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The IMDB Bottom 100 Movies of All Times is always good for a laugh. I can say with some pride that the only ones of those I've seen were via MST3K. Might I recommend Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders to get you in the proper mood for the season (the monkey!)? And, of course, Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.

But that goes without saying.

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I notice, to my sorrow, that Starship Troopers isn't on that list. I am not a particularly discerning moviegoer. A movie has to be pretty bad for me consider my time wasted. Not only did this movie waste my time, it was so bad it made me wish that that particular slice of time had never existed at all. What made it worse was I really loved Heinlein's original novel, which bore as much resemblance to this movie as a fine, medium-rare slice of herb-encrusted Rib Roast does to a shred of rotting wildebeest haunch that even the hyenas kick dust upon.

Ahem. Yeah... so... right. Bad movie. Bad, bad movie.

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Starship Troopers is AWESOME. I love every second of the two disc DVD! I think that the only people who hate it are people who read and enjoyed the novel is was loosely based upon.

My friends and I love it for its over the top campiness and great moments, like when the cow is eaten by the bug, and they censor the bug but not all the blood and gore flying everywhere.

Or when the chick is walking around all happy and fancy free after getting a giant pincher through her shoulder at the end.

The biggest reason it was awesome? Nazi Doogie Howser.

Would you like to know more?

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Oh, I don't hate it just for the comparisons to the book. I hate it for the glaring technical, tactical, strategic and scientific problems too. ^_^ You're certainly welcome to the DVD... but the book was just such a marvelous social commentary that "Johnny and his girlfriends go to fight the bugs, with sexy results!" fell rather flat. ^_^

But you do have a very good point. Nazi Doogie Howser and the "censored" scenes were shining gems in this pile of ostrich offal.

Now, if they just censored the whole movie... now we're talking!

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I loved Bobo dressed as the monkey in the movie. "Will you just get in the bag!?" Have you picked up volume 8 yet? Hobgoblins, Monster A-Go-Go, The Dead Talk Back and Phantom Planet. All exquisitely awful.

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I haven't picked up any of the DVDs yet, sadly - something I'm hoping to remedy soon. I mostly just watch them at other people's house, which is also great fun, since there's the added element of group mockery.

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I was just watching "A Touch of Satan" today. Very entertaining. MST3K is about the only thing I buy besides anime on DVD.

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I've seen six of 'em.

Street Fighter (I own the DVD - Raul Julia is fantastic in that film), Police Academy 5, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, Rollerball, Hercules In New York, and Police Academy: Mission To Moscow.

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