It helps that the background was real (instead of green screen) and they heavily used real practical effects intead of relying solely on CGI. Some of the closeup shots of the bugs were done with real life models and animatronics. Jurassic Park also used a combination of CGI + real models/animatronics (IIRC, they made animatronic models of Velociraptors and most of the T-Rex).
They played to the strengths of early CGI. Movies around that time with bad CGI didn’t, making common mistakes like using it in dimly lit scenes and having glossy reflections.
@@YounessMoussaid We have modern lasers, missiles, AI, nukes... But kinetic energy will always be kinetic energy, Hell we still use some of the same firearms models as 100 years ago.
@@shaskusmasso I watched it again, and this might shock you: where Rico’s gun is pointed and where that blood splattered appeared *do not line up!* That said, your point does stand. At best, Rico shot him in the right lung and at worst the liver. So you’re right, the LT probably didn’t have kind thoughts about Rico in his last moments down that bug’s gullet
@@tamusdarmody5744 yeah, I'm sure he knew that. But in the beginning of the movie we see someone from MI missing both his legs, and the LT didn't get a mechanical arm until he was back in action, so I'm guessing he just didn't want to go through the rest of his life missing the majority of his limbs. There is also the possibility that the femoral arties pulled back too far to tournequit or possibly even clamp since the amputations occurred very close to the waist.
It helps that the background was real (instead of green screen) and they heavily used real practical effects isntead of relying solely on CGI. Some of the closeup shots of the bugs were done with real life models and animatronics.
Based on something actually said during WW1: "Come on, you sons-of-bitches, do you want to live forever?" ~ Medal of Honor Recipient, Sgt. Major Daniel Daly
If only Helldivers 2 could increase player base from 4 to at least 8 or 12 or something... If you want this feel then play Starship Troopers: Extermination.
@@Neighborhooddivers Where and when did they mention that? And what did they mention? Have not heard them mentioning anything about increasing the player base, the amount of players in-game.
@@Iambadboy88"When asked about multi-squad raids, Johan Pilestedt, Helldivers 2 creative director and Arrowhead CEO, claims: “It actually exists in the ‘wild ideas but probably too hard to do’ section of future content”. " The Loadout
27 years old and still holds up!! Loved this movie must have watched it so many days back on Sky when there were only 2/3 movie channels on Sky 😂😂 if anyone here can remember those days!!!
There was just so many bugs. The warrior bugs were even using dead bugs as ladders and stepping stones. They didn't have enough firepower and the right kind of firepower.
I’ve never been into stuff like this at all. I love Helldivers 2 and this movie reminds me of Helldivers.. Now this is a much see movie for me! Thanks Helldivers!
Remember seeing this on LaserDisc in Dolby Digital AC-3. Love this film, so underrated and deserved a worthy sequel. The Roughnecks show wasn’t too bad.
I like the dynamic rico ibanez and liz. Rico was looking for gold and he thought ibanez was the gold. He sacrificed to try to be near the gold WHILST the rarest of the diamonds was always beside him …
I love this movie. I wished they showed more of the underslung shotgun being used. It would be cool if they made another film going back to klendathu and stopping the bugs once and for all.
I know there are (less than stellar) sequels but I think the point of this movie is they were absolutely going to lose this war eventually, I don't think there was any once and for all in their future.
As a retired member of the military, you feel a scene like this. We take comraderie very seriously, and to see a friend? Or even a fellow member pass away like that? It hits home in a way you can never forget.
They have energy weapons in the extended lore but they were expensive and not as reliable as the Morita Smart Rifles. Keep in mind in the books and other media the troopers are supposed to have visors to assist in targeting but they were dumped for the movies because the actor' s breathing kept on fogging them up the screen.
Problem is there was just WAY too many bugs, and just like in the movie they were easily overwhelmed. Only thing that would stop and onslaught like that would be heavy ordnance.
Off the charts action, suspense, and adventure, without a single cute quip or inside joke to ruin the tension. What actual action film making once was.
