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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      17 days ago

      He seems to have similar politics to Verhoeven, so I’m sure it’ll be the same kind of science fiction satire.

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    17 days ago

    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.

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      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.

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    You know as crazy as it sounds I think they might actually go too obvious with the satire given the current political climate. It’s strange because the original was so blatantly satirical yet people still didn’t get it. Regardless I don’t think it will be as funny, I did like district 9 though so who knows

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      After watching The Boys, I’m convinced you can never be too blunt with the right. If you do anything subtle, it’ll always go right over their head.