Real Starship Trooper Casper Van Dien Reacts to Helldivers 2 

I'd pay for a Character voice pack of him lol

I'll sign it

I'll do my part.

Even if its just a cameo role on the videos that play on our ships then I am all for it

Not a bad Idea at all!!! Would shine light on his brand while putting a smile on all of our faces having Rico show up!

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A Big One

Next should be Arnold for the Automatons 😂

Helldivers players have been on Casper for awhile now, I doubt he'll be actively doing anything for the property though, hell he's still voicing Johnny Rico to this day

it's the lead actor in the movie game mostly based on. Not really rocket science idea.

Rather starship troopers itself had the potential to be an embarassing shitshow, but it turned out to be one of the most recognizable cult scifi movies ever made.

For real dude I will never forget when my dad sat down with me and watched it I was like 5-7 years old at the time maybe older I don’t remember how old I was I just remember watching it with him as a kid and then as an adult I watched it like a few years ago in my early twenties cause I was like damn I haven’t watched this movie for a long time and just realized how much shit flew over my head as a kid like the jokes and stuff when I was kid I just remembered it’s guys fighting bugs and dying 😂 and then when helldivers came out I saw it and I was like oh shit this is like starship troopers 😂 and the fact it got popular was awesome

@@Thisguy2532 For an adult you really don't know how to add proper punctuation to your messages.

Wholesome

Happy birthday!

god damn bugs johnny

You want that hairstyle on your ass?

When you age that well you can rock it!

lol for real

They’re usually on some kind of treatment

Hairline is a sensitive topic around here

There is also a planet called "Klendath 2"

​@88GAF there is a couple planets named for starship troopers planets. At least 2 not sure if there is more.

100 missions

One of the highest ranks is "Private", because the Drill Sergeant demoted himself to Private in order to fight with the boots

At least one that's a call back to "aliens" too... I ❤ it.

From what I understand, when he came back to the series, he was the one pushing for it to be a lot more like the book, adding pieces like the power suits, etc.

One of the few examples of an actor that appreciates their fa base and the IP that made their career.

of course he passionate, that 3 movie series is all hes been in....

​@@shadowforge Sleepy Hollow would like a word

@@tylerhonaker2544 He was only in that movie for like 10 minutes before getting cut in half.

Managed Democracy!!!

Like a fine wine

Just said the same thing.

Carmen definitely lost the game when she dumped Johnny

i'd do his part

The 2nd movie sucked anyway due to low budget, and was more of a thriller than a war movie.

@@mrnygren2 yeah, saw that one. @selvokaz, you didn't miss much.

Eh, most of them weren't any good. A few were, but 2 was garbage and 3 was 'meh' at best. There was a animated movie called 'Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars' that was pretty good.

it wasnt overlooked, we all loved it when we watched it

Aye Sir!!

Aye, Sir!!

Aye sir

Aye sir!

Aye sir!

Would cost to much

You're doing your part...of being the problem.

@@Torskel I feel like Arrowhead has been pretty fair with their Warbond prices. Especially compared to other live service games.

@@Dukster9000 How?

​​@@TheBawalumihidito my guess is by being willing to spend currency you get in game for free. Not great logic on their part but people have the right to be ignorant.

I found the animation, "roughnecks" on the internet, it follows the starship troopers campaign against the bugs,and in some capacity is closer to the book than the movie, there is also a japanese animation, another two movies, and another 2 3d animations, very cool universe. And the book should be mandatory reading

Fucking same!

I hope you rewound the video tape before you returned it that was a rule at our shop

Hmmm feel like they are borrowing too much to be a tribute. This is more entering copy territory imo.

​@frankgunner8967 "Rewind" But yes, it was an unwritten rule at our shop too :)

You'll be dead of alcohol poisoning within the first two minutes.

I need my liver.

Grim Reaper: congratulations you won.

I died

or Toke😊

I mean, soldiers can die. Horribly and its part of the job

Most actors would bristle at having this kind of notoriety.

I think he was also a part of the animated series as well. I think if anyone personifies Starship Troopers, it's Casper.

Amazing

That's awesome 😂

its the truth, that is part of the reason why you should honor those who sacrificed themselves for their country. thank you for your service.

@@AGripOBabys It was my pleasure, honestly.

Damn lucky you!

Thats all people would use 😂

Agreed

I think its a licensing thing cause I believe Casper said he'd do it.

They should get him to do a voice pack for Helldivers 2.

