@@unluckytourist weird? Nah. Insane? Yes, but not asshole insane like James Mangold. I've heard plenty of his DVD commentaries to corroborate what you're saying. Then again, Showgirls and Basic Instinct don't feel pretentious like Cuties marketing did.
Just make some Star Wars satirical ads and insert them at good points and Cgi in some Doom/Mortal Kombat style death scenes. Luke's hand is definitely needs gushing blood. You can also make Darth and other mask creatures say anything you want.
@@frenchyroastify Luke's hand not bleeding makes sense since lightsabers cautarize any wounds they make.... except from the very first scene we see them used in the original movie but it became a rule after that.
Who else misses Rutger Hauer ? Not only was he an AMAZING actor ( in all languages) but he was one very gorgeous man even up until he died ! I Miss him ! 💕😢💕
Can’t believe he’s been gone for 2 years. The man was truly an amazing being; talented & also a kind soul who never spoke poorly of anyone. I recommend reading his memoir to recapture those memories
Check out the Dutch film "Michiel de Ruyter" in which Hauer plays a 17th century aged Dutch war hero in a couple of scenes. I would have loved to have seen him play a number of roles as a wise old man for at least a few more years, because he looked great in that type of role, near the end of his life. Maybe he's in the trailer of that movie. The movie was made only a few years ago, so you may want to do a search on RUclips. It might have been his last appearance in a movie, but I'm not sure about that.
"I'll buy that for a dollar!!!". to this day, I still use that phrase. Some people get it, but most people (generations from 1990s onwards) just look at me all dumb-like. BEST PHRASE FROM A MOVIE EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sounds like youre the kinda guy I would get along with . I also say it all the time and almost no one has any idea what I'm taking about which makes me laugh.
first time i hear it was from my foreman on a jobsite. hadn't watched robocop yet. laughed my ass off when that scene popped up while watching the movie. 🤣
@@filipeamaral216 Good satire doesn't have to slap one in the face with winks and nods nor be critic-pleasing pretentious or deep. It can be subtle, like an afterthought, and is at its best when the subject matter presents itself with a linear, (seemingly innocent) underscore of 'seriousness'. The brilliance of "Network", "Thank you for Smoking", and "Wag the Dog" also come to mind. Verhoeven's cheerful 'Nazi youth' overtone, in tandem with his "Yoo vant gvuts und gore Amerika??!! - here it is 'een spades!" couldn't have been a more clever allegory to perpetual war-loving, socialist regimes. When I first saw "Idiocracy", my initial reaction was "it's a great horror movie", simply because the premise is quite plausible, and the beginnings already quite apparent (a fraction less) than 500 years hence. In short, most any film that leaves a permanent imprint triggering discussion years after the fact, has a unique degree of quality. In the very least, it becomes a 'cult classic'. As a masterpiece? That of course, can be subjective, based on one's interpretation.
It's just too bad he didn't have a story strong enough to stand on its own merits and chose to bastardize Heinleins story in order to capitalize on the name recognition.
Iconic director who has given us some of the most memorable and re-watchable films made. I'm a child from the 80's and its sad that nowadays there's no new iconic directors. I can't think of a young director that sticks out. All my favourites are the older ones including Paul Verhoeven.
They've F'd up most of the cool properties from our childhoods by making shitty remakes or sequels. I can't think of one they haven't. Robocop, Predator, Star Wars, Aliens, Terminator, just the ones I can think of right off the top of my head. So, I get where you're coming from. But, to be fair, it's hard for a young director to be considered "iconic" because they haven't made enough films to put them in that category. There's a few young directors out there who've made a few films that are all generally considered good.
They had a pretty nasty falling out during “Flesh + Blood”, but did make peace after several years. Paul even had kind words to say after Rutger passed in 2019 & spoke well of their collaborations
I think Verhoven's long-time cinematographer, Jost Vacano, deserves mention. I loved his solid camera work, and wonderfully balanced lighting. His mark on those movies is as relevant as the director's.
I have to agree!find something fun and stupid, then turn it up to 11!his movies are coo, the Invisible Man was good first time I saw it, then it fell apart later on since I mean the plot was about a small group of people with a cool concept, then its just dumb chasing scenes!
@@bernhardtsen74- I remember they had to cut out a violent rape scene. Part of that scene was still in the trailer. I believe Paul was most of all interested in the mental changes in the brain of the invisible man, like in Jeckyll & Mr.Hide, or in the movie Darkman. Violence, betrayal, power and abuse are some of Verhoeven's favorite themes, and I think he wanted it to be much more of a psychological thriller than a horror movie.
Have you seen Elle? It's one of his last films, in French, with Isabelle Huppert giving a fantastic performance and it's a brilliant thriller that should have had much more recognition than it did. Highly recommend if you haven't seen it.
It's a good thing that Paul made his Hollywood classics when he did, because there's absolutely no way that any American studio today, including Netflix, would allow him to make them the way that he did in the '80s and '80s. He's too original, too subversive, too daring ... too smart.
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I'm always disappointed when people I meet think Starship Troopers is just a dumb action movie. It is that on the surface, but the satirical undercurrent is pretty heavy handed and hard to miss in my opinion.
Tarantino actually doesn't get a pass. Everytime one of his films comes out we get subjected to endless pearl clutching think pieces by hack bloggers pretending to be outraged at the level of violence in his films
@@samuraijacques952 I don’t think is so much the level of his violence but rather the context of how it’s used. He definitely isn’t the most violent director working today.
