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I like how it pokes at the fascistic tone of Heinlein's novel without deviating from the source material a great deal. Of course there is artistic license with some of the characters, but the general plot and major characters are mostly similar to their counterparts in the novel (which was written during the Cold War, and on the cusp of the space age by a former US Navy officer). In effect, the movie both honors and critiques the novel, and manages to do so in Verhoeven's patented "enthusiastic" way, which makes it pretty entertaining. It's pretty damn clever for doing so imo.