I don't have humble opinions.
I don't have humble opinions.
Starship troopers.
Starship troopers.
The movie was great in an over the top fascist everything sense, but I thought the book was fantastic.
The movie was great in an over the top fascist everything sense, but I thought the book was fantastic.
Hard disagree. The book is way better. Don't get me wrong. The movie is good but it's basically a satire of fascism that backfires spectacularly (which is why it's so good). The book on the other hand is just a straight love letter to right wing authoritarianism. The mobile infantry are also much cooler in the book. I much prefer the idea of the 'cap trooper' where each individual trooper is in power armor and gets shot out of the capital ship like a bullet. In the book like 3 troopers are enough to destroy a whole city. Also the movie cuts out the other aliens, the skinnies, and that opening chapter where the infantry just fucking wreck them is great.
Hard disagree. The book is way better. Don't get me wrong. The movie is good but it's basically a satire of fascism that backfires spectacularly (which is why it's so good). The book on the other hand is just a straight love letter to right wing authoritarianism. The mobile infantry are also much cooler in the book. I much prefer the idea of the 'cap trooper' where each individual trooper is in power armor and gets shot out of the capital ship like a bullet. In the book like 3 troopers are enough to destroy a whole city. Also the movie cuts out the other aliens, the skinnies, and that opening chapter where the infantry just fucking wreck them is great.
wait that was a book?
wait that was a book?
as far as I'm concerned the book and the movie had nothing in common but the title and character names.
as far as I'm concerned the book and the movie had nothing in common but the title and character names.
The director specifically stated he was going to shit on the source material because he was upset that Earth was essentially a utopia in the book but had a "right-wing" militaristic government. So he added the propaganda, two-tier society, SS references, etc, and tried to go for a "The Stepford Wives" type of vibe.
The director specifically stated he was going to shit on the source material because he was upset that Earth was essentially a utopia in the book but had a "right-wing" militaristic government. So he added the propaganda, two-tier society, SS references, etc, and tried to go for a "The Stepford Wives" type of vibe.
From the 50's. Robert A Heinlien. Good book but short
From the 50's. Robert A Heinlien. Good book but short
Yes, and it's actually far more than... "men with laser guns shoot alien bugs".
Yes, and it's actually far more than... "men with laser guns shoot alien bugs".
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S8nM5N4ptkw
They didn't have laser guns
They didn't have laser guns
Blade runner.
Blade runner.
Pretty much anything Kubrick “adapted.”
Pretty much anything Kubrick “adapted.”
Clockwork was a better book
Clockwork was a better book
The film version was a middle finger to the EU and left wing totalitarianism.
The film version was a middle finger to the EU and left wing totalitarianism.
The eu didnt exist and the book was written even earlier
The eu didnt exist and the book was written even earlier
American Psycho. I couldn't get more than 50 pages into the book. You know how Patrick meticulously describes what some one is wearing? That happens like twice in the movie but it goes on for whole pages in the book.
American Psycho. I couldn't get more than 50 pages into the book. You know how Patrick meticulously describes what some one is wearing? That happens like twice in the movie but it goes on for whole pages in the book.
But im autistic
But im autistic
Then it's probably right up your alley then.
Then it's probably right up your alley then.
I wasn't able to appreciate the movie on first viewing. Then I realized Bateman was basically a bottle of pink hair dye away from being an antifa.
His vapid, lifeless existence of banal trivialities driving him insane. Single, childless, with a no-show job. He'd completely isolated himself from any meaningful experiences that he became obsessed and overly emotional about the most insignificant things. His attempt to have a real human connection trough music was constantly rebuffed because he was surrounded by similar empty people. So he turned to drugs, degenerate sex and violence in attempt to feel human. Only difference between him and an SJW is that he's attractive and focuses on vanity rather than racial social signaling. This explains why he cared so much about fashion.
I wasn't able to appreciate the movie on first viewing. Then I realized Bateman was basically a bottle of pink hair dye away from being an antifa.
His vapid, lifeless existence of banal trivialities driving him insane. Single, childless, with a no-show job. He'd completely isolated himself from any meaningful experiences that he became obsessed and overly emotional about the most insignificant things. His attempt to have a real human connection trough music was constantly rebuffed because he was surrounded by similar empty people. So he turned to drugs, degenerate sex and violence in attempt to feel human. Only difference between him and an SJW is that he's attractive and focuses on vanity rather than racial social signaling. This explains why he cared so much about fashion.
The Shining. Kubrick was 237 X's the artist King could ever hope to be.
The Shining. Kubrick was 237 X's the artist King could ever hope to be.
Mein Kampf..
Mein Kampf..
Harry Potter series
Harry Potter series
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
Excellent book as well
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
Excellent book as well
I've read and seen them, I agree.
I've read and seen them, I agree.
Of Mice And Men both the 1939 and 1992 versions were better than the book. Any Steinbeck film adaptation is preferable to slogging through his dull prose
The Bounty (1984) was based on the book Captain Bligh and Mr. Christian. It's the best maritime movie of all time.
Speaking of which, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) was based on a 20-book series. Unless you want to drill way down into the lives of Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin the film will suffice
*Of Mice And Men* both the 1939 and 1992 versions were better than the book. Any Steinbeck film adaptation is preferable to slogging through his dull prose
*The Bounty* (1984) was based on the book *Captain Bligh and Mr. Christian*. It's the best maritime movie of all time.
Speaking of which, *Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World* (2003) was based on a 20-book series. Unless you want to drill way down into the lives of Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin the film will suffice
I read the entire novel series Master and Commander one book after the other, in their proper order. I recommend that anyone who enjoyed the movie do the same.
I read the entire novel series *Master and Commander* one book after the other, in their proper order. I recommend that anyone who enjoyed the movie do the same.
The Brando version of The Bounty is good too. I think it's a little more realistic and less dramatized. Hard to say which is better though.
I don't even know how many times I've seen M&C. I really wish the sequel would have panned out.
The Brando version of The Bounty is good too. I think it's a little more realistic and less dramatized. Hard to say which is better though.
I don't even know how many times I've seen M&C. I really wish the sequel would have panned out.
Watchmen
Watchmen
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