Quote Originally Posted by jake View Post
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.