The movie 'Starship Troopers' was based on the classic science-fiction
novel written by Robert A. Henlein. The screenplay to the movie was written
by Ed Neumeier who opted out of using the element of the powered armour
used by the Infantry. The suits were opted out as the realisation of them
was too expensive to create and would have looked stupid using CGI'd humans
wearing the armour.
The movie cost $100 million US, and took 2 years to complete. Extensive
CGI was used throughout to create the Arachnids, or "Bugs", from the planet
Klendathu, ranging from small Bugs that look like cockroaches to the Brain
Bug. The different types of Bugs are as follows - the Warrior Bugs, Hopper
Bugs, Tanker Bugs and the Brain Bug. The Warrior Bugs design was based
on spiders and wasps with the addition of World War II Afrika Corps style
camoflage. The Warrior Bugs were the most common Bugs seen, including 1
scene with over 2000 of them running towards a fortress where the Infrantry
have barricaded themselved in. The Hopper Bugs were the type that could
fly and the addition of chopping people's heads off as they flew. The largest
Bugs were the Tanker Bugs which spat out flames and also could bite people
to death, including the character of Rasczak who has his legs bitten off
by a Tanker Bug. The Brain Bug has the most gruesome addition of a tube
that stabs into people's heads and sucks out their brains.
The main cast of the movie were:
Casper Van Dien as Johnny Rico
Dina Meyer as Dizzy Flores
Denise Richards as Carmen Ibanez
Patrick Muldoon as Zander Barcalow
Jake Busey as Ace Levy
Neil Patrick Harris as Carl Jenkins
Clancy Brown as Sergeant Zim
Michael Ironside as Jean Rasczak
To see some more pictures from the movie, goto the Pictures
area.
To see some video clips and trailers from the movie, goto the Video
area.
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