It can’t be worse than Reloaded, i’ll give it a whirl (i was planning to anyway since it was announced. And Sandrine Holt is in it, I love her!)
I like the book and I like the movie, but let’s be clear:
They are two different things entirely.
The book and movie only share general themes, character names, and the overall name and concept.
Another major point- if you didn’t understand Robocop and the implications behind it, you certainly weren’t going to enjoy the semi-tongue in cheek approach again used on Starship Troopers.
In any event, its still hard to understand why someone got pissy over it. It’s simply one of those movies people will never agree on. Heck, Heinlein as an author is pretty much the same way.
Personally, as long as the poster isn’t a Thread Crapper (for example shows up in every Simpsons thread just to say the show sucks and should have been cancelled years ago) putting up with opinions you considered ill-founded in Cafe Society is part of the price of civilized debate.
Actually I seem to recall you going ape shit and attacking me personally and my employer in general for trying to help you with a Word problem.
Ah yes, here it is, your Pit thread so filled with rationality that it resulted in you being forbidden from ever participating in a computer-related thread ever again under penalty of banning:
Manhattan is a fuckwad, and Microsoft can suck my dick.
Funny, that. Here’s my fictional predicted response I thought I’d get from you:
And here’s what you actually said to Wumpus:
I’d say my fictional response was rather accurate.