Paul Verhoeven did a beautiful job of critiquing fascism. I can’t help it that my fellow citizens are stupid other than to vote for more money in education.
The book was seriously bleak. The movie was a let down in that way. I had a few friends who couldn’t understand how the humans were just as bad as the bugs. In the book it really was everybody fights.
I think it may not have conveyed what it was trying to do when it was in theaters, but my friends and I (millennials so we saw it as kids) watch it as a ridiculous satire. One of my favourite movies I think. Sadly, I love Hackers, but that is not a satire, they were trying real hard.
The movie was straight up a parody of a propaganda film made by the fascist society from the book. It’s a satire meant to make you think about fascist propaganda.
But it was too similar to other action movies that people didn’t get what it was. Which is kinda scary really.
Not the point of this post but I think starship troopers did an excellent job of skewering the military, government, and the whole propaganda machine.
Yeah it’s not the movies fault that people have zero media literacy
Paul Verhoeven did a beautiful job of critiquing fascism. I can’t help it that my fellow citizens are stupid other than to vote for more money in education.
I’m doing my part.
i would buy that for a dollar!
YES! Another Verhoeven banger! Straight from Old Detroit.
see you at the party richter ;-)
verhoeven was over the top.
The book was seriously bleak. The movie was a let down in that way. I had a few friends who couldn’t understand how the humans were just as bad as the bugs. In the book it really was everybody fights.
Mobile infantry made me the man I am today!
I think it may not have conveyed what it was trying to do when it was in theaters, but my friends and I (millennials so we saw it as kids) watch it as a ridiculous satire. One of my favourite movies I think. Sadly, I love Hackers, but that is not a satire, they were trying real hard.
I love hackers too, friend. In fact I’ll say I love it because they were trying so hard lol.
Yeah man, like rigor mortis, habeas corpus
Was this talking about the movie and not the book? I lean towards the movie, but I don’t know, not enough context.
That being said, the book was a pretty in your face look at fascism. The movie lost some of it, but I also enjoyed the shit out of the movie.
The movie was straight up a parody of a propaganda film made by the fascist society from the book. It’s a satire meant to make you think about fascist propaganda.
But it was too similar to other action movies that people didn’t get what it was. Which is kinda scary really.
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