Actually "Starship Troopers: Invasion" was a much needed injection to the "Starship Troopers" franchise after it had suffered with not so great sequels and much worse animated episodes. This 2012 installment to the franchise takes us back to the level of the first original movie, except it is a CGI animated movie, not a real live action movie.
The story is as to be expected from a "Starship Troopers" movie; lots of action, lots of bugs, lots of guns, and not too deep dialogue. A bug controlled ship is heading for Earth, and it is up to the mobile infantry to stop a bug invasion on Earth. But the psychic division is working on something top secret.
Despite it being an entertaining movie and good enough story, it was basically just a repeat of stuff from previous movies. There wasn't all that much innovation here, aside from the bug that controlled the ship and the newfound powers of Carl.
Something did puzzle me, with the vast size of the Federation, why are Carl, Carmen and Rico always, and I mean always, running into one another no matter what part of the universe a story takes place in? It is starting to get to the point where it is pathetically lame. Take the franchise and use some of the established characters if you have to use familiar faces, but these three running into each other again and again is just starting to wear thin. Introduce new faces and expand on the lore and story of the franchise, don't just have the new faces become cannon-fodder (which most of them sadly turns out to be).
And now that we are on the topic of the same characters running into each other again and again, it would have worked better if they had actually cast the original actors and actresses to do the voices for these repeat-appearing characters. It would have lifted up the believability a notch.
The CGI used in "Starship Troopers: Invasion" was great. I really loved the details in textures and all the small details that you'd notice if you are a 'real' fan of the franchise. However, personally, I do think that the nudity (despite it being CGI) was tacky and pointless, and the movie would have fared a bit better if they had opted not to have nudity in it.
"Starship Troopers: Invasion" is a great comeback for the "Starship Troopers" franchise, and it is a well worthy addition to any movie collection. However, despite the movie can be seen independently of the prior movies (live action and animated alike), I would suggest that you do watch them, to get up to speed with the lore and with the character's stories and motivations.
The story is as to be expected from a "Starship Troopers" movie; lots of action, lots of bugs, lots of guns, and not too deep dialogue. A bug controlled ship is heading for Earth, and it is up to the mobile infantry to stop a bug invasion on Earth. But the psychic division is working on something top secret.
Despite it being an entertaining movie and good enough story, it was basically just a repeat of stuff from previous movies. There wasn't all that much innovation here, aside from the bug that controlled the ship and the newfound powers of Carl.
Something did puzzle me, with the vast size of the Federation, why are Carl, Carmen and Rico always, and I mean always, running into one another no matter what part of the universe a story takes place in? It is starting to get to the point where it is pathetically lame. Take the franchise and use some of the established characters if you have to use familiar faces, but these three running into each other again and again is just starting to wear thin. Introduce new faces and expand on the lore and story of the franchise, don't just have the new faces become cannon-fodder (which most of them sadly turns out to be).
And now that we are on the topic of the same characters running into each other again and again, it would have worked better if they had actually cast the original actors and actresses to do the voices for these repeat-appearing characters. It would have lifted up the believability a notch.
The CGI used in "Starship Troopers: Invasion" was great. I really loved the details in textures and all the small details that you'd notice if you are a 'real' fan of the franchise. However, personally, I do think that the nudity (despite it being CGI) was tacky and pointless, and the movie would have fared a bit better if they had opted not to have nudity in it.
"Starship Troopers: Invasion" is a great comeback for the "Starship Troopers" franchise, and it is a well worthy addition to any movie collection. However, despite the movie can be seen independently of the prior movies (live action and animated alike), I would suggest that you do watch them, to get up to speed with the lore and with the character's stories and motivations.