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Starship Troopers remake in the works at Sony

MrTroubleMaker

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Season 5 No GIF by The Office
 
Doom85

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AJUMP23 said:
Will it be like the book or satire like the movie.
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From my understanding, the book has pretty much no action, so I highly doubt this will be a more faithful adaption since people who know the movies primarily would expect a Starship Troopers film to have at least some action in it.

On occasion, a remake can be more faithful to the original source material (I’ve been told the 2010 True Grit is more faithful to the book than the original film; but for a counter example, Tim Burton claimed his Wonka film would be more faithful to the book, and while some changes were made to be more faithful, plenty of other changes were made that deviated from the book that the original film was faithful in, and honestly I say the original Wonka film correctly prioritized which elements to be faithful with). But I don’t think that will be the case here.
 
EviLore

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Doom85 said:
From my understanding, the book has pretty much no action, so I highly doubt this will be a more faithful adaption since people who know the movies primarily would expect a Starship Troopers film to have at least some action in it.

On occasion, a remake can be more faithful to the original source material (I’ve been told the 2010 True Grit is more faithful to the book than the original film; but for a counter example, Tim Burton claimed his Wonka film would be more faithful to the book, and while some changes were made to be more faithful, plenty of other changes were made that deviated from the book that the original film was faithful in, and honestly I say the original Wonka film correctly prioritized which elements to be faithful with). But I don’t think that will be the case here.
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The book has plenty of action, but the point is philosophical. Duty, leadership, camaraderie, the responsibility of citizenship—the things that are satirized heavily in Verhoeven’s movie.

You should read the book either way. It’s a classic, for different reasons than Verhoeven’s also classic adaptation.
 
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AJUMP23

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Doom85 said:
From my understanding, the book has pretty much no action, so I highly doubt this will be a more faithful adaption since people who know the movies primarily would expect a Starship Troopers film to have at least some action in it.

On occasion, a remake can be more faithful to the original source material (I’ve been told the 2010 True Grit is more faithful to the book than the original film; but for a counter example, Tim Burton claimed his Wonka film would be more faithful to the book, and while some changes were made to be more faithful, plenty of other changes were made that deviated from the book that the original film was faithful in, and honestly I say the original Wonka film correctly prioritized which elements to be faithful with). But I don’t think that will be the case here.
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The book is more philosophy.
 
StreetsofBeige

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I forget why but yesterday I was scoping out Starship Troopers on wiki because I was on Casper Van Diens page (which must had come from checking out a movie then linked to ST and him).

I didnt know that there were two straight to DVD sequels in the early 2000s!
 
Blank Space Invader

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My worthless two cents: get as many people back from the original as you can. They can make cameos or even be an integral part of the movie. Casper Van Dien (spelling) is still vocal and active about the franchise, even lending his likeness and I think voice to the recent game on PC and console. Keep it campy. I believe that the novel was a bit darker in tone than the film (I haven't read it in forever so I forget most of it), but I think the camp of the movie works well in that dark range of humor. I love the first movie so I want them to get it right, even though I hate modern film and media since the overwhelming majority of it sucks. I will not hold my breath for it to be good, but I will not write it off until I see what they're doing with it.
 
Shaki12345

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Blank Space Invader said:
My worthless two cents: get as many people back from the original as you can. They can make cameos or even be an integral part of the movie. Casper Van Dien (spelling) is still vocal and active about the franchise, even lending his likeness and I think voice to the recent game on PC and console. Keep it campy. I believe that the novel was a bit darker in tone than the film (I haven't read it in forever so I forget most of it), but I think the camp of the movie works well in that dark range of humor. I love the first movie so I want them to get it right, even though I hate modern film and media since the overwhelming majority of it sucks. I will not hold my breath for it to be good, but I will not write it off until I see what they're doing with it.
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At this point a remake can only be original if it DOESN'T feature cameos from the original cast.

That shit is so boring and overdone. Just write a good movie and have a strong vision and fucking execute it.

Better yet, think of your own idea instead of rehashing someone else's. Remakes are the worst.
 
