Actually the movie's not bad, it's just not Starship Troopers. I wish they'd renamed all the characters and called it Bug Hunters or something; I'd have enjoyed it quite a lot in that case, with plenty of popcorn.
I strongly recommend that you read the book at some point. Then you'll realize why Heinlein's fans were outraged when the director in a making-of short referred to the book's "crypto-Fascist" society O_O and when he admitted that that one kind of bug shoots plasma-balls out its ass because he, the director, just "couldn't imagine bugs using technology." [facepalm] So, you're making a science fiction movie, why again...?
And the way they treated the Sergeant at the recruiting center, turning him into tasteless comic relief, is a crime.
The only part about the movie I preferred over the book was the way they equalized the gender thing a bit; all prurience aside, I liked that the girls played sports and showered with the guys, and that the characters treated it as no big deal. I really wish the world were like that.
Everything else was a hatchet-job of the book, though. :/
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Actually the movie's not bad, it's just not Starship Troopers. I wish they'd renamed all the characters and called it Bug Hunters or something; I'd have enjoyed it quite a lot in that case, with plenty of popcorn.
I strongly recommend that you read the book at some point. Then you'll realize why Heinlein's fans were outraged when the director in a making-of short referred to the book's "crypto-Fascist" society O_O and when he admitted that that one kind of bug shoots plasma-balls out its ass because he, the director, just "couldn't imagine bugs using technology." [facepalm] So, you're making a science fiction movie, why again...?
And the way they treated the Sergeant at the recruiting center, turning him into tasteless comic relief, is a crime.
The only part about the movie I preferred over the book was the way they equalized the gender thing a bit; all prurience aside, I liked that the girls played sports and showered with the guys, and that the characters treated it as no big deal. I really wish the world were like that.
Everything else was a hatchet-job of the book, though. :/
Angie