On release, many fans of Robert Heinlein criticized Verhoeven's adaptation for portraying the Mobile Infantry as incompetent, fragile cannon fodder who lacked the Mecha suits of the book and games. Cool military gear aside, the book and film were completely inverted as well while the Starship Troopers book was a Cold War allegory about the clash between the Western and Eastern Blocs, the Starship Troopers movie was a dark satire about the dangers of fascism and glorifying violence (to the point of invoking imagery from the old Nazi propaganda film Triumph Of The Will). More people these days are familiar with Starship Troopers from its 1997 film adaptation by Dutch director Paul Verhoeven.
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