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[–] littlebluespark@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Hmm. This specific meme makes me wonder if its creator doesn't quite grasp the inherent satire of the source material...

[–] Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd say the choice of format is driven more by the similarity between ST and HD, and less about an accurate analogy with the source material

[–] littlebluespark@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Fair, though this specific one hit a little closer to home considering its topic and the source material.

[–] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That's not really how memes work. Or do you comment that every time you see that steven crowder douche? Actually steven crowder doesn't play mario kart on the wii, therefore he would never debate you.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

Well, memes are a complex phenomenon, but anyway adding more depth by using contextually related material never hurts

[–] littlebluespark@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

When the only swimming pool around is also the kiddie pool, the adults invariably risk wading into floating turds like your gem, kiddo. Your internet high fives from other shit muppets aren't the accolades you think they are. Stay in school.

[–] Duck_Potaaato@jlai.lu 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

What movie is it? Is it worth watching?

[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Starship Troopers. Yes it's worth watching. It's both an excellent satire of a society dominated by its military (it's portrayed as if it's an in-universe propaganda film) and an extremely well crafted action film.

It was directed by Paul Verhoeven, the same guy who directed RoboCop and Total Recall.

[–] ours@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

If you play Helldivers, you have to watch Starship Troopers.

HD takes its tone, premise, and many more things from that movie (and a bit from the book the movie satirizes).

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's Starship Troopers, one of the inspirations for Helldivers, afaik

It was good when I last watched it, but that was quite a while ago, the movie is from 1997, after all

[–] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That movie holds up really well imo. The sequels were never great. I don't want to shit on them too much, because they were basically very low budget and it seems like they tried

[–] jherazob@fedia.io 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Repeat after me: There were no sequels

[–] smokin_shinobi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

The animated ones with Big Boss Rico and the power armor were all right.

[–] jherazob@fedia.io 6 points 1 year ago

Oh you're in for a treat!