- Donald John Trump is the 45th President of the United States of America, succeeding Barack Obama. One of the few presidents to be known outside of political circles before his run, he was originally a real estate mogul known for slapping his name on the front of his innumerable hotels, casinos, resorts and golf courses. Prior to transferring his business assets to his children, most of his capital was rooted in New York City, where he owned several million square feet of property, including half of the Empire State Building. And prior to 2015 he held joint-ownership over the Miss Universe pageant, also encompassing Miss USA and Miss Teen USA. This is a secondary achievement to Donald’s comb-over, which rivals any architecture he’s built.
- Starship Troopers (film) (allthetropes.org)
The Paul Verhoeven film is generally considered to be the biggest middle finger the novel will ever receive, and that is no accident. It’s a satire of militarism, the Cold War, dehumanization of the enemy, war movies, propaganda and military sci-fi in general. It originally started out as an unrelated script called Bug Hunt, before the studio acquired the rights to the novel and rewrote the script to accommodate it. The film was intentionally designed as the polar opposite of the book in terms of message, characterization, and theme—an attack on the “pro-war fascist dogma” detractors of the novel attribute to it. A fairly detailed exploration of the film’s themes can be found on The AV Club.