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Roughnecks - The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Complete Campaigns DVD

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9781404977549
Format: AC-3, Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Surround Sound, Collector's Edition, NTSC
ISBN: 1404977546
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: July 05, 2005
Running Time: 778 minutes
Sales Rank: 8807
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: August 30, 1999




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ROUGHNECKS STARSHIP TROOPERS CHRONICLES: THE COMPLETE CAMPAIGNS follows the adventures of Rico Carmen and Carl a trio of high school buds. Lured to enlist by the thrill of travel and adventure on distant planets these unsung heroes are unaware that the battle of the bugs is about to re-erupt sending them all to the front lines of the First Interstellar War. As members of Lieutenant Razak's "Roughnecks" these three ordinary teenagers find themselves in an extraordinary set of circumstances-infiltrating alien worlds to battle monstrous bugs one-on-one. Armed with an anti-arthropod arsenal the "Roughnecks" battle hand-to-hand against massive insects as they struggle with their youth in the face of deadly grown-up battles.System Requirements:Running Time: 778 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ANIMATION/ADULT SWIM Rating: PG UPC: 043396106567 Manufacturer No: 10656

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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.



The episodic nature works perfectly within this framework, and the mix of Marine grit ("No retreat, no surrender!"), military jargon, and understated melodrama give a feel somewhere between the steely seriousness of an old-fashioned war comic book and the spectacle and romance of a Japanese anime space opera. The CGI animation is less ambitious than in such feature films as Toy Story, but it's one of the most impressive examples of the animation made for TV. The detailed designs, rich textures, 3-D modeling, and awesome sense of scale (not to mention the pumped-up action and whiplash speed of the bug army) give it the look of an impossibly sophisticated video game, with the rat-a-tat editing and soaring camerawork of a Hollywood movie. The budgetary shortcuts are evident in moments of blurring and jerking, but overall it's startlingly effective. The PG-level violence may not be appropriate for younger viewers, but it's aimed at an older crowd and has won a loyal adult following.



The packaging is very convenient (a shelf-space-friendly four discs in Thinpaks), but unfortunately, serious Roughnecks fans will want to hold onto their old discs. Cramming the eight discs of content plus bonus episodes (granted, Trackers was a short disc) onto four single-sided discs apparently left no room for the producer/technical commentary tracks that accompanied most of the previous discs. The only bonus features are photo galleries and a fold-out illustration. --Sean Axmaker, David Horiuchi



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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - TV execs are idiots
This series was so well done and so far and away better than the
movie that it was patterned after as to be not even associated with that awful film. Not at all like the original Robert A. Heinlein novel but I loved it all the same. This series was excellently written, tremendously well acted and the animation was quite decent. I wish this series had never went off the air. Once again, it shows how TV execs know nothing about brilliance because only a moron would let a series this good get ... Read More



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Great
Really interesting story and plot, lots of action every episode

Keeps your attention

Conclusion: If you love Sci-Fi or action, get this!



Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Warning: NOT COMPLETE CAMPAIGN!!!!
Love the series but just because it leaves you hanging at the end of this supposedly COMPLETE campaign series it gets 1 star, i would give it zero stars if permitted. The title of this set is VERY MISLEADING, it is not complete & leaves you hanging at the end, VERY DISAPPOINTING!! This should fall under the category of false advertisement. I don't recommend this series because it is not complete as it says. Schroeder (DJ WACK "O") (Publisher/Owner) of Cult Movies Magazine.



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Great package
I saw one show early one morning befor work and really enjoyed the story. I then saw the series on sail and searched for the whole set. The Complete Campaigns is a great value. If you liked the Starship Troopers then this is a must have.





Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Heinlein would love this!
This is by far my favorite TV science fiction series. I enjoy Star Trek, Babylon 5, Stargate SG1 & Atlantis, and Space: Above and Beyond(which is similar to Roughnecks). I was completely unaware of Roughnecks until I discovered it at [...]., and I bought it based on the reviews at Amazon. I was not disappointed. I have read "Starship Troopers" about five times, and although this is not an exact copy of the novel, I loved it. I'm certain the author, Mr. Heinlein, would be pleased with this interpretation ... Read More





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