Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Mr. Arnold on January 29, 2003 at 16:03:32

In Reply to: Some films they wouldn't make after 9-11. posted by edta on January 27, 2003 at 16:44:31:

I'm so glad the author of that little article mentioned Starship Troopers, though she doesn't quite understand what the movie is truly about. She's right that it isn't "90210 in space", as moron Hollywood critics made it out to be, but it isn't a lampoon of Heinlein's work either. How do I know this? I own the friggin DVD, and have watched the entire thing with audio commentary by the screenwriter and director. Starship Troopers is in fact exactly what Robocop and other Paul Verhoeven movies are; dark humor, laden with laughably excessive violence. It's full of charming little jokes and intended cliches, with Verhoeven's signature "intermissions" in the form of propaganda reels. The film does mock fascism, but isn't as deep as some tend to think it is.