Definitely not. Verhoeven (the director) is a WW 2 survivor (he was living in the occupied Netherlands as a child) and he very obviously satirizes the fascism of the book. See also: RoboCop.
I don’t disagree, but it’s a lot more subtle in the book. Basically, the book just presents the society as it is and lets you draw your own conclusions, while the movie lays on the satire pretty thick.
That movie might be the only case of an adaptation purposefully doing a severe putdown of the source material.
Like the guy on the pic being Filipino, for example.
I still wouldn’t say it’s fascist, rather paleo-Republican. Too nostalgic about Athens or the Roman republic.
I know I lived under a rock and all, but what is the movie’s name?
Starship Troopers. It’s great.
It’s campy trash that’s fun and has some interesting meta background.
Oh man. I’d love to watch it for the first time. Enjoy u/aeki@slrpnk.net
Did we read a different book or did the adaptation also eat the onion like all the fascists referencing the film?
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Definitely not. Verhoeven (the director) is a WW 2 survivor (he was living in the occupied Netherlands as a child) and he very obviously satirizes the fascism of the book. See also: RoboCop.
So does the book.
I don’t disagree, but it’s a lot more subtle in the book. Basically, the book just presents the society as it is and lets you draw your own conclusions, while the movie lays on the satire pretty thick.