[geeks] Starship troopers and others, was replacing an Ultra2

[Steve Haavik]

> OTOH, I've heard that the comics that were published by Dark Horse, as
> well as the animated series "Roughnecks - The Starship Troopers
> Chronicles" are pretty good.  Anyone familiar with these?

I've got the first couple of DVDs of the animated series and liked them 
better than either of the movies. I haven't seen the comics but I don't 
see how they could possibly be as bad as the second movie. I assume there 
will be a graphic novel at some point.

http://www.amazon.com/Roughnecks-Starship-Troopers-Chronicles-Campaigns/dp/B0009I8QI6/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-2719898-5099117?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1178018596&sr=8-1

Hmm. Here's a chunk of the Amazon.com review.
The Complete Campaigns is a four-disc compilation of the Roughnecks: The 
Starship Troopers Chronicles series that was originally released on eight 
DVDs: The Pluto Campaign, The Hydora Campaign, The Tophet Campaign, The 
Tesca Campaign, The Zephyr Campaign, The Klendathu Campaign, Trackers 
(including the four bonus episodes), and The Homefront Campaign. While 
Paul Verhoeven's dark, satirical adaptation of Robert Heinlein's Starship 
Troopers seriously strayed from the novel, this Verhoeven-produced TV 
series--part sequel, part remake, all CGI animated--hews closer to the 
spirit of the novel, a space-age twist on a World War II battle adventure. 
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles is a series of military 
skirmishes and assignments on a variety of fronts, such as Bug City, 
water-dominated Hydora, the desert planet Tophet, the jungle planet Tesca, 
fiery Klendathu, and good old Earth.


I'd say that's fairly accurate from what I remember of the series. I 
laughed when I saw that Amazon is pushing it with "Space Above and 
Beyond".