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Isn't the point that it's satirizing its own source material?

• jlgreco 13y ago
  In the broad sense, it is satirizing a sort of militaristic/jingoistic mentality. Specifically it does this by satirizing one particular manifestation of this mentality, its source material.
  • rurounijones 13y ago
    That is the problem though, it doesn't satirize the source material. It satirizes a strawman of the source material since it cuts out or alters almost every part of the book that does not support the movie's satirical objective. I think that is what pissed a lot of people off who read the book. If they wanted to satirize jingoistic mentality they could have done it without butchering the book by starting with a new IP (but then they couldn't have taken advantage of the "Starship Trooper" title.)