Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - General

[img]http://misterhook.net/roughnecks/roughnecks-logo.gif[/img] [b]Starship Troopers Animated Series Trailer[/b] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcfpzfPdx-U&feature=related[/media] [b] Roughnecks Intro [/b] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDqU55EkAdQ[/media] [b] History and information about the show [/b] [release]R:STC is an innovative animated TV series which represents a unique achievement in CGI produced on a television budget. We're talking Aliens vs. Predator meets Reboot, a hard to describe sort of show that has to be seen to be believed. Starship Troopers was a novel written by Robert A. Heinlein in 1959. Paul Verhoeven tried to adapt the novel into a movie in 1997. Two years later, Sony tried to spin a television series off the movie called Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles (also known as Starship Troopers: The Series). People who were familiar with the novel were generally disappointed with the movie. People who fell in love with the movie first and read the novel later weren't as impressed with the book. Then Roughnecks came along and invented a happy medium between the two. Roughnecks had it all -- state-of-the-art 3D animation, highly detailed conceptual design, incredible art direction, plus great scripts that not only adapted the novel well but explored the universe Heinlein had created in greater detail. Unfortunately, Roughnecks also had a lousy time slot between five and six in the morning on the BKN Network. The show inspired a small and devoted following online, but simply aired too early in the morning to ever attract a huge ratings audience. Roughnecks was one of the most ambitious animation projects ever produced for American television. Each planetary campaign introduced a new environment for the Troopers to explore (water worlds, desert planets, tangled jungles, ice asteroids). Due to the nature of the 3-D animation medium, the individual episodes were "shot" and edited much more like movies than cartoons (multiple camera angles, moody atmospheric lighting effects, rich surface textures, smooth camera pans and zooms, etc.) The directors and animators of the show certainly pushed the envelope of the 3-D animation technology available at the time and did their best to take full advantage of the 3-D medium. The quality of the show was also a cut above the average "kid-vid." The writers of this show knew what anime fans have known all along, which is that episodic storytelling allows for much deeper character interaction than the average stand-alone movie, and that it doesn't matter whether the characters are cartoons or not. People will keep tuning in to see what happens to the characters they care about, and the writing team for Roughnecks kept giving plenty of reasons to care. Some characters even get wounded and have to sit out a few episodes. It's never quite clear which troops will live to tell the tale, and in fact one of the main characters dies near the end of the series. Better still, the remaining Troopers are given two final episodes to come to terms with the loss of their teammate. Again, not your average kiddy fare. The first episode of R:STC originally aired on August 30, 1999 and went to 2000. Sony originally planned to make 40 episodes, but as of this writing, episodes 133, 138, 139, and 140 were scrapped due to limitations in the production schedule (i.e. they ran out of money). These last few episodes were scripted, the voice work was recorded, the scripts were storyboarded, but the shows were never created. Instead, four "Clip Shows" which rehash footage from previous episodes were produced as substitutions for the four "missing" episodes. So technically, 40 episodes were completed, but the over-all story arc of the first season was never resolved[/release] [B]Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles Campaign Order:[/B] [release] [quote]Post by Dahaka32[/quote] [B]The Pluto Campaign[/B] (5 episodes) Takes place on the dark and frigid planet Pluto. [B]The Hydora Campaign[/B] (5 episodes) Takes place on Hydora which is almost entirely covered by water. [B]The Tophet Campaign[/B] (5 episodes) Takes place on Tophet, a desert planet which is home to the Skinnies. [B]The Tesca Campaign[/B] (5 episodes) Takes place on the jungle moon of Tesca Nemerosa. [B]The Zephyr Campaign[/B] (5 episodes) Takes place on a frozen asteroid. [B]The Klendathu Campaign[/B] (5 episodes) Takes place on the Bugs' home world Klendathu. Trackers (5 episodes) 1st takes place on the journey from Klendathu to Earth. 2nd and 3rd are episode recap. 4th is Rico floating through space, pretty much a recap. 5th is an investigation on Razak, more recap. [B]The Homefront Campaign[/B] (5 episodes; 4 others planned but never completed) Takes place on Earth. To watch it go to [B]Youtube[/B], I already pasted below each campaign name in order and it's firsts episodes(thats what the [B][1][/B] stands for). For the rest of the campaign episodes you just need to follow on the Youtube playlist by the right. HAVE FUN EVERYONE! [B]PLUTO CAMPAIGN - 10 PARTS[/B] [B][1][/B] - [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_9moZ0ZzhY[/url] [B]HYDORA CAMPAIGN - 10 PARTS[/B] [B][1][/B] - [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgJxT2Eke6M[/url] [B]TOPHET CAMPAIGN - 10 PARTS[/B] [B][1][/B] - [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43wN_vJaiXU[/url] [B]TESCA CAMPAIGN - 10 PARTS[/B] [B][1][/B] - [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdq9HHnI-Es[/url] [B]ZEPHYR CAMPAIGN - 10 PARTS[/B] [B][1][/B] - [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcXxp5kZsls[/url] [B]KLENDATHU CAMPAIGN - 12 PARTS[/B] [B][1][/B] - [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrjA0lrWbfo[/url] [B]HOMEFRONT CAMPAIGN - 10 PARTS[/B] [B][1][/B] - [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zreFzW_pK2A[/url][/QUOTE][/release] [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8b/Roughnecks.jpg[/img] [b]Websites[/b] [release][url]http://misterhook.net/roughnecks/index.htm[/url] [url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190198/[/url] [url]http://www.trooperpx.com/RSTC/series.html[/url] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roughnecks:_Starship_Troopers_Chronicles[/url] [url]http://misterhook.net/roughnecks/pictures.htm[/url] [url]http://www.inetres.com/gp/anime/st/index2.html[/url][/release] Will be adding more information to OP later on. Let me know if there is anything I should add to it.

