>disgusting insects that do nothing besides, eat, shit, reproduce, and kill anything that it's near
>start shit with a superior and more advanced civilization
>all the progs and tr00nz cry that it's genocide and we need a ceasefire now
wtf is with this film? there's no way this could happen IRL

>>211878712 (OP)
how did retarded bugs launch an asteroid across space

>start shit
They didn't. Humans started it. You're trying too hard to artificially induce a sports team argument now.

>>211878712 (OP)
palestinians

>>211878830
It was an inside job.

>>211878997
Yes Ivan we know you're raiding.

>>211878830
I think the brain bugs are supposed to have super computer level intelligence, but it's not made clear.

>>211878712 (OP)
Its literally all the Amish's fault. Frigging Amish.

>>211878830
Its implied they didnt, just a fucking asteroid that happened to hit Buenos Aires and it became a great excuse to go to war with the bugs. Right before Ricos classic line "IM FROM BEUNOS AIRES AND I SAY KILL EM ALL" the news anchor doing the report mentions that critics are skeptical. But in the rush of war frenzy no one stops to think about how far fetched the whole idea is. Especially when you factor in how long it takes for an asteroid to travel through just one solar system, let alone a whole different one.

>>211878830
they just did, it's literally canon that they did, and all the bug apologia tries to pretend otherwise

>>211878830
>>211879220
am I tarded but I always thought that the asteroid Carmen bonked when she took the "shortcut" was the one that wound up hitting Earth? That is it was just floating through space all fine and dandy but she changed its trajectory with her own fuck up.

>>211879653
Mormons anon. Mormons.

>>211879834
>asteroid Carmen bonked when she took the "shortcut" was the one that wound up hitting Earth
That made me laugh and would be a great twist

>>211879220

>>211878712 (OP)
Humans attacked them first.

>>211880063
I'd swear there is dialogue in the movie about it that kind of lays the groundwork for such an assumption being plausible.

>>211878830
We see it happen again later on in the film

>>211878830
In the film it's implied (barely) that they have some sort of ftl capability as the Roger Young detects a gravitational anomaly just before encountering the asteroid. Presumably this is the same as how they spread their spores to other planets as they are shown to be present in several different star systems.
>>211879834
I recall seeing a theory somewhere that her bonking it made it hit Buenos Ares instead of federation government in Geneva where it was aimed by the bugs

>>211878712 (OP)
It's a false flag in the movie, similar to the excuses the Nazis made to invade Poland (and Israel, a state created by Nazi Germany, to invade... oh nvm).

In the book, the Starship Trooper civilization is militaristic as hell. It doesn't even matter if it was a false flag. Humans kick ass.

>>211881617
>>211879834
Both close. I like the theory that it's an inside job but it isn't.
The super fast route across the galaxy that Carmen finds is the same route that the brain bugs use to send the asteroid. Launching spores to other planets is how they spread.

>>211881774
In the book, the bugs have actual starships and guns of a similar level as the humans.
Oh and the main character, Juan "Johnny" Rico is literally Phillipino.
But yeah, the Terran Federation is based as hell

>>211878712 (OP)
gaza

>>211882038
>In the book, the bugs have actual starships and guns of a similar level as the humans.
I don't remember this. I just remember the psychic dogs, skinnies, and mech armor like in the third movie.

>>211879220
>THIS image was too subtle for some of the audience.
At that point you just have to accept that not everyone is going to get what you're saying, Paul.

>>211882176
You should at least remember the political parts. The book is mainly a way for Heinlein to outline his takes on various social issues after all
I particularly liked the "violence is the supreme authority" bit, the discussion of juvenile delinquency and the fact that the guy who was executed was explicitly guilty of raping and murdering a young girl

>>211878712 (OP)
palis deserve everything thats happened to them

>>211883275
this

>>211878712 (OP)
A bug never deprived me of a living wage.

>>211879220
It was not, but the Federation had all the means necessary to destroy it before reaching Earth. They let it happen to go to war.

So why do the military governments want to cull the population? Is it the resources?

>>211882482
The puppy metaphor is also great.
>>211882176
They have comparable starships but they don't bother with guns iirc

>>211878712 (OP)
>disgusting rodents that do nothing besides, eat, shit, reproduce...
>wtf is with this? there's no way this could happen IRL
i stand with catz

>>211878712 (OP)
>wtf is with this film?
in the book they using highly advanced technologically to strike humanity. they bugs also use mind control on other alien species, like the "skinnies", turning them into obedient golems cannon fodder for their wars.

>>211878712 (OP)

>>211878712 (OP)
arabs