March 11, 2003
Starship Troopers 2
[Movie News]
Starship troopers was obviously made with a sequel in mind. The movie ends with a clearly stated victory in the battle but not the war and a promise of further adventures for our characters. It seems that the sequel will at last be made, but low budget and direct to video. Stop motion animation Sensei Phil Tippett has been selected to direct.
Making "Starship Troopers 2" - The Budget
In what will be the first of a series of conversations with the creators of the forthcoming "Starship Troopers 2", Jon Davidson, producer of the film, talked to the site today about the film's rumoured low budget. "This installment of Starship is being kept low budget for an excellent reason; to provide a comfort level for Sony so that they will hire Phil Tippett as the director. Phil and I have worked together off and on since Dante's "Piranha". He sculpted the title character, ran the fish factory, executed many of the effects on location and was an all around great guy. Over the years we've tried to work together as a producer/director team but I've never been able to make that happen until now. The key was the low budget. Sony is getting a huge bargain on the visual effects in exchange for allowing Phil to helm the film. We will also need lots of help from the talented folks in Phil's shop to make it happen and be visually exciting. It really has to be a labor of love to pull it off for next to no money.", says Davidson.
Posted by Leopoldo at March 11, 2003 07:48 AM | TrackBackPlease don't murder our beloved Starship Trooper genre. It had to make a decent profit at the box office and it's one of my favorite movies! I don't want to see it be degraded to a B flick! Please get some support and make a real "A" sequel! It deserves this! Not a waist of effort on "B"oredom .
Posted by: Jonn on March 20, 2003 07:58 AMAlas, the rule of returns is golden in film-making. What makes for a good movie is not nearly as important as how much money a production may make.
Posted by: Leopoldo on March 20, 2003 07:48 PMOH MY GOD, I JUST SAW THIS TODAY, I WILL TELL YOU THAT I AM THE BIGGEST STARSHIP TROOPERS FAN EVER!!! I SAW IT IN THE MOVIES 4 TIMES IN THREE DAYS!!! AND WHEN IT BECAME AVAILABLE FOR RENTING, I RENTED 4 TIMES FROM ONE PLACE, AND THEN SO MANY TIMES AT ANOTHER PLACE, THAT THEY ACTUALLY GAVE IT TO ME. I LOVE THIS MOVIE, AND I HOPE THE DIRECTOR DOESNT RUIN THE NAME FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVENT EVEN HEARD OF IT!!!!
Posted by: Jake on April 11, 2003 10:44 PMPersonally, i think that as long as it is as good as the 1st and Johnny D Rico is just as cool it dont really matter, one thing more make sure there is someone as funny as Ace Levy in it again :D
Posted by: Jason James on April 13, 2003 03:11 PMWhoo baby! I'm very keen to see ANYTHING Starship Troopers 2-wise, low budget or not. I'd read the book before seeing the first film and was pleasantly surprised by the subtlety of the humour and the quality of the action in the film (the book is fairly grim & reactionary)- the only thing that was missing was the notorious powered battle armour of the novel - any chance that we'll see some armoured action in the sequel? Will the black humour of the first film be retained? And when's it due for shooting/release? Any chance of some concept/design art?
Posted by: Doctor Radium on April 21, 2003 08:59 PMThis according to today's moviehole:
http://www.moviehole.net/
Scoopie, Scoopie, Scoop. Just in, the official cast list for the soon to be shooting "Starship Troopers 2" - and yep, that's "American Idol" starlet Kelly Clarkson as one of the leads.Those that have got the nod to star in the Phil Tippett sequel are; [in alphabetical order] Billy Brown, Richard Burgi, Kelly Carlson, Cy Carter, Sandrine Holt, Ed Lauter ["Cujo"], J.P. Manoux, Lawrence Monoson, Colleen Porch, Drew Powel, Ed Quinn, Jason-Shane Scott, Brenda Strong ("Red Dragon"). The film begins shooting next month in LA.
Posted by: Leopoldo on April 22, 2003 03:54 PMThat Brenda Strong from "Red Dragon" is the same (wonderful) actress who played Capt. Deladier in the first "Starship Troopers". She was killed near the end of the movie, though. I wonder if she is coming back as the same character or as a different one.
