Friday, June 6, 2014

Shades of Heinlein

I'm not the only one who sees the exoskeletal battle suits in the new film Edge of Tomorrow looking very like the ones Robert Heinlein described in his iconic novel Starship Troopers. See a National Review slideshow page which makes the same comparison.

As an aside, the gear Mobile Infantry wore in the 1997 film made from his novel did a poor job of reproducing Heinlein's vision. I've not yet seen E of T so I'll wait to comment on the film's quality.