Holy shit. I think that’s my hometown. I’m not even kidding.
Time well spent.
You are half correct. The movie is essentially a parody of the book. The book is unironic.
The irony here is that Starship Troopers is pretty damn fashy, and a lot of the manosphere leans in that direction as well. So it does ring true, in an odd way.
Dead Ringers, anyone?