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

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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 of state-of-the-art CG, bug aliens, and wanton carnage that happens regularly throughout the movie. Everyone in the film either did some slaughtering, or got slaughtered. It was grand stuff, and as “R” as you could possibly get. The only thing keeping it from being slapped with the dreaded NC-17, I would imagine, had to be its sci-fi trappings and alien bugs as bad guys.

Having said all that — what’s a “Starship Troopers” movie without the gratuitous violence, tit shots, and gore? We may be finding out when the “Starship Troopers” reboot hits the screen a few years from now. At least, that’s what I’m drawing from this comment by producer Toby Jaffe:

The more expensive a film is, the harder it is now to make it that violent. With Recall in particular, we made a conscious choice to keep it tonally closer to something like Minority Report. It gives the studio, and us as producers, the opportunity to reintroduce it in a new way.

We don’t know the official rating for the Len Wiseman reboot of “Total Recall” yet, but it looks pretty PG-13 to me. The original Verhoeven movie had its moments (3-titted Martial pros, anyone?), but of course had nothing on the gore and blood of “Starship Troopers” or “Robocop”. Which makes you wonder, is Jaffe referring to the upcoming “Robocop” reboot as well?

I’m starting to get a bad feeling about this, boys…

Via : Empire

http://twitter.com/sheepodoom SheepODoom

I have a wild Idea why not make the New Reboot more closer to the book not some guy thinking Heinlein was an idiot & they can make something even better than he wrote? They tried that with Battleship, Starsky & Hutch and 21 Jump street. Look how great that did. With Starshi0p Troopers they was supposed to have Iron man style Battle Armor. Get a clue read the book & STICK WITH THE BOOK!
Ssand_46

You actually believe the utter crap that were Ver’idiots take on Starship Trooper were good? I take it you don’t read much then.

Well, as a pure bug shoot by morons with absolutely no combat training, I guess it was OK, effects’wise. Now the book was a great science fiction story about Power Armored combat troops slugging it out with a highly developed and intelligent alien enemy. It followed the story of Rico’s progression from spoiled twit to the discovery of those concepts of responsibility, courage and self sacrifice. Basically how Rico transforms from a head in the clouds gimme gimme wah wah child to a responsible adult. Which of course goes against everything Ver’idiot believes in.

But read the book. The re-watch the so called movie. Pretty much all you can do is say WTF! And then wonder if there is anyway you can visit Ver’idiot and punch him for utterly destroying what could have been a fantastic franchise.
- http://www.beyondhollywood.com/ Nix
  
  >>I take it you don’t read much then. <<
  
  Yes, because I've never read the original book that "Starship Troopers" was based, it is beyond doubt that I don't "read much". Obviously your logic is infallible.
Talan Vaughn

I love “Starship Troopers”…the book. But i do enjoy and own a copy of the movie. Nex was right, it is a kick ass movie. I have to say though, there is no ways the book and movie can be compared. Heinlein was one of the greatest sci-fi writers of the twentieth century. Verhoeven’s movies will also be remembered, but people probably wont remember him.

I hope the reboot stays close to the source material. Sand was right in his synopsis of the book. And I’d love to see it on the big screen.