WTF happened? He was slowly forced out of Hollywood... The man needs to come back and kick some risqué creativity back into movies to liven them up a bit.
Clearly you don't know what "forced out" actually means........Starship Troopers was the last American film he made that did anything...Showgirls was a massive bomb, Hollow Man was a bomb.... Just being the guy who made 3 movies that people like isn't enough for studios to want to continue funding movies especially when one was in 87, one was in 90 and one was in 92...He was NEVER an American director the majority of his work are European movies
Slowly forced out of Hollywood....sounds investing but has nothing to do with reality. He lost interest in making action spectacle and came (back ) to Europe to make more serious character driven pieces. Stop making shit up.
@@divBy0 is it just me or does the idea of a director needing Hollywood just seem like an example of Americans feeling like they automatically have the best film industry or the big films are the most important. There are great independent American films made that are kind of made outside of the Hollywood system
Modern Hollywoke would throw a hissy-fit if he dared to enter the state! Paul would probably make a film that satirizes the extremism in the USA, on both sides of the political spectrum: mind-control wokeness and fascist leader worship.
Same, he is the only "Shut up and take my money" director on my list. I hope Kamran Pasha is right, when he claimed Paul Verhoven is obsesively working on a movie about the first Crusade.
Starship Troopers is in my list of 100 best movies of all time, one of the few science fiction movies that truly never gets old, for me is just as good as Aliens, and both compose probably the best soldiers against aliens movies of all time (pretty specific category, but surprisingly big, and I love it), it is also one of the very few movies that keep moving higher on the list with time.
In a perfect world, Paul Veerhoven would've directed one of the Expendables movies. And James Cameron and John McTiernan would've directed the other 2.
It was great special effects wise, but so forgettable (Josh Brolin and Kim Dickens have major roles in this movie?!?!). I think there just wasn't enough Verhoeven world building. IMHO if the military pressuring the scientists and their motives was amped up, this could have been up there with The Thing and The Abyss (which could be done with existing footage and editing new scenes in as the original cast would not be needed to add... idk... maybe some scene of the Joint Chiefs deciding on how ethical this research is or if the POTUS should even be informed). The casting was a bit off for me too as KB and ES were associated with more coming of age and light hearted movies at the time, but that's more of a Me Problem; [their] performances were good. Anyway, that's me commenting my comments in the comments.
Especially when you get to why he’s practically banished from the scene. Spying on someone you work with and other shady dealings aren’t gonna make you look good even with stellar prior works
"he was born on his birthday" That's happened to everyone featured on these videos, is this a common thing that happens with people, or just people in the film industry.
I remember we bought tickets for another movie and snuck into robocop and just being blown away. His use of the media, and even commercials as exposition and world building has never been matched. I did not know he was up for Empire director. That gives me chills just thinking about that.
you gotta love how many people use the term "misogynistic" against people for featuring nude women in films. how exactly does using naked women in films mean he is prejudiced against women? huge groups of "organizations" have weaponized definition to better suit their narrative. war of semantics. NOT having ANY women in your film because you think they are just ALL bad actors is misogynistic. and loved the documentary, you did a great job.
The man really had an acumen for dark satirical films with “Robocop” & “Starship Troopers”. His Dutch films are also pretty good and Verhoeven has been thriving since returning to Europe for his work. It’s hard to keep momentum going in the studio system
A real-life Marshall Will Kane? (He came, he gave the people what they demanded, and after failing to have his back by them he left without looking back)
Pretty good..? Soldier of Orange is a masterpiece, Black Book is great, and older, very good ones like Spetters really touch your soul & hit hard as you become older; Theres so much more to Paul Verhoeven's work that you dont see initially....
Black Book was such an amazing... I saw it when it came out, and there are some parts of it that have stuck with me to this day. The hair bleaching scene for one (and not for the nudity) as well as the ending. When PV is really on point, he is memorable, Robocop, Total Recall, Black Book
Same. That kind of fictional world you just want to dive in to get more of it.... a series, a sequel, a video game, it doesn't matter, the setting deserves more.
This guys movies were special, they had a certain feel to them no one else can do, Starship troopers has to be one of the most underrated movies ever mostly because it's so misunderstood. It's a shame Showgirls killed his reputation and we didn't get to see any more sci fi classics from him, I know he had to have another gem left in him.
Just realized Paul Verhoeven is my favorite director, made all the movies i love the most as a kid i loved the violence, gore and nudity, as an adult i appreciated them as a commentary on contemporary culture.
Most people saw it then, don't worry. It's only pearl clutching critics and censorious fuckwads on the left and right that didn't. Nothing much has changed there eh?
u forgot to mention one thing, he began he carriere, when tv was still in black with a tv show called : Floris about knights in the middle ages and is so impressive, everyone watched it here in the netherlands , and it was also the debut of rutger hauer as Floris !
Back in the day before Blizzard Entertainment could do no wrong and I was a StarCraft junkie I would give favorably comparisons with Starship Trooper’s bugs race and StarCraft’s evil Zerg insect race. Good times. Wish those days could return. I also believe the folks at Blizzard credited Verhoeven in inspiring StarCraft.
Out of all the directors who have an iconic style to their work, Paul's is right up there with Tarantino and a few others for taking the most risks in the right ways where the payoffs feel so satisfying!
