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Old 05-07-2008, 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by urgeok2 View Post
i could see what the book was getting at - and i think the movie captured it in a far simpler way (life is sacred - all life)

but the book felt .. sort of cluttered. aimless in places.

i'm sure i'm prejudiced by seeing the film first - but it's still a testament to an excellent film.
shows ridley scott can make great a movie, even if it comes from a mediocre book.

i had the opposite feeling when i read starship troopers. I think heinlen's book was awesome, and i dont know what the hell verhoven was doing, but he and the guy who wrote robocop took the names and the general fact that there was war with "bugs" and ran off on their own wild tangent.
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