STARSHIP TROOPERS

OFS SCI-FI THEATER

FRIDAY MAY 6, 13, 20 & JUNE 10

The only good bug…is a dead bug!

STARSHIP TROOPERS

8:30pm doors / 9:00pm film
$9 general admission / $6 OFS members
Tickets available at box office night of show
Mezzanine Lounge open (21+ w/ ID)

Dir: Paul Verhoeven / 1997 / US / 129 min / DCP

With this incredibly constructed 1997 sci-fi saga, mad Dutch auteur Paul Verhoeven wraps up his gonzo dystopian triptych that began with Robocop and carried through into Total Recall. Starship Troopers, the most devastatingly satirical of the three, gleefully skewers our conflict-minded, gung-ho culture. Clearly cast for their TV-idol good looks, Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards and Neil Patrick Harris anchor this wild ride, allowing the brilliant, soap/space-opera script to be more biting than just a balls-out bug-battle. At first, shortsighted ‘90s audiences didn’t understand that the film was satire, but thankfully true cinema lovers have come around to appreciating this gory gross-out of a cult classic for all its rich, outlandish rewards. “A ruthlessly funny and keenly self-aware sendup of right-wing militarism. The fact that it was and continues to be taken at face value speaks to the very vapidity the movie skewers.” – Calum Marsh, The Atlantic