Starship Troopers Theme Party

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Are you ready to dive into learning how to throw a Starship Troopers theme party? Well let’s go – on the bounce!

Watch

Starship Troopers
(1997) (2 hr, 10 min)
(Streaming on Amazon)

Enjoy the movie for the campy fun that it is. Bonus: Neil Patrick Harris, pre-HIMYM.

Starship Troopers 2:
Hero of the Federation
(2004) (1 hr, 31 min)
(Available on DVD)

Left over props and B-roll from the first film? This is terrible. I would not like to know more.

Starship Troopers 3:
Marauder (2008) (1 hr, 45 min)
(Streaming on Amazon)

I feel like Casper Van Dien was trying to bring the movie back the real essence of Starship Troopers. Despite his efforts, the movie is still no good.

Starship Troopers: Invasion (2012) (1 hr, 29 min)
(Streaming on Amazon)

Animated film. I didn’t get a chance to watch this. From the trailer it looks like it has potential.

“You know what to do!” -Colonel Johnnie Rico

Bug Juice

Fill glass with ice
One shot silver tequila
One and a half shots sour apple pucker
Top off with pineapple juice
Garnish with a cherry of desired
This is a tart drink, but you will want this to cut the spice of the food

If you’re looking for a drinking game to accompany the first movie, Drinking Cinema breaks one down nicely.

Eat

Ready to eat?

Johnnie Rico’s Jalapeños

Six jalapeños
Four pieces of bacon, cut into thirds
Half brick of cream cheese (1.5 oz)
Shredded cheddar cheese, a quarter of a cup
Half jalapeños and use a spoon to scoop out seeds
Wash jalapeños
Fill jalapeños with cream cheese
Top with cheddar cheese
Wrap with bacon
Use toothpicks to hold bacon down (soak toothpicks in water for at least 15 min if grilling)
Heat oven to 400 degrees
Recommend placing jalapeños on a wire rack on top of a pan to drain fat
Cook in oven 25-30 min
If grilling, heat up grill and cook for 15-20 min, open side down first and then flip over as soon as cheese starts to melt
Let cool and serve!

These represent Argentinian food (where Rico was from) about as much as the movie represents the book. They’re spicy deliciousness so just go with it! 😉

“Come on you apes, you wanna live forever?”

I love this game. You can have up to four players in coop and while not directly related to the Starship Troopers movies or book, it might as well be.

As a member of the Helldivers, you shoot down onto planets to defeat enemies (a lot of which look like bugs). You get plenty of cool gear, including a mech suit, which I of course use extensively to blow up everything in my path.

“What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly…it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated.”

-Thomas Paine, quote at beginning of Chapter 6, Starship Troopers

Alright ya’ll, I’m going to be a stickler on this one. Read the book! Robert Heinlein is a must-read author. While much different than the campy fun of the movie, the book is probably one of my favorite books ever.

Starship Troopers Marauder Action Figure