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10. Guess I was just younger and dumber then (college student)

Thu Nov 7, 2013, 05:16 PM

Nov 2013

and my tastes weren't as refined...

The first time I saw it I thought it was sort of an apologia for fascism, but the second time I saw it a few years later I could see it in a different light...

Hey, I absolutely HATED "Pulp Fiction" when it came out, too...I don't actually like it now, but I can appreciate on multiple levels how brilliant a piece of filmmaking it is...

As a kid, I remember the first thing my mom doing when she got home from work was watching MASH reruns at 5:30 and 6:00, which as a kid I thought was the stupidest show in existence...It would be some years before I finally "got it"

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Starship Troopers: One of the Most Misunderstood Movies Ever [View all] jakeXT Nov 2013 OP

Nobody got the satire? stopbush Nov 2013 #1

Would you like to know more? PeteSelman Nov 2013 #2

Guess I was just younger and dumber then (college student) Blue_Tires Nov 2013 #10

One of the great satirical visuals in that film stopbush Nov 2013 #13

Funny, I saw Pulp Fiction again recently and thought it hadn't aged well at ALL. Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #25

like the Nazi uniforms weren't a big enough hint? yurbud Nov 2013 #16

A lot of people... awoke_in_2003 Nov 2013 #19

I think another issue was it was heavily marketed and promoted Blue_Tires Nov 2013 #3

Sounds like an interesting commentary track. I didn't know Verhoaven was in Nazi occupied Holland as jakeXT Nov 2013 #8

The commentary track was really good. nt bananas Nov 2013 #22

I totally got it. marmar Nov 2013 #4

I got it, first time out rationalcalgarian Nov 2013 #5

it has been re-aired several times recently and it's just as bad as it ever was leftyohiolib Nov 2013 #6

One of the dumbest movies I have ever seen 4dsc Nov 2013 #7

It did a terrible disservice to the source material. Bob Jones Nov 2013 #9

I thought it was the perfect, satirizing the source material. arcane1 Nov 2013 #12

What arcane1 said. BlueJazz Nov 2013 #26

Problem was that it didn't really succeed as satire either. progressoid Nov 2013 #11

What's crazy is that the movie satirizes the author Ash_F Nov 2013 #14

I think one reason people didn't get it back then was because of the lack of youtube Ash_F Nov 2013 #15

the satire was even more on target after 9/11 yurbud Nov 2013 #17

The woman in the recruiting film at the end of the movie OnyxCollie Nov 2013 #18

Doesn't anybody else remember the controversy it created when it came out? Paladin Nov 2013 #20

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I heard it was terrible and I skipped seeing it. Quantess Nov 2013 #23

I read the book as a kid, and when the movie came out I was all over it purely for the CGI aspect Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #24

I remember those days well flamingdem Nov 2013 #33

Yep. I hear you. Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #35

It's no SHARKNADO that's for sure! Vinnie From Indy Nov 2013 #27

Too true! flamingdem Nov 2013 #32

Team America was so much more satisfying. Loudly Nov 2013 #28

I've never been convinced that it was intended as satire ThoughtCriminal Nov 2013 #29

I was never able to watch it through to the end... uriel1972 Nov 2013 #30

I loved it. Saw Pacific Rim last night and flamingdem Nov 2013 #31

When I first read it as a teen I thought the book was straight up adventure/ pro military propaganda Fumesucker Nov 2013 #34

No Heinlein really bought into the Red Scare hard Ash_F Nov 2013 #39

You might want to read this, Heinlein knew the Soviets were in trouble in 1960 Fumesucker Nov 2013 #40

I still like Heinlein's work, including Starship Troopers. MicaelS Nov 2013 #36

Mass charges of unarmored soldiers in an era of starships? Fumesucker Nov 2013 #38

I got the fascist link from the get-go Populist_Prole Nov 2013 #37