"You guys really think that Paul Verhoeven had a hard time taking off his clothes? I mean, he is Dutch." Well, that explains why I'm watching this video naked... 😳
@@davideoliveirapinheiro1096 I just want him to come back to direct an adaptation of a Philip K Dick short story or book. Long shot but he made Total Recall great
I pretty much love every movie he’s directed. I use to be a dancer and I actually never saw showgirls until I retired from dancing, I really enjoyed I didn’t realize everyone hated it.
@@Thespeedrap That's your opinion and you're welcome to it, but I couldn't disagree more. Him and Stanley Kubrick are my favorite directors of all time, but I'm not telling you you're wrong, it's your opinion. I get it, I'm like that with Christopher Nolen, most folks thinks he's really good, but I don't care for most of his work. It's art, it's subjective, it's cool to have different opinions.
I always thought that Starship Troopers was filmed from the viewpoint of a commercial ("would you like to know more?") and that all that is shown, including the acting, was filmed in a way to sell a product (the war). Even the main characters are cast like the beautiful people you see in commercials. Rico and Carmen look literally like sculpted Ken and Barbie dolls.
Agreed, transparent enough as propaganda, but invigorating and amusing enough that we're drawn into it and we see how we can be mobilised by it. It's a pity more people didn't take that to heart.
it was a very different beast than the novel, which was a political commentary purely.... the film shares the title and some basic ideas, but is a completely different animal.. not bad, simply different. Cheers!
His Dutch films are great. Turkish Delight, Soldier of Orange, Zwartboek (Black Book), The 4th Man, and yes, Spetters are all fantastic. Not enough of his fans have delved into his Dutch work!
I agree! All of his Dutch films original titles are in Dutch language (not just Zwartboek). The original titles of the movies you mention are: Turks Fruit, Soldaat van Oranje, Zwartboek, De Vierde Man, Spetters.
@@hansolo2121Yes, of course. I opted for the English titles so the recommendation would be easily digestible. When I saw Zwartboek in the theater it had its Dutch title, which is why I probably kept that one as it was intended.
_"It's like hiding the Mona Lisa in a tub of nacho cheese"_ Americans won't acknowledge a film that's directly critical of America...but soak it in schlock sci-fi sex & violence and we might just swallow it whole without chewing. _Robocop_ is a dense, immaculate thesis on corporatism, media, & Reagan's America. _Starship Troopers_ is a dense, immaculate critique on the American empire, nationalism, & the military industrial complex. Pauly V is subversive af.
It’s so sad he had to live through the bombings of The Netherlands as a boy. His parents were almost killed in one bombing, I couldn’t imagine that horror when I was a kid growing up in Louisiana.
Starship Troopers is one of the best, visceral, Sci Fi masterpieces that blows away most of the competition in so many areas, under the guise of "just hard core blood n guts movie", you have to watch it several times, to catch everything he does.
This man shaped my childhood. I played with my Robocop action figure in the back of my familys 82 Buick Skyhawk. Sparked my love for all science fiction and creativity.
I love PV's Starship Troopers as a satire and fun action movie, but it bugs me that the book (which he avoided reading) often gets lumped in with it. All the context that explains peoples rights and how the government works is thrown out in the movie, so people end up saying the book is pro-fascist without reading it.
Nah, they read it. Maybe they're oversimplifying, but you just can't take Heinlein's word for it. Calling out the fascist elements of the book long predates the movie. The world of the book doesn't superficially resemble what we think of as fascism. It's what more of what a very naive and peculiarly egalitarian fascist thinks fascism would look like, that is: not much like real world fascism. The book is a fantasy. Instead of getting the society in the book, someone trying to build that society would get the real life version of a totalitarian, militaristic, hypernationalist state. And with no bug-monsters from space to offload the tribalism on to, you'd probably find it very difficult to avoid the racist and sexist elements that always seem to get mixed in with that sort of thing. Heinlein *wasn't* looking at the reality of fascist states and saying "That seems good. That is how we should live." but he *was* voicing agreement with some pretty fascist ideas about how human society and psychology work.
@@paulsmart4672 There weren't even any Fascist states when the book came out. Everything was Democracy or Communism. Allied against Fascism and it shows.
Anyone else think the narrator of this series of videos is trying too hard? The vids are well produced, have good information, and are overall well made. But using 10+ different modulations to his voice makes him tedious to listen to, as if he doesn't believe the content and script are interesting enough on their own. Maybe it's just me, but I wanted to at least throw my two cents into the void of the comments section
I think a discussion of Paul Verhœven should start with Floris (1969),also starring Rutger Hauer. Blood+Steel AFAIK started out as a "Floris" script; Floris is so to say The Hobbit to "Blood+Steel" 's LOTR.
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I once wrote a letter to him, around the time of Hollow Man. He replied with an autographed picture. He is that effin awesome.
He always seems such a fun guy. Seeing him direct is enthralling, as he acts it out, like a big kid.
No shit?! Cool.
Verhoeven: This movie is a satire about sexism and misogyny.
Critics: this movie is disgusting because it’s sexist and misogynistic.
Tbh, the only movie I didn't like from Verhoeven was Showgirls, Striptease was actually more of a satire imo.
Yet those same critics applaud Cuties
@@regulustheron2565 Exactly!
tbf Verhoeven is a weird guy. He's actually said he really likes violence and sex, but he seems capable of indulging himself AND being satirical.
@@unluckytourist weird? Nah. Insane? Yes, but not asshole insane like James Mangold. I've heard plenty of his DVD commentaries to corroborate what you're saying. Then again, Showgirls and Basic Instinct don't feel pretentious like Cuties marketing did.
