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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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I’d like to know more
I’m sure it will look good, but kinda worried that he will get the feel right.
He seems to have similar politics to Verhoeven, so I’m sure it’ll be the same kind of science fiction satire.
I don’t think starship troopers is remembered very fondly, so he’s got lots of space to work with.
Edit: it’s cool everybody, I get that I’m wrong. I just haven’t seen it since I was a kid and haven’t met anybody IRL that remembers the movie positively.
Wut? ST is a cult classic.
Even watching it in the cinemas I loved it. Was slightly too young to get the fascist undertones, but that made it so much better to rewatch a few years later.
I don’t know what you’re talking about. It’s a classic if not a cult classic, most people know about this movie love it.
I’m assuming this is top tier sarcasm.
I respect this guy’s work. District 9 is a goid movie. Gran Turismo was very enjoyable to watch. Then there is Chappy and Elisium, which hit hard as well.
I’ve read the book. I’ve seen the original movie.
Considering the track record of the man, I want to risk conditions are met for a good movie to be created. I seriously doubt it will be agreeable to everyone, considering the book deals heavily with fascism and authoritarianism.
If we get a good action film with a very hard undertone of social and political critique, we’ll be very fortunate.
Perfect time for it, Verhoeven touched on it,bit was too subtle for most (I mean, Carls uniform in the end ia anything but…)
I’m actually looking forward to it.
That uniform was anything but.
With Blomkamp working on it, I’m interested. I wonder if he will try to recreate the satire of the Verhoeven movie, follow the book more closely, or try to compare/reconcile the two. I hope it’s the last one, or at least not just a retread of the Verhoeven movie since that still holds up on its own.
Edit: I wish I’d read the article before posting (:/) because it sounds like they’re going for a more faithful rendition of the book! As someone whose ideals were influenced by the book’s themes of political responsibility, I am cautiously optimistic.
Didn’t they reboot it already?
There were two live action sequels, both pretty atrocious. One was so low budget that most of the bug scenes were footage from the original movie. And two animated movies, which were actually decent.
Two animated movies? I have only seen one. :O
Ghost of Mars was so-so, but I really like Invasion
There was also Roughnecks, a short lived early CGI series. Was pretty fun for the time, looked a bit better than Reboot iirc. Although, reading up on it, wow it had a shitty production history. Was still fun to watch for kid me.
I thought the third live action one was decent. It definitely had a catchy song: https://youtu.be/YB6Xq-jjzeE
Yeah, 3 was better than 2
WAR!! INVASION!!! (I’d also like to know more)
Yet ANOTHER reboot??
Damn, i loved this movie but c’mon.
Colour me interested.
It’ll be interesting to see if any elements from the book actually make it into this one.
I like how it’s based on the novel. I hope it’s good.
