FED NET - VICTORY AT SEA

Of course, Starship Troopers is only one of the more recent films in a great legacy of propaganda, stretching all the way back to "Birth of a Nation." In the 1950s a television series was shown. It was ostensibly a documentary chronicling the naval actions of World War II. I say ostensibly because it is beautifully rife with propaganda. One episode of the series stands out in particular as similar to Starship Troopers: Guadalcanal. Let us compare, term by term, the two films:

VICTORY AT SEA STARSHIP TROOPERS

On the Japanese:
"Theirs not to reason why. Theirs but to do and die. And die they will. And die they do!" On Bugs:
"Has no ego, has no fear, doesn't know about death, and so makes the perfect member of society."

On Guadalcanal:
"Yet in 1942 Guadalcanal was wild jungle, 90 miles of festering malaria and rainforest, bypassed for centuries by history, forgotten by man." On Klendathu:
"It's an UGLY planet! A BUG planet! A planet where AAAAUUUGGGHHH!" (Eaten by bug)

On History:
"If there was horror and ferocity, there was also courage and self-sacrifice. If there was death, filth, and disease, the marines turned the tide of war and stopped their enemy. The Japanese will advance no further. And as the surviving Marines wave goodbye, one of the greatest tales of heroism slips out of focus into history. To these men go the honors accorded the Greeks at Thermopolae, the Colonials at Valley Forge, the British at Waterloo, and now, the Americans at Guadalcanal." On History:
"One day it will all be over, and everyone will forget that this was the moment, this was when it turned. And it wasn't the mighty fleet, it wasn't some fancy new weapon, it was a drill instructor named Zim who captured a brain."

VICTORY AT SEA	STARSHIP TROOPERS
On the Japanese: "Theirs not to reason why. Theirs but to do and die. And die they will. And die they do!"	On Bugs: "Has no ego, has no fear, doesn't know about death, and so makes the perfect member of society."
On Guadalcanal: "Yet in 1942 Guadalcanal was wild jungle, 90 miles of festering malaria and rainforest, bypassed for centuries by history, forgotten by man."	On Klendathu: "It's an UGLY planet! A BUG planet! A planet where AAAAUUUGGGHHH!" (Eaten by bug)

On History: "If there was horror and ferocity, there was also courage and self-sacrifice. If there was death, filth, and disease, the marines turned the tide of war and stopped their enemy. The Japanese will advance no further. And as the surviving Marines wave goodbye, one of the greatest tales of heroism slips out of focus into history. To these men go the honors accorded the Greeks at Thermopolae, the Colonials at Valley Forge, the British at Waterloo, and now, the Americans at Guadalcanal."	On History: "One day it will all be over, and everyone will forget that this was the moment, this was when it turned. And it wasn't the mighty fleet, it wasn't some fancy new weapon, it was a drill instructor named Zim who captured a brain."