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Is it Really Starship Troopers if There’s no Unisex Showers and No One’s Getting Decapitated by Alien Bugs?

Nix June 27, 2012

Unless you’ve been living in a cave or hiding underneath a big bug that’s shooting weird explosive things out of its ass and into space, then you already know that they’re remaking Paul Verhoeven’s 1997 splatterific sci-fi actioner “Starship Troopers”. In fact, of the three sci-fi films that Verhoeven has done in his Hollywood career so far (“Troopers”, “Robocop”, and “Total Recall”), all three are currently being remade. Verhoeven’s “Starship Troopers” was a satirical take on a fascist society that valued citizenship to an elite class over individuality and free thought. Or something. Honestly, I’m sure it had a lot of fascist satire in it, but I never really bought that the film was that deep. In fact, its satire was so on-the-nose that it was kind of cringe-worthy, to be perfectly honest with you. But the movie itself was what you would call pretty damn badass. Fifteen years later, the film is still a great watch, with its combination… Continue Reading »

Casper van Dien and Dina Meyer in Starship Troopers (1997) Movie Image

Paul Verhoeven’s Starship Troopers Lands on the Remake Chopping Block

Nix December 2, 2011

Neal Moritz, producer of “Fast Five”, has handed out writing assignments to the writing duo of Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz (“X-Men: First Class”) to knock out a script for a remake of Paul Verhoeven’s 1997 movie “Starship Troopers” for him, according to Vulture. Who doesn’t remember “Starship Troopers”? The big-budget Hollywood studio adaptation of Robert Heinlein’s novel of the same name, starring Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, and an incredibly goofy, awful Denise Richards? The film showed off Verhoeven’s craft at its best — sly, satirical, action-packed, and more often than not, incredibly questionable in terms of taste. The original spawn two low-budget sequels that went direct-to-DVD, along with an ongoing animated TV show that, from what I can recall, lasted a couple of seasons. There is also a four film, “Starship Troopers: Invasion” due out in 2012, but who knows if that will ever get released. Of course, it remains to be seen if the remake will… Continue Reading »