Casper Van Dien Battles the Big Bug of Child Abuse!!!
I have long gone on record that I love the work of Casper Van Dien. I have long gone on record that I like Casper Van Dien not only as an actor, but as a person. He's always seemed affable enough and, if this is any proof, one socially-conscious fella.
Casper, as Johnny Rico from the lovable STARSHIP TROOPER flicks, pleads with humanity to not only fight the bug menace, but the menace of...wait for it...CHILD ABUSE! Yes! Score one for the Federation's out-reach program!
Part of me believes that this is totally in-line with the STARSHIP TROOPERS canon. If you saw the last--and oh yes, I did--the world government became a theocracy, and, last time I read the Bible (well, a Cliffsnotes of the New Testament, at least), it says beating an innocent child is wrong. Damnable, even. The above is my favorite of the two that have been released, and it's a more straightforward ad, but with even better production values AND those kick-ass Marauder battle-suits...
Combating child abuse + fighting alongside Casper Van Dien? I WILL be there on that battlefield with you, soldier! Now where's my plasma-cannon...
Louis
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Louis Fowler is a pop culture critic who is a frequent contributor to Bookgasm, Exploitation Retrospect, Bloody Good Horror, Paracinema Magazine, Carbon 14, Pop Syndicate and The Hungover Gourmet. He's also had pieces featured in mags like Hitch, Scars, Okay Magazine, Eyeball and Microcinema Scene. He has written for such newspapers as the Fort Collins NOW, Rocky Mountain Chronicle, Rocky Mountain Bullhorn and the Colorado Springs Independent.
He's also the award-winning host of DAMAGED Hearing, Tuesdays at 1 PM, MST, on 88.9 KRFC-FM in Fort Collins, CO.
He wears husky jeans.