Posted by: J. L. Sánchez on April 23, 2003 01:11 PMGood Catch J. L! I had not noticed. And yes, it is odd that they are bringing the actress back after her character was killed. Makes one wonder if ST2 will take place after the first one. I actually knew Brenda from a guest spot she had on Star Trek The Next Generation in an episode called 'When the Bough Breaks'. When I saw it I thought she was incredibly beautiful and looked her up, found pics from the episode and other TV shows up at her web site:
http://www.brendastrong.com/tv.htm
BTW there is more info on my re-watching of Next Generation at
http://www.geekroar.com/film/archives/000151.php#000151
and there should be a new article on the subject coming soon as I am almost done with the last season.
I heard its going directly to dvd, and those kinda movies usually suck. they should have tried to get the sci-fi channel to run starship troopers 2 as a mini series like they did with dune
Posted by: len on April 24, 2003 01:40 PMI am a huge starship trooper fan and for me 2 hear that they are making a low budget straight to DVD movie just pisses me off. The sequel should have been made 2 years after the first one. Hearing that Kelly Clarkson is going to be a lead character is juts offending.
Posted by: Kyke on May 4, 2003 08:36 PMOk, I've been waiting since the year 1997 for the sequel to come out. Its 2003 now, a sequel is in the works. Who the F put Kelly Clarkson in a damn Sci-Fi epic movie?! Ok, one thing is for certain for all those important movie people... if this movie is big like the last one it will gross so much money. This movie would attract many teens as well as other and the fact that this wont be a high budget release is just a stupid move on the part of whoever is funding this release. JUST MAKE THE DAMN THING GOOD PLEASE!!!!
Posted by: Eric on May 5, 2003 02:36 PMIm very very pleased to hear that Starship Troopers 2 is finally being produced.Low budget or not im sure this sequel is going to be everything we wanna see and hear.This movie is similar to a game on the PC called starcraft.A race you pick is called the zerg which are very similar to the arachnids.If you are a gamer and like Starship Troopers check this game out! Otherwise lets hope for the best of this sequel...
Posted by: Ryan on May 5, 2003 03:53 PMHELL YEAH!!!! WHEN I HEARD IN THE NEWS ABOUT THE MAKING OF SST2 I COULDNT BELEIVE IT...THATS MY ALL-TIME FAVORITE MOVIE I LOVE THAT FREAKING MOVIE...I SAW IT IN THE THEATRES BY ACCIDENT THE FIRST TIME AND I LIKED SO MUCH THAT I RENTED IT AND THEN IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO FIND IT ON DVD BUT I FINALLY GOT IT!!!! PLZ DONT RUIN THE MOVIE...MAKE THIS NEXT ONE EVEN BETTER!!!! I WANNA SEE SOME SERIOUS BUG KILLING AND PLZ DONT CENSOR ANYTRHING I WANNA SEE EVERYTHING!!! LATEXXX
Posted by: Jimscity on May 6, 2003 08:40 AMEeek. I had not realized that the movie stars an American Idol unknown.. hmmm my already miniscule confidence in this direct to DVD release has reached a new low.
Posted by: Leopoldo on May 6, 2003 10:02 AMGo for all info at
www.starshiptroopers2.net
Sad to say this whole thing smells of one more cheap rip off. Heinleins books are worth more than this. American Idol unknown as lead? Duh,,, what else can they do to turn ST into a cheap T&A ripoff?? For anyone that has not seen the Animated series Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles it is well worth checking out. It feels as though this animated series will be far superior to ST2 anytime. The Chronicles is very good stuff. Only problem is the greedy b. . . tards who hold the license on the last of the series wont release the ending of the series. Which leaves all us fans of the Animated Series in the lurch without any closure. This straight to DVD low budget dog and pony show funded by Sony sounds like a bad deal all around. I AM A Big Fan of STroopers. But this will get a big old pass from me.
Posted by: James on May 10, 2003 07:53 AMwhen is this movie coming out???
Posted by: matt on May 11, 2003 08:06 AMI don't think they have announced a release date yet. I believe the movie is still in production.