He's a legend no body makes Hollywood movies like him anymore
@@nicolausteslaus nobody!!!
Dredd (2012) was prettty close to a Verhoven movie
@@nicolausteslaus maybe tarantino but he started out in the 90s
he's railroaded by Hollywood because he's not woke
@@cartoonfan959 Robocop actually was a dredd movie first
I'd love to live in the reality where Paul Verhoeven's 'Empire Strikes Back' exists
David Lynch was considered for ROTJ too. He wasn't sure about the Ewoks...
Just make some Star Wars satirical ads and insert them at good points and Cgi in some Doom/Mortal Kombat style death scenes. Luke's hand is definitely needs gushing blood. You can also make Darth and other mask creatures say anything you want.
@@frenchyroastify Luke's hand not bleeding makes sense since lightsabers cautarize any wounds they make.... except from the very first scene we see them used in the original movie but it became a rule after that.
With Paul, Luke and Leia would have gone "all the way" in true explicit Game of Thrones style!
How can you live without underwear!!?
Is so awful to go by your day with your boonga galoomba schlocking around on your pants
Robocop was one of my favorite movies as a kid. Tried to name the family cat Robocop, but my mom said no, so Murphy it was!
Murphy, it's you!
Why not RoboCat?
RoboKitty
Paul would probably only approve of RoboPussy.
@@ThePoorBoy my favorite Bond flick 👍
Who else misses Rutger Hauer ? Not only was he an AMAZING actor ( in all languages) but he was one very gorgeous man even up until he died ! I Miss him ! 💕😢💕
Can’t believe he’s been gone for 2 years. The man was truly an amazing being; talented & also a kind soul who never spoke poorly of anyone. I recommend reading his memoir to recapture those memories
Check out the Dutch film "Michiel de Ruyter" in which Hauer plays a 17th century aged Dutch war hero in a couple of scenes. I would have loved to have seen him play a number of roles as a wise old man for at least a few more years, because he looked great in that type of role, near the end of his life.
Maybe he's in the trailer of that movie. The movie was made only a few years ago, so you may want to do a search on RUclips. It might have been his last appearance in a movie, but I'm not sure about that.
"Blind Fury" is one of my favorite flicks. Does not get enough exposure.
@@rmhartman You should check out Split Second if you didn't watched it already. Rutger's performance will blow your mind.
@@gagarin777 Split second was one of my favorite movies growing up, along with Blade runner and Robocop
"I'll buy that for a dollar!!!". to this day, I still use that phrase. Some people get it, but most people (generations from 1990s onwards) just look at me all dumb-like. BEST PHRASE FROM A MOVIE EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sounds like youre the kinda guy I would get along with . I also say it all the time and almost no one has any idea what I'm taking about which makes me laugh.
first time i hear it was from my foreman on a jobsite. hadn't watched robocop yet. laughed my ass off when that scene popped up while watching the movie. 🤣
it's also from smash tv.
Bitches leave...!
I usually go with "what's wrong with your nipples".
I have deep respect for this man, all his movies has became classic and unremakeable
'Starship Troopers' is a satirical masterpiece, as is 'Idiocracy'.
Same with Robocop.
In terms of satire, no. It missed the mark in so many levels. It's main value in on the action and special effects.
@@filipeamaral216 Good satire doesn't have to slap one in the face with winks and nods nor be critic-pleasing pretentious or deep. It can be subtle, like an afterthought, and is at its best when the subject matter presents itself with a linear, (seemingly innocent) underscore of 'seriousness'. The brilliance of "Network", "Thank you for Smoking", and "Wag the Dog" also come to mind. Verhoeven's cheerful 'Nazi youth' overtone, in tandem with his "Yoo vant gvuts und gore Amerika??!! - here it is 'een spades!" couldn't have been a more clever allegory to perpetual war-loving, socialist regimes. When I first saw "Idiocracy", my initial reaction was "it's a great horror movie", simply because the premise is quite plausible, and the beginnings already quite apparent (a fraction less) than 500 years hence. In short, most any film that leaves a permanent imprint triggering discussion years after the fact, has a unique degree of quality. In the very least, it becomes a 'cult classic'. As a masterpiece? That of course, can be subjective, based on one's interpretation.
Idiocracy is almost a documentary at this point.
It's just too bad he didn't have a story strong enough to stand on its own merits and chose to bastardize Heinleins story in order to capitalize on the name recognition.
Iconic director who has given us some of the most memorable and re-watchable films made. I'm a child from the 80's and its sad that nowadays there's no new iconic directors. I can't think of a young director that sticks out. All my favourites are the older ones including Paul Verhoeven.
Neil bloomkampf comes to mind. Same talent for world building
They've F'd up most of the cool properties from our childhoods by making shitty remakes or sequels. I can't think of one they haven't. Robocop, Predator, Star Wars, Aliens, Terminator, just the ones I can think of right off the top of my head. So, I get where you're coming from. But, to be fair, it's hard for a young director to be considered "iconic" because they haven't made enough films to put them in that category. There's a few young directors out there who've made a few films that are all generally considered good.
He's a Dutch hero. No matter whatever anyone says. He made great movies!
total recall , starship troopers, and robo cop ….super epic films ! much deeper films then people think .
He is happy being recognized for his amazing films in Europe. That´s more rewarding than Hollywood will ever be.
It’s sad he & Hauer never made another movie together.
