[Jeff Chandler]

they already butchered Heinlein Starship Troopers in 1997

They sure did. Woman in the Mobile Infantry?

[Bender2]

Re: They sure did... Woman in the Mobile Infantry?

Yeah... I saw you talking with Joan Crawford about it.

Joan, there is no way... I'm letting you enlist in the Mobile Infantry!

[MarkL]

they already butchered Heinlein Starship Troopers in 1997

They sure did. Woman in the Mobile Infantry?

Yes, but it had Dina Meyer, so it's OK...

Mark

[allmendream]

The thing that got me was not the women, it was the only thing “mobile” about the Mobile Infantry was BOOT LEATHER.

In the book they had rocket and cybernetic muscle assisted leaps on their Mobile Infantry battle suits.

I guess they blew their budget hiring Doogie Howser and casting by Aaron Spelling.

What a crock that movie was.

That being said I thought the remake of “The Thing from Another Planet” i.e. “the Thing” was one of the scariest Sci Fi movies EVER. When I was a kid it gave me freekin nightmares. And I thought the best X-Files episode was a ‘homage’/’ripoff’ of “the Thing” with a ET bug controlling some members of an Arctic expedition “Were not who we are! Were not who we are!”