So it has taken me a while to write up this semester's blog posts. I enjoyed all of the books but haven't had the time to write up these. Anyways, Starship Troopers, funny movie and even better as a book. I re watched the movie after reading this week's book and I have to think that the movie is a satire now. The book was serious, less equal in sexes, and more of a story about one persons effect on his environment than the movie.
The book was well written but tended to focus on more smaller details than necessary. I really want to hear more about these alien creatures, his relationships with females, and how he moves forward from his seemingly meaningless life.
My favorite part was when they got the crazy attack from these spider creatures and ended up going underground and being separated. It was really a test to see if he had what no one else had. And to start the book with his normalcy to change into this unacknowledged hero was something I really enjoyed.
Interestingly enough, Robert Henlein wrote the book primarily as a disertation in what he saw was wrong with society, the military, and government in particular. The book has enjoyed high levels of controversy over the years for obvious reasons. The "Main Plotline" is actually the secondary story and was literally written to give the reader something to keep interest so he could present all of his ideas.
ReplyDeleteOddly enough, the tactics and the politics make this book required reading for all of the USA's Military special forces training.
I agree that the movie was very much a Satire bordering on blatant Parody, still a pretty good flick until they beat the horse from dead to mush with sequels.