My heart🥺💔
They had a pretty nasty falling out during “Flesh + Blood”, but did make peace after several years. Paul even had kind words to say after Rutger passed in 2019 & spoke well of their collaborations
He made literally dozens of episodes of the Dutch TV-series "Floris" with R.Hauer in the lead role.
They had a reunion of the Floris cast & main production team, which was genuinely moving. They were best of friends.
Thank you,Paul Verhoeven’s wife,for making sure he made Robocop!
I think Verhoven's long-time cinematographer, Jost Vacano, deserves mention. I loved his solid camera work, and wonderfully balanced lighting. His mark on those movies is as relevant as the director's.
Paul Verhoven is amazing. One of the best directors of all time.
I have to agree!find something fun and stupid, then turn it up to 11!his movies are coo, the Invisible Man was good first time I saw it, then it fell apart later on since I mean the plot was about a small group of people with a cool concept, then its just dumb chasing scenes!
@@bernhardtsen74- I remember they had to cut out a violent rape scene. Part of that scene was still in the trailer. I believe Paul was most of all interested in the mental changes in the brain of the invisible man, like in Jeckyll & Mr.Hide, or in the movie Darkman. Violence, betrayal, power and abuse are some of Verhoeven's favorite themes, and I think he wanted it to be much more of a psychological thriller than a horror movie.
@@bernhardtsen74 Verhoeven himself doesn't like HOLLOW MAN.
Have you seen Elle? It's one of his last films, in French, with Isabelle Huppert giving a fantastic performance and it's a brilliant thriller that should have had much more recognition than it did.
Highly recommend if you haven't seen it.
He is the reason why Robocop 2 is a serious downgrade without him.
It's a good thing that Paul made his Hollywood classics when he did, because there's absolutely no way that any American studio today, including Netflix, would allow him to make them the way that he did in the '80s and '80s. He's too original, too subversive, too daring ... too smart.
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"Why bother making it when we can just steal it?"
"No better way to steal money than free enterprise." -- Robocop
"I'd buy that for a dollar!"
His big 3 are such a huge influence on my appreciation for Sci Fi and Cyberpunk dystopia. And he's so creative. He blends cartoonist with visceral.
Starship Troopers was ahead of its time.
Loved that Movie
Ryan’s daughter 1970 was ahead of its time
It is still ahead of our time, unfortunately.
I'm always disappointed when people I meet think Starship Troopers is just a dumb action movie. It is that on the surface, but the satirical undercurrent is pretty heavy handed and hard to miss in my opinion.
I disagree. The book was better, his movie was more of a parody. Heinlein would have called it shit.
He was born on his birthday?
What a crazy coincidence, man.
Yeah I can't understand how Tarantino gets a pass on violence on screen but Paul was frown upon.
Different era
Tarantino came later and it's actually generally the sexually explicit stuff that got Verhoeven in trouble.
@Illuminator what have you put out?
Tarantino actually doesn't get a pass. Everytime one of his films comes out we get subjected to endless pearl clutching think pieces by hack bloggers pretending to be outraged at the level of violence in his films
@@samuraijacques952 I don’t think is so much the level of his violence but rather the context of how it’s used. He definitely isn’t the most violent director working today.
We need one of these videos for JOHN MCTIERNAN !!
(Director of Die hard 1 & 3, Hunt for Red October, 13th warrior, Last action hero and Predator)
No one gives Last Action Hero any love . I really enjoyed the movie.
After DHWAV, his films sucked, he later went to jail.
@@davideoliveirapinheiro1096 His momentum stalled, and, he tragically didn't recover, real bad.
@@feck2594 Somehow, it would outgross The Nightmare Before Christmas, really confusing.
@@davideoliveirapinheiro1096 Yeah, but, his early success couldn't really keep on track.
I'm almost positive Verhoeven had gotten lung cancer a long time ago, I'm glad he survived it and is doing okay, legendary director.
WTF happened? He was slowly forced out of Hollywood... The man needs to come back and kick some risqué creativity back into movies to liven them up a bit.
Except he is still doing that sort of work in Europe
Clearly you don't know what "forced out" actually means........Starship Troopers was the last American film he made that did anything...Showgirls was a massive bomb, Hollow Man was a bomb....
Just being the guy who made 3 movies that people like isn't enough for studios to want to continue funding movies especially when one was in 87, one was in 90 and one was in 92...He was NEVER an American director the majority of his work are European movies
Slowly forced out of Hollywood....sounds investing but has nothing to do with reality. He lost interest in making action spectacle and came (back ) to Europe to make more serious character driven pieces. Stop making shit up.
@@divBy0 is it just me or does the idea of a director needing Hollywood just seem like an example of Americans feeling like they automatically have the best film industry or the big films are the most important. There are great independent American films made that are kind of made outside of the Hollywood system
Modern Hollywoke would throw a hissy-fit if he dared to enter the state!
Paul would probably make a film that satirizes the extremism in the USA, on both sides of the political spectrum: mind-control wokeness and fascist leader worship.
Paulie V can do no harm in my eyes. One of the greats.
Sounds like you haven't watched _Showgirls_ yet 😅
@@runi5413 I actually love Showgirls. For all the reasons stated in the video pretty much
Same, he is the only "Shut up and take my money" director on my list. I hope Kamran Pasha is right, when he claimed Paul Verhoven is obsesively working on a movie about the first Crusade.
