You get triple kino. You get an Arnold actionfest, some darker themes about violent fantasy vs. mundane reality, and a meta element where you as the viewer get to decide which you prefer. It's dumb and smart and smart about being dumb. It rules.
I still don't know if Verhoeven is a legit genius who managed to trick Hollywood several times in a row into producing meta action movies like RoboCop, Total Recall and Starship Troopers, or just some kind of blessed moron who managed to create those based movies completely by mistake.
>Verhoeven rejected the RoboCop script twice before taking to its underlying story about a character losing his identity. >Verhoeven looked at the first page and rejected the script as awful, stalling the project. Boyle sent Verhoeven another copy, suggesting he pay attention to the subtext. Verhoeven was still uninterested, until his wife Martine read it and encouraged him to give it a chance, saying he had missed the "soul" of the story about someone losing his identity. Verhoeven admitted the satire did not make sense to him. >He fell out with Verhoeven and was eventually fired, with Lance Henriksen considered as a replacement; but because the costume was built for Weller, he was encouraged to mend his relationship with Verhoeven >Verhoeven began taking prescription medication to cope with stress-induced insomnia, which left him filming scenes while intoxicated >ED-209's murder of OCP executive Kevin Page was filmed over three days. Page's body was covered in 200 squibs, but Verhoeven was unhappy with the result, and brought Page back months later to re-shoot it in a studio-built recreation of the board room. Page was covered in over 200 squibs, as well as plastic bags filled with spaghetti squash and fake blood. Page described being in intense pain, as each squib detonation felt like being punched >Nancy Allen was known for her long blonde hair, but Verhoeven wanted it cut short so the character was not sexualized. Her hair was cut shorter eight times before the desired look was achieved. Verhoeven encouraged her to act masculine and gain more weight; she accomplished the latter by quitting smoking.
>ED-209's murder of OCP executive Kevin Page was filmed over three days. Page's body was covered in 200 squibs, but Verhoeven was unhappy with the result, and brought Page back months later to re-shoot it in a studio-built recreation of the board room. Page was covered in over 200 squibs, as well as plastic bags filled with spaghetti squash and fake blood. Page described being in intense pain, as each squib detonation felt like being punched
lmfao
You’re me.
no shit
Yes.
Innocent bystander death kino. Terminator 2, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, any others? Frick it, I'll make a thread when I get back home.
>Pulp Fiction
I always liked that one, where the woman in the white shirt gets shot by Wallace.
enjoy, it's fun and good and goofy
Yeah. Get your ass to Mars. And don't come back until the movie ends
>come on copenhagen, give them ear
peak sharon stone and two more weeks
She was lovely.
You get triple kino. You get an Arnold actionfest, some darker themes about violent fantasy vs. mundane reality, and a meta element where you as the viewer get to decide which you prefer. It's dumb and smart and smart about being dumb. It rules.
>It's dumb and smart and smart about being dumb. It rules.
yeah Paul Verhoeven is the master of this. its why i love Total Recall and Robocop so much.
What about Starship Troopers?
Not as cool, kind of boring
I still don't know if Verhoeven is a legit genius who managed to trick Hollywood several times in a row into producing meta action movies like RoboCop, Total Recall and Starship Troopers, or just some kind of blessed moron who managed to create those based movies completely by mistake.
>Verhoeven rejected the RoboCop script twice before taking to its underlying story about a character losing his identity.
>Verhoeven looked at the first page and rejected the script as awful, stalling the project. Boyle sent Verhoeven another copy, suggesting he pay attention to the subtext. Verhoeven was still uninterested, until his wife Martine read it and encouraged him to give it a chance, saying he had missed the "soul" of the story about someone losing his identity. Verhoeven admitted the satire did not make sense to him.
>He fell out with Verhoeven and was eventually fired, with Lance Henriksen considered as a replacement; but because the costume was built for Weller, he was encouraged to mend his relationship with Verhoeven
>Verhoeven began taking prescription medication to cope with stress-induced insomnia, which left him filming scenes while intoxicated
>ED-209's murder of OCP executive Kevin Page was filmed over three days. Page's body was covered in 200 squibs, but Verhoeven was unhappy with the result, and brought Page back months later to re-shoot it in a studio-built recreation of the board room. Page was covered in over 200 squibs, as well as plastic bags filled with spaghetti squash and fake blood. Page described being in intense pain, as each squib detonation felt like being punched
>Nancy Allen was known for her long blonde hair, but Verhoeven wanted it cut short so the character was not sexualized. Her hair was cut shorter eight times before the desired look was achieved. Verhoeven encouraged her to act masculine and gain more weight; she accomplished the latter by quitting smoking.
Mad Lad.
>Verhoeven addressing the b***hes as "bitches" on set
>Jos, what do you think
fricking kek this impression is great
>"Thank you b***hes, very good! That's a wrap on the b***hes."
Kek.
The DVD commentary on Total Recall with him and Schwarzenegger is pretty fun too.
>ED-209's murder of OCP executive Kevin Page was filmed over three days. Page's body was covered in 200 squibs, but Verhoeven was unhappy with the result, and brought Page back months later to re-shoot it in a studio-built recreation of the board room. Page was covered in over 200 squibs, as well as plastic bags filled with spaghetti squash and fake blood. Page described being in intense pain, as each squib detonation felt like being punched
lmfao
See you at the party OP.
QUAID START THE KINO
Watch it missy.
Who is that? An extra? I don't recognize her from any scene.
Looks like an extra yeah. Or maybe a stunt double/person.
I really like the
>“Wanna know the future?”
>“What about the past?”
line
Anyone else?
Kiss me before you wake up
You're in for a massive letdown because you're watching the wrong fricking one my guy
The 2012 film had its moments, maybe a 6/10 at best.
This idiot has been trying to kill me since I went to recall
YOU BLABBED, ANON!
Yes. One of Arnie's best.
The remake is utter trash tho.
Kino of the highest order. I wish I could watch this movie for the first time again.
HEY BENNY!
SCREW YOU!
I got four kids to feed!
no. you're in for fricking kino of the highest order.
I'm cashing me out
You're not you, you're me.
No shit.
You're in for a thrilling spy adventure
Verhoeven 🙂
it's the best verhoeven film, and a top 5 best films ever made.
Absolutely.