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.

  • kerrigan778@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    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)