Posted by: Leopoldo on May 11, 2003 11:12 PMDo you think it will be better thabn the first? and is the original stars from part one coming back?
Posted by: ES_TANK on May 16, 2003 05:04 PMBetter than the first one? Err... read the info again. This is a low budget, straight to video release with cheap talent. No, don't expect this to be anything near a good movie.
Posted by: Leopoldo on May 17, 2003 09:04 AMWell I am a big fan of Starship Troopers too, great to see part2 to come out... however the low budget part really sucks! I`ll see it anyhow but i think that StarShip Troopers univers with its unic really Goverment system will be changed, reason... democratic system even now fails in the real world, and the National Socialist system shown in the movie shows how good and stable it is. So i think basicly that the part2 will be CUTout of MANYYYYYY things, the only parts that will be left are .. ships,some troops in blue shorts, and maybe spiders....few of them anyhow..
Basicly isnt much to wait for..
Posted by: OSA on May 18, 2003 09:09 PMDark Horizons posted the following scoop on Starship Troopers 2 today:
Posted by: Leopoldo on May 21, 2003 11:27 AM
Starship Troopers 2: 'Jon Movie Man' was on-set of the sci-fi sequel and has this exclusive report with all sorts of plot spoilers: "It takes place 5 years after the first movie, the opening scenes are of the propaganda commercial stating why you should join the Federation Troopers, lots of scenes of Troopers running and then a scene that is a copy of the Iowa Shima Flag Lifting. Immediately cuts to planet Zulu where the troopers are surrounded on a cliff by bugs and they are blasting away and are told to retreat. Nearly ¾ of the troopers are killed as they retreat towards an abandoned military base. They arrive at the base and get no response from the Federation when they ask for evacuation and pick up, meaning they are stranded there. There is also a subplot that the bugs have engendered a virus that infects some of the troopers and the bugs are trying to get the infection to go all the way up to the heads of the Federation. This virus turns it's victims into Zombies of sorts"
Find all info on Starship Troopers 2 at www.starshiptroopers2.net
Pretty cool site!!!
Ace
Dark Horizons has posted a cast photo from Starship Troopers 2
Posted by: Leopoldo on May 28, 2003 03:54 PMYou know, I never did like the movie much, but I am a bibliophile. I always have to compare the way a movie is made to the original book. I have an original edition of Heinlein's first printing of the novel, as well as two other copies that I read.
Go get the book! It's even better than the movie.
Oh, and as to what prompted this post.. The movie ends in much the same place the book does, except that Jhonny dies in the book, assaulting a bug hole.
I just hope that powered armor and jump suits make it into this movie, as they should have in the first!
Posted by: Calmiche on May 28, 2003 05:44 PMthis is in response to calmiche on May 28, 2003. Juan Rico doesn't die at the end of SST (novel) while taking a bug hole! What book are you reading. As a Third LT he assaults a bughole, gets knocked out, and his team takes a Brain Bug, but Rico doesn't die! How could Rico die if he's the narrator right up to the end? What, he's writing it from heaven?
Also, I think this movie is a disgrace, its like T3, its nothing but a cash cow. The book was never meant for a sequel, and I think creating a low-budget sequel to the movie (which was a crude representation of the book) is a disgrace. Robert A. Heinlein is rolling over in his grave at what you have done to his novel.
Posted by: Lazarus Long on June 18, 2003 09:02 AMI loved Starship Troopers! it waz one of the best movies i've seen in my life and i am 12! Me (Phil) and my and my friend matt Live on that movie. we have all of the collectables and stuff! when the movie came out on video, i bought it imediatly! I think it is a hell of a good idea to make a second movie! I will be FIRST on line at the theater! Please make the second movie R and not PG-13 cuz i've heard that they might make it PG-13!
ooo ya, one more thing, Everyone who dosen't want the movie to be realesed can not even bother to post comments on this web site! go trash some other site!
