David Hobby wrote: > Dan Minette wrote: > > Personally, I think the movie is superior to the book. The book takes > > itself seriously. > > I agree. The movie is actually pretty good, you just have > to watch it the right way. View it as a propaganda film produced > by a state so warlike that only soldiers can vote...
I view it as a P.O.S. that you couldn't pay me to see again. Paul Verhoeven (sp?) is the Lizzie Borden of satire. I've seen 7th-grade film projects that were better, and that's if I count the shower scene with Denise Richards' boobies. The book, though - it's an interesting thought-experiment. Did Heinlein actually believe in the philosophies espoused by Johnny Rico? Maybe, some of them, but I'm almost always willing to separate the author from the book. I enjoyed it the day in 5th grade I pulled it off the shelf, and I've enjoyed it ever since. First piece of SF I ever read, so I've got a sentimental attachment. Adam C. Lipscomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Silence. I am watching television." - Spider Jerusalem _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