What i like in the scene of the insects waves invading the valley is that it's a perfect mimic of the troopers going out of their transports and invading the valley against the insect. They aren't really different from each other. Waves and waves of disposable and nearly suicidable canon fodders.
![[MV] A leap of faith...ความเชื่อใจครั้งสุดท้าย (From "Petrichor the series")](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/U1piZH2CNXA/mqdefault.jpg)
Respect to the two soldiers who stayed on the tower until the very end to ensure everyone else could get on board the ship…….
“No good deed goes unpunished.”
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for DEMOCRACY!
@@nevin-wz5ht FOR SUPER EARTH!
Rip Tower bros. They didn't make it because they were holding so many bugs back.
They were true heros
posthumous medals of honor
they died for democracy!
F in chat for Tower Bros.
3 bros
27 year old CGI has no right to still look that good.
We were spoiled back then 😂
Personally I think the acting does it a great justice
Because it was a tool to tell a story. Now the CGI is the story and it's awful.
@@georgechivu4226 vs what? Marvels avengers?
I find it hilarious with how much technology has developed in the past 3 decades, and how CGI has barely improved since then.
This is why you bring Stratagems
The grenade launcher would be a good choice for how packed these bugs are. Or even just throwing out grenades.
An e-girl never misses!
Are tactical nukes strategems
LMAOOO!!
These valiant patriots allowed super earth to learn from these battles; creating the glorious unit that is the helldiver.
To my opinion Jurassic park & Starship troopers were so ahead of their time in FX it still blows my mind
Yeah I saw this movie in the theaters when it was released. Really underrated gem.
It helps that the background was real (instead of green screen) and they heavily used real practical effects intead of relying solely on CGI. Some of the closeup shots of the bugs were done with real life models and animatronics. Jurassic Park also used a combination of CGI + real models/animatronics (IIRC, they made animatronic models of Velociraptors and most of the T-Rex).
Also why the first Star Wars movies aged so well. A mix of animatronics with cgi only for wide shots or space shots. Lots of miniatures too!
They played to the strengths of early CGI. Movies around that time with bad CGI didn’t, making common mistakes like using it in dimly lit scenes and having glossy reflections.
La mezcla de efectos prácticos y cgi siempre envejecen bien.
Those who stood their ground at the towers were the true heroes here.
None of them were heroes they are the invaders
One of the best Sci-Fi Movies from all time. And the technology in film was decades ahead. Even today it still looks great.
This movie is terrible
@@ktg8030 Id say its peak B-Movie. It has a consistent tone, good effects, decent actors. However the pacing is wild
Unless the weapons !!
Spaceships to travel in universe but using bullets to fight hhhhh
Terrific action scene would be even better with updated cgi
@@YounessMoussaid We have modern lasers, missiles, AI, nukes... But kinetic energy will always be kinetic energy, Hell we still use some of the same firearms models as 100 years ago.
Dizzy spent all the time in the radio room, but she ran out of bullets before anyone else.
Women....hahaha
woman ☕🗿
THANK YOU!!!! God that made no sense
Cause she was putting even more lead down range than anyone else.
women... ☕☕
Wonder how many Helldivers 2 players here😅
These bugs needed to be served democracy
Lmaoo I was about to comment that started playing it today and I instantly knew it remembered me about this movie
You instead found yourself a legendary amalgamation of Helldiver, DRG, and EDF.
For super earth, for democracy
I've been on and off spreading the word of Democracy via peace keeper bullets.
Helldivers captured this so perfectly, makes me want to jump back in and do my part for Managed Democracy!
Is Helldivers on Xbox?
@@mentlinccurrently no, I hear they plan to add it later on though as it’s intended for all platforms.
@@itsyahboi16
Source: trust me, bro.
More like doing your part for fascist militarism lol. But Helldivers does look like a hell of a lot of fun.
@@boyd5379 I'll gladly serve fascist militarism if I get to go out in a blaze of propagandized glory, brother!
“I hope you have a crazy pilot” that some great acting.
Rip to those two on the tower, they were carrying the whole team.
