LessonInMachismo Posted July 19, 2006 Report Posted July 19, 2006 I'd like to see more of the Roughneck cartoon, personally...anyone catch that? It was all CGI animated and took a lot from the Heinlein novel with a few sprinkles here and there from the movie (Rico is still an American while he's Filipino in the book and Dizzy is still a chick, a guy in the book that buys it in the first chapter). Technically, he was Argentine by nationality and Filipino by ethnicity in the book while he was the same nationality in the movie and Caucasian, rather than from a Filipino background. He wasn't American at all.
Black Lushus Posted July 19, 2006 Report Posted July 19, 2006 I'd like to see more of the Roughneck cartoon, personally...anyone catch that? It was all CGI animated and took a lot from the Heinlein novel with a few sprinkles here and there from the movie (Rico is still an American while he's Filipino in the book and Dizzy is still a chick, a guy in the book that buys it in the first chapter). Technically, he was Argentine by nationality and Filipino by ethnicity in the book while he was the same nationality in the movie and Caucasian, rather than from a Filipino background. He wasn't American at all. you're right, they lives in Buenos Aires...okay he was not a WHITE guy in the book...better?
gWIL Posted July 19, 2006 Author Report Posted July 19, 2006 Never even realised there was a Starship Troopers 2, though from the sounds of things i didn't miss much. I tried watching this once...after 20 or 30 minutes went by and I hadn't seen a single bug, I turned it off. (yes, I may be exaggerating that time, but it sure did feel like it was that long) They battle bugs for about 5 minutes then go the whole bugs take over human bodies route. It was terrible. The only good part of it was a little bit of satire at the end of it. I'm hoping that Sci-Fi Channel's new Masters of Science Fiction series will have a multiple-part story that depicts the actual events of the novel. I'm not one of those guys who bitch when movies aren't exactly like the novels that they're based on, but I mean Starship Troopers was way out of line. Having read the novel, the only thing I feel missing from the movie are the powersuits. The book was surprisingly dull.
Black Lushus Posted July 19, 2006 Report Posted July 19, 2006 read it a few more times as you get older, gWIL...by the way, that's not a slam on your age or anything, please don't take it as so...I found myself enjoying and understanding exactly what Heinlein was going for with this book the older I got. It was depressing to not get the powersuits, however...Heinlein devoted entire chapters explaining the suits and the movie just totally blows them off...but of course, if they had the suits, we wouldn't see all the beautiful young actors!
The Metal Maniac Posted July 19, 2006 Report Posted July 19, 2006 You know what I never understood about the first Starship Troopers movie? They didn't have the bit where he meets his dad. That's such a Hollywood moment; he literally just bumps into his dad while waiting to board his ship, and they have about 10 minutes to chat before they have to part ways again. I never understood why they left that out. Agreed on the powersuits. That was the *reason* why the MI was so deadly. I like how Heinlein puts it in the book (paraphrased); "One man in a power suit could take out 5 tanks; assuming anyone was dumb enough to send tanks against a man in a powersuit." Hell, outside of the fact that it's about an intergalatic war with giant bugs, is there anything in common between the book and the movie? I mean, the book was mostly Heinlein pointing out everything wrong in our society with a neat little war story around it.
SuperJerk Posted July 19, 2006 Report Posted July 19, 2006 This talk of powersuits is making me want an Ironman movie. Admit it...a guy flying around in mechanical armor blowing shit up would be cool. Make it happen Avi Arad!
gWIL Posted July 19, 2006 Author Report Posted July 19, 2006 read it a few more times as you get older, gWIL...by the way, that's not a slam on your age or anything, please don't take it as so...I found myself enjoying and understanding exactly what Heinlein was going for with this book the older I got. It was depressing to not get the powersuits, however...Heinlein devoted entire chapters explaining the suits and the movie just totally blows them off...but of course, if they had the suits, we wouldn't see all the beautiful young actors! You're right. Its actually been a while since I read the book, I may have to pick it up again. Also powersuits were planned for the movie, but they didn't have the money for them.
LessonInMachismo Posted July 20, 2006 Report Posted July 20, 2006 You know what I never understood about the first Starship Troopers movie? They didn't have the bit where he meets his dad. That's such a Hollywood moment; he literally just bumps into his dad while waiting to board his ship, and they have about 10 minutes to chat before they have to part ways again. I never understood why they left that out. I was a little bitch during that part of the book.
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