Book vs. Movie

[digitaldiscipline]

Just finished reading Starship Troopers [saw the movie first].

I'm glad I did it in this order, though I suspect that, much like the case with The Princess Bride, the fact that the book is so much more detailed in some respects lets you retroactively appreciate the movie more, as opposed to Tolkien purists being annoyed by the LotR movies' adaptation. . . a Heinlein purist might be unwilling or unable to give the movie the benefit of the doubt and go in "innocent."

That said, delicarose, I think you -would- appreciate the movie - it's far from faithful to the book, but, having now read it, there's a lot more meat on the animated caricature that I had previously slotted it as.

Any of you who have not yet read TPB. do yourselves a favor and get the 25th or 30th anniversary edition and sit down with it. Read the preface. Read the foreward. Read everything but the frigging publication page, because the backstory on the making of the movie is almost as entertaining as the story itself, and the original Morgenstern text is a fucking -riot-. You'll still love the movie afterwards. I promise.

Comments

Starship poopers

[kungfugimp.livejournal.com]

:o) I can't help but make other names for things. Didn't read the book, but I thought the movie was O.K. I much prefer the animated series Roughnecks. I would highly recommend that for viewing pleasure since much of it is closer to what I hear the book is. Especially the armor. This series is done by the company that did Reboot. I have a few of the DVD's but they aren't cheap, no matter where/how you try to obtain them - even on ebay, they cost as much as they do in a store. About $25 to $30 per disk.

As for TPB - love it. Read the book and saw the movie many times. I think they both work quite well.

"Inconceivable!"
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

Re: Starship poopers

[etcet.livejournal.com]

read the book. it's superb. really.