Woohoo! Starship Troopers 2
02-03-03 | 11:36 AM
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Woohoo! Starship Troopers 2
By my understanding, direct-to-video... directed by Phil Tippet 
But it's low budget 
I have no idea on who they are casting [or if they are casting at all]. So maybe it's gonna go the way of the Roughneck's series and be fully animated? I'll get more details...
But it's low budget I have no idea on who they are casting [or if they are casting at all]. So maybe it's gonna go the way of the Roughneck's series and be fully animated? I'll get more details...
02-03-03 | 12:05 PM
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yahooo! i loved the original. even though it didn't make money.
my friend actually camo out in a B-movie casper van dien, post-Verhoeven
and he was always like "When I was in Starship Troopers..."
my friend actually camo out in a B-movie casper van dien, post-Verhoeven
and he was always like "When I was in Starship Troopers..."
02-03-03 | 12:37 PM
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Oh no. Wanna bet it will have NONE of the satire of the first movie, instead focusing on gore, SFX and the kind of gung-ho mentality (recent example: "The Core") Verhoeven's film so aptly criticised?
I don't want to pass judgment too soon, but this just sounds terrible. Nevertheless, I'm always glad to hear Phil Tippett is still working.
I don't want to pass judgment too soon, but this just sounds terrible. Nevertheless, I'm always glad to hear Phil Tippett is still working.
02-03-03 | 10:22 PM
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I'd like to see a remake that actually shows what Heinlein intended, instead of Verhoeven's little Fascist twists...
02-04-03 | 08:04 AM
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02-04-03 | 09:49 AM
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Originally posted by littlefuzzy
I'd like to see a remake that actually shows what Heinlein intended, instead of Verhoeven's little Fascist twists...
I'd like to see a remake that actually shows what Heinlein intended, instead of Verhoeven's little Fascist twists...
02-04-03 | 11:04 AM
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Originally posted by joeydaninja
my friend actually camo out in a B-movie casper van dien, post-Verhoeven
my friend actually camo out in a B-movie casper van dien, post-Verhoeven
02-04-03 | 01:39 PM
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Want the scary?
It's only budgeted for around $6 million. A lot of stock footage VFX from the original will be used.
It's only budgeted for around $6 million. A lot of stock footage VFX from the original will be used.
02-04-03 | 05:55 PM
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What a waste of money! The first was one incredibly superficial, a hella lot of fun, incorporated awesome CGI, and a great score by Poledouris to boot. Why bother with a lousy sequel? Why don't they just put more in the budget for the AvP movie instead?
02-04-03 | 07:06 PM
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i was thinking this morning after watching signs that starship troopers never finished. i mean they got the brain but they were still in the war. i hope they do this well. i'd love some more of div 
02-04-03 | 07:53 PM
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Originally posted by Tyler_Durden
You're kidding, right? It was Heinlein who was fascist. Verhoeven is strictly anti-fascist (he grew up in occupied Holland, no less). It was his intention to present despicable things in an overtly positive light. That's why it's called satire.
You're kidding, right? It was Heinlein who was fascist. Verhoeven is strictly anti-fascist (he grew up in occupied Holland, no less). It was his intention to present despicable things in an overtly positive light. That's why it's called satire.
Heinlein was probably the most anti-fascist person you could think of, and he realized that war is sometimes necessary to protect your freedoms. Verhoeven is very anti-war. He tried to make everything that Heinlein had written to be Fascist, and his message was "war is fascism."
I don't feel that America was fascist for fighting in WWI or WWII, nor do I feel that it is facism to fight an alien race bent on exterminating all humans.
02-05-03 | 12:08 AM
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Originally posted by littlefuzzy
I wasn't saying that Verhoeven is a Facsist, but rather that he twisted Heinlein's words into anti-war propoganda.
Heinlein was probably the most anti-fascist person you could think of, and he realized that war is sometimes necessary to protect your freedoms. Verhoeven is very anti-war. He tried to make everything that Heinlein had written to be Fascist, and his message was "war is fascism."
I don't feel that America was fascist for fighting in WWI or WWII, nor do I feel that it is facism to fight an alien race bent on exterminating all humans.
I wasn't saying that Verhoeven is a Facsist, but rather that he twisted Heinlein's words into anti-war propoganda.
Heinlein was probably the most anti-fascist person you could think of, and he realized that war is sometimes necessary to protect your freedoms. Verhoeven is very anti-war. He tried to make everything that Heinlein had written to be Fascist, and his message was "war is fascism."
I don't feel that America was fascist for fighting in WWI or WWII, nor do I feel that it is facism to fight an alien race bent on exterminating all humans.