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@HariSel57511397
Feb 15, 2024 • 7 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
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Why the first Starship Troopers movie failed as a parody, a thread:

Watching the movie, it was clear the director was aiming for a campy, over-the-top depiction of the Terran Federation. Perhaps not an outright mockery, but certainly a drastic departure from the serious novel. Image
First, let's tackle a writing pitfall that irks Leftists to this day. If you make your characters naturally handsome, fit, and well-groomed, then it becomes increasingly difficult to properly mock them. Beauty is self-evident, and all the characters in ST are good looking. Image
This extends to the overall Terran Federation as well. We see clean, beautiful streets. Life seems good for Rico in his polite high school. This is a far cry from the crime ridden and drug addicted cities we know today. Where are the homeless encampments, the ghettos? Image
Can we nail the Terran Federation for being cruel? I guess. But when you play off cruelty as a joke, you are undermining your own message. This isn't a dialogue about the brutal conditions for training soldiers in a futuristic setting. This is a gag, and it's hilarious. Image
All right, what about a critique of comparison? Perhaps the enemies of the Terran Federation have a better system. Oh wait, no, they're bugs. I've seen people genuinely argue that the bugs are supposed to be sympathetic. But they're still bugs... Image
THIS is not a face I can relate to, sympathize for, or even have a dialogue with. This screams at me to kill it with fire. Even IF I didn't want to kill this thing, I want to be in orbit, far away from this creature. It's horrific, and only a contrarian can argue against that. Image
The only thing you can really critique about the Terran Federation is the propaganda and incompetence. But when everything is so slapstick, it fails at landing a serious point. These guys are badasses in a funny movie, not a warning about the dangers of fascism. Image

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In other words, it’s never been more difficult for up and coming indies to win the attention economy. /1 Image
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And this extends to the forms of art, which optimizes for visual/audio over text. /3 Image
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All right, this post has got me worked up. Isaac is going to describe how you take your story from mediocre to good. And then good to great.

First step is not treating your novel as a bunch of individual components like your English teacher described. /1 Image
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Okay, so as the alien discourse has been flooding for my feed for the past few days, I am going to do what no scientist (or sci-fi author) has been able to do, and prove conclusively that aliens positively exist.

And also why Christians shouldn’t care.

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BEHOLD, AN ALIEN.

Before you click away, this isn’t bait. The interesting thing about the alien discourse is that it’s taken on a religious dimension, so much so that this question has captured imaginations for centuries.

But why? We’ve known forever that we aren’t alone. /2 Image
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Okay, so what is masculine literature? I bet if I asked the Rightwing, I would receive responses like stories with themes of tradition, honor, courage, etc. etc. These are very superficial and vague answers and overlook a critical divide between masculine and feminine art. /1 Image
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