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June 3rd, 2004, 11:16 PM
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Re: OT Aye, Carumba! I, Robot.
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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.
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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. 
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June 4th, 2004, 12:56 AM
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Re: OT Aye, Carumba! I, Robot.
On a Purely Movie based opinion. Starship troopers wasn't that bad, and i could watch it again. 
Now if we bring in the book it was based on, then it's an entirely different matter.
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June 4th, 2004, 02:00 AM
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Re: OT Aye, Carumba! I, Robot.
Well, I haven't read the book, but I thought the movie was OK.  |
June 4th, 2004, 02:01 AM
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Re: OT Aye, Carumba! I, Robot.
If you think SST was bad wait until you see SST II now on DVD. BAD BAD BAD BAD movie
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June 4th, 2004, 09:26 AM
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Re: OT Aye, Carumba! I, Robot.
Yet another book vs film thread falls victim to starship troopers...
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June 4th, 2004, 09:27 AM
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Re: OT Aye, Carumba! I, Robot.
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Yet another book vs film thread falls victim to starship troopers...
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ROFLMAO - Why does it always end this way?
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June 4th, 2004, 09:49 AM
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Re: OT Aye, Carumba! I, Robot.
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Originally posted by dogscoff:
Yet another book vs film thread falls victim to starship troopers...
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ROFLMAO - Why does it always end this way?
Probably because SST is the pet "Worst Case Scenario" of a Hollywood rendition of a sci-fi novel. But, hey, maybe in a few months, "I Robot" will steal the prize away! |
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