Many critics found the movie silly and juvenile with its young, attractive cast (Doogie Howser!), wooden acting and over-the-top gory action. Heinlein novel it was loosely based on, but because anything from the director of Robocop and Total Recall had to be cool.Īlas, Starship Troopers was a box-office bomb. I was one of the first people in line to watch this movie, not because I was a huge fan of the Robert A. In 1997, Galoob caught my attention with their awesome action figures and vehicles based on Paul Verhoeven’s violent R-rated sci-fi movie, Starship Troopers.
