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Verhoeven turned the human government into literal Nazis and cast vapid teen actors in the leading roles. And it's a great movie besides of which. I'm glad some nerds got mad about how this movie made fun of the fascistic lovely novel.
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i agree. this was a good movie and verhoeven is one of my favorite directors
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May 24, 2014 04:56
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CMON APES. DO YOU WANT TO LIVE FOREVER?
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May 24, 2014 04:57
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co-ed showers, that scene where the dude gets a knife in his hand, and all the rear end in a top hat characters (everyone) get killed by bugs at the end 8/10 movie imo e: I thought the DO YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE and other propaganda stuff was really clever satire, the same way a lot of the stuff in robocop was
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May 24, 2014 04:58
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i would like to know more
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May 24, 2014 04:58
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It's a great flick.
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May 24, 2014 04:59
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i like the scene where those bugs are farting blue space bombs at that space ship and i think it blows a girls face off or something???? the violence in this movie seemed really over the top for the time
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May 24, 2014 05:00
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Yeah did u just figure this out? Its a classic. Next
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May 24, 2014 05:00
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Wow, how controversial. Look at me post some objective truth. I'm so brave. Bet it'll really rile up all those Heinlein fans (lol). But yeah, I agree.
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May 24, 2014 05:01
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One of the rare examples where the movie is WAY better than the book. The book is a boring slog, half of which is about how the loving power armor works. Yay!
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May 24, 2014 05:01
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Apparently this was the scene that turned Neil Patrick Harris gay.
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May 24, 2014 05:03
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notZaar posted:Verhoeven turned the human government into literal Nazis and cast vapid teen actors in the leading roles. And it's a great movie besides of which. I'm glad some nerds got mad about how this movie made fun of the fascistic lovely novel. Word. This movie somehow loving owned.
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May 24, 2014 05:04
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The movie works as a straight sci-fi action flick too. Cool battles.
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May 24, 2014 05:04
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id buy that for a dollar
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May 24, 2014 05:04
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Blistex posted:Apparently this was the scene that turned Neil Patrick Harris gay. lol
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May 24, 2014 05:05
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The enemy cannot push a button if you disable his hand! MEDIC.
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May 24, 2014 05:07
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giant oval office bug was a great character
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May 24, 2014 05:07
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One of these days, some fuckface is going to make a remake and make it 'truer to the original novel'. So I just wanna say: gently caress you, whoever you are. Hope you never work in film again after your piece of poo poo bombs.
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May 24, 2014 05:14
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theres some fine rear end tittys in that film
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May 24, 2014 05:15
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my posting theme is klendathu drop
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May 24, 2014 05:17
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I enjoyed the book and thought the movie was awesome too I would probably have enjoyed it more if it had power armor, orbital insertions and other things from the novel though
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May 24, 2014 05:19
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was it the movie that tried to unironically praise nazis but was so bad it became good and the book was a parody of nazis or was the movie making fun of nazis and the book was seriously pro-nazis i keep confusing both
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May 24, 2014 05:20
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Mans posted:was it the movie that tried to unironically praise nazis but was so bad it became good and the book was a parody of nazis or was the movie making fun of nazis and the book was seriously pro-nazis Heinlein liked to play around with hypothetical future societies in his novels and Paul Verhoeven used it as a basis for a satire of fascism and conservative military-fanboy bullshit
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May 24, 2014 05:25
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MMOs & Welfare posted:my posting theme is klendathu drop basil poledouris was a really good film score composer. The movie turned out being completely unlike the book since Paul Vanderhoeven admitted to getting bored by the book after a few chapters and then throwing it in the trash. Michael Ironside's character also dies in the movie which is another big plus.
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May 24, 2014 05:28
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Blurry Gray Thing posted:One of these days, some fuckface is going to make a remake and make it 'truer to the original novel'. Umm, they are doing that. And it pisses me off. First, we get the lovely DVD sequels, then we got that godawful CGI anime bullshit with Starship Troopers Invasion, and now they want to reboot the films, just like they ruined Total Recall and Robocop. At least Roughneck Chronicles was made. That show was the poo poo.