I loved Starship Troopers! it waz one of the best movies i've seen in my life and i am 12! Me (Phil) and my and my friend matt Live on that movie. we have all of the collectables and stuff! when the movie came out on video, i bought it imediatly! I think it is a hell of a good idea to make a second movie! I will be FIRST on line at the theater! Please make the second movie R and not PG-13 cuz i've heard that they might make it PG-13!
ooo ya, one more thing, Everyone who dosen't want the movie to be realesed can not even bother to post comments on this web site! go trash some other site!
qoute "I will be FIRST on line at the theater"
it probly wont hit theater. since its so low budget
This is troubling news indeed. When I first heard that there was to be a sequel I was so happy, I had been waiting for this for 6 years now. How unerving it is to see that it's gonna go straight to dvd and not make a cinema apperance. Low budget, no name actors, straight to dvd, it doesn't look good.....
We can always pray.
Posted by: The Doctor on June 26, 2003 06:28 PMthis is crap, straight to video come on! The first one made money and so would a second, if only sony knew this too. Kelly Clarkson with the lead role bah!!!! she can sing(good for her), but who the hell thought she could act. I am a huge fan but sst2 will not get a dime from me unless this movie goes from an B class movie to an A class movie. Is it true they are going to use stop motion animation, that is so 1950!!!!This movie was doomed before they even start production on it!
Posted by: smoothcriminal on June 29, 2003 03:41 PMI have always looked forward to a sequel to SS troopers, but straight to DVD + B Movie -Verhoeven= Shite
Posted by: Alan on July 10, 2003 08:38 AMIts disappointing that this film is given a low budjet considering the amount of money that Sony throwns at worse films. I personally enjoyed SS1 and was hoping they would have made a sequel. Its a shame they waited so long and are not bringing back any of the original cast members.
I would have loved to see Denise Richards to play the same role as Dina Meyers. That would have made for a great shower scene.
I can't believe it. They are raping the memory of ST. When I first heard they were making a sequel, I couldn't believe it, I was so happy. Then when I found out it was a straight to video job i was gutted. Well, they aren't getting a cent of me, I'll just remember it the way it was.
Posted by: Das on July 11, 2003 05:34 PM I am very amezed with this film and I wanted to know wether u can send in this e-mail address this film and also give me the real name of the principal actor and his girl friend here in this film.
Your sincerly.
Yves.
im gonna buy this movie even though tha low budget prove those unbelieving basterds that a low budget film doesnt make it suck
Posted by: cett on July 12, 2003 06:44 PMwow.. to think my excitement has completely subsided when I found this was going to be a low budget movie.
I don't get why they can't get some of the old actors back onto the set, considering that SST 1 was filled with unknown talent. Casper Van Dein still makes low budget movies as we speak.
also the startshiptroopers2.net site says a Kelly Carlson will be casted in the movie, not Kelly Clarkson from American Idol.. so all hope is not lost yet.
plus the director was responsible for the special effects in the first movie, not to mention other movies like Jurrasic Park.. so the movie just might be in good hands. sad that it isn't getting the attention that it deserves.
Posted by: Eddie on July 12, 2003 11:21 PMThere are a bunch of stills from the movie at http://www.moviehole.net/news.php?newsid=1935
Posted by: Leopoldo on July 15, 2003 02:34 PMjonny?, jonny rico? is that you? sadly tis not, why are they moving away from these characters?, now i've never seen this idol program, but from what i've heard, the lead role, well just no, i think you know what i mean, but seriously, if they don't do the sequel justice, then there discrediting the film world, starship troopers, was an incredible film that bought the biggest war this side of the galaxy into our homes i'm not even sure i want to see the sequel if it is appaently going to be this bad...and i also think they should stick with the cast they had, minus the desist of course.
Posted by: Chrisitude V.1 on July 15, 2003 05:21 PMDUDE!!!i fuc*ing love SST i have every starship troopers,i got the toys,movie,dvd cartoons,video games, and board gameZ.and when i heard they were making a 2nd one i fliped,but i saw some of the pics and why are the guns different???
Starship Troopers 2 is set 5 years after the first movie, so it's not surprising that they are using new guns. Also, during the FedNet add at the end of the first movie, they say something like "We have the weapons", and you see a trooper blasting something with a huge gun. I don't think that's the same gun they are using in the sequel, but the idea is that weapons are improved with time.
