Starship Troopers: Invasion

[mar3o]

Originally Posted by Blu-21

What do people think about this?

I watched it last night and to be honest apart from some good animation and action sequences it was a pretty dull affair. Cliche forgettable characters and a boring story/plot.

The DTS-HD audio was also quite the disappointment. It lacked the aggressive punchy bass I was expecting to hear, especially the space scenes showing the ships moving. My sub was close to silent for these scenes where as it was rumbling for the space scenes in the Paul venhoven film.

I might get hate for this but I enjoyed Starship Troopers 2 more then both the Johnny Rico sequel continuations (the other being Starship Troopers 3).

I enjoyed it for the animation, which in my opinion was excellent. Sure the story was just serviceable, but keep your expectations in check and I think people might enjoy it. Some good action scenes and excellent animation. The animation was still better in Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, but this wasn't bad by any means. I couldn't stand Starship Troopers 2. I didn't bother with part 3. I watched this for the animation and I enjoyed it for what it was.

Also - out of curiosity - have you ever seen Roughneck -Starship Troopers Chronicles? It was an emmy-nominated animated tv series back in 1999. It used back then pretty impressive CGi animation and was pretty good actually.

[Blu-21]

Originally Posted by mar3o

Also - out of curiosity - have you ever seen Roughneck -Starship Troopers Chronicles? It was an emmy-nominated animated tv series back in 1999. It used back then pretty impressive CGi animation and was pretty good actually.

No I haven't. Is the show available to watch online anywhere? Because given my track record with my dislike for most of the sequels in this franchise I'm not sure I'm willing to bite the bullet to buy the DVDs in case I'm disipointed again.

[mar3o]

Originally Posted by Blu-21

No I haven't. Is the show available to watch online anywhere? Because given my track record with my dislike for most of the sequels in this franchise I'm not sure I'm willing to bite the bullet to buy the DVDs in case I'm disipointed again.

I'm not sure if it's online or not. The entire series was released on DVD long ago in separate "campaigns" - each made up of several episodes. Netflix used to have the DVDs if you happen to have a subscription. I'm betting you might be able to see clips at least on Youtube to get an idea of how it looked.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by mar3o

I'm not sure if it's online or not. The entire series was released on DVD long ago in separate "campaigns" - each made up of several episodes. Netflix used to have the DVDs if you happen to have a subscription. I'm betting you might be able to see clips at least on Youtube to get an idea of how it looked.

Roughnecks: STC - Pluto Campaign [1/10] - YouTube

[Blu-21]

Originally Posted by mar3o

I'm not sure if it's online or not. The entire series was released on DVD long ago in separate "campaigns" - each made up of several episodes. Netflix used to have the DVDs if you happen to have a subscription. I'm betting you might be able to see clips at least on Youtube to get an idea of how it looked.

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

Roughnecks: STC - Pluto Campaign [1/10] - YouTube

Thanks guys! it seems that uploader has the Pluto, Hydora & Tophet campaigns in full on is YouTube account. Was that all the campaigns? and is there a order I should watch them in?

[mar3o]

Originally Posted by Blu-21

Thanks guys! it seems that uploader has the Pluto, Hydora & Tophet campaigns in full on is YouTube account. Was that all the campaigns? and is there a order I should watch them in?

In order:

The Pluto Campaign (5 episodes) Takes place on Pluto.

The Hydora Campaign (5 episodes) Takes place on Hydora, which is almost entirely covered by water.

The Tophet Campaign (5 episodes) Takes place on Tophet, a desert planet which is home to the Skinnies.

The Tesca Campaign (5 episodes) Takes place on the jungle moon of Tesca Nemerosa.

The Zephyr Campaign (5 episodes) Takes place on a frozen asteroid.

The Klendathu Campaign (5 episodes) Takes place on the Bugs' home world Klendathu.

Trackers (5 episodes) 1st takes place on the journey from Klendathu to Earth. The others are recaps. 4th has Rico floating through space. 5th investigates Razak.

The Homefront Campaign (5 episodes; 4 others planned but never completed) Takes place on Earth.