The *other* book that drove me to be a solider.

[gridlore]

The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman, is finally being made into a movie. Ridley Scott (Blade Runner, Aliens) will be directing.

Please, please get it right!

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[dafydd.livejournal.com]

If it's Ridley Scott, I'm afraid I have my doubts. Sadly, I think he'll focus on the "War tech! Cool!" and not enough on the "War is horrible!" side.

[tsjafo.livejournal.com]

I think the social issues will get cut.

[drewkitty.livejournal.com]

Sadly enough. A vision of mandatory homosexuality by brain modification . . . I personally think the author hit the right tone, but how it will play against 21st century views is anyone's guess.

[isomeme.livejournal.com]

It would be more interesting if they got dumbed-down and exaggerated in parallel with the relationship between the novel and movie versions of Starship Troopers. Perhaps we'd see a bunch of gay hippies tripping their way across the galaxy, occasionally shooting at things, some of which aren't hallucinations.

[tsjafo.livejournal.com]

*shudders*
Please, don't even mention that abomination. Heinlein fans everywhere will spend the rest of their lives trying to convince the unsuspecting victims of that farce that it bears no relationship beyond it's name, to the wonderful story Heinlein told.

[isomeme.livejournal.com]

I agree it was awful, but its awfulness arose in part from the fact that it *did* have a relationship beyond its name to the novel. It was like a vicious caricature or parody of the original. If it were simply unrelated, it wouldn't be so dismaying.

[arib.livejournal.com]

Interesting news...

[caraig.livejournal.com]

The question is, which version of the Forever War? Joe Haldeman edited it three times, fairly majorly.

My favorite, really, was the first one.

[lostwanderfound.livejournal.com]

I hope like hell they get the Mandela/Marygay stuff right. I couldn't bear to see that final scene stuffed up.

I wonder if the whole Vietnam-answer-to-Starship-Troopers vibe will come through?

[johno.livejournal.com]

It heavly influenced how I handled my military time.

One of the key things was to show the respect you truely had for someone and hide the disrespect you had for other. Which made my entire time so much easier to survive and made a few things much better.

[notthebuddha.livejournal.com]

FW made you *want* to be a soldier? That's f- er, unusual.

[mikkop.livejournal.com]

What was the other book?

I read Forever war a couple of decades ago, and I don't remember much anything. Luckily the local library has some copies - yay for public libraries.

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Starship Troopers, natch.