Back from LA with Honorverse move news

Hellcat13 wrote:I have faith that you and evergreen will put out your best bet...besides it can't be worse than Wing Commander.

Oh hell yes!

Quinlan73 wrote:

Hellcat13 wrote:I have faith that you and evergreen will put out your best bet...besides it can't be worse than Wing Commander.

Oh hell yes!

Hell, Wing Commander was a Best Picture Oscar contender compared to Starship Troopers.

If they make a really good movie, I can forgive a lot of things.

Honor doesn't have to be really tall.
She doesn't have to look Eurasian.
She doesn't have to be jaw droppingly beautiful.
The actress doesn't have to be any good at martial arts.
She can be older/younger.
The ships can look like a Star Destroyer or the USS Enterprise (both space or sea going version)
You can drop Venizelos, Scotty, numerous armsmen, [name character here].
You can merge Alice Truman's and Alistair's character into one.
You can make all the Sphinx animals, including treecats 4 legged instead of 6.

You can do all those things and more. All those 'sins' can be forgiven, IF and only IF you make a good movie.

MaxxQ wrote:

Quinlan73 wrote:[quote="Hellcat13"]I have faith that you and evergreen will put out your best bet...besides it can't be worse than Wing Commander.

Oh hell yes!

Hell, Wing Commander was a Best Picture Oscar contender compared to Starship Troopers.[/quote]

I'm going to commit a sci-fi sin here........I enjoyed Wing Commander. Sling your stones! Lol

Mr Weber, I'd just like to say thank you for this post and all the interaction you have with us on the forums here. It's so rare to find an author of such quality who is so in touch with his fan base. It makes me smile just to see a new post from you and knowing its you. Thank you for a fine series, fine work, and all the fine interactions .

DrMegaverse wrote:I'm going to commit a sci-fi sin here........I enjoyed Wing Commander. Sling your stones! Lol

No stones coming from me. I thought it wasn't *too* bad. It was mildly entertaining, if nothing else. 'Course, I never played the game(s), so wasn't as invested in the movie as others may have been.

OTOH, Starship Troopers is one of my top ten favorite SF books, and what Verhoeven did adapting it to film should be a capital offense. At least around here, I have a few allies - on another board I post on, only one other person besides myself hates that "film" (film of pond scum is more like it).

MaxxQ wrote:

DrMegaverse wrote:I'm going to commit a sci-fi sin here........I enjoyed Wing Commander. Sling your stones! Lol

No stones coming from me. I thought it wasn't *too* bad. It was mildly entertaining, if nothing else. 'Course, I never played the game(s), so wasn't as invested in the movie as others may have been.

OTOH, Starship Troopers is one of my top ten favorite SF books, and what Verhoeven did adapting it to film should be a capital offense. At least around here, I have a few allies - on another board I post on, only one other person besides myself hates that "film" (film of pond scum is more like it).

I did like the shower scene as well as the naked girl in the tent scene. Other than that, it was drivel. Doogy Howser MD's career still has not recovered.

MaxxQ wrote:

DrMegaverse wrote:I'm going to commit a sci-fi sin here........I enjoyed Wing Commander. Sling your stones! Lol

No stones coming from me. I thought it wasn't *too* bad. It was mildly entertaining, if nothing else. 'Course, I never played the game(s), so wasn't as invested in the movie as others may have been.

OTOH, Starship Troopers is one of my top ten favorite SF books, and what Verhoeven did adapting it to film should be a capital offense. At least around here, I have a few allies - on another board I post on, only one other person besides myself hates that "film" (film of pond scum is more like it).

Starship Troopers, 2001, and Neuromacer are my "Holy Trinity" I try to introduce sci-fi newbies to before I slide OBS into their palms

Starships Troopers is a good book. AND, I liked the movie.

The tolerance of the peaceful division of public opinion, the pro-govenment media hype, the accountability and prompt relief of failed leaders and the critical role in innovation and victory of the élan of the gung ho grunt seemed true to Heinlein's 40 year old themes in a 21 first century package.

waddles for desert wrote:Starships Troopers is a good book. AND, I liked the movie.

The tolerance of the peaceful division of public opinion, the pro-govenment media hype, the accountability and prompt relief of failed leaders and the critical role in innovation and victory of the élan of the gung ho grunt seemed true to Heinlein's 40 year old themes in a 21 first century package.

I love the movie Starship Troopers too. True, it isn't like the book, but Verhoeven grew up in Nazi-occupied Holland, and wasn't about to make a pro-war and big government movie. He set about to make a parody of war propaganda fims (Nazi ones in particular), and succeeded in that. Plus, the 90's-era CGI visual effects are outstanding and still hold up today (I think they're better than that of many current movies) , and there's loads of R-rated violence and gore with the Bugs. The Honorverse movie can only hope to be half as good. Though if it's at least as overall good as Joss Whedon's Serenity, I'll be satisfied. Where is he when you need him. Of course, I'd be more confident if Ridley Scott was making it, Russell Crowe could be Protector Benjamin, but alas, that's not going to happen.

61Cygni wrote:
I love the movie Starship Troopers too.

One can say whatever he wants about Verhoeven's Starship Troopers, but there's one thing which simply has to be acknowledged:

The Klendathu drop scene was awesome to the max.