Roughnecks - The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Zephyr Campaign [DVD]

Animation ain't just for the kids anymore! Each adventure stand alone as a sci fi feature length action adventure of huge scope. The language is clean and only the bugs get killed. But this series can be viewed as a valid continuation of the film franchise. I have 'em all and am delighted with them. What a feast for the eyes!

Having read Starship Trooper when it was first released many years ago, I felt like a purist when it came to the movie and a viewer of the Chronicles. But having purchased the first six dvd's and now this new one, I am hooked and convinced that this series is a winner big time.I am a bit confused about the issue of the last two episodes. I watched Homefront and of course I was totally irritated by the fact that the producers left our heros on earth with bugs doing there dirty best to wipe out the human race and nothing follows.Are the missing episodes the undrawn conclusion to Homefront episode? I would hate for the bugs to win in the end. :(HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR PURCHASE to anyone that loved the book and the movie. Our heros get more time to rescue all our butts and it is a great story.

If you have read Robert Heinlein's "Starship Troopers" -- and *liked* it -- then you were probably thoroughly disgusted by Paul Verhoeven's live-action movie adaptation. Completely aside from the bad acting, bad script, bad direction, and incredibly excessive gore and violence (a Verhoeven trademark, apparently), the sad truth is that the movie had almost NOTHING in common with the book."Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles" is a much better adaptation. It doesn't tell the same story as the book, any more than the atrocious live-action movie did; but it is a million times truer in SPIRIT to what Robert Heinlein wrote.

After almost a year of waiting, we finally have episodes 21 through 25 of this 40 episode series, bringing the total number available on DVD to 35 ... maybe we'll see the other five episodes some day. <Sigh!>This disk does not have quite as many features as the other disks in the series (multiple languages, for example), but they did go back to the studio and enhance the music and audio effects, and the full-length commentary track provides insights into the making of the series.Even though the target audience was adolescents, I'm in my 50s, and have been anxiously awaiting this "missing week" to complete my collection. (I pre-ordered it as soon as it was available, as I did with the other disks in the series.) As different from the movie as the movie was from the book, it is still Very Entertaining, and I really enjoy watching the reactions of people who see it for the first time. :-)As revealed on one of the other disks, the actors recorded the scripts of two additional episodes, but they were never animated ... budget constraints near the end led to the creation of two "clip shows" to deliver the promised 40 episodes (5 episodes a week for 8 weeks.) We now have 7 of what should be 8 DVDs, and if enough fans buy them, maybe the producers will complete the unfinshed episodes and include them on a final DVD.Cast your vote for completing the collection by buying this disk ... and if you haven't purchased any of the others yet, get this one first, because it's a well constructed, self-contained story arc that stands OK by itself, even if it is out-of-context.

As a fan of the book, the movie, and Henlein in general, I bought all the DVDs in this series. The CG is a little crude, sometimes it looks like a very old computer or X Box game, but that said these DVDs are the only way I can see more of Johnny Rico and friends. Lets hope that someday they make a big budget movie that is spot on with the book's origional story. Until then we will make due with what we have.

I didn't realize when I ordered the ROUGHNECKS DVDs that they are in animation format whereas the STARSHIP TROOPER DVDs are "live action" utilizing live actors. I gave the DVDs to my son who doesn't mind.

That said, I do not regret being able to complete the series. But at the time this part of the series was created, money was an issue - and it shows in the finished product big time. Movement is incredibly choppy and backgrounds are not good at all. I understand that this was at the infancy of CGI, but wow...it sometimes hurts just to watch.

Came fast and completed my collection

Had to buy it even though it's not region 2. Sorted .On another note the others in the series are marked wrong in order of play. Unfinished stories so I'm led to believe. Not got the last one Home Chronicles, In space it never ends. Rare Dvd's now.

It's difficult for studios to find product to make that'll keep the customer satisfied these days and the attempt to keep the success of the original, all action movie alive doesn't quite payoff here with the animation series. Don't get me wrong, I think they're reasonably good for the target market audience they are produced for and keep our youngsters entertained but, as usual, something gets lost in translation! The two sequels to the first movie were let's face it letdowns to say the least so, maybe the studios weren't going for broke with this series. They're not bad entertainment, just your regular sci-fi monsters Vs Humans Stuff, nothing to mention in dispatched.

if you like good cgithis is it,plus plus plusgreat stories great personalitieswish they were making moreenjoy

Great series buy them all