CarlManvers2019
Writers Blocked Douchebag
Aren’t you required to work in a Communist society? Even a government job?
Because of course it would. A government never passes up the chance to gain more influence over the lives of its constituents, even if it is with the best intentions.
So how does that compare to Japanese expose of their trauma?I wouldn't give the SST movie much heed - it fails both as a criticism of fascism/totalitarianism and as an adaptation of Heinlein's work. The only thing it's good at is as an expose of Paul Verhoeven's childhood trauma over Allied air raids in WW2 occupied Holland and his resentment over American cultural influence in Europe. Oh, and as a dumb action movie.
There’s an addiction to power, even if it’s never used to feel powerful
Plus, governments, even good ones, can have a sort of feeling or obsession with “responsibility”
They were a milquetoast authoritarian/imperialist power, so essentially not nearly as bad as he wanted to portray them.
Is that because of his childhood to not see everything when his country was occupied?In the end Verhoeven can't criticise fascism, because he has no clue what fascism is.
Is that because of his childhood to not see everything when his country was occupied?
What's bad about cultural victories?Because he was traumatised by Americans bombing a German V2 base near his house during the liberation of the Netherlands, and this later combined with a degree of resentment over American cultural influence in Europe. In fact, during the commentaries of the SST movie he says that American cultural dominance over Europe makes them just as bad as the Nazis, or something to that effect.
What's bad about cultural victories?
I'm reminded of French opposition to coca cola.It makes him salty.
It makes him salty.
I must admit there's a human element of being resistant to change so new foreign elements coming to his neighborhood would make him suspicious.Any chance he hates Rock&Roll and American Action Movies being popular? Sounds like some “refined” upper class douchebag
I guess he also wanted no one to actually fight or be in conflict with the Soviets and let them steamroll everybody else
I'm reminded of French opposition to coca cola.
Elitism never changes for people love looking down on others.Euros have been sneering at America as unsophisticated and stupid since before Independence.
I think it's important to always remember that Verhoeven clearly intended to mock the source material. Viewed in the context of being an action comedy is the only way the SST movie makes any kind of sense. Heinlein in the original material was just envisioning a society--a warrior democracy--which has existed many times in history: Sparta, the early Swiss Cantons, indeed the Cossacks we are inspired by.
I think I’ve seen Halo and Mass Effect and Warhammer fics that involve combining that with “Humanity Fuck Yeah!!!”
Speaking of Mass Effect, does this mean Verhoeben would think the Turians or even the Krogans to be fascists?