My Top 3 Movie's of his are
1- Total Recall
2- Robo Cop
3- Starship Troopers
My top 3 movies of his are brief encounter 1945 Laurence of Arabia 1962 dr zhivago 1965
1-Starship Troopers
2-Robo Cop
3-Total Recall
@@Chief_5 Seconded 👍🎬
I didn't enjoy Hollow man. Seeing Kevin Bacon's genitals both without skin and then with red and green thermograph colors. Just too much.
@@danfors1333 I understand
Thank you for this brillant documentry and also for Big Paul ! 👍🙏♥️
Verhoeven directing The Empire Strikes Back? Oh god, we can only dream of how that would have panned out.
Starship Troopers is in my list of 100 best movies of all time, one of the few science fiction movies that truly never gets old, for me is just as good as Aliens, and both compose probably the best soldiers against aliens movies of all time (pretty specific category, but surprisingly big, and I love it), it is also one of the very few movies that keep moving higher on the list with time.
Paul Verhoeven is an absolute legend
Agreed!
No disagreement from me
Hell yes
Robocop is PERFECT. I love Robocop so much.
In a perfect world, Paul Veerhoven would've directed one of the Expendables movies. And James Cameron and John McTiernan would've directed the other 2.
Simon West is way better than Michael Bay, except, monetarily.
In a perfect world Paul Verhoeven would've handled the Terminator sequels.
I still think Hollow man wasnt horrible and bad like many people says, it was ok
I mean how often do you see a breast get felt up by an invisible hand?
It was... fine. Forgettable, but fine. It is just that just fine doesn't cut it when you are Verhoeven.
Hollow man was no masterpiece but it wasn't as bad as people say it was. Compared to half the crap they make today it was pretty good.
It was great special effects wise, but so forgettable (Josh Brolin and Kim Dickens have major roles in this movie?!?!). I think there just wasn't enough Verhoeven world building. IMHO if the military pressuring the scientists and their motives was amped up, this could have been up there with The Thing and The Abyss (which could be done with existing footage and editing new scenes in as the original cast would not be needed to add... idk... maybe some scene of the Joint Chiefs deciding on how ethical this research is or if the POTUS should even be informed). The casting was a bit off for me too as KB and ES were associated with more coming of age and light hearted movies at the time, but that's more of a Me Problem; [their] performances were good. Anyway, that's me commenting my comments in the comments.
It was a great movie
Do a “WTF happened to John McTiernan”. That one should be interesting enough.
Especially when you get to why he’s practically banished from the scene. Spying on someone you work with and other shady dealings aren’t gonna make you look good even with stellar prior works
yes please
Who????
@@moow950 Google, my friend. Try using Google.
"he was born on his birthday" That's happened to everyone featured on these videos, is this a common thing that happens with people, or just people in the film industry.
I like the content of these video's but i loathe that this narrator always tells the same jokes over and over
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@@eddead4235 I like that part though
I remember when Robocop first came out it was called poor mans terminator. I think history has redeemed all his movies to be classics
Not all people, just baby-people.
(Quote from the animated series Archer)
Really wish he got to make the Crusades film with Arnold Schwarzenegger!
More than conan 3
that sounds god awful........Nothing sounds good about a movie about the crusades starring a guy from Austria with a thick Austrian accent.
We got "Kingdom of Heaven" from Ridley Scott, that's good enough.
@@lutherheggs451 ever hear the pitch for srgt rock ? Ww2 hero starring Arnold? Lol. That's even worse
@@lutherheggs451 - As a duck with a speech impediment, Donald Duck once played the role of Adolph Hitler, so why not?
I remember we bought tickets for another movie and snuck into robocop and just being blown away. His use of the media, and even commercials as exposition and world building has never been matched. I did not know he was up for Empire director. That gives me chills just thinking about that.
I was about 12 years old
you gotta love how many people use the term "misogynistic" against people for featuring nude women in films. how exactly does using naked women in films mean he is prejudiced against women? huge groups of "organizations" have weaponized definition to better suit their narrative. war of semantics. NOT having ANY women in your film because you think they are just ALL bad actors is misogynistic. and loved the documentary, you did a great job.
after making Starship Troopers you don’t really need to continue , you’ve already won the game. Awesome director
The man really had an acumen for dark satirical films with “Robocop” & “Starship Troopers”. His Dutch films are also pretty good and Verhoeven has been thriving since returning to Europe for his work. It’s hard to keep momentum going in the studio system
Awesome.
He came to America, gave America what it wanted, in ways it didn't expected, then left like a cowboy with no name. Good guy
A real-life Marshall Will Kane? (He came, he gave the people what they demanded, and after failing to have his back by them he left without looking back)
Pretty good..? Soldier of Orange is a masterpiece, Black Book is great, and older, very good ones like Spetters really touch your soul & hit hard as you become older; Theres so much more to Paul Verhoeven's work that you dont see initially....
Black Book was such an amazing... I saw it when it came out, and there are some parts of it that have stuck with me to this day.
The hair bleaching scene for one (and not for the nudity) as well as the ending.
When PV is really on point, he is memorable, Robocop, Total Recall, Black Book
Showgirls: I'd buy that for a dollar!
🔥🤣
You would be overpaying
I love Showgirls
Absolutely trash jaja
Total Recall Is One Of My Absolute Favorite Movies.
Same. That kind of fictional world you just want to dive in to get more of it.... a series, a sequel, a video game, it doesn't matter, the setting deserves more.
Open your mind.
