Aliens vs. Starship Troopers

[Blu-21]

Both films are similar in many ways but which do you consider to be the better film that you enjoy most?

[Mahatma]

Never got the hype about that Starship troopers...To me it was just a ridicilous bug movie.Maybe revisit it and look at it again.

[aiman04]

I like Starship Troopers, the first one only. But no way it would be any better than Aliens

[Bourne1886]

Originally Posted by aiman04

I like Starship Troopers, the first one only. But no way it would be any better than Aliens

I agree, Starship Troopers is a great film but Aliens is much better!

[JeffTheMovieGuy]

The Book of Starship Troopers is better than the movie even though its drastically different.

Aliens will always win this fight. The Xenomorph back then was still the most terrifying creature to see on film.

[L.J.]

Alien is the best like Starship Troopers but its not close to Alien.

[camper]

You can't really compare the two.

One's a haunted house picture, the other is a cowboy movie.

Over the two I'll always choose Aliens for better pretty much everything, but Starship Troopers has that 'humor' that Aliens lacks.

They're each good in their own way, IMHO, but they're two totally different types of films.

[max041104]

i agree, really not a fair comparison. i like starship troopers, but Aliens is one of my all time favorites!!

[mastadge]

The assertion that they're similar in many ways makes me sad. They're similar in pretty much one way: they have soldiers fighting bugs. Otherwise they're completely different movies and completely different thematically.

[shawk63]

Alien...not even close

[BluRayTim]

Aliens all the way.

[Mr.Terry]

Originally Posted by camper

You can't really compare the two.

One's a haunted house picture, the other is a cowboy movie.

Over the two I'll always choose Aliens for better pretty much everything, but Starship Troopers has that 'humor' that Aliens lacks.

They're each good in their own way, IMHO, but they're two totally different types of films.

I thought this thread was a joke but I see it's not.

[kevp777]

Everyone knows how brilliant Alien is and I agree but I thought I would spend a minute about the brilliance of the Starship Troopers, it is one of the most misunderstood movies of all time .. but that is part of it's brilliance, on one layer it plays as a dumbed down cowboy movie while truly it is a ruthlessly funny satire and self-aware sendup of militarism.

It's over the top fascistic rhetoric and shades of Animal Farm form a serious critique of the military industrial complex, American foreign policy, and a culture that chooses reactionary violence over reason.

It deserves another look if you have not watched the film in this light. So go ahead take another look and think about it ... really think about it.

That being said every sequel after the first movie is complete tripe.

[Buddy Ackerman]

Originally Posted by camper

You can't really compare the two.

One's a haunted house picture, the other is a cowboy movie.

Over the two I'll always choose Aliens for better pretty much everything, but Starship Troopers has that 'humor' that Aliens lacks.

They're each good in their own way, IMHO, but they're two totally different types of films.

It sounds like you're thinking of Alien rather than Aliens - Alien is the haunted house film (and has the more serious tone). Aliens features a bunch of marines tasked to destroy aliens, and features plenty of humour and action, which does make it somewhat similar in style to Starship Troopers.

[Josh B]

Hey OP, can I vote who would win instead of who I like better?

[camper]

Originally Posted by Buddy Ackerman

It sounds like you're thinking of Alien rather than Aliens - Alien is the haunted house film (and has the more serious tone). Aliens features a bunch of marines tasked to destroy aliens, and features plenty of humour and action, which does make it somewhat similar in style to Starship Troopers.

Alien is definitely the more serious of the two, but at its core Aliens is still a haunted house film but a return to the same house. Bigger house, more 'ghosts', but still a house. Haunted Mansion might be a better term

Even with a handful of light hearted moments intentionally and unintentionally thanks to Bill Pullman, Aliens is more like The Thing than it is Starship Troopers, and The Thing definitely falls into the Haunted House category.

My opinion, of course.

[aiman04]

Originally Posted by camper

Alien is definitely the more serious of the two, but at its core Aliens is still a haunted house film but a return to the same house. Bigger house, more 'ghosts', but still a house. Haunted Mansion might be a better term

Even with a handful of light hearted moments intentionally and unintentionally thanks to Bill Pullman, Aliens is more like The Thing than it is Starship Troopers, and The Thing definitely falls into the Haunted House category.

My opinion, of course.

Had me thinking of Independence Day for a moment, another alien war movie. Of course you mean Bill Paxton.

[Kevin Holly]

Starship Troopers by a country mile.

[Foggy]

Aliens always wins, it's the ultimate badass film!

[Hucksta G]

Starship Troopers (10/10)
Aliens (8/10)