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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Calico_Jack73" data-source="post: 1925422" data-attributes="member: 14403">Yes, Starship Troopers was around before Aliens and I agree with the logical progression theory.  However, it is cliche' because it has been overdone and no matter what creepy crawly alien you throw at a group they are going to say "Oh, that is just like in Alien/Aliens!".  The premise of Starship Troopers was quite a bit different too (I'm talking the book, not the movie).  In the book the MI would be wearing powered armor that would allow them to destroy hordes of bugs before the MI trooper were taken down by sheer numbers.  The point was that no matter how many bugs were killed the humans were going to lose the war.  It took 18 years for a human to "grow up" and another year or so of training before he/she would be ready for combat.  A bug only took a few days before it "hatched" and was fully ready to go into combat.  Starship Troopers was all about what it meant to be a soldier, it most definitely was NOT a space horror novel.  That is why it was on the Marine Corps Commandant's reccomended reading list for several years.</blockquote>