lol, ya starship troopers copied starcraft, they are psychic and made a movie a couple years before starcraft came out, based on starcraft because they knew starcraft was going to be a big hit and they could get a couple of pre-pubescent kids who actually believe that it was based on starcraft to become fans...

Next thing youre gonna tell me is that the Wachowski Bros are philosophers... oh wait

Liquid`Jinro

Sweden33719 Posts

May 17 2003 07:28 GMT

#25

They came out at the exact same time --? 1997 for both I thought?

Regards FrozenArbiter

ObsoleteLogic

United States3676 Posts

May 17 2003 09:47 GMT

#26

The movie was terrible, and frankly would've had Heinlein rolling in his grave if he hadn't um... yeah, gone psycho in the 60's. You read Starship Troopers and its all hardline conservative (no women in the MI), corporal punishment, death penalty justified, etc., etc. Then you read The Cat Who Walked Through Walls and its basically:

"Hey you wanna fuck?"
"Sure!"
"Let's go steal stuff."

Same with A Stranger in a Strange Land. Guy from another planet learns about humanity by having sex with it... a lot.

Nevera

Finland677 Posts

May 17 2003 10:16 GMT

#27

Lol! Anything rip off from SC? Hahaha. What a joke. SC is a ripoff of anything before it's time. Take anything, for example Babylon 5, and compare it to SC. Also b5 is a ripoff of course, there are hardly new ideas anymore, hasn't been for long time. There is no shame in copying, but don't be hypocrite.
As a movie, SST was a good comedy. You can ruin any movie if you want it magically to be a tribute to the book. Usually they aren't. Don't read books.

XG3

United States544 Posts

May 17 2003 10:53 GMT

#28

Blizzard always uses film influences when they make their games.

For Starcraft, their main influence was Starship Troopers, which is why SC is so similar to it. From the news flash cinematics to the concept of an "overmind" that can be pacified by those psychic scientists (ghosts). Remember that one part where the "dead stukov" was ejected from the ship in that little coffin pod? Yea, that was taken from Starship Troopers as well.

brandon

Turkmenistan103 Posts

May 17 2003 12:29 GMT

#29

Regarding the Wachowski brothers....I doubt if few people actually think they were the first people to toy around with the idea of the matrix (a false reality). How old is that idea anyway?

Reynard

United States125 Posts

May 17 2003 13:26 GMT

#30

Actually you're all fucking stupid, the Black Coats were made to represent the SS Death's Head Division, NOT the Gestapo.

Gestapo wore brown uniforms, learn your fucking history.

NoName

United States1558 Posts

May 17 2003 13:59 GMT

#31

Every story has already been told a million times, a million ways, it's how you tell it that makes the difference.

x[ReaPeR]x

United States3447 Posts

May 17 2003 14:30 GMT

#32

The movie is far inferior to the book IMO.

Cresfy

Israel977 Posts

May 17 2003 14:53 GMT

#33

SST TV series was cool, yet the movie sucked badly.

Guys
SC is very much SST based
So what
it's cool ~

ObsoleteLogic

United States3676 Posts

May 17 2003 16:31 GMT

#34

On May 17 2003 19:16 Nevera wrote:
Don't read books.

Ok Hitler? :/

tenbagger

United States1289 Posts

May 17 2003 17:26 GMT

#35

the story might have sucked, but denise richards! I wanted to give her my stimpack.

ayer

Mexico164 Posts

May 17 2003 20:59 GMT

#36

sst was written dunno how long b4 starcraft was made :[

ayer

Mexico164 Posts

May 17 2003 21:00 GMT

#37

btw new dogs own =o

ayer

Mexico164 Posts

May 17 2003 21:01 GMT

#38

ObsoleteLogic United States. May 18 2003 01:31. Posts 309 Quote

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On May 17 2003 19:16 Nevera wrote:
Don't read books.
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Ok Hitler? :/

Hitler read books :[ he wrote one 2

ObsoleteLogic

United States3676 Posts

May 17 2003 21:17 GMT

#39

Are you not familiar with the massive numbers of books that were burned in Nazi Germany?