Casper Van Dien is loving the Starship Troopers renaissance but still finds it mind-boggling some take it at face value

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Casper Van Dien is loving the Starship Troopers renaissance but still finds it mind-boggling some take it at face value: 'My grandfather fought against the Nazis, and it's not a pro-war film—Everybody f***ing dies!'
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Is it surprising that people might miss that, though? Especially if they don't already agree with the antifascist message.

I missed it and wasn't brought to my attention years later that the movie was satire on fascism. I always took it as a dumb action movie.