>“We are living in a very interesting, or you can call it scary times, and of course you would like to do something about it, too,” said Verhoeven. “But I think if you go to directly into the now you have no distance… you need to have a certain distance as an artist to the project and not be in the middle of it. So [with] all [that] started to happen lately, I started to read about Hitler and studying 1933 and 1934 in Germany, [which] could be a metaphor that you could use to talk about now.”
>“I said something terrible I think,” said Verhoeven, who backtracked. “Of course, nothing is the same. Nothing will happen in the United States like what happened in Germany in 1933, 1934, clearly not.”
>He then referenced “Friendly Fascism,” a controversial book from the 1980’s that discussed how current political trends in the U.S. could lead to the possibility of a totalitarian government, as being more in line with his current political fears.
How could the man that directed some of my favorite movies be a cuck
Why are all these Hollywood celebrities such fucking drama queens
Kevin Watson
Paul Verhoeven is the man who took a brilliant work of 50s science fiction and turned it into a literal comedy movie about how people who support the military are idiotic braindead sheep being controlled by a fascist government.
If you didn't already know he was a cuck you haven't been paying attention
Cooper Perry
Why do these Hollywood idiots think their opinion matters
Juan Bell
Don't worry based Geert will soon win in his country.
William Rivera
except Hitler didn't have to convince thousands of government individuals to agree with what he wanted first
bye bye moron
Brandon Garcia
They literally do drama for a living, r-tard
Jordan Walker
This from the guy who directed Flesh+Blood, a movie where the hero spends his entire time raping a 14 year old girl with a roguish smile on his face.
Lucas Stewart
Paul Verhoeven has always been very VERY clearly anti-nationalist, anti-patriotism, anti-racialism, anti-Centralized Power, so I don't know why you'd ever be surprised he's not a UKIP/Trump/FN fan.
Ryan Robinson
I love Starship Troopers for that reason as I'm anti-war, and I voted Trump because he's not gonna make us the world police anymore
Charles Sanchez
Its fine.
We're just living through revenge of the sith.
No, but seriously, it's absolutely hilarious how the make America number one candidate is the one that cost so much prestige for the nation.
I look forward to Charlie Sheen joining his cabinet soon.
Daniel Myers
Starship Troopers was about Donald Trump's America.
Prove me wrong.
Hudson Miller
>not going to be world police
>appointed Mr. Christian jihad as vice
Jonathan Robinson
>implying it matters who has power in the Nether Realms Dutchies get so angry because they used to be a leading world mercantile power and now they're a fucking joke paying for their colonial misdeeds.
Liam Hill
"TRUMP: We Will Destroy ISIS"
Tell me how you think destroying ISIS, another endlessly spreadable terrorist organization with tendrils in every regional nation, is ever going to lead to anything but 8 more years of war.
Carson Young
>"waaah, why doesn't my favourite director agree with my political views"
You sound like a whiny SJW. He's allowed to have his own views, even if they trigger you. Get over it.
Owen Garcia
BUILD A WALL
Jeremiah Johnson
shame, i thought paul would be more level-headed than this. he's so emotional for a mathematician.
Xavier Martin
>Verhoeven >Hollywood celebrity
Lol
Anthony Scott
You're right, we should just let them carry on.
They can fuck my sister while they're at it.
Christopher Hernandez
Instead of funding "the rebels" in the 80's, we fund the Russians.
Said the SJW
Jonathan Wright
Based Verhoeven.
Jeremiah Morales
Anyone else think Pence looks like Soldier 76?
Sebastian Collins
You being too retarded to understand those movies doesn't make him wrong.
Ethan Perez
Like we destroyed Al-Qaeda? Or the Taliban? Or Hizbullah? Or the revolutionary Iranian coupsters in the 70s? Or the PLO?
Oh wait, they're all still around, they're all playing the terrorist game, all the Sunni ones are working alongside ISIS. I appreciate the basic human need to fight the enemy, but you have to think about methodology if you do the same thing for 16 years and achieve no lasting goalposts. "We'll torture them and kill their families" isn't really a new idea and it's not anything like a plan for victory.
Christian Diaz
uhh, seriously? comparing trump to hitler? wow, i can't even...how the fuck can they speak so poorly of mein fuhrer? i'm going to write a daily strormer article about this very problematic defamation. 14/88.
Joshua Brooks
I don't remember those groups invading Europe.
Jacob Butler
>He then referenced “Friendly Fascism,” a controversial book from the 1980’s that discussed how current political trends in the U.S. could lead to the possibility of a totalitarian government, as being more in line with his current political fears.
That's been developing since before then, yet somehow its literally Trumps fault alone, even though he's not even president yet.
Adrian Evans
God he sounds like every dumb as bricks edgy teenage highschool libertarian anarchist >I-I-I just read this book on Hitler you see, a-and his election is j-just like Trump's b-because they're both nationalist populists! >What? No, I don't understand the difference in their policies, ideologies, and upbringings, b-but the election! H-he's Hitler!
Evan Nelson
>Trump's a fascist! >Hillary supporters are the one's out in the streets breaking windows, vandalizing property, setting fires, assaulting Trump supporters... youtube.com/watch?v=CNegGEoohK4
Connor Sullivan
Who would've thought an ideology about racism would be so divisive?
Michael Butler
You think the Russians care about ISIS? They care about Syria. Once Syria is handled, they're done fighting "the war on terror." They have distinct geopolitical goals in maintaining the Assad regime, not in destroying jihadist movements.
Elijah Gomez
Terrorists grow up. Going after the families is the smartest thing Trump said.
Sebastian Kelly
sandniggers gonna sandnig
Isaac Perez
You fucking retards need to learn to divorce an actor or director's personal views from his cinematic works. I hate Clint Eastwood's views but I still love him as an actor and love his movies, they are some of my favourite. If you're this disturbed by views that disagree with you, you're a little crybaby living in an echo shell and need to accept that not everyone agrees with you on everything.
Eli Wilson
He looks like Tim Kaine's wife
Lucas Peterson
Just rated Robocop and Starship Troopers a 1 on IMDB
fucking libcuck
Chase Walker
I like Trump, but he definitely has a little fascistic. He's pompous and attacks his enemies on their virility and health. Like the great dictators his speech is very feminine and simple and he likes to put his face and name on everything. Outside of that he's pretty moderate in political terms.
