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The Helldivers, as this catch-up video unimprovably states, are the galaxys last line of offense.
Screenshot: TriStar Pictures
Which, if youve seen Starship Troopers, will sound somewhat familiar.
Thats, of course, because Helldivers took heavy influence from Paul Verhoevens sci-fi epic.
Except, when it was released, not many others seemed to understand what it was all about.
The Book Of The Film
The confusion was at least well-founded.
But this, it seems, was enough to spark the directors interest.
An Immodest Proposal
The result is extraordinary.
Satire is almost always most successful when deeply subtle.
It was irony written on a sledgehammer, repeatedly swung into the screen.
And it was spectacular.
And yet even then, no one got it.
The negative response from Heinlein fans was understandable.
For those who enjoyed it as a fascist work, it was a film that directly contradicted this message.
But the wider critical response remains utterly bemusing.
It comes directly out of the Nazi imagination, and is set in the Nazi universe.
Would You Like To Know More?
Its a film that really holds up.
The special effects remain fantastic, too.
The Bugs are elaborate CGI, alongside practical effects, and dont feel particularly dated.
Also, remember Denise Richards?
Shes great in this!
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