cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/26862304

A reboot of ‘Starship Troopers’ is in the works at Sony, with ‘District 9’ and ‘Chappie’ director Neill Blomkamp attached to helm.

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    4 hours ago

    While exact plot details remain closely guarded, the new “Starship Troopers” is said to draw inspiration from Heinlein’s original military story, rather than pulling from the fascist send-up that characterized Verhoeven’s satirical adaptation.

    Yeah, you don’t want to send up fascists today…

    (Wonders if The Great Dictator and Verhoeven’s Starship Troopers would make a good double-bill.)

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    I mean, I guess I’m open if it is trying to do something controversial in actually adapting the book faithfully? Which I’m not sure would go over well or that I would like at all but at least would be making something new and relavent and dialogue provoking? The original was a pro-military pro-discipline novel written in anger at the suspending of US nuclear testing. Heinlein was frustrated at basically hippies that he saw as not really participating or taking responsibility for the country as a whole calling the shots and pulling back the US military development in the cold war. Agree or disagree and adaptation criticizing the current culture of western withdrawal from Afghanistan, the milquetoast supporting of Ukraine or other connecting issues could be a very interesting and relavent piece of modern political commentary. Again, agree or disagree with the stance, at least it’s making a movie that is worth making because it will make people think and talk about different perspectives. Just don’t fucking make a cash grab or an actual remake of the Verhoeven film (because it’s already perfect, it doesn’t need to be remade)

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    6 hours ago

    I’d love to see a movie that actually adapts the book. Heinlein has written that the book carried through to a logical end what happens when only veterans can vote: They find a way to always be at war with something.

    Hence the war with the bugs, which are everywhere, different, and just scary enough.

    An actual adaptation of the book will not detract from the prior movie, which nailed the propaganda but little else.

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    9 hours ago

    It needs no remake. The original movie made a statement that needs repeating in today’s day and age but is still effective by just rewatching it.

    Xenophobic nationalism can’t do anything but crush bugs by throwing as many citizens at it as possible.

    This wasn’t the exact message in the original novel but our planet’s current direction politically is definitely leaning towards fascist tendencies in more than one country.

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      8 hours ago

      fucking Hollywood just regurgitating their previous delicious meals

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    7 hours ago

    I think a Blomkamp directed The Moon is a Harsh Mistress would be far more interesting

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    8 hours ago

    Lmao this will be so neutered and watered down it will be unwatchable.

    $5 says they make it a generic action movie with no deeper meaning than “bugs needed killing we just defended ourselves”

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      8 hours ago

      If Neil Blomkamp makes it, you’ll lose that bet. He’s the perfect choice for a Starship Troopers remake.
      But he’ll probably set it in South Africa.

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        8 hours ago

        Well, I’ve only seen d9 and chappie, so I’m not too hopeful.

        Honestly it’s more “I’m so tired of remakes” but hey, I’ve been pleasantly surprised by movies before.

        Fingers crossed its good.

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    10 hours ago

    This reminds me of the recent Dune remake. It will probably be successful, but I’m content with my memories of the previous productions.

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      9 hours ago

      The new dune movies are great though, especially part 2.

      I highly doubt that’ll be the case with this.

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      I loved it when it came out and watched it a few times back then. Every time I tried to watch it later on I got really bored and had to stop halfway through. I don’t remember why that’s the case though.

      So I’m looking forward to a fresh take on it. Especially because I also loved District 9.

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    9 hours ago

    I want my power armor.

    Read the first chapter of the novel. One of the best battle scenes ever written.

    Also, the scene where The Lieutenant goes back to save a trooper and that action delays the launch. The shuttle’s pilot is sure everyone is going to die, but the mother ship’s Captain flies in by eye and makes the pickup.

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        6 hours ago

        If you like war stories, give “Night Soldiers” a shot. A young Bulgarian is killed by a fascist mob. His brother is recruited into the KGB and is sent to fight in Spain. Reads like a collaboration between Franz Kafka and Ian Fleming. Alan Furst is the author.

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    9 hours ago

    I’m a bit in two minds about this news.

    I love both the novel and the movie as two separate things.

    And District 9 was good, but Chappie wasn’t even a blip on my radar as what little I saw of it was cringy as hell. :/

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      9 hours ago

      Neil Blomkamp is like a one hit wonder director. He came from nowhere, made a banger movie, and then he’s unable to replicate the success.

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        8 hours ago

        He has a lot of good ideas. The problem is he isn’t a great writer, so he needs a co-writer and someone to keep him in check. The mediocre films are a result of him taking over the reigns of everything. If you haven’t yet, he has a couple of short films under Oat Studios and I think a couple of them need to be explored more and turned into full feature films. I like the premise of “Firebase” specifically.

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      I am as well but in a bit different way I think. I feel the movie did a good job with the general idea but of course lacked the mecha-armor drop ship type component. It would be great to do it in todays graphics. Then I look at like wheel of time and think that anything they make now will be awful and I rather just stick with the somewhat decent one we have.