[Oztrich Boy]

Neither was Starship troopers

Yes it was.

[Androcles]

In what way? I genuinely don’t see it.

Let me know, the topic interests me though I’ll have to check in tomorrow due to the time differences.

[GL of Sector 2814]

Neither was Starship troopers

Yes it was.

The film of Starship Troopers was explicitly intended to be a satire of "American fascism" according to its director. The original book by Heinlein has no such message, of course.

[MarkL]

Neither was Starship troopers

Yes it was.

The book was extremely conservative in tone, stressing personal responsibility, honor, and military discipline. At the time, Heinlein was either conservative or "small 'l' libertarian," and took a lot of crap for the book from much of the science fiction "world."

On the other hand, the movie had nearly nothing to do with the book, other than sharing the title and a few character names. Someone here on FR mentioned that the movie was based on the back cover of the Heinlein book :-). Even though it seemed to be a completely different story, it was a fun movie, mostly because of (IMHO) Dian Meyer.

Mark