They probably would have asked him. A Starship Troopers crossover event/DLC would have been especially fitting. They could have gotten all the cast to record some lines not just Rico. With the Staship Troopers game coming out it probably creates a ton of conflicts though. Unfortunately. If he did something for Helldivers, he would have to be a completely different character, which might not be _AS_ fun as him being Rico in Helldivers.

Sure and I live next to where they filmed the first lunar landing. In my little home pod cause I’m poor and my family can’t afford to move to another solar system

⁠@@Puppy_PuppingtonOP is telling the truth. The final battle on Klandathu where they captured the “Brain Bug” was filmed in Hell’s Half Acre. Look it up. I live in Casper, Wyoming and Hell’s Half Acre is less than an hour’s drive west of here.

​@@Puppy_Puppingtonhey at least you admit we actually went to the moon \o/

@@Puppy_Puppington Damn you hurtin

@@robosing225 well ya see, Stanley Kubrick was such a perfectionist that he insisted they film the moon landing on location.

That's Rico from Buenos Aires to you sir

Rico's Roughnecks! ​@@ruthlesstony2133

That’s General Rico

“I DIDN’T DO FUCKIN SHIT”

There’s a planet called zegema, which is a reference to Zegema Beach, mentionned in the 1st starship troopers movie

¡and im doing my part!

“I’m doing my part!”

@@LeCommieBoi 10:15

Now that Cavill is spearheading the Warhammer 40K series/films, would be AMAZING if Casper Van Dien was brought on board to play a pivotal Ultramarine from some important regiment/legion!!

@@dbzispimpinomg this would’ve crazy!

He's aged really well too. Can't believe he's not in more movies these days

caster would make a great rogal dorn or the lion. also the jack reacher from the amazon show is the perfect guilliman

@@dbzispimpin This needs to happen now.

Definitely didn't want to paint him in a bad light and saw where his train of thought was going.

@@Bova-Fett But hes right...the book is tha shyte.

Whilst it probably worked out for the best with Starship Troopers stuff like this does make me wonder. Is there some kind of special test all movie directors have to pass? Like, do they have to display a certain level of disregard for source material before they're allowed to become a director, or what? Why is it so common for directors to be like, "Screw your story, never even read it, I'm just gonna do it my way. Thanks for letting me use the name chumps!"

​@@UnknownSquid did you read the book?

​@@UnknownSquid They just want to make a story that they want to tell. If it diverges from the source material, it's up to their discretion (and/or the producers'). Some end up with crap output (like tons of generic virtue signalling bs out there); others turn out great, like Starship Troopers. And it's not just with movie directors, games do this too, ex. Rainbow Six is pretty far from Clancy's book but it turned out okay.

Thx for letting us know!

Plenty of guys out there who can easily beat in a single year Starship Trooper's record for shooting blanks.

Alec Baldwin: "They can CGI muzzle flashes???"

​@@wduggan99 Damn lol

@@wduggan99Baldwin never misses

perpetual mew

🗿

@@WeeWeeJumbo😅😅

Get him and roy Campbell together

Guy had some PTSD from the filming :D

Indeed!

Imagine him being the Emperor of Super Earth. What an omage

I want him standing in my ship on the bridge!

With a similar game like this but set in the Troppers universe on the way the chances of that are slim. It is possible they would tap him for some Rico lines though.

@@outboundflight4455 He could play Senator Killjoy Jr. who seems to be the leader of super earth and is mentioned in propaganda

🤣Yes Professor 🤣

diz

Considering how hard he hit the ground in that scene, enough to crack/break a couple of ribs, I could understand. Oh, also, he hit so hard that if you look closely, you can see the chin-strap on his helmet pop clean off and land next to him

The man hates bugs, what can you say?

Why?

Like he embraced the role so completely that he still feels the real emotions that the scene was supposed to elicit.

YEAH BUDDY!

He looks like he's having PTSD flashbacks lol his old nemesis

Scrolled for this. The way his commentary trailed off. He genuinely went down memory lane.

7:19 I am absolutely dying, he truly is MI or Die

Well that enemy chipped his tooth and broke 3 ribs and made him spit blood!

​@@Dagoth_Ur_1yeah this lol

I heard he was terrible to work with on set and a total POS.. fyi.. LOL

@@jasonrosenthal6480heard from who exactly? Or just random peoples comments on the internet

@@KBreezy_ from people who worked on set with him. Rumor has it he also stole someone's girlfriend aswell during the filming. I could care less honestly but thought it was funny how all the simps in the comments swoon for this lame ass.

Lmao

I kind of think that might be a slippery slope into corporate sponsorship. It would kind of ruin the immersion of this universe

@@brendanjrice7307this universe *is* starship troopers. they could easily just have a “Roughneck” Warbond that people would get if it was just Starship Troopers skins and they made some vague/light backstory about how Roughnecks were precursors to the Helldivers.

