I’d love a faithful adaptation of Starship Troopers
For sure. The movie we got was still pretty good though. Gotta love how Verhoeven meant the movie to say one thing, but then he ended up doing the complete opposite by accident.
(some of) Verhoven's movies are so good they have to be the product of an ironic genie.
Its like he wishes to satirize some subject or genre but the genie instead makes an exemplary example of it that perfectly rides the edge where it can simultaneously be enjoyed seriously and as a send up, depending on the position of the viewer.
Forrest Gump is another. But yea, few and far between. I’d love a faithful adaptation of Starship Troopers
For sure. The movie we got was still pretty good though. Gotta love how Verhoeven meant the movie to say one thing, but then he ended up doing the complete opposite by accident.
(some of) Verhoven's movies are so good they have to be the product of an ironic genie.
Its like he wishes to satirize some subject or genre but the genie instead makes an exemplary example of it that perfectly rides the edge where it can simultaneously be enjoyed seriously and as a send up, depending on the position of the viewer.
True it was good. I didn’t know it was a book till early 2000s.
I think the closest we ever got was the CGI Saturday morning cartoon version.