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Verhoeven's Starship Troopers was not Heinlein's vision, but it is a glorious and hilarious satire of Heinlein's vision. "Accuracy" was obviously not the point.
by beezlebroxxxxxx 3y ago
Verhoeven's Starship Troopers was not Heinlein's vision, but it is a glorious and hilarious satire of Heinlein's vision. "Accuracy" was obviously not the point.
- Nursie 3y agoI love Verhoeven’s work (though haven’t seen it all). Did you know that Robocop was an allegory for an American Christ? Troopers is a wonderful pastiche. With half an analytical brain you see the anti-propaganda, anti-militarism, anti-jingoism, and general poking of fun at Heinlein’s ideas in what on the surface appears to be yet another brainless action movie.
- Andrew_nenakhov 3y agoHeinlein had very diverse ideas that he presented in his various works via very different POV characters. If you reduce his book to propaganda, militarism and jingoism, you likely don't see the bigger picture.
- AllegedAlec 3y agoThis. If what you take away from Heinlein's book was that it was militaristic and propaganda you didn't read the book properly.
- chuckadams 3y ago"You're reading it wrong."
- AllegedAlec 3y agoIt satirizes things that aren't even in Heinlein's vision and by that misses the point entirely.