Loved how the LT was a hardass to the very end. He'd rather be shot with honor than to die by the bugs.
I hate to break it to you, but LT was still alive after Rico shot him. His last thoughts were probably not so kind to Rico lol
@@shaskusmasso I watched it again, and this might shock you: where Rico’s gun is pointed and where that blood splattered appeared *do not line up!*
That said, your point does stand. At best, Rico shot him in the right lung and at worst the liver. So you’re right, the LT probably didn’t have kind thoughts about Rico in his last moments down that bug’s gullet
LT didn't really need to die, could have tourniqueted him and get him to medical
@@tamusdarmody5744 yeah, I'm sure he knew that. But in the beginning of the movie we see someone from MI missing both his legs, and the LT didn't get a mechanical arm until he was back in action, so I'm guessing he just didn't want to go through the rest of his life missing the majority of his limbs. There is also the possibility that the femoral arties pulled back too far to tournequit or possibly even clamp since the amputations occurred very close to the waist.
Actually, what he did NOT want was to be a legless stump for the rest of his life. Rather die in battle, with honor.
The CGI and special effects still hold up after 27 years.
It helps that the background was real (instead of green screen) and they heavily used real practical effects isntead of relying solely on CGI. Some of the closeup shots of the bugs were done with real life models and animatronics.
Like the wind waker.
2:19 The smirk on his face when the commander died, me too. 😂😂😂
"The weird thing is, no-one told Jake Busey to smile, but when we told him what his character was supposed to be watching, his eyes just lit up."
@@t-in-japanhis smile looked genuine. The same smile you give when someone so insufferable finally gets his just desserts.
@@Saicofake except that general didn't deserve that.
RIP Tower Dudes, you held the line
Yeah they are the real heroes here
*They had a.....burning desire...to stay.*
I've always loved the phrase "You wanna live forever!?"
Based on something actually said during WW1:
"Come on, you sons-of-bitches, do you want to live forever?"
~ Medal of Honor Recipient, Sgt. Major Daniel Daly
Credit sgt Dan Daley USMC for that
This scene is exactly what it feels like to play helldivers 2
If only Helldivers 2 could increase player base from 4 to at least 8 or 12 or something...
If you want this feel then play Starship Troopers: Extermination.
@@Iambadboy88the amount of strategem we would have would be amazing
@@Iambadboy88 the devs have mentioned wanting to make modes where this is possible it just won't happen anytime soon.
@@Neighborhooddivers Where and when did they mention that? And what did they mention?
Have not heard them mentioning anything about increasing the player base, the amount of players in-game.
@@Iambadboy88"When asked about multi-squad raids, Johan Pilestedt, Helldivers 2 creative director and Arrowhead CEO, claims: “It actually exists in the ‘wild ideas but probably too hard to do’ section of future content”. " The Loadout
Bugs would have been defeated had Fortunate Son been playing over the loudspeakers
"War is old men talking and young men listening Fortunate Son"
Hell yeah!! Then The Rooster by Alice In Chains….
If the troopers had more air support, they would have stood a chance.
@@Saicofake It's a joke, buddy.
😂😂😂😂😂
Brilliant underrated movie! That dude laughing when the general gets squished! Legendary.
저런 장군은 없는편이 작전효율이 좋아요
Lol Rico looking a little guilty but shrugging it off makes it that much better
It’s not underrated 😂, it’s a masterpiece.
I like how everything was included in helldivers including shriekers doing damage after they die and land on you
27years...freaking 27years! And this scene still shooked me like it did back then. What a movie!!
New respect for this after HellDivers 2. MAY WE SQUASH ALL THE BUGS IN BOTH UNIVERSES!!!
FOR DEMOCRACY!
Spill some oil!
Take back the Creek!
For managed democracy brother!!!
Just to remind everyone... this scene is thirty years old. Think on that the next time you watch a 'modern' Marvel movie.
Marvel can eat a bag of zits
27 years old, but who's counting
Seen it in the cinema when released....a bit corny at times but great fun. Not even close to Heinleins classic though. 0:58
This movie is incredible
This is because Disney puts an orange/blue/purple filter over literally everything in the name of being family friendly or something.
