Movie Thread

[jake]

I haven't seen Star Ship Troopers yet. I know it is a big Sci-Fi favorite though. At first I wrote it off as just another summer action movie, but didn't know it was based on books and had a following.

Starship Troopers the movie is based on Starship Troopers the book in the same way that Independence Day the movie is based on Independence Day the song by Bruce Springsteen. Heinlein's novel has been one of my favorite sci-fi books every since I liberated it from the school library when I was 15, and the film was an utter abortion.

Layer Cake is one of my favorite films, though. The scene in the cafe is almost perfect in every way.

[Irving]

Okay, that's what I assumed about Star Ship Troopers.

Now you've got me trying to remember which cafe scene you are talking about in Layer Cake. Don't tell me though, I've still got it and will refresh my memory. You don't mean the scene in the club when he first meets that girl do you?



CrufflerSteve: Was Drag Me To Hell better or worse than Legion? Or if you haven't seen Legion, what movie would you compare it to?

[jake]

Nope, it's the scene with Duran Duran on the soundtrack.

[Irving]

Damn, now I'm going to have to go home and watch it again. It's okay, Gloria hasn't seen it yet, and it is one of those movies that you have to watch at least twice.

[jake]

Only twice?

I think I might watch it again tonight while I'm working.

[theGinsue]

Starship Troopers the movie is based on Starship Troopers the book in the same way that Independence Day the movie is based on Independence Day the song by Bruce Springsteen. Heinlein's novel has been one of my favorite sci-fi books every since I liberated it from the school library when I was 15, and the film was an utter abortion.

Agreed. I saw the movie years ago and, even though I'm a MAJOR Sci-Fi geek, could not (for the life of me) understand how anyone enjoyed any part of that movie.

The acting was horrid, the storyline blew chunks, the special effects were special education quality.

THEN.... I read the book about 2 years ago and got to understand why people liked Starship Troopers at all. Heinlein was an amazing writer and whether he meant to be or not, was dead on about the way our nation (and it's politics) was moving. What I find even more amazing about that is that the novel was published in 1959.

[Irving]

Ginsue, maybe you should switch up from sci-fi to fantasy and read the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. It's basically regurgitated Ayn Rand, but with some wizards. Or even Harry Potter for that matter, if you are interested in reading stories where you can draw parallels to how you currently perceive the world economy.

[Hoosier]

The acting was horrid, the storyline blew chunks, the special effects were special education quality.

It's camp. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_(style)

This is even camp coture, high camp, impressively bad, and all the better for it.

The movie and the book have little in common, but if you tried to turn the book into a movie you'd blow your budget and end up with something like Avatar, with power suits and tanks &c. Also explains why the movie doesn't have any tanks in it.

H.

[earplug]

From 1964. Pretty fine story about a British detachment of engineers fighting in South Africa 1878.
What doing the right thing at the right time does. Not Custer's last stand.
Google it if your interested.

[Irving]

We just finished watching a documentary called Touching The Void.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touching_the_Void

We had never even heard of it, and stumbled onto it toward the beginning. I almost changed it at a slow part, and am really glad I didn't. I was a very good watch and pretty intense. I think it might have appeared on HBO or something.