@@brendanjrice7307 Nah it wouldn't. It would be call as hell and hopefully they do it. What would ruin the immersion of this universe is if they start selling gun skins with anime girls on them and shit like CS.

@@justabrokemillenial4715 it's a different universe, similar but different

It's gotta be book accurate for full democracy

Ups and downs?

I would love to have him as cameo, at least in the ads like one of those eagle sweat.

I want to see him play with Soundslikepizza.

Rico and mr. Krabs would be cool.

@@ExcentricDragon This!

@@marmalade6681I’ll bet even StoneMountain64 will defer to him as Rico’s junior

What's crazy is that the director of the Starship Troopers infamously didn't even bother to read the book. I believe he claimed it was just fascist propaganda. Which is ironic because, from what I've heard, the book is nothing like the movie and is super libertarian and about personal liberty and responsibility. Edit: fixed a word

@@camerapasteurize7215 ironically Verhoeven accidentally portrayed the Federation in a libertarian way like the book. But yeah pretty dumb of him to dismiss the book as Fascist

@@114Riggs Verhoeven was right, he had it pegged from the beginning. I've read the book. Its a little bit like the bits of 1984 By George Orwell that mention the endless war but actually sincere about the legitimacy of it. As former infantry the idea of veterans running a country is fucking terrifying. If you've ever been in the military you know they are not fit to run a civil society, it takes a little while for you to be fit to transition back into one.

@@firstandlastname6194 do I remember right that the Arachnides worked /enslaved the Skinnies?

@@114Riggs I read the book in highschool, probably about 3 or 4 years after I saw the movie in theaters so my memory is hazy.

Thats awesome to have the tattoo.. true fan

I have the "Death From Above" one. Glad to see you, trooper. I have a set of armor and uniform

when you were 7, how did they let you in? I had to wait til it came out on VHS as it was R16. It would've been mind blowing to see in cinema.

@@Verociity my dad took me, he wanted to see it as well haha

I also saw it in the theater when I was a kid. At first I wasn't sure if it was actually a good movie because it was so over the top corny, but then the epic swarm standoff scene happened and I knew it was a special movie. The cornyness is classic Verhoven satire, like Robocop, another classic.

Now we need a game series for the stargate universe

@@Max1990Power bro stargate was amazing we also need a battlestar galactica

@@Winter_ECU battelstar galactica was great as well. So much potential:)

Make home the voice for the general

It got me right on the feels... Awesome dude!

For sure!

sweet Liberty, my feelings

I've got my eyes sweating until now

Sadly that one seems stuck in development hell. TBH I don't think it has a chance. Helldivers may not be licensed but the devs are far more passionate about their work.

Starship troopers had a some following before Helldivers came out, but as i understood they made an update that fucked a lot things and the huge success of Helldivers just put them in the shade.

@@nicolaspeigne1429 It was something like they tried to 1.0 too early and broke the game beyond repair. Right around the time Helldivers 2 launched, which caused this mass exodus to THAT game. Supposedly, though, the Troopers game is still being worked on and still has a good following, and HD2 is starting to hemorrhage player base due to the insistence by the devs that the game needs to 'ramp up difficulty' a few dozen more times by year's end. I'm thinking the Troopers game will be mildly easier and a tribute to the 'expendable warfare' of the movie, while Helldivers is going to be the 'what do you mean you want functioning weapons?' variation for the 'wow omg lol yeet' gamers who fit THAT particular niche. Each will have its individual lane. Question is just whether or not the devs for the Troopers game can salvage the development time. Also, I say what I said about HD2 because the forums are full of people who have no idea what the word 'balance' means. The devs for HD2 have said they have no plans to make it anything but HARDER for the next 5 years, regardless of casual players' decisions to try playing or not. Launch was the easiest HD2 will ever be. Good or bad. P.S.: Don't forget EDF6 is also coming soon-ish, so 3 bug shooters sharing market space.

​@@AdeptusCaeiusIIII rather play HD2 and wait for EDF 6 Heck EDF 5 is plenty of fun compare to whatever they come up with SS

​@@AdeptusCaeiusIII The Helldivers cummunity is full of crybabies regarding balance. Cant wait till those Bobs that play at lv 50 like a level 5 get filtered out

We should petition for a homie butt slap emote 😂

the personal shield generator pack extends over both people during the hug emote, so you can totally also save your homie from an errant airstrike with the power of friendship.

We are my friend, We both are.