Sci-Fi Starship Troopers Remake Is in the Works

[TruerToTheCore]

Unless this is a more faithful adaptation of the book I really see no point. It's aged well.

I would actually like too see a loyal adaptation of the book just to compare it side by side with the 90's movie.

That will not happen. Heinlein is definitely not in line with mainstream political ideology, since some see him as a libertarian, other as a fascist.

 

[GREEN =w= DAY]

what is it with Hollywood wanting to remake most of Voerhoevan's films?? Total Recall, Robocop, and now Starship Troopers!

are they trying to get back at him for Showgirls?

anyway, the first film is a classic. don't know about the 2 sequels since i've never seen them and have no interest to. they have some good writers in line though, so i'll wait and see. my choice to direct would be Dunan Jones.

 

[Lencho01]

For those who've read the book, how did the CGI show compare to it if you've seen that?

As a kid, I first watched the film and then watched the show every day before (or after) school.

 

[Pink Ranger]

That will not happen. Heinlein is definitely not in line with mainstream political ideology, since some see him as a libertarian, other as a fascist.

They just release a film version of Atlas Shrugged, so I'd say that extreme conservatism isn't automatically forbidden these days.

 

[Bug-Eyed Earl]

Starship Troopers is not Verhoeven's property. Reading some of these comments I fear Robert A. Heinlein must be spinning in his grave.

 

[Punisher Rising]

I'm actually not too opposed to a remake of this, I think a remake could combine the best of both the movie and novel into one. I love the original movie, the second was terrible and the third was okay. But I'd also like a sequel re-uniting the original cast and would prefer it over a remake.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Starship Troopers is not Verhoeven's property. Reading some of these comments I fear Robert A. Heinlein must be spinning in his grave.

Verhoeven may not have created Starship Troopers but he made a glorious satirical adaptation that perfectly predicted and warned us of the subsequent War on Terror.

 

[craigdbfan]

I put money that the CGI used in the new movie will be dated upon arrival in comparison to Verhoeven's which still holds up amazingly to this day.

 

[Bug-Eyed Earl]

Verhoeven may not have created Starship Troopers but he made a glorious satirical adaptation that perfectly predicted and warned us of the subsequent War on Terror.

But the point is in all of the protests about this movie there is nary a mention of the creator of ST, one of the greats.

 

[DACrowe]

Why not? The original film, in all honesty, was crap. People pretend it has big ideas that seem more like residuals from (very) loosely adapting the book. Overall it is an extremely dated 90s-teen-action flick. On the plus column it did have Neil "Mutha'****in" Patrick Harris in it who has used it as comedy fodder to no end in the Harold and Kumar movies ever since. Actually...that makes me like the movie more now.

 

[ripse]

It's cool, can't wait

 

[Thundercrack85]

God that movie was awful. I don't care what your politics are, that movie was garbage. It would be nice to see real mobile infantry in live action.

 

[cherokeesam]

what is it with Hollywood wanting to remake most of Voerhoevan's films?? Total Recall, Robocop, and now Starship Troopers!

are they trying to get back at him for Showgirls?

anyway, the first film is a classic. don't know about the 2 sequels since i've never seen them and have no interest to. they have some good writers in line though, so i'll wait and see. my choice to direct would be Dunan Jones.

That's what I was wondering.
It sounds like Hollywood has deliberately put a bullseye on Verhoeven and are trying to erase everything he did.

Problem is, they're targeting successful movies that have long-standing cult status, and any remakes are going to go the way of Jason Momoa's Conan remake.

(I'm expecting tomorrow's headline to read: "Reboot of 'Showgirls' Planned")

 

[Hypestyle]

Unfortunately, this time I predict that it will be the PG-13 version, no female nudity, no cursing, no bloodletting.. They might as well make this "the next generation" or something, I'm not sure what could really be done to top Verhoeven's initial version.. Also his version had the barely-veiled fascism allegory throughout, I suspect this aspect will be deemphasized in the new version..

 

[Thundercrack85]

Verhoeven's movie wasn't just a terrible movie, it was a terrible adaption.

Any adaption even mildly faithful to the original book would be virtually unrecognizable compared to Verhoeven's movie.

