Great movie. Amusingly, Verhoeven hated the book.

bigstrat2003 20 hours ago | parent [-]

Which is his loss, because it's a great book. I really enjoyed Heinlein's exploration of what is needed to sustain a healthy democratic form of government.

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stephenr 13 hours ago | parent [-]

Are you saying that a story where voting is reserved for "some people" is what is needed for a democratic government?

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euroderf 12 hours ago | parent [-]

Perhaps his idea was to remove the pro-violence influence of the likes of Cheney and Trump. War is not healthy for children and other living things.

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stephenr 11 hours ago | parent [-]

... is this meant to be satire? You're familiar with the main storyline yes?

	▲	euroderf 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Sure, it's a satire of fascism, so the movie was lost on Americans and didn't do well in the box office there.