"Starship Troopers is one of my all-time favorite sci-fi flicks. "
Mine too, but dear God help us, have you seen the insidious "Starship Troopers II"?
In "ST", I found it unbelievable that, although they could master interstellar travel, the Colonial 'flyboys' couldn't dodge the Bugs' plasma poop missiles fired into space. Kinda pathetic.
Ha ha- yeah, and in Superman, he had to fly at light speed for years to get to earth, but the Kryptonite fell to earth when he was like 26. That was some explosion- ha
I could only stomach bits and pieces of ST2. And yes, as an Army man myself, the tactical aspects of ST1 were ridiculous, but I was too busy being thoroughly entertained with other aspects of the flick.