I used to think this was awesome, I wonder if I still do.

Never seen this, want to watch now.

Was fucking brilliant back in the day, 5min episodes before school and before pokemon Never really followed it back then because I was around five or some shit, but I watched through the entire show a couple years ago and enjoyed it even more.

What if someone took the old models and made a starship troopers game. They would have to rework em but you have everything there already.

I'm pissed that the box set contains none of the special features from the other releases. It was a pretty good show otherwise. Little wierd with some of the characters, but OK. Also, why do movies not for children get children's cartoons?

I really wished they finished the last episodes, they so could still do it today. Even do a reboot. But Sony is too much of a bitch.

Whenever I hear "Starship Trooper 2" - I get physically sick.

God I fucking loved this show. That is all.

I wanna read the book now.

[QUOTE=Swilly;29186563]What if someone took the old models and made a starship troopers game. They would have to rework em but you have everything there already.[/QUOTE] There's already one out. Got it, not that bad. You could probably get it on eBay for 10 bucks.

Hah I remember waking up at like 5 in the morning to watch this and Popular mechanics for kids. Back then I thought it was badass. I borrowed it last year and saw it did not age well. The later episodes were a bit better though

[QUOTE=codemaster85;29205654]There's already one out. Got it, not that bad. You could probably get it on eBay for 10 bucks.[/QUOTE] Is it based off the movie?

yeah there is a Starship troops FPS and also are ST RTS. There is also a ST RP UK server using (not using DarkRP) All three are quite good and enjoyable.

[QUOTE=redback3;29194498]Whenever I hear "Starship Trooper 2" - I get physically sick.[/QUOTE] How did they make a sequal to "Starship Trooper" when that one Trooper got killed off in the first one anyway?

[QUOTE=megafat;29210075]How did they make a sequal to "Starship Trooper" when that one Trooper got killed off in the first one anyway?[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367093/[/url]

[QUOTE=redback3;29211386][url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367093/[/url][/QUOTE] I was making fun of the fact that he used the singular and not the plural definition of the word.

Let us never speak of Starship Troopers 2.

[QUOTE=VengfulSoldier;29209775]Is it based off the movie?[/QUOTE] More off the marauder side of the story. More close to the book because it has dropship powerarmor soldiers.

[QUOTE=codemaster85;29223829]More off the marauder side of the story. More close to the book because it has dropship powerarmor soldiers.[/QUOTE] Alright, because I've been reading bits from the book and its A MILLION times better than the stupid movie.

THIS IS SO AWESOME I USED TO WATCH IT ON AXN! :buddy: Starship Troopers RULES! FTW! I LOVE IT! [img]http://www.facepunch.com/fp/ratings/heart.png[/img][img]http://www.facepunch.com/fp/ratings/heart.png[/img][img]http://www.facepunch.com/fp/ratings/heart.png[/img]

I think I might give the book a read. But not sure were I'll be able to buy it.

[QUOTE=-n3o-;29234848]I think I might give the book a read. But not sure were I'll be able to buy it.[/QUOTE] Amazon has it.

Hah, I loved that show, though I didn't watch it on tv, but I had a whole set of series on tapes(Excluding trackers, which by some reason didn't make it to translated version). It was really badass then, but now it is much of nostalgia and nothing more. Only part I was disappointed in is that I couldn't find the music they used _anywhere_. Not asking for warez, but does it even exist in clear versions?

[QUOTE=krassell;29235716]Hah, I loved that show, though I didn't watch it on tv, but I had a whole set of series on tapes(Excluding trackers, which by some reason didn't make it to translated version). It was really badass then, but now it is much of nostalgia and nothing more. Only part I was disappointed in is that I couldn't find the music they used _anywhere_. Not asking for warez, but does it even exist in clear versions?[/QUOTE] Youtube my have some music soundtracks, or maybe check itunes if you haven't already. [editline]17th April 2011[/editline] Also, let me know if there is anything notable to add to the OP.

Just finished watching it. The animation is amazing for its time and I wish they'd finished it.

I have the entire series on DVD, but I need to buy the individual DVDs for the commentaries. I'm a titanic faggot for anything SST, so I'll sink my money in. Also, they did actually record the audio for the final episodes, but never had the funds to animate the last episodes.

I remember watching this every morning before school. I wonder if I would still like it if I re-watched it now.

[QUOTE=VengfulSoldier;29209775]Is it based off the movie?[/QUOTE] It's kinda a mix I believe. You have normal MI's as well as power armoured troops. Maybe just power armoured. Not sure right now. Shame they never finished the homefront and moon campaigns for roughnecks though :( [QUOTE=-n3o-;29218275]Let us never speak of Starship Troopers 2.[/QUOTE] What about Sky marshall Anoke IT IS A GOOD DAY TO DIE :P Courage duty honour

Man I really liked this series, still have 2 DVDs lying around here somewhere.