Starship Troopers: One of the Most Misunderstood Movies Ever

The Atlantic ^ | November 7, 2013 | Calum Marsh

[LS]

I agree, but how can anyone not like a young Denise Richards?

[moovova]

“Uh, we didn’t miss that. And, for the author, it’s “must have” not “must of”.”

Must of = must’ve.

The author must’ve come from the “Hooked on Phonics” era...

[ctdonath2]

Apparently a very awkward scene for the actors. Filmed when weather precluded working on other scenes.

[ctdonath2]

Starship Troopers: based on the back cover of a novel by R.A.Heinlein.

[dangus]

The reason so few saw the parody is that the original novel was what was parodied. Movie reviewers are writers, and regardless of their politics, to so unfairly use someone else’s work is unthinkable to them. They couldn’t conceive that Vorheoven would have so little respect for their craft.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Especially since the very last sentence of the book shows us the main hero was not a blond blue eyed Argentinean.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

If DDT were legal the insect wars could have been over real quick.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***Invent something that stops them in one shot. ***

DDT or Chlordane works wonders.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

You should see the difference between the James Bond books and the movies. It seems to me the movie makers only bought the name for the books and made their own stories to go with them.

[Conan the Librarian]

Even better than the book!

And certainly more fun than the movie. Nothing like dropping a nuke down a bug hole to cause a friend some discomfort.

[Sam Gamgee]

Yes, the MOVIE is that, but the book by Heinlein has NONE of that. The movie was the directors own little hissy fit about the military. Heinlein served in the military and if anything pro-Military.

[dfwgator]

I’ll stick with the song.

Yes - Starship Trooper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQKVqVpoMxw

[Billthedrill]

There is a certain irony here. The supposed intellectual content of the movie comes at the cost of ignoring the intellectual content of the book and concentrating on mocking the usual liberal bugaboos of jingoism and machismo. In short, the heavy thinkers of the Atlantic are happier wading in the safe, shallow end of the pool because it's familiar.

Starship Troopers (the book) has not aged quite as happily as certain other of Heinlein's novels because much of its libertarian principles have been better documented and explored since then. That is often the problem with classic literature - once the ground is broken and behind you, it is sometimes difficult to remember why it was so original at the time, and that it was so good because it was so original.

[TexasRepublic]

“Starship Troopers is satire, a ruthlessly funny and keenly self-aware sendup of right-wing militarism.”

One of Liberalism’s greatest successes is the propaganda that Fascism = Right Wing. They would have you believe that conservatives are Nazis.

[Don W]

I agree, but how can anyone not like a young Denise Richards?

Fixed it.

[Lee'sGhost]

Ahhh.... had to post to this.

My tagline for years was, “Johnny Rico picked the wrong girl.”

Anybody care to post a picture of Dina Myer?

[Lee'sGhost]

Hey Pluribus, see my post above.

[Lee'sGhost]

Awesome! Made my request of pix before I saw this.

Sweet...but there are better, I’m sure. :-)

[zeugma]

Starship Troopers: based on the back cover of a novel by R.A.Heinlein.

That's exactly how I took it. Using RAH's name was just to get the picture funded.