This man destroyed StarShip Troopers

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Do you really think he used 20% of Heinlein's material? I figure it as closer to 10%... Starship Troopers (the book) was and still is a great sci-fi novel. Starship Troopers (the movie) is utter crap. Same goes for the sequel... I remember how excited I was when I heard they were making Starship Troopers, and how crushed I was after I saw it. I wonder if this guy even bothered to read the book.

You definately have a point there.

the point is thats the book this is a film,totally different and did you know not that everybody likes to read a book so that half of people wouldent know what was in the book and what waas not,get a grip it was made how it was made,nothing is gonna change that..

Didn't say it would change any thing, but that fact that it was made that way in no way changes the validity of my statement.

Film and literature are two different mediums, but if you are going to make a film about a book don't you think that you should preserve the author's themes and stories?

Actually, I read that Verhoeven didn't read the book. He read the first couple of chapters and got bored with it. Not that it matters. The writer decided to deviate from the book for many reasons, one of them being: the same things that work in books don't in movies. And vice versa. Besides, how often does someone read a book, love it, see the movie, and not get pissed? And movies that refuse to deviate from the book (Harry Potter) are totally boring if you've already read the source material. It's like: 'I already know this, only it was better in my head.' And no, I'm not a Harry Potter nerd. I read the first book when I was a freshman in college because everyone (my female family members and friends) kept telling me how amazing it was. And then I saw the movie at a friend's house (because his mom was watching it). I'll admit, the book was okay. But the movie was lame-ass. And I even like some of Chris Columbus's work. Especially the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Marie. And yes, I am being defensive. And an *beep*

Then he should have named it "Not Starship Troopers".

I agree nothing is going to change that the movie sucked, but somebody needs to stop him (and everybody like him) from making another one.

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Verhoeven wasn't really trying to adapt Starship Troopers at first, he was merely making a satire of big budget action movies (to go with his satire of the Star is Born cliche in Showgirls) that featured big bugs when the similarities to Starship Troopers were pointed out to him. He then apparently read most of the book, was disgusted with pseudo-fascism, and decided to guide some of his satirical ire towards the book itself. Starship Troopers the movie was never attempting to be a faithful adaptation of the book or a mindless action movie (despite what the Hollywood marketing machine would have you think). Instead, it was intended (and succeeded) as an artistic response to those two things.