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[–] [email protected] 30 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I guess, but does anyone in 2024 think about anything other than the Verhoeven movie when talking about Starship Troopers? The original tweet has a screen cap of that movie that is making fun of people like Auron.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

At the end of the day, the satirized characters all have action figures that are sold in toy stores. Who's the actual butt of the joke?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Okay and you can buy Capital on Amazon. I bet I can get a Karl Marx bobblehead somewhere

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

My point is that the action figures propagate the idea that the first film should be taken sincerely and that a franchise with works outside the first film exists. Obviously, people selling Capital on Amazon aren't going to make people read Capital as an ironic work.