true.

    Once again proving that even fictional propaganda is highly effective.

    •  ColeSloth   ( @ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de ) 
      1•15 days ago

      There’s also no presentation that it isn’t true, and by whatever means, we do know for sure that the Bugs are attacking earth. Retaliation or not, so either way it’s people stuck having to fight in order to save humanity.