What's the Difference between Starship Troopers the Book and Starship Troopers the Movie?
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Juan Rico
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John Rico
Portrayed by: Casper Van Dien
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Charles Zim
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Sergeant Sim
Portrayed by: Clancey Brown
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Sergeant Jelal
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This Character does not appear.
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Carl
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Carl Jenkins
Portrayed by: Neil Patrick Harris
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Carmencita Ibañez
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Carmen Ibanez
Portrayed by: Denise Richards
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Captain Yvette Deladrier
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Captain Deladier
Portrayed by: Brenda Strong
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Captain Blackstone
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This Character does not appear.
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Starship Troopers Book vs Movie
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In the Movie |
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The Skinnies are an alien race that sided at one time with the Bugs. |
The Skinnies are not in the movie. |
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The MI soldiers have sophisticated weapons controlled by their powered suits, including nukes, poison gas, bombs and flamethrowers. They are well trained to be deadly even when alone and unarmed. |
The soldiers are mostly armed with simple machine guns without sights. There are a few mounted guns, rocket launchers and grenades and a sniper rifle, but for the most part the soldiers "spray and pray"; not really effectively aiming their weapons.
They seem to be little more than cannon fodder.
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Carl dies when his outpost is attacked. He is a minor character who is hardly mentioned in the book after he enlists. |
Carl Jenkins eventually becomes a colonel in the Army. |
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Rico accepts an appointment to Officer Candidate School after he decides to make the military a career. |
Carl Jenkins promotes Rico to platoon leader after Rico kills Lt Rasczak.
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Carmen visits Rico while he is in Officer Training School. He gets a one day pass to take her out to dinner. Carmen has shaved her head while a trainee pilot. This is Carmen's only appearance in the book after Rico joins the military. |
Carmen interacts with Rico in battle while flying and in combat on the ground. Carmen fights and wounds a brain bug that is later captured. Carmen has long hair throughout the film. |