Brilliant film
Doctor zhivago 1965 rod Steiger Omar sharif sir Alec Guinness sir Ralph Richardson
Just several stratospheres ahead of the directors of today.
And I'd forgotten how mesmerising Rutger Hauer was.
This guys movies were special, they had a certain feel to them no one else can do, Starship troopers has to be one of the most underrated movies ever mostly because it's so misunderstood. It's a shame Showgirls killed his reputation and we didn't get to see any more sci fi classics from him, I know he had to have another gem left in him.
Just realized Paul Verhoeven is my favorite director, made all the movies i love the most as a kid i loved the violence, gore and nudity, as an adult i appreciated them as a commentary on contemporary culture.
It's sad people didnt realize his genius until now
Now? Get real
Most people saw it then, don't worry. It's only pearl clutching critics and censorious fuckwads on the left and right that didn't. Nothing much has changed there eh?
@@MadGeorgeProductions probably my top 3 directors of all time
True genius. So happy I grew up with his work. We're blessed to grow up in these times people. Recognize it when you see it.
I agree, showgirls is a Masterpiece!!
u forgot to mention one thing, he began he carriere, when tv was still in black with a tv show called : Floris about knights in the middle ages and is so impressive, everyone watched it here in the netherlands , and it was also the debut of rutger hauer as Floris !
My dad always talked about it
*Proud of my fellow countryman!*
Back in the day before Blizzard Entertainment could do no wrong and I was a StarCraft junkie I would give favorably comparisons with Starship Trooper’s bugs race and StarCraft’s evil Zerg insect race. Good times. Wish those days could return. I also believe the folks at Blizzard credited Verhoeven in inspiring StarCraft.
I do hope he does one more Hollywood film so he finally gets the credit he deserves. One of my favourite directors by far!
He gets enough credit where it counts. He is getting also more than enough love and respect outside of America.
Just take a look at the comment section,filled with positivety about him and the movies
Out of all the directors who have an iconic style to their work, Paul's is right up there with Tarantino and a few others for taking the most risks in the right ways where the payoffs feel so satisfying!
@Illuminator go cry about it on rotten tomatoes. Nobody cares here.
@Illuminator I didn't say you did, and ironically you just did attack me via an ad hominem. Reading comprehension is clearly not your strength.
@Illuminator see how you keep calling me names and triggered you are? 🤣🤡
Just imagine how awesome 'Crusade' could be ! A big comeback for Arnie and Paul. I can only hope 😆
I wish we could’ve seen that movie! Much like Kubrick’s Napoleon project, we’ll never ever see it
You really knocked this out of the park. Congratz to you. Brilliant video.
"You guys really think that Paul Verhoeven had a hard time taking off his clothes? I mean, he is Dutch."
Well, that explains why I'm watching this video naked... 😳
Do.. Americans just imagine us stripping naked all the time?
@@bavtie1 the netherlands: worlds largest nudist colony
@@Windwalker88 of course, of course
wouldn't wanna be seen wearing clothes outside, that'd be awkward
That's because if it's not Dutch, it's not much.
Great!
Now I want to see RoboCop, Total Recall and Starship Troopers all at once!
Showgirls is a satirical masterpiece.
How can anyone watch it and think it's anything else
Also gershon's performance is amazing
@@ronniejdio9411 Gina was so good
@@juliajones2318 always is
The rape scene was horrific
_Showgirls_ - for all it's flaws - is a masterpiece of dynamic, kinetic action direction & editing.
I think Showgirls was flawed with the script and the screenplay but PV did what he could making some magic along the way.
Many are stuck by saying that he is the director that made SHOWGIRLS and then went to obscurity. They are so wrong!
This is the stuff I needed today. A great look at an artist. Thanks!
Starship troopets blew my little 7yo mind when i saw it in '97 and that was awesome.
In which we serve 1942 blew my mind when I saw it in theatre company in Surrey England
Heck I was 16 and felt the same way , still enjoy it today.
I was 17 fuckwad
Its pronaunced paul ver who ven im dutch lol, Awesome video!
Thank God for Paul Verhoeven!
One of my biggest regrets is not buying that Paul Verhoven DVD box set from the early 2000s. Damn!
What films were in it?
@@NeoConnor1 His early Dutch films. Business Is Business, Turkish Delight, Keetje Tippel, Soldier of Orange, and The Fourth Man. Sadly, no Spetters.
But DVD's are outdated technology now.
@@brucenator His early work isn't readily available on DVD, Blu-ray, or streaming
Dammit I'd wish he'd come back to directing in America!
His movie “Elle” was amazing!
@@davideoliveirapinheiro1096
I just want him to come back to direct an adaptation of a Philip K Dick short story or book. Long shot but he made Total Recall great
He already did it, crushed it, stomped on it, and now it’s our destiny.
He directer america
He made Starship Troopers and Robocop and america looks like both now
What a superb episode you produced JoBlo...Pauly V is a bad ass and one of my top favorite directors to ever step into the medium.
Robocop blew my 16 yo mind when it released. SO amazing.
Starship Troopers is one of my fa vourites. It was the first DVD I ever bought. Went through every extra feature. What a gem!
Crazy, as I JUST watched Hollow Man last night on HULU.
I pretty much love every movie he’s directed. I use to be a dancer and I actually never saw showgirls until I retired from dancing, I really enjoyed I didn’t realize everyone hated it.
He was Quentin Tarantino before there was a Quentin Tarantino.
