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Marc Nelson Jr. wrote in message ...
> In lugnet.build, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> > In lugnet.build, Paul Baulch writes:
> > > Actually, your soldiers' appearance doesn't remind me so much of Colonial
> > > Marines, as of the Mobile Infantry from the Starship Troopers movie... is • it
> > > OK to mention the movie around here? Fans of the book seemed to hate it, • but
> > > I enjoyed it.... ;-)
> >
> > AAAAHHHH!!! No, say it ain't so! ;-)
> >
> > I must admit, I have been tempted to see the movie, even though I • understand
> > that it thrashes Heinlein's vision, and that they did most of their • casting
> > from 90210 extras. :-,
I just think of it as a completely different story. To be quite honest, I
didn't (and still don't) think that Heinlein's book would have made that
exciting a movie. YMMV a lot, of course ;-)
> -Yeah, it was very different from the book, but it was entertaining in its • own
> right.
I couldn't have said it better myself. Absolutely brilliant CG too.
> The movie was done by the same guy that did Robocop (Voerhoeven?). It
> has some really funny parts, especially the public service announcements • and
> the parts in boot camp.
Paul Verhoeven is a brilliant director. Sometimes the scripts he has to work
with aren't brilliant. People have to remember that director and script each
have their own influence on the movie experience.
> The combat scenes were completely wrong, and generally
> pretty dumb, though. No capsule drops, no powersuits, and the MI wait until • the
> bugs are 15 ft. away to start firing (with machine guns!?!).
Frankly I feel that the battle scenes would have been about one hundredth as
exciting if it featured bugs being bombed/lased from 150kms by people flying
around in suits. They made a conscious decision to make the Bugs up-close
and personal. I think that it was the best thing that they did, that first
scene where the green recruits meet their first wave of Warrior bugs and get
slaughtered was one of the most exhilaratingly frightening things I've ever
seen in a movie. Real brown-pants stuff.
> On the plus side,
> it does have Denise Richards and Doogie Howser.
NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!
;-)
Cheerfully OT,
Paul
LUGNET member 164
http://www.geocities.com/doctorshnub/
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