June 11th, 2004



The Top 10 Surprises in the DVD
Release of “Starship Troopers II”


10> This time they actually based it on the book.

9> All the female troopers get knocked up by Lazarus Long.

8> Free smushed tarantula with every purchase!

7> The title: “Starship Troopers II: Electric Boo-ga-loo!”

6> Due to the prevailing Hollywood belief that “thinner is better,” the Skinnies will be played by stick figures.

5> Each box comes with $8.00 to cover what you wasted seeing the first one.

4> To everyone’s joy, that pretty-pretty crew is summarily killed and eaten by the bugs this time.

3> Photos of captured bugs, stripped naked, with hoods over their antennae and eye-stalks.

2> Aieee!! It’s worse than you think: it’s a joint project with “Battlefield Earth II.”

and the Number 1 Surprise in the DVD Release of “Starship
Troopers II”…

1> A link to the Web site with a live feed from Heinlein’s grave to see him spin.




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Credits:

Selected from 20 submissions from 8 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Steve Thomas, Atlanta, GA — 1
Mary Ann McDonald, Sacramento, CA — 2, 4, Runner Up list name
Slick Sharkey, Miami, FL — 3
Brad Wilkerson, El Sobrante, CA — 5
Guy Payne, Birmingham, AL — 6, 8
James Knowles, Bellingham, WA — 7, 9, 10 (Hat trick!)
Dave Oberhart, Durham, NC — Jedi Knight