Paul Verhoeven, the same guy who directed RoboCop, Total Recall, and Basic Instinct.
And you're right. Verhoeven said that he started the book but never finished it because it was "too depressing." So instead he decided to make the film a satire of fascism and militarism.
But it's debatable about how good he was at that. Sargon of Akkad's video on Starship Troopers talks about how the movie was meant to parody fascism, but instead made it look awesome.
The guy who made the movie that put the fascism in the story never read the book.
He just wanted a propaganda piece.
Paul Verhoeven, the same guy who directed RoboCop, Total Recall, and Basic Instinct.
And you're right. Verhoeven said that he started the book but never finished it because it was "too depressing." So instead he decided to make the film a satire of fascism and militarism.
But it's debatable about how good he was at that. Sargon of Akkad's video on Starship Troopers talks about how the movie was meant to parody fascism, but instead made it look awesome.