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Columbia Pictures is plotting a new Starship Troopers movie, setting District 9 filmmaker Neill Blomkamp to write and direct an adaptation of the classic sci-fi novel story by Robert A. Heinlein.

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[-] EdWoodJaBlowmie@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

There better be a co-ed shower scene in this one as well.

[-] scytale@lemm.ee 20 points 1 day ago

Please have a co-writer. Blomkamp is an amazing visual director but he needs a writer to keep him in check.

[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

This combination just feels right. Like peeing outdoors.

[-] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

Honestly I would agree if Blomkamp hadn't been on a downward slope since District 9. Granted, I haven't watched that Gran Turismo movie he did. But Demonic was straight up terrible.

[-] Darkmoon_UK@lemm.ee 3 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Interesting you say that. I loved District 9 then the next thing I saw from him was 'Oats Studios' shorts; which turned me right off the guy.

Billed as post apocalyptic stories; it sounded entertaining but what I saw was strong shock/gore/horror stuff which just seemed to go for straight up nastiness with no decent story, message or social commentary that I could discern. Juvenile writing paired with horrible imagery for the sake of it.

Not for me, and I'm not sure who it would be for really. Black Mirror has a cerebral quality but Oats was simply depressing rubbish.

I don't think I'll watch another thing by him. Really disappointing since District 9 was fantastic.

[-] Delphia@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Watch the Gran Turismo movie, I'm a racing and car nut so I'm biased, but its very good.

[-] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I... am assuming / hoping they will just pretend all the ... basically straight to dvd sequels... do not exist.

Ok, actually read the article: It's going straight to the actual source material, the 1959 book... which... could actually be pretty interesting, there are a lot of non total parody ways you could portray that future world, and you could of course put your own spin on it and change some plot or worldlore or characters and come out with your own thing.

Blade Runner, for example... diverges fairly significantly, in many ways, from the actual book, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Of course, it could also be terrible, or mid. Who knows! But it seems more like its going to be a different attempt at adapting the book to film, not a sequel to the Veerhoven movie.

Maybe we'll get Lynch Dune, maybe we'll get Villenueve Dune, maybe we'll get SyFy channel Dune, lol.

[-] musubibreakfast@lemm.ee 7 points 22 hours ago

Oh God, I dread that book. Most of it takes place in a class room and it's a long diatribe about how you shouldn't be allowed to vote if you haven't served. Most of the characters have prosthetic limbs and boast about their sacrifices but the absurdity of the whole situation seems to allude the author. This film is going to be terrible if Neil Blomkamp writes it.

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I just finished that book a while ago, and I’ve read a ton of Heinlein’s work. It would be interesting to see it put on the big screen in something more true to the book, but I gotta admit that I really like the movie too.

[-] Tim_Bisley@piefed.social 5 points 1 day ago

Aren't there a bunch of sequels in the books?

[-] redhorsejacket@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

I don't believe Heinlein ever wrote a sequel to Starship Troopers, though certainly the "military science fiction" genre owes a lot to that book.

Ed Neumeier (who wrote Robocop and the 97 movie) however, wrote and directed the 2 live action film sequels. The second is, from memory, God awful and not worth a watch. The third is ALSO God awful as I recall, but it has the advantage of going pretty big with its ideas, so there's a bit of zany fun to be had. Plus, despite it being one of the defining features of the book, it's also the first time (I think) power armor makes an appearance in the film franchise. Casper van Dien's star had fallen sufficiently by that point too, so he also reprises his role as Rico, which is another point in its favor.

There also a handful of computer animated movies and a TV series that I believe originated in Japan. They are about on par, quality wise, with the CGI Resident Evil movies. Depending on your tastes, that could either be a mild endorsement or a resounding condemnation.

[-] Delphia@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Its been YEARS but my memory of the starship troopers sequels is similar to yours. The second being terrible, the third being fun and terrible.

I do remember one of the animated ones being pretty damn good story wise, but those animated ones always lack soul.

[-] jecxjo@midwest.social 4 points 1 day ago

No there arent sequels.

However there is the Forever War series by Joe Haldeman, which he claimed was influenced by Stormship Troopers (and his own war experience). Mechanical super warriors in space but instead of glorifying war it showed a darker side.

Heinlein actually told Haldeman at an award ceremony that his book "may be the best future war story I've ever read!"

[-] Weirdfish@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

This is my go to example when bitching about "Why make another spider man? You could make The Forever War!"

[-] Asidonhopo@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Are you perhaps thinking of Ender's Game? I get the two books confused occasionally too for some reason

[-] eddanja@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago
[-] CCatMan@lemmy.one 2 points 1 day ago

Is going to remake Galaxy Quest next? Maybe I'm having a "Get of my lawn" moment, but leave my precious alone. 😭

[-] Madison420@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Starship troopers the book and the movie are separate. The movie is it's own special beautiful absurdity loosely based on the book but not really at all.

[-] CCatMan@lemmy.one 1 points 1 day ago

Jurassic Park is loosely based on the book as well, at least that was my take after reading it.

So is this new movie (series) going to be a closer following to the books?

[-] bus_factor@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Not as loosely as the Bourne movies, probably. I was very confused until I heard that the script writer was banned from reading the books, and based the script on a one-page summary.

[-] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago

You can still enjoy the movie and the book. You can ignore the upcoming film. New media cannot ruin old media, follow the example of the matrix fans who say "shame they never made a sequel"

[-] CCatMan@lemmy.one 1 points 1 day ago

True, I'll take the Psycho remake as a better example. I am also in the boat that only the first Matrix film exists, but I'm not saying the others are bad.

[-] fox2263@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Hopefully comes to fruition. Sadly his Alien film did not.

[-] CCatMan@lemmy.one 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I don't need a movie that requires a sequel that never happens.

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