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xg4bx · 07-27-2012, 08:37 PM

some may be pleased/dismayed to know that they're rebooting the starship troopers films-

"In a chat with Empire, producer Toby Jaffe (who is also producing the upcoming redo of Total Recall) said, "The more expensive a film is, the harder it is now to make it that violent. ... Verhoeven took [Robert Heinlein's 1959 novel] from one extreme and made it almost comical, whereas our job is to be a little more faithful to the book, and ground it a little more."

Jaffe added, "Verhoeven made his movie a critique of fascism, whereas Heinlein was writing from the perspective of someone who had served in World War II. Y'know, one man's fascism is another man's patriotism..." The producer added that, thanks to today's visual effects, they can also do the Jump Suits as depicted in the book."

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/06/...roopers-reboot

longer article-

http://www.craveonline.com/film/arti...wn-on-violence

07-27-2012, 08:37 PM	#32
xg4bx Are you gonna eat that? Posts: 1,633 Karma: 23215128 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Phillipsburg, NJ Device: Kindle 3, Nook STG	some may be pleased/dismayed to know that they're rebooting the starship troopers films- "In a chat with Empire, producer Toby Jaffe (who is also producing the upcoming redo of Total Recall) said, "The more expensive a film is, the harder it is now to make it that violent. ... Verhoeven took [Robert Heinlein's 1959 novel] from one extreme and made it almost comical, whereas our job is to be a little more faithful to the book, and ground it a little more." Jaffe added, "Verhoeven made his movie a critique of fascism, whereas Heinlein was writing from the perspective of someone who had served in World War II. Y'know, one man's fascism is another man's patriotism..." The producer added that, thanks to today's visual effects, they can also do the Jump Suits as depicted in the book." http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/06/...roopers-reboot longer article- http://www.craveonline.com/film/arti...wn-on-violence Last edited by xg4bx; 07-27-2012 at 08:41 PM.