tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post6855774819301949512..comments2024-03-24T13:26:57.317-07:00Comments on Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule: HAPPY 15th BIRTHDAY TO SHOWGIRLS!Dennis Cozzaliohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-40145761253360387462010-09-26T13:51:46.956-07:002010-09-26T13:51:46.956-07:00Beveridge: As I recall from the novel, the charact...Beveridge: As I recall from the novel, the characters have Latino surnames but are depicted in such a deracinated fashion that Heinlein might as well have given them African or Nordic handles. I took Verhoeven's casting as a mockery of that aspect of the novel.<br /><br />You're right about the powered suits. The novel's opening would have been a smashing action sequence in its own right. Nothing about the bug society makes much sense: no evidence of technology for space travel, no clue as to how those plasma bugs can fire with such accuracy, on and on. I think PV chose to make the aliens as disgusting as possible so we would identify completely with the pretty humans, only gradually realizing that the humans are even less appealing than the bugs. <br /><br />PV didn't adapt the Heinlein novel so much as cock a leg over it. But, speaking as someone who enjoys Heinlein's work without seeing the author as a font of wisdom, I think a straight adaptation of "Starship Troopers" would be even creepier -- and less entertaining on such a guilty pleasure level.Steven Harthttp://www.stevenhartsite.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-51860650578992770562010-09-25T11:26:27.673-07:002010-09-25T11:26:27.673-07:00Speaking as a Heinlein claqueur, my main objection...Speaking as a Heinlein claqueur, my main objection to <i>Starship Troopers</i> is that they left out the jumpsuits: mobile armor that can fall from orbit, jump a mile or more and are armed with nuclear grenades - best infantry uniform ever. They skipped the best part and spent the money on the cliched aliens?<br /><br />And most of the troopers had latin surnames - are those still Aryanesque?Beveridge D. Spenserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12236771609113409521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-30718190647683860532010-09-24T06:28:37.091-07:002010-09-24T06:28:37.091-07:00Hi Dennis! You're doin' such an amazing wo...Hi Dennis! You're doin' such an amazing work! I've read your post on Candy Rialson and i think it's awesome. It's really hard to find such a good material in Italy .Thank you. Follow my blog The sexploitation movie guide, it's a newcomer!<br />belushi-thesexploitationmovieguide.blogspot.comBelushihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07423282345209828798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-66276600008790476032010-09-23T20:04:33.621-07:002010-09-23T20:04:33.621-07:00Showgirls is easily the most entertaining pre-code...Showgirls is easily the most entertaining pre-code movie made in the post-code era. Let's face it: if Stanwyck had taken her top off in Baby Face and showed us her perky tits for a second or two, she'd be ten times more immortal than she already is.Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-1014669883142920412010-09-23T10:35:24.254-07:002010-09-23T10:35:24.254-07:00The other group offended by "Starship Trooper...The other group offended by "Starship Troopers" was the Heinlein claque who failed to recognize that Michael Ironside, in all his creepy glory, was the very embodiment of the Heinlein Man. I can't think of another flick that worked so well by displaying such open contempt for its source material.Steven Harthttp://www.stevenhartsite.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-70581556247334013542010-09-22T15:29:09.460-07:002010-09-22T15:29:09.460-07:00I don't get it, FOM. How would rereleasing Sho...I don't get it, FOM. How would rereleasing <i>Showgirls</i> be a bad thing?Dennis Cozzaliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8795280.post-48321778463385784652010-09-22T15:09:18.715-07:002010-09-22T15:09:18.715-07:00Don't praise 'Showgirls' too much, th...Don't praise 'Showgirls' too much, they'll end up re-releasing this crap. Or have they done that already?Free Movies Onlinehttp://www.free-movies-online.org/noreply@blogger.com