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Jul 9, 2024 · In an interview with Empire, Verhoeven had once spoken of the anti-fascist intentions of Starship Troopers and how he wanted the film to be a satire of the right-wing. . When the director set about reading Heinlein’s novel, he found that he could only read about two of its “boring” chapters and asked screenwriter Edward Neumeier to tell him the story ins
Jul 5, 2024 · Of course, the script by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner is much cleverer than that, and the movie hides a sharp dose of satire in amongst all the hyper-violence. Peter Weller plays the implacable lawman to perfection, combining machine-like physicality with heart-breaking glimpses of his underlying humanity.
Jun 25, 2024 · RoboCop also is very much a Marvel-style tragic science-origin hero, like the Hulk, or, more superficially, Iron Man. Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner’s screenplay is flawless, and Paul Verhoeven’s gleefully violent and sardonic direction is perfect.
Jul 2, 2024 · Of all the upcoming projects I’ve kept an eye on, one of the most anticipated has to be Paul Verhoeven’s “Young Sinner” which would be the Dutch filmmaker’s first American film in 25 years and would reteam him with “RoboCop” screenwriter Edward Neumeier.
Jul 1, 2024 · In RoboCop, Verhoeven and screenwriters Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner envisioned a likely future in which people are disposable and a police department could become a subsidiary of a...
Jul 1, 2024 · In an interview about his science fiction cult classic, screenwriter Edward Neumeier described RoboCop as "a Frankenstein movie" with an emphasis on the monster's journey. After Detroit police officer Alex Murphy is slain on duty, he is remade into a cyborg law enforcer owned by Omni Consumer Products (OCP).
Jun 29, 2024 · Starship Troopers. Dir. Paul Verhoeven USA 129 min R. 1998. It’s all in the title. Returning to the annals of literary sci-fi, Starship Troopers has Paul Verhoeven reuniting with RoboCop scribe Edward Neumeier working from Robert A. Heinlein’s source novel.
