"Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles" (1999)TV-Serie

Regisseur:

Andre Clavel

Drehbuchautoren:

Pat Allee (writer)
David S. Clark (episode)

Staffeln:

1 | 2 | 3 | unbekannt

Premierendatum:

30. August 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Trickfilm | Action | Abenteuer

Plot:

The missions of a Mobile Infantry squad as they participate in a war of survival against a ferocious alien insectoid invader.

Plot Keywords:

Alien | Giant Insect | Computer Animation | Military | Marine

Filmpreise:

1 win & 4 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Very good, but unfinished.

Besetzung

Elizabeth Daily	...	Pvt. Isabelle 'Dizzy' Flores (7 Folgen, 1999-2000)
Bill Fagerbakke	...	Cpl. Jeff Gossard (7 Folgen, 1999-2000)
James Horan	...	Cpl. Richard 'Doc' LaCroix (7 Folgen, 1999-2000)
Alexander Polinsky	...	Pvt. Robert Higgins (7 Folgen, 1999-2000)
Rino Romano	...	Johnny Rico (7 Folgen, 1999-2000)
Rider Strong	...	Pvt. Carl Jenkins (7 Folgen, 1999-2000)
David DeLuise	...	Sgt. Francis Brutto (6 Folgen, 1999-2000)
Jamie Hanes	...	Lt. Jean Razak (6 Folgen, 1999-2000)
Steve Staley	...	T'Phai (4 Folgen, 1999-2000)
Irene Bedard	...	Gen. Miriam Redwing (3 Folgen, 1999-2001)
Clancy Brown	...	Sgt. Charlie Zim (3 Folgen, 1999-2000)
Tish Hicks	...	Lt. Carmen Ibanez (3 Folgen, 1999-2000)
Thomas Wagner	...	Commander Marlow (3 Folgen, 1999-2000)

Alternativ:

Starship Troopers (USA) (working title)
Starship Troopers: The Series (UK)

MPAA:

Rated PG for pervasive sci-fi action violence. (videos The Zephyr, Hydora, Tophet, Klendathu, and Homefront Campaigns)

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Tonverfahren:

Dolby

Altersfreigabe:

Germany:16 | USA:PG (episode "Trackers")

Firma:

Adelaide Productions

Dies und das:

Rino Romano said that when recording the voice-over session of Carmen kissing Rico on the final episode of the Tesca campaign, Susan Blu was the one that gave a kiss instead of Tish Hicks.

Pannen:

Fehler, die von Charakteren gemacht werden (möglicherweise Absicht der Filmemacher): In episode #26 "Metamorphosis", when Zander-bug has Doc cornered in the Med-lab, Doc refers to Zander as "Lieutenant" even though Zander's rank is Major. It was speculated that Zander was demoted, but General Redwing reports that he accessed computer files as "Major Zander Barcalow" in episode #28 "The Mission".

Dialogzitate:

[Gossard climbs a mountain and plants a bomb]
Cpl. Jeff Gossard: Okay idiot, now where do you shoot from?

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Bezug enthalten in Starship Troopers: Terran Ascendancy (2000) (VG)

Very good, but unfinished.

This animated series was better than the movie (though I love the movie too), but was unfinished. There were only 37 episodes (though you can see several that never aired on the "Trackers DVD). The problem is that the series ended before the Roughnecks saved earth and kill the Queen. THat being said there were many more positives. First, the animation was top quality (though I would have gone for traditional cartoon over computers). Secondly the character development was fantastic. Thirdly, the "serial" nature of the episodes were reminiscent of some of the old 40's serials. The story starts out on Pluto were the Roughnecks are sent to save miners from the Arachnids. After Pluto is saved, the Roughnecks go to Hydora a waterworld (and probably the best campaign) to find the transport bug which had escaped Pluto. From there they go to Tophet, were we meet the "Skinnies," a race of aliens who are controlled by the Bugs. After liberating the Skinnies, the Roughnecks move onto Tesca, a jungle campaign where the Roughnecks must battle spiders and prejudice. From Tesca, the Roughnecks are marooned on an asteroid infested with "Firefrys" and a living asteroid. From here they attack the Bugs on their home world of Klandathu were they discover the bug queen. The Bug Queen escapes and heads to earth where the series culminates with the "Homefront Campaign."

Good Luck Apes!