From: j.clarke.873638@gmail.com   
      
   In article ,   
   grschmidt@acm.org says...   
   >   
   > On 26/02/2015 7:12 AM, Your Name wrote:   
   > > In article , rochrist   
   > >  wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >> To be effective as parody, it needs to  be something at least slightly   
   above   
   > >> 'absolutely idiotic'.   
   > >   
   > > I've yet to see more than a couple of parodies that aren't "absolutely   
   > > idiotic" - they're mostly purile, juvenile garbage.  :-\   
   > >   
   > But calling "The movie known as Starship Troopers" a parody is not correct.   
   >   
   > A dumb-bum closet leather freak's idea of a shoot-em-up movie with   
   > Nazi's doing the shooting and insects taking the place of  target>, yes, but *not* a parody.   
      
   Well, not a parody of the novel anyway, which Verhoeven allegedly threw   
   at the wall a few pages in and wasn't even aware of when he was working   
   out the concept for the movie.   
      
   Parody of various old "war movies" on the other hand . . .   
      
   It might have been a decent movie if he had called it something else,   
   but as it is I want to believe that there is a special Hell in which   
   Verhoeven spends eternity using his notion of strategy and tactics in a   
   war against a competent enemy.   
      
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