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bear with me - i don't usually read sci-fi (dunno why does not appeal) but starship troopers - i picked up an early 50s edition and read it in one sitting. do you think its an eerie glimpse in a proto-facist, war loving america?

― griffin doome, Sunday, 21 December 2003 23:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Never read it but I love the song by Yes.

― Berkeley Sackett (calstars), Monday, 22 December 2003 02:08 (twenty-one years ago)

i love the movie.no, really, i do.

― scott seward (scott seward), Monday, 22 December 2003 02:15 (twenty-one years ago)

the movie is classick!

― nathalie (nathalie), Monday, 22 December 2003 10:19 (twenty-one years ago)

argh. someone break down what they thought of the movie - as the movie does not stray far from the book. though it is mostly focused on the main character and how his mind set changes from rich dillentate to a state produced killing machine. what did the insects represent? someone told me it was analogous to ww2?

― griffin doome, Monday, 22 December 2003 10:20 (twenty-one years ago)

I really felt sorry for those bugs at the end of the movie. When they captured the queen or whatever it/she was and they acknowledged her fear, and then Doogie Houser made his big speech about how they were going to experiment on her. it really gave me chills because it demonstrated how patriotic rhetoric eliminates humanity. there was a lot of that film that was pretty dead-on when it comes to international conflict. And I thought it was pretty interesting that the casting was so American when they were supposed to be from South America, no?

― Catty (Catty), Monday, 22 December 2003 11:14 (twenty-one years ago)

ha. you are right - the main character is a south american. though the choice seemed somewhat abritrary, I wonder, if it indeed was intended?

as well, in the book, there was no friendship or love for the main character just the war. he started off like a normal graduate and near the end does not register any emotion when his best friend dies. it is gripping - almost experiencing the dehumanising effect of the war - so that - in effect - he is just as human as the insects.

the teacher/mentor in the book is eerie - almost facist-like - i forget - was a teacher/mentor in the movie?

― griffin doome, Monday, 22 December 2003 11:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Did Heinlein actually share the worldview presented in his book? I'm curious about that.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 23 December 2003 23:15 (twenty-one years ago)

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