Posted by: J. L. Sánchez on July 18, 2003 08:50 AMI have the feeling the new guns have more to do with a smaller budget than the new timeline.
Posted by: Leopoldo on July 18, 2003 09:10 AMYou may be right, Leopoldo. However, if they wanted to save money, they could have used the old weapons from the first movie. (I mean, I don't think they were auctioned to collectors like other props). Besides, when filming started I read somewhere that producer Jon Davison was very happy with the new weapons, or something like that.
Anyway, what I really wanted to tell you is that I've just found a (posible) release date for the movie at filmreleases.com (updated yesterday): It's May 5th, 2004, the same day as WB's Starsky & Hutch. No word on wether this is the date for a theatrical release or just the announced DVD/VHS release.
hummmm.... I am a huge ST fan and i think that the idea of a sequel is awsome! If they could make a movie in 1997 with awsome graphics like that then imagin what they could do with 2003 technology!. But don't even bother if it isn't going to have the same charasters from the first one. Those ppl make the movie man! and if it isn't going to have the same producers and directors and all those other ppl. Then don't bother. I AGREE DVD + B Movie -Verhoeven= Shit
Posted by: Beebe on July 18, 2003 02:41 PMBUT WE CAN PREY THAT IT WILL BE AWSOME SINCE THE FIRST ONE WAS SO BIG. BUT THEN THEY ARE JUST GOING TO GIVE STARSHIP TROOPERS A BAD NAME IF THE SEQUEL IS CRAPPY!
Posted by: beebe on July 18, 2003 02:44 PMdamn prottos kick to much ass these days
fuck them_______________Y__Y__Y OMG AAAAAAAAA
Posted by: dylan on July 24, 2003 10:33 PMDammit yeah! ST2 will be a favourite no question. One thing i noticed about the first one is "who really are the good guys?" If you look close the psychic guy's rank bars on his collar are the same as the ones worn by the nazis during WW2 (an unsuccesful sequel). Sinister eh. Personally i would like to see the bugs win cause it aint their fault that the humans are pushy big headed bastards!!!
Woo hoo! Starship troopers 2 here at last.
FOR YEARS WE WAITED!
FOR YEARS WE PETITIONED SONY!
FOR YEARS WE BUILT OUR WEBSITES DEDICATED TO IT!
FOR YEARS WE DREAMT OF WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE!
and what do we get for all of the above and more!
A second rate "B" movie that isn`t even going to the cinemas, isn`t going to have any of the characters from the first, isn`t even going to have the same amazing special effects and probably won`t be recognised as a film connected to another.
We all hoped and dreamt of seeing the same characters (espically Denise Richards!) from the first in a huge spectacular that would dawrf the first, we thought we would finally see the "mech warrior" like battle suits and battles like those out of "starship troopers roughnecks" but on a large real life scale. What we`re getting is a piece of crap about some squad getting trapped on some insignificant planet way out there.
My only hope is that they make enough money from this one to consider making a spectacular Starship Troopers 3
I just checked out the SST2.net site. Maybe I'll give the new film a chance. A few of those actors have been around for awhile ("Captain Dax" [oh c'mon now, I think ST:DS9 when I hear that! Couldn't they come up with a different name?] is the dude from the TV show "The Sentinel") Ed Lauter (from a whole bunch of movies) is on their as well. We should keep an open mind. If it sucks, then oh well. It never happened. Just like there were no Highlander sequels. They were just a nasty rumor and a bad dream I had. And as most of you probably know by now, that's not Idol Kelly Clarkson, but a Kelly Carlson, who's looks kinda hot in those promo shots. Hot chicks in uniform...I can dig it! :)
Posted by: Dan Manzano on July 28, 2003 01:14 AMYou know, I read the Dominant Species comics. Did you know that Rico changed it from Rasczak's Roughnecks to Rico's Raiders? And they guy who got killed got killed assaulting a bug hole was Sugar, the sniper. I laughed my ass off when I looked at the names of the characters. "Dill." Haha! "KOBE!" HAHAHA!
