# Starship Troopers 3: Marauder **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 24, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starship-troopers-3-marauder/454114 "2008-06-24T21:42:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starship-troopers-3-marauder/454114/1 "2008-06-24T21:42:33Z")
So, anybody secretly, guiltily looking forward to this thing? [http://www.starshiptroopers3.net/index.php](http://www.starshiptroopers3.net/index.php) My take – it’s gotta be better than ST2. Casper is back as Colonel John Rico. Must not have much pull – he could only get his wife cast as “Technician #2.” So, anybody willing to put aside the travesty done to the memory of RAH and simply enjoy (or not) this as a cheesy direct-to-DVD flick? I’ll try. Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starship-troopers-3-marauder/454114/2 "2008-06-24T22:08:20Z")
I will put it in my online queue. When it arrives, I will close all the shades and enjoy it as the guilty pleasure it will be. Please note that I will turn all Heinlein books upside down so that I do not even think about associating something that is one step from a sci-fi channel orginal movie with the work of RAH. But, with the help of alcohol, I WILL probably enjoy it for the cheese that it is. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starship-troopers-3-marauder/454114/3 "2008-06-24T22:14:14Z")
^^^Sounds about right to me. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_woGjV_q8fM) “See ya on the bounce, trooper!” OH Gawd… Sir Rhosis ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starship-troopers-3-marauder/454114/4 "2008-06-24T22:30:19Z")
OK - perhaps a drinking game for each time a specific treasured bit of Heinlein’s book is used (such as “on the bounce,” or “its a good day to die,” or “you apes wanna live forever?”). One slight hopeful bit - the video shows what MIGHT be an actual powered armor suit. Dare we hope that they will bring in The Suit? ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starship-troopers-3-marauder/454114/5 "2008-06-24T22:59:21Z")
There was a _Starship Troopers 2_? I hope I didn’t miss anything important. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2008, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starship-troopers-3-marauder/454114/6 "2008-06-24T23:03:32Z")
The second one went off on a tangent, was set at an outpost on some distant world and was, iirc, more or less a knock off of Campbell’s “Who Goes There?” and Finney’s “Invasion of the Body Snatchers.” None of the characters from the first one appeared, and the bugs only appeared briefly. This one, “Marauder,” appears to ne more of a straight sequel to the first, though I did notice one of the little basketball sized pods from #2 in the trailer. Sir Rhosis