>> While surfing through the idiot box today, I heard the words "Starship
>> Troopers" while passing the E! channel. So I watched, and listened to some
>> smarmy guy talk about this "sci-fi trend" and about "Independance Day" and
>> about the upcomming film "Starship Troopers"-strike one. Then they went to
>> the set of the film, which looked tacky as hell,
>A "tacky" set might just mean that they didn't waste all of the
>budget on props and F/X.
> and interviewed one of the "stars" of the film-I can't remember the
woman's name,
>> but she was in -get this-"Beverly hills 90210" and also did a horrendous
job as Keanu's
>> girlfriend in "Johnny Mnemonic". Not one thing was said about the classic
SF
>> story by this woman-strike two. Then, we are introduced to some apparently
>> shallow pretty boy, who also stars in the film, and who's biggest role was
on
>> "Melrose place".
>No-name actors might just mean that they didn't waste all of the
>budget on the grossly-inflated salaries of "stars."
You say that just because the set is tacky, that maybe they don't spend the
budget on props and f/x and that there are no stars, but maybe that's to save
money. But the movie has a hundred million dollar budget, so if they're
trying to get by eith cheap actrors and cheap sets and cheap f/x, what are
they spending all the money on?
-Ben Bjostad, who is still in mourning for Starship Troopers.
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