I'm not 100% but I don't think that the line about a knife stopping a hand from pressing a button to shoot a nuke was in the book. And the book wasn't satirical. (In the book it's very clear that there was a world war and veterans from all nations unified earth into a single nation. In this world the only way to obtain the right to vote or serve in politics is to serve in the military for 5 years first. (In the film they refer to this as citizenship) Things are different in the book, but the bugs are still launching WMDs at Earth. Capturing a brain bug to "learn" about them is a pretty flimsy excuse for sending so many to die when bombarding the planet from orbit would likely have been easy. I think Verhoeven is just making the point clear. Mobile infantry really shouldn't be used in this conflict, but the government is set on this invasion scheme. They're clearly fascists (Neil puts on an SS uniform at the end of the film) and they need to dominate their perceived adversary. In the film there's also hints that the humans started the conflict when Mormon missionaries infringed on the bug's territory.
Alex here: Hmmm I really want to read the book to learn more. I've been thinking about doing a fan theory on this movie because of those little nods that humans may have started the whole war. (shocker, the good guy was the bad guy the whole time)
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Shenna acts pretty cute, it makes for a fun watch, way she talks and emotes.
Alex here: it's fantastic to watch movies with her ☺️
I'm not 100% but I don't think that the line about a knife stopping a hand from pressing a button to shoot a nuke was in the book. And the book wasn't satirical. (In the book it's very clear that there was a world war and veterans from all nations unified earth into a single nation. In this world the only way to obtain the right to vote or serve in politics is to serve in the military for 5 years first. (In the film they refer to this as citizenship)
Things are different in the book, but the bugs are still launching WMDs at Earth. Capturing a brain bug to "learn" about them is a pretty flimsy excuse for sending so many to die when bombarding the planet from orbit would likely have been easy. I think Verhoeven is just making the point clear. Mobile infantry really shouldn't be used in this conflict, but the government is set on this invasion scheme. They're clearly fascists (Neil puts on an SS uniform at the end of the film) and they need to dominate their perceived adversary. In the film there's also hints that the humans started the conflict when Mormon missionaries infringed on the bug's territory.
Alex here: Hmmm I really want to read the book to learn more.
I've been thinking about doing a fan theory on this movie because of those little nods that humans may have started the whole war. (shocker, the good guy was the bad guy the whole time)
In the book, the mobile infantry has high tech power armor and are more than a match for individual bugs.