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Originally Posted by mores
Hmm, I must say I really, *really* liked Paul Verhofen's version. I pretty much like all his movies. Totally peaked and surreal, but with a message. Like Robocop. I'm a Verhofen fan, even if I don't know, right now, how to spell his name
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I didn't know Robocop director man also did Starship Troopers. I liked 'em both quite a bit (and saw them both in the theatre, coincidentally), although I've seen them both a few times and Robocop is clearly just better. Starship Troopers is a really solid action movie, though, and I've seen it hated on but it's still really fun.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
Interestingly, I thought that the "Extended Editions" of the LOTR films were just about as faithful to the books as it's practically possible to be. I was very impressed by them.
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I haven't seen the extended versions (I think), but I should chime in that the trilogy was probably executed just about as well as it possibly could have been under the circumstances (massive budget, limited filming locations [all New Zealand, right?],
Peter Jackson ["'Twas beauty killed the beast." - Jack Black (Peter Jackson)]). All in all, a pretty impressive set of movies (even when contrasted very strictly against the books), but still not nearly as good as it
should have been. I think a lot of the popularity with fans of the books can be attributed to getting things just right enough to diffuse most potential criticism.