Trans Allegories in Film: 'Your Name' (2016)
Our protagonists perform as the opposite gender while still preserving the parts of their personalities that makes themselves who they are.
Starship Troopers (1997)
Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species known as "the Bugs."
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Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an arachnoid species known as "the Bugs."
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Genre:Adventure, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
Directed By:Paul Verhoeven
Written By:Edward Neumeier
In Theaters:11/7/1997
Box Office:$121,214,377
Runtime:129 minutes
Studio:TriStar Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Jon Davison Productions, Big Bug Pictures
Cast
Paul Verhoeven
Director
Paul Verhoeven
Director
Casper Van Dien
Johnny D. Rico
Dina Meyer
Dizzy Flores
Denise Richards
Carmen Ibañez
Jake Busey
Private Ace Levy
Neil Patrick Harris
Colonel Carl Jenkins
Clancy Brown
Career Sergeant Zim
Michael Ironside
Lieutenant Jean Rasczak
Patrick Muldoon
Zander Barcalow
Seth Gilliam
Private Sugar Watkins
Rue McClanahan
Biology Teacher
Blake Lindsley
Katrina McIntire
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