The special effects still holds up, but the directing and pacing is way ahead of modern movies, which is why these scenes are still amazing to watch
Johnny should never have pulled it out - that caused Dizzy to bleed out
Good point
Nah, she already had 3 other holes in vital areas that went all the way through, no way she was making it out of there with those kinds of wounds
Who said he pulled out
She got impaled like 5 times what is blud on about
Should have also put a direct compression on the wound after pulling out the spike.
Desire to know more intensifies.
Starship Troopers. Its one of those movies whose fanbase seems to mostly miss the point.
@@joecota2644I think you mostly missed their joke. Would you like to know more?
desire to kill bugs intensifies
Desearía Saber Más era un goce...😂😅
This is helldivers 2 gameplay
Helldivers 2 keeps recommending this movie video on my TH-cam feed.
Already saw this movie 3 times.❤
now again
For Democracy
God they dont make movies like this any more.
Agreed
Dude at the start is the level 15 cadet joining a Helldive mission.
for a 97' movie, the FX are so damn good !
Bros in the tower are exactly why I love using the HMG emplacement in Helldivers
This looks so much better than 99.9% of the green screen goop that we get in theaters now
That scene always gets me in the feels. I'm crying rn.
I did too
Still to this day greatest bug movie ever made very awesome that decades later it's a cult classic ❤
Man i love how this is getting recommended once everyone jumped on HellDivers 2 loving it! First thing I thought of!
I dont how people will take this comment, but honestly 1) Aliens 2) starship troopers
The two best movies about armies vs aliens
Epic movie from an epic era 😂
I was sad when Dizzy didn't make it. Childhood memories.
feels bad bro i remember that when i was a kiddo.
@@maxsilon same gang, same.
How about a nice cup of liber-tea!
27 years old and still holds up!! Loved this movie must have watched it so many days back on Sky when there were only 2/3 movie channels on Sky 😂😂 if anyone here can remember those days!!!
Those bug deserve a little of democracy!!!
There was just so many bugs. The warrior bugs were even using dead bugs as ladders and stepping stones. They didn't have enough firepower and the right kind of firepower.
I woulda sent in firebats forsure
@@joecota2644 Looks like they didn't have Stim packs handy here either. ;)
Yeah. It's F-ed up that Colonel Moore had more air support in Nam than these guys did in the future.
tower gunners were prob doing a good brunt of the work. then got fried
@@joecota2644 Yup.
Starship Troopers Extermination allows you to recreate scenes like this.
Love the respect in the Comments here for the Tower Duo..
Those guys always stood out to me as true Heroes of this scene aswell as Dizzy.
This was pure Gold. I miss when movies were awesome. 20 years old anbits twice as good as anything released in recent memory.
props to the tower
They quick with it on a helldiver 2 movie 😂
I’m so glad I saw this in the theater! It was intense as a 12 year old and it was a helluva ride.
And now we get to play it in Helldivers 2! What a world!
This needs 4k upscale.
I’ve never been into stuff like this at all. I love Helldivers 2 and this movie reminds me of Helldivers.. Now this is a much see movie for me! Thanks Helldivers!
It wasn't the best movie back then but compared to most of today's movies it's a god damn gem
Its currently for sale as a 4k blu ray. I think you’ll enjoy this film! Its VERY underrated. Its actually very good in a lot of ways.
Remember seeing this on LaserDisc in Dolby Digital AC-3. Love this film, so underrated and deserved a worthy sequel. The Roughnecks show wasn’t too bad.
Watching this when I was a child was absolutely terrified
Hell divers ready for extraction
Love how those tens of thousands of bugs just were chilling when they were being picked up
the towers were keeping them from over running the base
I like the dynamic rico ibanez and liz. Rico was looking for gold and he thought ibanez was the gold. He sacrificed to try to be near the gold WHILST the rarest of the diamonds was always beside him …
A simple ⬆️➡️⬇️⬇️⬇️ could have saved so many troopers.
