Reel 62b: Subversive Adaptations, pt.2
Words and Movies
English - October 18, 2023 02:14 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsFilm History TV & Film Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Reel 62a: Subversive Adaptations, pt.1
Next Episode: Reel 63a: Same Title, Different Movie
In Part Two of our episode, it's Starship Troopers, from 1997. Paul Verhoeven takes us to a far future society in which everyone is free so long as you're a Fascist. There are a lot of elements of Robert A. Heinlein's original story in there, but it's definitely a different plot line and a different mentality that, in hindsight, may have been more prescient than anyone suspected at the time.
COMING ATTRACTIONS:
In our next episode, we take a peek at a pair of films where the only thing they have in common is their title. After that, all bets are off. We'll be screening the films No Way Out, from 1950 and from 1987.
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