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May 24, 2014 05:29
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notZaar posted:Verhoeven turned the human government into literal Nazis and cast vapid teen actors in the leading roles. And it's a great movie besides of which. I'm glad some nerds got mad about how this movie made fun of the fascistic lovely novel. What? No. You had to serve to get citizenship. He turned the government into a highly organized utopia where people served the nation for the right to have a hand in the affairs of state. It is entirely reasonable that people who want to have a say in matters be properly educated. Edit: It was actually a military-supported republic, an ideal form of government to ensure that matters get resolved quickly rather than having aberrations in the political system hold the rest of the country hostage, like what we are dealing with now.
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May 24, 2014 05:30
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Rhonyn Peacemaker posted:What? No. Might've worked if you defended the book instead of acting like you missed the point of the movie.
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May 24, 2014 05:34
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welcome to 17 years ago OP
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May 24, 2014 05:36
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co-ed showers only if i can be the only dude
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May 24, 2014 05:36
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Mans posted:was it the movie that tried to unironically praise nazis but was so bad it became good and the book was a parody of nazis or was the movie making fun of nazis and the book was seriously pro-nazis Considering that Verhoeven grew up under Nazi Occupation, I doubt that he praised them at all. What I got from it was that he read the book, saw that the author had a hard-on for fascism, and decided to make the parody of the "Human Nazi Government" very, very obvious. Hell, he had Dougie Howzer dressed up in an SS Uniform.
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May 24, 2014 05:37
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Blistex posted:Considering that Verhoeven grew up under Nazi Occupation, I doubt that he praised them at all. What I got from it was that he read the book, saw that the author had a hard-on for fascism, and decided to make the parody of the "Human Nazi Government" very, very obvious. Hell, he had Dougie Howzer dressed up in an SS Uniform. gay man in a hugo boss nazi uniform was a p good touch
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May 24, 2014 05:39
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Blurry Gray Thing posted:Too obvious, dude. Is that a joke? The point of the movie was that citizens need to learn the value of service before they realize that their vote carries weight far greater than simply "yes" or "no. In this case, the characters decision(s) to join up to get citizenship (and thereby the right to vote) was their recognition that they wanted something more, and they recognized that it was important to them to understand what it really meant to make those choices. The government demonstrated a united world, something we don't have today. I don't see why you would be opposed to that.
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May 24, 2014 05:40
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Rhonyn Peacemaker posted:Is that a joke? No, that was the point of the book. The point of the movie was that the book is retarded nazi poo poo.
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May 24, 2014 05:40
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Rhonyn Peacemaker posted:What? No. The book was basically whacking off the Spartan concept of government in which only the fighting soldiers had a say in the government. The Spartans also had a class of merchants/freeman comprised of ethnic groups conquered by the Spartans but this group had no voting power in the government despite paying taxes. http://www.pbs.org/empires/thegreeks/background/8b_p1.html
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May 24, 2014 05:42
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No, the point of the movie was Johnny Rico wanted to gently caress Denise Richards and who could blame him?
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May 24, 2014 05:42
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Johnny Rico was a Filipino in the book, in the movie he was a gay white dude.
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May 24, 2014 05:44
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Blurry Gray Thing posted:No, that was the point of the book. They were killing bugs because the bugs were attacking them. They weren't nazi's. Any military government doesn't make them nazi's. Using that rhetoric just makes you look ignorant and disrespectful of the intent of the movie and the book. The bugs were a menace and were using their sheer numbers and biological abnormalities to take advantage over the rather mundane humans. They had to beat them with sheer strength of will and faith in their sky marshal.
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May 24, 2014 05:44
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redshirt posted:No, the point of the movie was Johnny Rico wanted to gently caress Denise Richards and who could blame him? The audience on the hand would probably recognize that Casper van dien is more beautiful than either of his female soap opera love interests.
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May 24, 2014 05:44
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Rhonyn Peacemaker posted:Is that a joke? lmao i assume you haven't actually seen the movie because your gimmick isn't usually this retarded
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what about skinnies
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