Movies That Should Have Been Epic

[Jackalope]

Starship Troopers (the first only only) is one of my favourite movies. I've seen over 10 times.. A terrific satire on fascism , although I doubt that is what Heinlein intended.

Indeed. As an adaptation of Heinlein's novel, I thought it was terrible. As sci-fi, I thought it was bad. As an action-filled bug-hunt with elements of political satire, it was decent.

I didn't bother seeing it again, or with any of the sequels.

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That last Indiana Jones film.

I was much more disappointed with "Temple of Doom" than "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", but I suspect that had more to do with lowered expectations than anything else.

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One of my biggest disappointments was the Spawn movie. They watered down a decidedly adult graphic novel for a broader audience and a PG-13 rating, but instead of appealing to more people, all they did was piss off the hardcore fans of the comic who would have helped the film garnish big revenue if it had stayed loyal to the source material.

It really makes me wonder how a more faithful adaptation would do. I suspect that there are a large number of fans who would pay to see it again and again on the big screen (as well as buy it on disc and buy merchandise).

With Hollywood's mindset, I can't see it happening though.