Anytime someone is resurrected (birth, death, rebirth) it's considered a Christ myth. E.T. is a Christ myth, too (though he doesn't actually die). The new Superman Returns was pretty on the nose about it.

"Take a look at my FACE, DICK! He was trying to kill me!"

Thought this was a load of crap, until I opened the Bible and read about Judas screaming, "I WORK FOR DICK JONES!" as Jesus threw him around.

*cinema *scifi *religion

Adding video to channels (Cinema, Religion, Scifi) - requested by ant.

>> ^quantumushroom:

Thought this was a load of crap, until I opened the Bible and read about Judas screaming, "I WORK FOR DICK JONES!" as Jesus threw him around.


Quantum, sometimes you come up with gold.

Fantasic. Robocop is one of my favourite action flicks - had never seen the Jesus angle before.

Is he referring to the scene with the abandoned place with big water puddles at the end of the movie?

American Jesus doesn't fuck around.

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I had a film professor who sounded EXACTLY like Paul Verhoeven. If you closed your eyes, you really couldn't tell the difference. It was awesome.

That is all.

text mtv.com:

A lot of things come to mind when the name Paul Verhoeven comes up. "Starship Troopers." "Total Recall." "RoboCop." "Basic Instinct." "Showgirls."

One thing that does not associate instantly with the talented filmmaker in my own mind, however, is Jesus Christ. And yet that's exactly who is the subject of Verhoeven's new book, "Jesus of Nazareth." The book takes a look at Jesus the man, considering how his words have been appropriated over hundreds of years. Verhoeven stopped by the office last week to chat with MTV's Josh Horowitz about the book and where it fits into other recent pop culture treatments of Jesus Christ. Check out video from the interview below then head over to MTV.com to check out the full report.

Verhoeven is a real hit and miss director for me. Robocop was an out of the ballpark classic homerun. No doubt there. Total Recall less so, but still a damn awesome film (Quaaaaaid).

Starship Troopers I loved at the time, but increasingly like less as it's very pro military (And I know that people hate the interpretation compared to the book, but I haven't read it).

I can't really recall my reaction to Basic Instinct and have never seen Showgirls

But Robocop... true classic

@spoco2, I don't think Starship Troopers is pro-military or meant to be. The entire premise mocks it with its absurdity. I think that makes it the best parody of big military.

>> ^blankfist:

@<a rel="nofollow" href="http://videosift.com/member/spoco2" title="member since August 21st, 2006" class="profilelink">spoco2, I don't think Starship Troopers is pro-military or meant to be. The entire premise mocks it with its absurdity. I think that makes it the best parody of big military.


Yeah, in a number of ways it does read that way, which is how I originally took it... but then you look at the character of Johnny Rico, and it shows that he becomes 'all he can be' via joining the military, and it glorifies the 'grunts'.

The whole final act is showing how Johnny comes into his own and becomes the teacher that taught him. And also that the military was indeed who 'saved the universe'.

I still enjoy it... but being that I detest the insane amount of money that is spent on militaries around the world, it just annoys that it really could be used as a recruitment video for the army.

>> ^spoco2:
Starship Troopers I loved at the time, but increasingly like less as it's very pro military (And I know that people hate the interpretation compared to the book, but I haven't read it)


You should, it is classic science fiction in it's purest form. The troopers actually use these armored battle suits (WAAAAAAAAAAY before Manga got a hold of them) where they "jump" into a target area from miles away, drop a pocket nuke, then jump away just before it blows. The movie was a complete cock-up.

Yeah, the military in the book is extremely smart, yet unbelievably dumb in the movie. I hated most of the movie, but I'm sure the depiction of the military was deliberate.

The other part of the book that's cool is the classroom training Johnny has to go through. It's definitely food for thought and really brings Heinlein's universe to life. I hear he wrote it as sort of an afterthought in the middle of writing Stranger in a Strange Land. Dunno if it's true...suppose I could use the INTERNETS to figure that out.

Definitely a must-read for any sci-fi fan...and it's not one of those books that has tons of technology that someone made up 100 years ago and makes no sense when seeing it from today's perspective (I had a hard time trying to read Asimov's Foundation books)...Troopers definitely holds up.