Episode 63

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24th Jan 2022

Episode 63 - Starship Troopers with Big Shamu

This week we are joined by Hip Hop MC and Producer Big Shamu to discuss Paul Vehovan's Classic Scifi Actioner Starship Troopers. 

We are Talking Bicycle Infantry, Monsters rejected from Tremors 2 and why you don't want an Asteroid to head to earth.

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Starship Troopers is a 1997 American military science fiction action film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Edward Neumeier, based on Robert A. Heinlein's 1959 novel of the same name. The story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry, a futuristic military unit. Rico's military career progresses from recruit, to non-commissioned officer, and finally to officer, against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an insectoid species known as Arachnids.

The only theatrically released film in the Starship Troopers franchise, it received mostly negative reviews from critics upon release; however, it has received a more positive reception in retrospect, with many critics highlighting the film's political satire.[3] It grossed $54.5 million in the U.S., and a total of $121.2 million worldwide, against a budget of $105 million.[2] In 1998, the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the 70th Academy Awards. In 2012, Slant Magazine ranked the film #20 on its list of "The 100 Best Films of the 1990s".[4]

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100 Things we learned from film
Two friends take a light hearted deep dive in to film in an attempt to learn 100 things from a different movie each week. Expect trivia to impress your friends and nonsense from the start.

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