Posted by: Otis the donut theif on August 15, 2003 08:17 PMI LOVE STARSHIP TROOPERS.
AND THE BUGS :)
Mother f*ckers ... Direct to DVD. I mean seriously you cant appreciate a film at the same level unless it is being played on a huge cinema screen with an amazing sound set up. Really really annoyed to hear this. I will buy it when it comes out but seriously what an insult to a superb first film. Sony, dont piss me off!
Posted by: Xavier on September 20, 2003 08:34 AMSST was one of the finest SciFi films ever made and when i heard that they were FINALLY making the sequel I was Happy until I learned that the Cast is shot to hell Van Dien isn't in it. And its going straight to EDVD, How could they do this to a great *could of benn franchise) Why wasn' the Sequel made 2 years after the origuinal, My god they had a fortune awaiting them and they Blew it, I loved the Original and to hear what their doing to the 2 nd one I'm Pissed
Posted by: Chuck P on October 18, 2003 12:18 PMI must say that I am extremely dissappointed at those greedy bastards at Sony pictures who have intentionally ruined a potentially epic movie. Those fuckers have it all wrong: hiring some slut to be nude will not cut it, those bastards think they are going to make some profit, but they are not. They have completely raped Heinlein's interpretation of the first book, and now are creating a cheap sh*t. F*ck, why cant those f*ckers in Hollywood understand that people want PLOT, PHILOSOPHICAL SUBSTANCE, not SHIT, integrated with special effects. F*ck , starship troopers enlightened my youth because of its bigger-than-life rhetoric, but all this sequel is going to bring is more dissapointment.
To those f*cking idiots at Sony
May you starve to death for your stupidity
ss2 is going to suck big,were is Reco comon sony u suck i hope u all die
Posted by: kurtis on October 23, 2003 09:15 AMi have a nother thing to say. what the hell is up with the low budget movie not even going to make the movies...if it is bad as people say im not even going to see it because i no it's going to give ss1 a bad name thanks a lot sony u fags
Posted by: kurtis on October 23, 2003 09:21 AMIf they do make a Starship Troopers II, it could still be cool as a PG-13. What this movie needs though is the powersuits! The suits of mechanized body armor that enable troopers to lift boulders, leap over buildings, and carry gargantuan weapons into combat.
Starship Troopers w/o powersuits is like Superman without his cape, costume, and superpowers.
If they can't give the MI powersuits. The at least give them tanks, armored vhelicles, 50 foot tall battlemechs to fight alongside with. And give the troopers laser weapons to slice through them bugs.
Posted by: Kyle on October 25, 2003 08:31 PMHi
Starship Troopers "Smoothnecks" is now online and can be downloaded from
http://www.superteam.biz
there is a 3D version aswell ( glasses needed )
Posted by: Ian Paterson on October 26, 2003 01:30 AMHey I have watched starship troopers every chance posible and when i heard they where bringing out a sequal i thought yeah this should be good but now its a low budget movie DONT DO IT it wont do the origonal justice and any one whoplans on doing so will be ruining there movie carrea If your going to mke a sequal do the fist justice by bringing all the origonal servivors of the "rughnecks" and givit a decent budget 4 god sake! We dont wnt to see crapy plastic toys runin around and it ha to be realesed in the cinema! Dont bring it straight on to DVD make an entrace! Please E-mail me: blink_dude599@hotmail.com
Posted by: Scott Palmer on October 27, 2003 07:32 AMYet again im posting another msg
I have just seen the stills taken from the film and i dnt see what thebig fus is about over the weapons? Its like 5yrs sine the first one but wot anoys me is why r they wearing the same shity plastic body armor? wots with it i mean in ST loads of dudes got killed wih stabs to the cest so give them big ass metal chest plates or some shit! I mean ealy set in the future ud think they would havesomthing that could with stand the ataks from the bugs!? And another thing is why do they keep sendin the troopers to die? Give the armored jeps and tanks and big fuck off apc then there wu b less deaths! And another smal point y not just nuke all he Fukers? oh and technology would alow them to have some new shit rie? like helicopters or hovercrafts and shit like that I am intrested in all the points made on this page ad will e so pissed off if the dnt do the first film justice with a explosive sequal.
