Kinda disappointing. Not for fans of SF, and certainly not for Trufen. Concentrates on a few "prophecies" RAH made in a few of his books, complete with footage from the atrocity that that damned Dutchman made of Starship Troopers, as well as the pretty good adaption of . Made no real effort to refute the accusations of fascism arising from pacifist criticism of ST; just talking about "power suits", even though the execrable movie didn't have them... Yeah, yeah, hippies loved Stranger in a Strange Land... And the "pocket phone" showed up in Space Cadet, not Between Planets--that was a saddle phone... They spend time on The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, but they mostly talk about Lunar habitats, not the libertarian aspects. *sigh* Mundanes...
Yeah, I was less than impressed; also, they *totally* muffed the Colorado Springs house he designed. I'm not asking them to CGI it up (the original house is long gone) but they could have at least used a Midcentury Modern one-story home for those shots.
...That house and his later one, Bonny Doon, both look amazingly familiar to any longtime Heinlein reader.
Kinda disappointing. Not for fans of SF, and certainly not for Trufen. Concentrates on a few "prophecies" RAH made in a few of his books, complete with footage from the atrocity that that damned Dutchman made of Starship Troopers, as well as the pretty good adaption of .
ReplyDeleteMade no real effort to refute the accusations of fascism arising from pacifist criticism of ST; just talking about "power suits", even though the execrable movie didn't have them...
Yeah, yeah, hippies loved Stranger in a Strange Land...
And the "pocket phone" showed up in Space Cadet, not Between Planets--that was a saddle phone...
They spend time on The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, but they mostly talk about Lunar habitats, not the libertarian aspects.
*sigh* Mundanes...
"...pretty good adaption of Puppet Masters."
ReplyDeleteNot sure what happened there.
Yeah, I was less than impressed; also, they *totally* muffed the Colorado Springs house he designed. I'm not asking them to CGI it up (the original house is long gone) but they could have at least used a Midcentury Modern one-story home for those shots.
ReplyDelete...That house and his later one, Bonny Doon, both look amazingly familiar to any longtime Heinlein reader.