Yes, he described Palestinians as “the bugs” and said some other really fucking ignorant quotes from that movie without the slightest understanding of Paul Verhoeven’s intent (his effort may have been doomed from the start; he even scolded actors on set for “not getting it” and just enjoying the fascism).
I have some license with what I say because I’m moving and transferring out of state in a few weeks but I also don’t want to have a bad mark on my record by saying something particularly scary about the IDF, so what should I tell him on Monday?
I love Starship Troopers but this is actually a major problem with it. The film might be a satire of fascism (and liberalism) but it’s definitely not a pro-communist film. The bugs are never depicted as anything other than bloodthirsty, chaotic monsters (though they are able to outmaneuver the humans a few times since the humans are even worse). This is partly excused by the fact that the movie is supposed to have been made within the Starship Troopers universe, but it’s also because the writer/director are ultimately libs. We desperately need left artistic works which just blatantly say that communism is good.
The only time we see the arachnids is when they are being invaded by the federation though, we never get a glimpse of civilian arachnid life. They aren’t so much bloodthirsty as fighting for their homes which humans are attempting to colonize. They only appear as “bloodthirsty chaotic monsters” because we’re shown them through the lens of the fascist humans. I agree it’s not a pro-communist film, but that wasn’t the point of it
