Starship Troopers - I'm Doing My Part
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the Special FX still hold up very well today ... Paul Verhoven had a genius in him that can make Sci-Fi action fun, yet with a small comedic element which i love (i.e. Robocop, Total Recall)
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@jarvy251 It's like he took the core from the Starship Troopers book and then the army, monster action and propaganda rubbish from the Warhammer 40k universe. ಠ_ಠ
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@jarvy251 Think of them as different works of art that delve into different areas to satire and to celebrate. Don't get upset about the movie just because it borrows the dressings of the book.
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@jarvy251 True that. My favorite scene from the movie was when they were being trained. The book emphasizes so much on that, it dennotes the level of perfection in body and mind they achieve after training.
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Yeah the powered suits being absent sucked, but the real problem was that he portrayed the MI as the exact opposite of what it was. Instead of a highly trained and extremely skilled small cadre of professionals, they were disposable conscript to be fed into a meat grinder.
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That's what makes it a close adaptation, and not a textual adaptation. Verhoeven is - apparently- planning on making a remake of SS1, this time for real.
I'm loving the book, but part of the series HAS to do with mobile suits. You can't take that out. Starship Troopers is the source of inspiration for series like Mobile Suit Gundam.
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@NinjaMoose234 Yep! Boobies always come first.
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@Tikut0 It's supposed to be cheesy.
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@Makrillol Because he thought it was freaking awesome, I guess?
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why would the camera man just stand one meter away and film when a man is being eaten alive?
God i love this movie. Boobies, guns, war, and aliens. Best movie of all time.
NinjaMoose234 8 months ago 84
If Verhoeven bothered to read the book, he'd know that the Federation would never make commercials like this, because they tried to dissuade people from joining the army.
It's a fun movie, what I hate is that no-one will ever make a TRUE Starship Troopers movie because this one. I don't even care about powered suits, I want to see the debates in the History and Moral Philosophy classes!
jarvy251 7 months ago 11