Wikipedia:Today's featured article/November 7, 2024
Starship Troopersis a science-fictionaction filmreleased on November 7, 1997. Directed byPaul Verhoevenand written byEdward Neumeier,it is based on the 1959 novelStarship TroopersbyRobert A. Heinlein(pictured).The story follows teenager Johnny Rico and his comrades as they serve in a 23rd-centuryinterstellar waragainstalienscalled the Arachnids. The film starsCasper Van Dien,Dina Meyer,Denise Richards,Jake Busey,Neil Patrick Harris,Patrick Muldoon,andMichael Ironside.Starship Troopersfaced critical backlash, with reviewers seeing it as endorsingfascism,and disparaging its violent content. Despite initial box-office success, negative reviews and unfavorableword of mouthmade it only the 34th-highest-grossingfilm of 1997.It has since been critically re-evaluated, and is now considered acult classicand a satire of fascism and authoritarianism that has grown in relevancy. The film launcheda multimedia franchise,video games, comics, and a variety of merchandise. (Full article...)