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Many US citizens didn't get that Starship Troopers was a black comedy. There are serious video reviews taking it seriously as an action movie where the characte
by Intermernet 6mo ago
Many US citizens didn't get that Starship Troopers was a black comedy. There are serious video reviews taking it seriously as an action movie where the characters are true US heroes.
I have a feeling these people are the same as the ones you're talking about.
- ndsipa_pomu 6mo agoI agree. RoboCop also belongs to the not-obvious-to-some-satire club.
- GJim 6mo agoIn the words of Barry Humphries: If you have to explain satire to someone, you might as well give up.
- johnofthesea 6mo agoOr the Prince.
- shinjitsu 6mo agoAs a fan of Heinlein's book, the movie flattened the exploration of the political themes from the book and turned it into said black comedy. It would be like turning Animal House or Lord of the Flies into a black comedy.
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- Arodex 6mo agoI read the book, was very interested by the points he made, but I completely understand and support Verhoeven's take on it as a naive utopia that will get completely derailed. Just look at how the "veterans" of the "forever war" are foaming at the mouth at the idea of war-criming and sending others to die in Iran. Heinlein's central idea that people who offered their service to the rest of society are better qualified to vote doesn't survive the slightest encounter with reality.
- harambae 6mo ago> like turning Animal House or Lord of the Flies into a black comedy Animal Farm, probably ?
- aaron695 6mo ago[dead]