From: grschmidt@acm.org   
      
   On 26/02/2015 5:42 PM, J. Clarke wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
   I might go with /failed/ parody of various old war movies, masking his   
   need to get some beefcake onto the screen for his fantasies...   
      
   But, yes, oh yes, Verhoeven in hell, against a competent enemy, or even   
   an angry troop of Boy Scouts armed with pea-shooters!!   
      
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