The Klendathu Drop Scene - Starship Troopers (1997)

Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species known as "the Bugs".

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Fun fact: Starship Troopers holds the world record for highest number of blank rounds fired for a movie production ever, with the cast having fired over 300, 000 blanks over the course of filming. This record will never be topped as this was one of the last movies made before CGI muzzle flashes became a thing.

[GauntletBProductions]

"REMEMBER YOUR TRAINING AND YOU WILL MAKE IT BACK ALIVE!"
*first one to get killed* 🤣😂🤣😂

[davidshane]

I was home schooled for 2 years in the late 90s. My mom took me to see this movie as a "field trip" thinking it was like Star Wars or Star Trek. Props to her for letting me see the entire movie.

[hisdudeness]

I love that their entire battle strategy was, land, spread out, kill anything that isn’t human. That’s it.

[sethmillerd]

These bugs are truly terrifying creatures. They were even able to kill a camera man.

[s.o.]

4:00 I love how the humans arrived as loud as possible to announce their presence, only to successfully sneak up on the bugs just seconds later.

[azakachi-rd-]

The warrior bug props and CG effects are still amazing!

[nidnoms]

i just love the parts where some arachnids will toss a trooper to the rest of the swarm like 'heres boys, dinners served', clearly arachnids understand the concept of sharing food/biomass

[Frst]

3:22 that transition from CGI to practical effect is fucking seamless holy shit

[h.a.]

That is one hell of a dedicated cameraman.

[ethanblakely]

I love how the whole movie to this point portrays the fleet and the MI to be unstoppable, and makes you feel thisll be a cake walk, and within 30 seconds that feeling is gone

[gabbyprincip]

I always liked how the bugs are better organized, use tactics and have specialized units meanwhile the humans fight like bugs, endless hordes of disposable and faceless grunts that all do the same thing

[ashtonnicholson]

Just another day in Australia going into the garage to face a rouge Huntsman Spider.

[ShortQuotesToday]

As a fellow HELLDIVER i can tell you Spreading freedom across the galaxy is just what we do..

[stephenfaithful]

Starship Troopers is a film that rarely gets the credit it deserves. It's a masterpiece. Fight me!

[LoganfogansS]

No air support, no heavy weapons, no flamers, no grenades, no tanks. Oh, wait, they have 2 rocket launchers and 1 cameraman.

[oliverjabroni]

Thanks to all the geniuses pointing out that Starship Troopers is unrealistic

[Vejur]

This movie was spectacular fun. Oscar worthy visual effects, and one hell of a ferocious race.

[Punisher]

this film was ahead of its time in the special effects department, the Arachnids still look pretty good and actually look well blended into the live action shots for the most part, the only things that look dated are the shadows cast by the bugs, and the actors whenever they are shown shooting at the bugs which you can clearly see they aren't even aiming at the correct spot where the bug is, these things have definitely improved today with modern CGI rendering.

[NZClayArtist]

For the time this movie came out, I will say that the VFX look really good, better than what Disney's putting out.