Just finished reading Starship Troopers

Liked the movie for what it was. I also liked the book with all the future weapons and military horseplay. But all the fascist BS was just interesting political fantasy.

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Originally Posted by Elhuero

I liked the movie. It's very quoteable (most of that comes from the film tho) but I don't think the book would really translate into a good film.

then again, not a lot of Heinlein stuff would. at least not without taking liberties with the story.

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The book would make a great movie if the director wasn't bent on trashing Heinlein's political theories and making him out to be some kind of fascist. The movie was trash and about the only thing it took from the book were the title and the character names. I'm never watching another Verhoeven movie again because of how he trashed that book.

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Originally Posted by ronaldrwl

But all the fascist BS was just interesting political fantasy.

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What did you find fascist in the book?

Never judge a book by its movie.

Extremely good book. I read it while deployed in the 90's and watched the movie when I got back. I enjoyed the movie in spite of it being nothing like the book. I just figured it was two separate stories.

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Originally Posted by Circuits

What did you find fascist in the book?

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Their whole political system was based on fascism. A utopian fantasy world that would never work.