Its dated and conforms to early anime styles but this movie is far closer in tone to the original novel than Verhoevens far-leftist Crapfest.
The English dialogue in the dub was stilted and barely passable but the bugs and the power armor of the troopers conformed to the book rather nicely.
Too many young people have seen Verhoevens later version and never read the book and just assume its fascist trash based on scuttlebutt. This could not be further from the truth. I wish Verhoeven had made "The forever war" which was a far better anti-war response to starship troopers. Im so tired of Hollywood trashing SF books.
The English dialogue in the dub was stilted and barely passable but the bugs and the power armor of the troopers conformed to the book rather nicely.
Too many young people have seen Verhoevens later version and never read the book and just assume its fascist trash based on scuttlebutt. This could not be further from the truth. I wish Verhoeven had made "The forever war" which was a far better anti-war response to starship troopers. Im so tired of Hollywood trashing SF books.