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minus-squareBanana@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoWasn’t the movie being a satire of the book a conscious choice of verhoeven’s?
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-26 months agoThe movie was satire, but they bought the naming rights after establishing most of the movie script to avoid an copyright/IP infringement battle. It was extremely similar, but it’s more accurate to say it was an entirely separate work than not. Verhoeven meant it as a commentary on the US militarism rather than on heinlein.
Wasn’t the movie being a satire of the book a conscious choice of verhoeven’s?
The movie was satire, but they bought the naming rights after establishing most of the movie script to avoid an copyright/IP infringement battle.
It was extremely similar, but it’s more accurate to say it was an entirely separate work than not.
Verhoeven meant it as a commentary on the US militarism rather than on heinlein.
That makes sense!