Continuity mistake: In the first battle with the Roughnecks, Rico, Diz, Ace, and the other guy are confronted by a bug and they shoot at it. If you look at where they are aiming they are shooting above it, but the bullets hit it in the middle. (01:14:20)
Starship Troopers (1997)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Michael Ironside, Dina Meyer, Jake Busey
Diz gets killed. The big brain bug sucks the brains out of Carmen's new boyfriend. The Rough Necks capture the brain bug, allowing them to start defeating the bugs. The surviving Rough Necks become high ups in the military. The end becomes one big "sign up NOW!" commercial.
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Question: What's going on with Rico and Carl in the card guessing scene? I originally thought Rico was trying to guess the value of the unturned card was but then he says it's the ace of spades and it turns out to be exactly that yet he still gets it wrong. Could someone please explain what's happening there?
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Answer: The card face up is the one he's trying to guess. The card that flips over is his guess (you can see him hit a pad when he says "ace of spades".) So he is trying to use mental powers to guess the card that is face up (which he can't see as he has his back to it), and (presumably so the computer can track his results better) he makes his choice on a keypad, which then turns over the card on the screen (which is why the card is what he said, yet still wrong).
Gary O'Reilly