Comments on: 11/08/13 – The Hopping http://www.littledee.net/?p=4411 Mon, 06 Jun 2016 05:11:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Muzhik http://www.littledee.net/?p=4411&cpage=1#comment-8493 Muzhik Sun, 10 Nov 2013 00:09:35 +0000 http://www.littledee.net/?p=4411#comment-8493 Actually, I thought the movie did a fair job of capturing the spirit of the book, considering the 30+-year separation between the two. Verhoeven grew up watching dogfights over his native Holland (he was 6 when Normandy landings occurred, 7 when the war ended) and he worked those experiences into the visuals for the battles. And I thought Michael Ironside did a GREAT job as the company's "momma, poppa, and shoulder to die on." Actually, I thought the movie did a fair job of capturing the spirit of the book, considering the 30+-year separation between the two. Verhoeven grew up watching dogfights over his native Holland (he was 6 when Normandy landings occurred, 7 when the war ended) and he worked those experiences into the visuals for the battles. And I thought Michael Ironside did a GREAT job as the company’s “momma, poppa, and shoulder to die on.”

]]> By: War Pig http://www.littledee.net/?p=4411&cpage=1#comment-8487 War Pig Sat, 09 Nov 2013 02:49:11 +0000 http://www.littledee.net/?p=4411#comment-8487 Actually, the book glorified the military. Especially the PBI (Poor, Bloody Infantry). Also had a sweet political setup. Nobody could vote unless they had proven, by putting their skin at risk for people they would never meet by serving a term of federal service, that there was something that they valued more than their own hide. Not just military, either. In fact, military veterans were a minority among all veterans. They had to prove that they put the good of the species ahead of their own personal safety and comfort, or even their precious life. Hard to join, easy to quit but quitting removed your privilege to vote - for life. Those disabled or injured in the line of duty (military or otherwise) still got their franchise. The movie was, as is almost always the case these days, a gross perversion of the book, changed to fit the anti-patriotic mindset of the Hollywood gits. Heinlein would never have authorized that script (he and his wife were both military veterans, and he was a disabled veteran). Actually, the book glorified the military. Especially the PBI (Poor, Bloody Infantry). Also had a sweet political setup. Nobody could vote unless they had proven, by putting their skin at risk for people they would never meet by serving a term of federal service, that there was something that they valued more than their own hide. Not just military, either. In fact, military veterans were a minority among all veterans.

They had to prove that they put the good of the species ahead of their own personal safety and comfort, or even their precious life. Hard to join, easy to quit but quitting removed your privilege to vote – for life. Those disabled or injured in the line of duty (military or otherwise) still got their franchise.

The movie was, as is almost always the case these days, a gross perversion of the book, changed to fit the anti-patriotic mindset of the Hollywood gits. Heinlein would never have authorized that script (he and his wife were both military veterans, and he was a disabled veteran).

]]> By: Pete Rogan http://www.littledee.net/?p=4411&cpage=1#comment-8486 Pete Rogan Sat, 09 Nov 2013 01:14:08 +0000 http://www.littledee.net/?p=4411#comment-8486 ...or "Starship Troopers" for that matter. People are looking at the Paul Verhoeven film and finally are coming to understand it (not yet the book) as deep satire on militarism. But from here we could go on, and on, and on... …or “Starship Troopers” for that matter.

People are looking at the Paul Verhoeven film and finally are coming to understand it (not yet the book) as deep satire on militarism. But from here we could go on, and on, and on…

]]> By: crookedwolf http://www.littledee.net/?p=4411&cpage=1#comment-8485 crookedwolf Fri, 08 Nov 2013 18:24:54 +0000 http://www.littledee.net/?p=4411#comment-8485 Watership Down? Oops can't figure out the edit functions here! Watership Down?
Oops can’t figure out the edit functions here!

]]> By: crookedwolf http://www.littledee.net/?p=4411&cpage=1#comment-8484 crookedwolf Fri, 08 Nov 2013 18:24:00 +0000 http://www.littledee.net/?p=4411#comment-8484 But isn't it great when a book turns your expectations about the characters totally in another direction? Like . But isn’t it great when a book turns your expectations about the characters totally in another direction? Like .

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