Not sure that this is exactly the same thing, but I know that Paul Verhoeven intended the Starship Troopers movie to be a parody of the book to demonstrate his dislike for the views expressed in the book, but the movie he made didn't end up like a parody and people did not take it as a parody. Though you don't necessarily like the Federation in the movie, it's hard not to think that what they were doing was at lest to some extent right and necessary in the face of the annihilation of the species.