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Ammogeddon said:
They did such a good job with Robocop, what could possibly go wrong.
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The comparison of the Robocop remake to the OG film is probably a good example of what we will see here. Stripped of the satirical elements (or they are just parroted without understanding) and we are left with a fairly empty action film. Verhoven not only had a witty script, but he had a deft hand for character and allowing overacting when necessary. Probably his WW2 childhood experience let him revel in violence in a way Americans can't really match.

ST has had numerous sequels and even a (somewhat) book leaning CGI TV series (added the skinnys, for example) but none have really tried to do the book. Now we have the tech for the power armor, nukes, all that stuff so I'm curious if this will draw more inspiration from the film or not.
 
Blank Space Invader

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Shaki12345 said:
At this point a remake can only be original if it DOESN'T feature cameos from the original cast.

That shit is so boring and overdone. Just write a good movie and have a strong vision and fucking execute it.
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They can do whatever they want with it. If they want to simply make it 1:1 from the novel, that's their right too.

I'm just expressing my opinion that modern Hollywood is garbage, and it has been for a long time. We are removed from the golden ages of cinema in the 40's, and then the 80's and 90's. Modern actors, writers, directors, producers, etc. all suck. There are a few diamonds in the rough but they are never allowed to shine due to the gross commercialization of the medium, and COVID didn't help at all. So I do not believe anyone involved is going to "write a good movie" and "have a strong vision" and then "fucking execute it." I hope that happens, but I don't believe that it will. It will be safe and miss the mark. That's why I'd rather just a love letter to the original with that cast and just entertain us in that universe with what made the cinematic story version so fun and enduring if only from a cult perspective.
 
Fbh

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This is guaranteed to suck. Watch Sony pictures put some Madame Web and Morbius writers on this lol.

Also I don't Zendaya as Dizzy or Carmen. Is she going to play Rico?
 
Gp1

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jason10mm said:
The comparison of the Robocop remake to the OG film is probably a good example of what we will see here. Stripped of the satirical elements (or they are just parroted without understanding) and we are left with a fairly empty action film. Verhoven not only had a witty script, but he had a deft hand for character and allowing overacting when necessary. Probably his WW2 childhood experience let him revel in violence in a way Americans can't really match.

ST has had numerous sequels and even a (somewhat) book leaning CGI TV series (added the skinnys, for example) but none have really tried to do the book. Now we have the tech for the power armor, nukes, all that stuff so I'm curious if this will draw more inspiration from the film or not.
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That Robocop remake was odd one. You can see some OG Jose Padilha brilliance there (the guitar scene, Robocop facing his internals, being overloaded by the massive data on crime, the corruption etc.) and when the movie begins to gear up... GG wrap it up. Go after Micheael Keaton "My friends call me murphy" Basil Poledouris Theme, next session.

The entire movie feels like a tug of war between the cast and the MGM executives.

An interesting point for the Starship Troopers remake to explore would be if they adapted it directly from the book. Unlike what PV did.
The books has a huge influence in many other science-fiction/military tales. It basically invented the concept of Battlemech / Power Armor.

The Clans in Battletech/Mechwarrior is basically a souped up version of the SST's Terran federation.
 
RJMacready73

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Loved the original, had some insane CGI and gore for the day, no idea how it holds up today as I haven't watched it in years but with being a lot older and movies tending towards a more serious grounded tone, how the hell does this work?? I mean you have bugs with no tech going up against humans who have orbital starships FFS that could simply pound the fuck out of the surface with nukes, sure they had those big arsed plasma firing bugs but why aren't they wiped out with jets/missiles when they pop out? And a brain bug that knows all about gravitational orbital mechanics and physics.. yeah it was brilliant at the time but definitely one of those don't think too deeply about it movies
 
Angry_Megalodon

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If there's a remake that should NEVER happen is this one. First, the original movie holds up very well, there's no need to remake or "amend" anything. Second, no Hollywood writer or director can make that movie today without vandalizing it.

Trash idea made up by trash people. The only possible result is trash.
 
AgatonSax

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We all went to watch Starship Troopers the day before one of our number started officer training at Sandhurst, UK. One of the funniest nights of my life.
 
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