Average Helldive experience on Erata Prime:
0:24 every Helldivers 2 player on extraction against the bugs
Time to play Helldivers
This is how it feels to be a Helldiver
Bugs: This will be easy!
Helldivers 2 has entered the chat!
One little thing I love is watching the troopers scurry around barely able see from under the brim of their helmets 😂
Served with a nice big glass of liber-tea over just-ICE!!
Tower were true heroes of the Federation.
This movie never, ever gets old. 10/10! "Kill 'em all!!!"
Makes me want to play Starship Troopers Extermination.
Shuttle inbound, clear landing zone
Tower crew the real MVP here 🫡
Pulling out that severed leg is probably what killed her the fastest lol.
Ahhh, when movies were good, I missed those times
How it feels fighting the terminids in helldivers 2
What a movie! Verhoven was on fire back then - so many ICONIC films
One of the best movies for thinking people
No doubt
I love those famas machine guns.
POV: your trying to extract on Helldive Difficulty.
Helldivers 2, helldive difficulty +
So this movie from the mid 90s has better special effects than some modern movies in 2024
I love this movie. I wished they showed more of the underslung shotgun being used. It would be cool if they made another film going back to klendathu and stopping the bugs once and for all.
They sort of did. There are two sequels, and the third we might consider a “conclusion”
@max020981 Oh god, wasn't that the 'power of prayer will save us' one? And the planet was a giant bug?
God that movie was awful
@@JJennerUK yes, the second and third were nowhere as good as the first 😂
The animated series was fire too
I know there are (less than stellar) sequels but I think the point of this movie is they were absolutely going to lose this war eventually, I don't think there was any once and for all in their future.
“He’s just a little out of his mind, sir “ 😂
Respect to tower. Rip.
Who is also here after rewatching starship troopers after helldivers 2 release ?
This movie needs a proper sequel, prequel or remake.
2 sequels, 1 bad, 1 passable but not as good as the first. And a remake? Not with modern Hollywood, no way.
There are 4 sequels. They are all pretty schlocky, but definitely fun. If you haven't seen then I'd recommend watching them.
My takeaway from this comment is 'proper'. You will not get that in current Hollywood... saying that, you are not wrong.
Just watched this movie a couple hours ago always did like it
As a retired member of the military, you feel a scene like this. We take comraderie very seriously, and to see a friend? Or even a fellow member pass away like that? It hits home in a way you can never forget.
Capable of interplanetary travel but using regular guns... makes perfect sense
They have energy weapons in the extended lore but they were expensive and not as reliable as the Morita Smart Rifles. Keep in mind in the books and other media the troopers are supposed to have visors to assist in targeting but they were dumped for the movies because the actor' s breathing kept on fogging them up the screen.
Problem is there was just WAY too many bugs, and just like in the movie they were easily overwhelmed. Only thing that would stop and onslaught like that would be heavy ordnance.
If it works why changue it?
@@rapatacush3 Exactly
And nobody thought to use "Raid!"
Off the charts action, suspense, and adventure, without a single cute quip or inside joke to ruin the tension. What actual action film making once was.
“We’re all gonna die!” is Quato from total recall
I loved this film and still do , it didn’t get the recognition it deserved .
GD this movie is so F’ing macabre, I love it.
Watched this in theaters 11 times when it release and has been one of my all time faves. The other movies sucked but this one was a masterpiece
Rico legit made sure Dizzy bled out by pulling out that claw
She was already dead from the holes in each of her lungs.
She was already dying. Look how many times she got stabbed through the chest.
If this movie ain't classic then we don't know what a masterpiece is
This movie is actually pretty awesome.
Man the nostalgia, what an epic movie 🔥
What i like in the scene of the insects waves invading the valley is that it's a perfect mimic of the troopers going out of their transports and invading the valley against the insect. They aren't really different from each other. Waves and waves of disposable and nearly suicidable canon fodders.
Even in the future, the DSHKa is still used. realistic.
This film is so underrated!
Better cgi than today.
This is exactly how the game plays like in the final objective