I must admit that I did not read the book.
But having seen RoboCop in the past, I know Paul Verhoeven's always there to make a satire out of today's society.
Just look at it all. A fascist society that relies on army service in order to attain citizenship. People only caring about blowing crap up during their service. And what is the motivation of the enemy? Perhaps they have a deep kind of motive to want to destroy the humans. But the military simply doesn't care. They're enemies, pure and simple.
People and 'bugs' regularly get ripped to shreds. No big deal. If people get wounded or stabbed, a medic is casually referred to.
This film is obviously a fun satiric flick that makes fun of totalitarianism, violence and mankind's presumption of having superior intelligence, all dressed in some kind of fascist propaganda skin which apparently upset quite a few people. Didn't bother me, though. I still got some laughs out of it.
Would you like to know more? Just watch it, if you're into people getting ripped into small particles, gigantic 'bug' type creatures, explosions, and space ships. The music by Basil Poledouris is also a good excuse to keep on watching.
But having seen RoboCop in the past, I know Paul Verhoeven's always there to make a satire out of today's society.
Just look at it all. A fascist society that relies on army service in order to attain citizenship. People only caring about blowing crap up during their service. And what is the motivation of the enemy? Perhaps they have a deep kind of motive to want to destroy the humans. But the military simply doesn't care. They're enemies, pure and simple.
People and 'bugs' regularly get ripped to shreds. No big deal. If people get wounded or stabbed, a medic is casually referred to.
This film is obviously a fun satiric flick that makes fun of totalitarianism, violence and mankind's presumption of having superior intelligence, all dressed in some kind of fascist propaganda skin which apparently upset quite a few people. Didn't bother me, though. I still got some laughs out of it.
Would you like to know more? Just watch it, if you're into people getting ripped into small particles, gigantic 'bug' type creatures, explosions, and space ships. The music by Basil Poledouris is also a good excuse to keep on watching.