[Lord_Shleepy]

Originally posted by gregebowman:

I didn't think Starship Troopers was all that bad of a movie, but it's probably been at least 25 years since I've read the original book, and it's still in storage at my mom's house. I wasn't going to buy another book when I already have one. So my memory has faded over what the book was about.

Well...if you don't remember the book very well then think yourself lucky. Starship Troopers WAS that bad of a movie...at least when the original book is taken into account. The book has been criticized by the ignorant as being somewhat facist in nature. In that regard, the movie succeeds where the book failed. While the book emphasized discipline and comraderie the movie was pure jack-booting propaganda...and somewhat crude at that. The changes in the story and the hammy acting in the movie don't bother me very much - it's the complete 180 in overall tone and spirit and the crude way in which it tries to bludgeon the viewer with it's message that drives me crazy. I have quite a high tolerance for bad movies...but this one made me want to tear out my brains and boil them in acid to remove the horror of it's memory.