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Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> looked up from reading the
entrails of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs
say:

>On 10/20/2024 7:48 PM, Ant wrote:
>> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>>> On 10/19/2024 7:13 PM, Ant wrote:
>>>> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>>>>> On 10/17/2024 4:23 PM, Ant wrote:
>>>>>> Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>> I am itching all over the place now! :-)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Bugs, Mr. Rico. Zillions of em!"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Where is that quote from?
>>>>
>>>>> The book 'Starship Troopers' by Robert Heinlein.
>>>>
>>>> Ah. Was it in the movie too?
>> 
>>> I step on you for even mentioning the movie.
>> 
>> I like the movie. I don't like to read. :P
>
>The movie had been written and was already in pre-production when the 
>producers found out the movie rights to the book were for sale.  So they 
>bought those rights so they could use the book's title.
>
>No joke.


Title and bolted on a few names from the book, and a couple of themes
(the whole service thing.)

But everything else was a mockery - assault rifles with an apparent
range of 10 feet, forcing the soldiers to shoot point blank at something
that can cut them in half with a swipe.   Um yeah, sure.

And the whole psi corp stuff in SS uniforms, no wonder the film is
nicknamed Nazi Germany 90210.

Oh yeah, and the chick flying the ship dodging an asteroid coming in
FTL, yeah, these guys can't even spell science much less know any.

Xocyll