[geeks] e.e. smith "lensman" series

[Eric Dittman]

> > 	Speaking of badly corrupted versions of his work. WTF was Starship
> > troopers the movie?!? I was Soooo totally confused by that movie. I have no
> > idea why they even started to claim that it was based off of his original
> > book. Advanced civilization, check. Bug like aliens, check. Battle suits
> > armed like tanks, uh nope. Strong social commentary, not even. Hell they
> > should have just taken the movie aliens and changed the title. Would have
> > been just as close to the book as that movie was. 
> 
> Apparently they had to cut out the power suits due to budget.. The movie
> is good, *if* you forget you ever read the book.

Their plan was to add the power suits in the sequel, if one
was made.

One complaint I had is the lack of technology on the bug side.
In the book the bugs had technology, starships, and could
communicate.

> I've never watched the anime/cartoon though; anybody have commentary on
> that?  They've got the suits in the cartoon.

I've got two of the DVDs.  They aren't bad.
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