Director Verhoeven says his satirical use of irony and hyperbole is "playing with fascism or fascist imagery to point out certain aspects of American society. Starship Troopers was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the 70th Academy Awards in 1998. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to NCO and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an insectoid species known as "Arachnids". The story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry, a futuristic military unit. The film had a budget estimated around $105 million and grossed over $121 million worldwide. It is the only theatrically released film in the Starship Troopers franchise. Starship Troopers is a 1997 American satirical military science fiction action film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Edward Neumeier, originally from an unrelated script called Bug Hunt at Outpost Nine, but eventually licensing the name Starship Troopers, from a science fiction novel by Robert A. “ Come on, you apes! You wanna live forever?!” ― Johnny Rico
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