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Alien: Prequelification
Alex C:
I guess what I'm trying to get at here is that the Starship Troopers movie was closer to being an out right rejection of the book rather than a simple "I'm going to cash in on this title and disregard the themes." Saying that a film is going to end up like a Verhoeven project just hits me as jumping the gun, because Verhoeven is a mad man and it's frankly a bit weird that he ever managed to get as mainstream as he did.
Hell, if you wanted to give the Forever War the Verhoeven treatment and scornfully reject its themes you'd probably end up with something very nearly like Starship Troopers the novel.
scarred:
That's probably true.
If anything, this discussion has badly made me want to read The Forever War again. And watch the Starship Troopers movie.
So, mission accomplished?
Alex C:
I guess I just feel strongly about the subject since I don't particularly like Paul Verhoeven movies. I get what he's doing but I still find it unpleasant, which I guess is the goal. I already dislike society enough as it is. You don't need to rub my nose into a hyped up version of it to get me to understand that things are a li'l weird and perverse at times.
Kugai:
I still want Verhoven flogged in Public Square for that butchery of Heinlein's classic.
ackblom12:
Honestly, I much prefer the movie's take.
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