You are a Starship Trooper

[WickedSmurf]

Anyone seen ST2? Crappy movie, but that bit at the end was one of my favourite movie moments. "Hope you grow up fast...we need more meat for the grinder."

That was one crappy movie indeed! I didn't finish watching it...

 

[Bozo Erectus]

Let's pretend a situation where we live in a world similar to the one in Starship Trooper where human beings are in a fight against an alien race. Scientists think that you can significantly cripple the aliens ability to fight if you get into the aliens lair and blow up a brain bug. You will need to sacrifice you life to do this.
Two Questions:
1) Would you volunteer to do this?

As long as there are plenty of people dumber than me, uh, hell no, no need for me to do it.

 

[nonconformist]

Sorry to be OT, but DP's av, location and sig are hilarious, cos they don't match!

 

[Bozo Erectus]

Sorry to be OT, but DP's av, location and sig are hilarious, cos they don't match!

Oh crap, thanks for reminding me

 

[Perfection]

Sacrifice my life, no way! I'd go in armed to the teeth and single handedly take out every goddamn one of those ugly bastards! I'd just waste them. It would be no contest. I'd just step out onto the planet, and BOOM, they're all dead! I'd be like Rocky, Rambo, James Bond, The Terminator, and Batman all wrapped up in one man off pure ass-kickingness!

 

[Yuri2356]

They might as well close this thread, cause you just said it all Perfection!

 

[Jelciakajo]

No and no, because it's pretty obvious that the fascist Humans blew up Buenos Aires themselves to give them an excuse to attack the bugs.

 

[Xiahou-Dun]

According to the movie, I would give it serious thought. So maybe yes.

According to the book, No.

 

[Revolutionairy]

Could someone give me a reveiw of the book and weather or not I should spend the effort in trying to track a copy down?

 

[Colonel]

If this were true i would do it, not to say im sucidal or anything but i dont know if it would safe alot of people i would do it

 

[Speedo]

The book is well worth reading. IMO it brings up a lot of interesting points about our society, makes you think some. Of course, most liberals that I know tend to hate it, so *shrug*.

In the book I would go. I'd probably be there before the war started.

The movie? Doubt it. Mass infantry charges aren't my style.

 

[Yuri2356]

So in the book they had a military commander with an IQ higher than that of a jar of mayonase? From a tactical point of view, you should always bomb the enemy as much as possible before moving in ground troops. Even GEORGE BUSH knows that!

Edit: Besides, why would I even be in the Mobile Infantry? I'm CLEARLY Pilot material.

And that's annother odd thing about ST, the name "mobile infantry" as opposed to "Immobile Infantry"?
I hear you signed up for the "Meat shield" brigade.
We're called "Immobile Infantry"
And what do you do besides form a human wall arround the rest of us?
We, um... er... Dig holes?

 

[IglooDame]

Could someone give me a reveiw of the book and weather or not I should spend the effort in trying to track a copy down?

If you like thoughtful science fiction that is not necessarily 100% hard-science accurate (a la Larry Niven), Robert Heinlein is worth a read. You might try Stranger in a Strange Land, also a great book IMHO.

 

[Nemesis86]

I personally nearly vomited during that movie, it was stupid in war capabilities and too much gore. I would totally not sacrifice my life, and not cheer anyone who's too stupid to not know the truth. One question? Aside from the stupid military tactics, if we are capable of intergalactic travel, why can't we give our troops something better than machine guns? We have lasers in the present world, so why not laser guns?

 

[Colonel]

I personally nearly vomited during that movie, it was stupid in war capabilities and too much gore. I would totally not sacrifice my life, and not cheer anyone who's too stupid to not know the truth. One question? Aside from the stupid military tactics, if we are capable of intergalactic travel, why can't we give our troops something better than machine guns? We have lasers in the present world, so why not laser guns?

Other then the fact that you proably just insulted a war vetern(s) in the second and third line of that, I am betting that there were no laser guns because it would proably cost to much in special effects as they wasted all that money on useless space scenes

 

[h4ppy]

Machine guns are cooler than lazers and the movie was not about the probable future of military weapons.

 

[Mescalhead]

1.No, because I'm selfish.
2. No, because he is going to die very shortly, why would he care if I cheered or not?

Blowing up the hatchery is much craftier.

 

[Desmond Hawkins]

Is there ANY chance of survival?

 

[The Person]

1 - Forget it. Let some patriotic dimbulb do it instead.
2 - Of course, since I wouldn't have to do it.

 

[nonconformist]

Blowing the ahtchery won't do anything.

Firstly, the bugs have captured a few planets. Even if it were on the home planet of Klendathu, the bugs are hatched as they are needed, millions are in suspended animation. Also, there are different types of bugs: soldiers, and harmless workers.