[Epic] Re: (OT) Heinlein's Style (was Modelling an Entire Chapter)

From: Elaine P <elainepat_at_...>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 14:04:34 PST

Steve wrote:
>IT's funny, the population seems to be stuck into two groups, those who
>took the film seriously, and those who didn't. I am in the second group
>and I thought it was an excellent film, it parodies hollwywood, WWII,
US
>infantry, and every military stereotype ever made. It was all packaged
in
>an over glossed cheesy parcel, and the delivery was perfect. No it
wasn't
>intelligent, but seriously, if you thought they were for real writing a
>line like "You kill bugs good", then you have missed the point of the
>movie, you are now in group one, and the movie would seem horrible.

The movie did succeed in capturing Robert Heinlein's irreverent style.
A lot of his characters adhered to the "don't take life too seriously"
philosophy. The book was originally a Juvenile, a book aimed at 12 to
16 year olds, when it was published in 1959.

TANSTAAFL !!

-- Elaine

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