Starship Troopers Reboot (5 Viewers)

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Neill Blomkamp is doing his part. The “District 9” and “Chappie” filmmaker is attached to write and direct a new film adaptation of “Starship Troopers,” the 1959 sci-fi novel by Robert A. Heinlein that was last memorably brought to theaters in 1997 by director Paul Verhoeven. The new project comes from Sony‘s Columbia Pictures.

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While exact plot details remain closely guarded, the new “Starship Troopers” is said to draw inspiration from Heinlein’s original military story, rather than pulling from the fascist send-up that characterized Verhoeven’s satirical adaptation.

Along with writing and directing, Blomkamp is producing with his longtime collaborator Terri Tatchell…….

‘Starship Troopers’ Reboot in the Works at Sony, Neill Blomkamp Attached to Direct New Adaptation of Sci-Fi Novel

A reboot of 'Starship Troopers' is in the works at Sony, with 'District 9' and 'Chappie' director Neill Blomkamp attached to helm.

variety.com

 

[TheRealJRad]

The name attached makes me not dismiss it out of hand

 

[Merl]

As with every reboot of a tv series or movie I have ever seen I am sure they will screw this up too.

 

[St. Widge]

As with every reboot of a tv series or movie I have ever seen I am sure they will screw this up too.

In this case while the movie was fun, and a poor attempt at satire, it was nothing like the book and had no intention of being like the book so it's possible this will be a better movie, and more accurate adaptation, while also not being close to as much fun to watch.

 

[Paul]

I’ve not yet seen the boot so I’ve got some catching up to do.

 

[Sailorsaint]

Loved the book, liked the movie. But I was disappointed that it didn't follow the book more closely.

 

[Saintman2884]

In this case while the movie was fun, and a poor attempt at satire, was nothing like the book and had no intention of being like the book so it's possible this will be a better movie, and more accurate adaptation, while also not being close to as much fun to watch.

Paul Verhoeven was as terrible at creating militaristic-authoritarian satire as he was writing, developing and directing great action films with better, clearer sociopolitical themes like militarized police, the MIC (military-industrial complex) or Western imperialism on colonizing Mars in Total Recall.

I don't think Heinlein intended Starship Troopers to be a fun, enjoyable book that could easily be translated or mischaracterized or being run into the ground by genuinely making it seem like the alien bugs were indeed the villains and conceivably might've sent an asteroid that destroyed Buenos Aires and at no point did Verhoeven try to make viewers think or sympathize with the alien bugs plight, like they were really victims.

Verhoeven didn't do a great job at remaking or re-interpreting Helnlein's classic sci-fi novel into what he wanted to express.

 

[Saintman2884]

Loved the book, liked the movie. But I was disappointed that it didn't follow the book more closely.

Read the book, but don't watch Verhoeven's 1997 translation. He said then and has made it abundantly clear in interviews over the past 25 years he didn't like the original book and wasn't going to follow the novel more closely.

Problem is, Verhoeven's Starship adaptation is a great example of Poe's Law--where an artist, filmmaker's attempts at mocking or satirizing major socio-economic, political issue seems more authentic, genuine in supporting these institutions then seriously mocking or criticizing them. In other words, he did a terrible job of making/creating satire.

 

[St. Widge]

Read the book, but don't watch Verhoeven's 1997 translation. He said then and has made it abundantly clear in interviews over the past 25 years he didn't like the original book and wasn't going to follow the novel more closely.

Problem is, Verhoeven's Starship adaptation is a great example of Poe's Law--where an artist, filmmaker's attempts at mocking or satirizing major socio-economic, political issue seems more authentic, genuine in supporting these institutions then seriously mocking or criticizing them. In other words, he did a terrible job of making/creating satire.

It's a terrible and inaccurate adaptation of the book. But, it's an incredibly fun movie to watch.

 

[0rion]

This was my dad's favorite movie I think. When I would go home to visit he would watch this thing over and over the whole time I was there

 

[tenordas]

As with every reboot of a tv series or movie I have ever seen I am sure they will screw this up too.

It's not like it could be any worse than the dumpster fire of a movie that Verhoeven filmed, which my friends and I dubbed "90210 in Space."

If it really follows the book, it could turn out to be a decent movie this time instead of that steaming pile. As a fan of many of Heinlein's novels, I found the film an offense to his memory as well as just being vapid, vacuous teen-idol trash.