 

[Punisher Rising]

I've never read the book although I have read about how much the movie differs from it. I still really like the movie and think it works well as it's own thing.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Why not? The original film, in all honesty, was crap. People pretend it has big ideas that seem more like residuals from (very) loosely adapting the book. Overall it is an extremely dated 90s-teen-action flick. On the plus column it did have Neil "Mutha'****in" Patrick Harris in it who has used it as comedy fodder to no end in the Harold and Kumar movies ever since. Actually...that makes me like the movie more now.

The movie was one of the better action sci-fi movies of the past 20 years.

And it did have big ideas it just didn't take itself too seriously. It used complex ideas like jingoism and fascism and played with them in a futuristic 90210 universe. It's basically a propoganda piece played for laughs and spectacle andit works as satire.

Even if you ignore the fact that it successfully predicted the War on Terror and ignore the satire you should acknowledge it was a fun movie regardless.

 

[THANOSRULES]

Heres the reason:

Verhoven's movie sucked

It is one of the few films out there where the movie is so different than the book, it actually insults the source material and fans of Heinlein.

Verhovan even stated that he had little respect for the source material.


In some ways I enjoyed some aspects of Verhovan's film as a standalone cheesey scifi flick, but it really represented a legendary book horribly.


These thoughts are widespread among people who make movies.

I don't want anything from the original.....if you don't like calling it a reboot call it a redo on a crap movie that insulted and shamed my intelligence.

 

[THANOSRULES]

The movie was one of the better action sci-fi movies of the past 20 years.

And it did have big ideas it just didn't take itself too seriously. It used complex ideas like jingoism and fascism and played with them in a futuristic 90210 universe. It's basically a propoganda piece played for laughs and spectacle andit works as satire.

Even if you ignore the fact that it successfully predicted the War on Terror and ignore the satire you should acknowledge it was a fun movie regardless.

It was just a cheesy rehash of verhoven's robocop stuff which he had already done. Anything good you mention was just him doing the same schtick again.

 

[THANOSRULES]

Verhoeven may not have created Starship Troopers but he made a glorious satirical adaptation that perfectly predicted and warned us of the subsequent War on Terror.

Again wrong...the general events were all in the book.

Verhoven's twist to make it seem "ridiculous and satirical" was done as an outright insult to Heinlein, who he saw as a fascist and nazi sympathizer.

He did it to insinuate that Heinlein's ideal utopian portrayal of militarism was moronic.

 

[TruerToTheCore]

They just release a film version of Atlas Shrugged, so I'd say that extreme conservatism isn't automatically forbidden these days.

Atlas Shrugged was an indie film with a $20 million budget...

And of course, its ideology is a lot different from "Starship Troopers" which is a pro-militarist and jingoist one.

 

[Matt]

Again wrong...the general events were all in the book.

Verhoven's twist to make it seem "ridiculous and satirical" was done as an outright insult to Heinlein, who he saw as a fascist and nazi sympathizer.

He did it to insinuate that Heinlein's ideal utopian portrayal of militarism was moronic.

In all fairness, it was.

But by the same merit, Verhoven's brilliant satire is only became truly brilliant post-9/11 so it was really completely unintentional (or Verhoven can tell the future).

That being said, the movie is still better than the book.

 

[Doctor Jones]

The movie was nothing special anyway. It was pretty damn cheesy and now when it came on tv, it seemed pretty dated.

Although Neil Patrick Harris was in it... he hasn't really aged much has he?

 

[The Guard]

I think it depends on whether they adapt the book a little better. The movie was fun, and silly, and gory, and that's about it. The book may have some ridiculous ideas and a strange point of view, but it's worth adapting right.

 

[craigdbfan]

I'd rather get a more faithful adaptation of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. I love Blade Runner but I found it to be very different from what I envisioned when reading DADOES. The omission of the mood organ and the Mercer subplot and the far more debilitated setting in the novel compared to the gigantic lavish futuristic skylines made it feel like something completely different.

Starship Troopers the novel isn't even all that great to be honest so making a direct adaptation wouldn't be all that much better than what we already have.