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Starship Troopers: Invasion

Arcanaville

By Arcanaville,
Posted on: 2012-03-17 18:56 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture

 

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Originally Posted by Nos482 View Post
Fun Fact: Paul Verhoeven didn´t read the book before filming... he said it would only get in the way of his vision.
Another fun fact: The script was originally unrelated to Starship Troopers, and the movie was titled Bug Hunt at Outpost Nine. It was well into pre-production when they decided to make it a Starship Troopers movie for some extra name recognition.


 

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I found Starship Troopers to be a rare instance where the movie was better than the book

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Please tell me I´m not the only one who has actually read the book
I liked the book. I'm still waiting for someone to make a movie of it -- the powered armor has all sorts of potential for great action scenes.

 

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I just hope that nobody ever does try to adapt "Armor". Although the book is chock full of powered armor action the story is all about the psychology of it, which there is no way to convey without incredibly annoying voice over.

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Not enough Michael Ironside.

 

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I've always wondered if anyone could adapt anything from Steve Jackson's Ogre universe into film.

Considering that the main characters are usually sentient tanks that fire off nuclear warheads like they were throwing out candy to children...probably not...

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