Director Jon Davison, quoted on Ain’t It Cool News (WARNING: slow server):
Having just done “Starship Troopers 2” a direct to DVD title, I can only equate the experience to making drive-in exploitation movies in the 70’s for Roger Corman. Fast, cheap and with little adult supervision. Most studio movies experience a lot of “input” from executives and are tooled for a broad market. The classic drive-in movies were solely the product of whoever was standing near the camera. Perhaps the direct to titles are the equivalent of today’s B pictures; to be approached with lower expectations in the hope of finding little gems.
I’m too close to it really judge it at this point but I think people will be surprised at the quality of the special effects. Some of the shots are better than most of the ones in the summer movies. I’m very interested in hearing what the fans say on the internet after they see it. The reaction to this movie will exist only on the internet. It will be reviewed in very few hardcopy rags. It’s really a web only movie. And as we all know, some of these fans can be brutal.
I don’t even own the DVD to the first monstrosity. Looks like I won’t be buying this one either.
0 Responses to “B-movie feel to Starship Troopers 2”