Scott Palmer
they should have the same people from last time
Posted by: d on October 31, 2003 05:14 PMstarship troopers 2 unreal!
Posted by: supatroopa on November 6, 2003 08:15 AMFinaly they are makeing it the sequal to my faviot movie. A friend called me today to tell me and I thought he was shiting me but wow it's true, I just cant wait, sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: crazy42boy on November 7, 2003 07:50 AMFinaly they are makeing it the sequal to my faviot movie. A friend called me today to tell me and I thought he was shiting me but wow it's true, I just cant wait, sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: crazy42boy on November 7, 2003 07:50 AMOh dear...
Low budget
Shite Actors
no pre release hype
= biggest pile o shite since the cows were fed laxative.
Posted by: Satan on November 9, 2003 07:47 PMwhen i heard they were going to make a sst2 i thought hey great should be a good movie but as so many of you have stated they needed a bigger budget and better actors (i dont know if they could afford some of the original actors now) and yes they need to release it in theaters it said its coming out in march of 2004 im like this is the first time i have heard of it they should at least hype it a little honestly i hope they retitle it to somthing elce and have it just part of the sst jonera and make a real sst2 PLEASE!!!!!!!!
Posted by: morgan on January 2, 2004 02:27 AMOMG!! what is this bullshit... starship troopers was one of the biggest hit of 1997 and the region 1 DVD re-release last year was awsome!!
why in the blue hell can't they get the original director, and cast and put some money on the damn film, if they have any brains they would know it would make LOTS of money in the cinema, purly because of the 1st film....
oh and what "Satan" said in the 2nd post above mine is so DAMN TURE... HORSE SHIT FILM!
Posted by: arnold on January 3, 2004 04:21 PMA short (15 second) TV trailer is available at StarshipTroopers2.net
Posted by: Leopoldo on January 26, 2004 10:32 AMhmmz.. a guy from the sentinal sci fi series, and a girl from pop idol aswell...i bet one of the other cast members played the head Tele tubby from that kids show, another being Barney the pink dinosaur and yet another who played the role as the rubber crocodile in the 1st dundee film.. sigh,.. im so excited... plz, someone shoot me.quick
Posted by: nyall on February 4, 2004 11:55 PMyou guys watched the 15 sec trailer? granted its low budget and the only bearly familiar faces are that of cpt dax ( i think thats rite) as hes they guy from the sentinal tv series, anyways, my point is.. even tho it doesn have big name actors it could turn out ok. i know i had a rant about it, but that was b4 i watched the 15 sec tv spot, i suggest u all do the same.
Posted by: nyall on February 5, 2004 11:47 AMNo paul verhoven low buget, hahaha this one is going straight in to the videostore people.
Hell, showing a big war in space with huge muthaf*cking bugs you can not do it with a low buget.
Any way we dutchies won't even get the flick if it suck bigtime....pitty
Download Starship Troopers smoothnecks free from www.superteam.biz
there is also a 3D version ( glasses needed )
Posted by: Lincon on February 19, 2004 06:58 AMI have seen the new 1 minute trailer and new photos on www.starshiptroopers2.net and the movie looks great!!! also paul verhoeven was very much involved, tippett was constantly consulting with him and he even visited the set.
he coudn't put his credit because of obvious reasons.
I have seen this movie and it's great! Actually a lot more intersting than the first one. The first one was more for kids, this one is for adults. It obviously had smaller budget but the effects are great. I think it's the best direct to dvd ever.
Posted by: Busey on March 3, 2004 03:30 AMiam sorry but this movie is shit i watched it and i can tell you if you like the first one dont hope the secound is better !! i only like the sound a littel bit but the rest oh my god forget it.
i watched it now around 3 or 4 times i thought maybe the movie is better on the 3th time but no:(
i watched it in german and i can tell the dialogs are so stupid i gone watch it in english sone i am hopping it is a littel bit better hopefully. So forget the movie or start to laugh about it.
MfG Snakeschmid
Posted by: snakeschmid on March 12, 2004 12:42 PMdont really care if its crap or not..
got it on pre-order from play.com
have to wait untill aprill though (dammit)
Posted by: bearded1 on March 15, 2004 05:20 AMAccording to DVDAnswers.com the ST2 DVD will be released on June 1st and will include director commentary, two featurettes, a photo gallery and a trailer
Posted by: Leopoldo on March 29, 2004 04:08 PM Although the first movie left me with the need to stick Doogie Howser with a shiv, I liked this movie better than the first.
However, in my view, its more of an episode in a TV show than a movie. I'm reminded of the cartoon series "Roughnecks". But then, given a small budget, I didn't expect an epic journey.
Since it was a movie, I did hope for a few new bugs (even "Roughnecks" intoduced at least one an episode).
Overall, I think the movie was a good start for the director. Unlike the first film, this was more suspense driven than action, which I felt had potential. However, the hints were too glaring and much of the possibility was stolen.
Some of the nude scenes would have done better to use suduction than sexual attraction, but all were still appreciated ;-)
It would have been interesting to watch the bugs mistakes as well as successes in suduction and ambush.
You can see just how cheesy this direct to video flick looks. There are two clips from the movie you can download at MovieWeb - Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation: Special Edition on DVD
Posted by: Leopoldo on May 9, 2004 09:11 AMOh my god... this film is terrible!!! i really enjoyed sst1, but this was ridiculous. i can't believe i watched the whole thing. very disappointed...
Posted by: hunter on May 9, 2004 07:17 PMI can't believe how truly shit the sst2 is it was more of a fucking trailer than a film only just over an hour long no big actors and NO FIT AS FUCK CARMEN she was soooooo fine i can't believe i spent £15 on the dvd
Posted by: james hounsome on May 11, 2004 04:28 AMwait a second has it come out or is it coming out june 2004??? you guys keep saing you saw it so is it out or what??? and why the hell would they make a cheap low budget movie instead of a big hollywood sci-fi adventure??? Thats soooo stupid! They should have just gotten different directors. Strait to dvd movies suck it BIG TIME! This movie is gonna suck ass, it would only be good as a major hollywood picture. I dont get why people hated the first starship troopers. It did horrible in theatres but I LOVED IT!!! now this piece of crap comes along, just greaaaaaaat!
Posted by: moo on May 12, 2004 04:14 PMI like that move and I wont to know when the next move is going to come out and if it have can somebody tale me where i can see it at. I live in lima.
Posted by: Antonio Lee on May 14, 2004 10:51 AMIs it just me, or is everyone had they're brains sucked out by that big rubbery thing at the end of the first movie? I have to admit i did actually love the film the first time i saw it, but i was eight and haden't adjusted to the go-go 90's. It was stupid. Any political satire or references to WWII were completely lost in the film against the needless special effects that only served to cheapen the experience. And now theres a sequal? There is no god.
Posted by: Matt on May 18, 2004 09:12 PMI want to know if they mention anyone from the first film, or suggest anything that has to do with them at all??? Anyone? Im very curious about this. I think its quite gay that they have made a sequel. If you want to make a good sequel, you should try to atleast incorporate some original cast members. Jeez. I cant wait to never see this movie, but if they mention anyone in the first, I might consider it.
Posted by: Dane on May 19, 2004 12:23 AMGods, I loved the movie but I was really curious whom that guy who played, "Billy". The blond haired, innocent guy.
I don't know why people didn't like it, personally, I hated the first one because it looked so.. freakin' old.
Posted by: Luna on June 5, 2004 12:29 PMwife bought me star shiptroopers 2..worse thing she ever done!!!!!!what a load of rubbish worse still she lost the reciept so i cant take the bloody thing back!!!!
Posted by: hgvdriverlol on July 4, 2004 01:08 AMStarship Troopers rocked, Starship Troopers 2 didn't.
Posted by: Gunndaddyp on July 21, 2004 08:23 PMHello folks nice blog youre running
Posted by: lolita on January 19, 2005 04:51 PMit was gay the the song the acting the only good soldier was DAX other wise dumb
Posted by: Doug on February 25, 2005 08:57 AM