Of Course Tarantino a hack to begin with he steals way too many grindhouse and Blaxplotation films that are better than his crap💩
@@Thespeedrap That's your opinion and you're welcome to it, but I couldn't disagree more. Him and Stanley Kubrick are my favorite directors of all time, but I'm not telling you you're wrong, it's your opinion. I get it, I'm like that with Christopher Nolen, most folks thinks he's really good, but I don't care for most of his work. It's art, it's subjective, it's cool to have different opinions.
@@guybroyles48 I feel ya there his Dark Knight is totally overrated still like Tim Burton's version better.
@@guybroyles48 Kubrick better though.
@@guybroyles48 Tarantino shouldn't be compared to Kubrick.Kubrick was his own.
whats the name of the song at 8:15? the ohoho oooh ohohoh song lel
I always thought that Starship Troopers was filmed from the viewpoint of a commercial ("would you like to know more?") and that all that is shown, including the acting, was filmed in a way to sell a product (the war). Even the main characters are cast like the beautiful people you see in commercials. Rico and Carmen look literally like sculpted Ken and Barbie dolls.
LMAO you're right about the barbie doll thing. That crossed my mind before, but not with those words 😂🤣
Agreed, transparent enough as propaganda, but invigorating and amusing enough that we're drawn into it and we see how we can be mobilised by it. It's a pity more people didn't take that to heart.
It's more an idealized world of good and bad if you ask me.
it was a very different beast than the novel, which was a political commentary purely.... the film shares the title and some basic ideas, but is a completely different animal.. not bad, simply different. Cheers!
Startship troopers was absolute gold. Please please make another one.
Can you do Terry Gilliam next he needs it BADLY.
One of my top 5 favorite directors of all time
Love Robocop. And I enjoy part 2 as well.
His Dutch films are great. Turkish Delight, Soldier of Orange, Zwartboek (Black Book), The 4th Man, and yes, Spetters are all fantastic. Not enough of his fans have delved into his Dutch work!
I agree! All of his Dutch films original titles are in Dutch language (not just Zwartboek). The original titles of the movies you mention are: Turks Fruit, Soldaat van Oranje, Zwartboek, De Vierde Man, Spetters.
@@hansolo2121Yes, of course. I opted for the English titles so the recommendation would be easily digestible. When I saw Zwartboek in the theater it had its Dutch title, which is why I probably kept that one as it was intended.
_"It's like hiding the Mona Lisa in a tub of nacho cheese"_
Americans won't acknowledge a film that's directly critical of America...but soak it in schlock sci-fi sex & violence and we might just swallow it whole without chewing.
_Robocop_ is a dense, immaculate thesis on corporatism, media, & Reagan's America.
_Starship Troopers_ is a dense, immaculate critique on the American empire, nationalism, & the military industrial complex.
Pauly V is subversive af.
Brilliant film maker, underrated, misunderstood and never given the credit he deserves.
It’s so sad he had to live through the bombings of The Netherlands as a boy. His parents were almost killed in one bombing, I couldn’t imagine that horror when I was a kid growing up in Louisiana.
The ww2 kids I talked to were more terrified of being separated from their parents than anything. Most have said it was quite exciting
Belgium has Jean claud Van Dammen. The Netherlands has Paul Verhoeven and Rutger Hauer.
Belgium has the best Dutch language television shows. Tabula Rasa, Beau Séjour, Undercover, to name a few.
Total Recall was awesome. It was action packed, funny, futuristic, and weird.
Starship Troopers is one of the best, visceral, Sci Fi masterpieces that blows away most of the competition in so many areas, under the guise of "just hard core blood n guts movie", you have to watch it several times, to catch everything he does.
I forgot Sharon Stone's character in Basic Instinct was questioned on suspicion of mail fraud, wtf?
I forgot sir John mills was in The happy freed 1944 was questioned and a cameo for Laurence Oliver
They should do a video on her!
This man shaped my childhood. I played with my Robocop action figure in the back of my familys 82 Buick Skyhawk. Sparked my love for all science fiction and creativity.
I love PV's Starship Troopers as a satire and fun action movie, but it bugs me that the book (which he avoided reading) often gets lumped in with it. All the context that explains peoples rights and how the government works is thrown out in the movie, so people end up saying the book is pro-fascist without reading it.
Sir David lean wins a Oscar for best director in Lawrence of Arabia
Nah, they read it. Maybe they're oversimplifying, but you just can't take Heinlein's word for it. Calling out the fascist elements of the book long predates the movie.
The world of the book doesn't superficially resemble what we think of as fascism. It's what more of what a very naive and peculiarly egalitarian fascist thinks fascism would look like, that is: not much like real world fascism.
The book is a fantasy. Instead of getting the society in the book, someone trying to build that society would get the real life version of a totalitarian, militaristic, hypernationalist state.
And with no bug-monsters from space to offload the tribalism on to, you'd probably find it very difficult to avoid the racist and sexist elements that always seem to get mixed in with that sort of thing.
Heinlein *wasn't* looking at the reality of fascist states and saying "That seems good. That is how we should live." but he *was* voicing agreement with some pretty fascist ideas about how human society and psychology work.
Is Fascism even bad when Democracy is happening right now?
@@paulsmart4672 There weren't even any Fascist states when the book came out. Everything was Democracy or Communism. Allied against Fascism and it shows.
@@dansmith1661 If you think someone would read your replies and become *less* likely to think Starship Troopers is faacist that's weird.
I want to see him come back for more total recall, robocop and starship troopers
Anyone else think the narrator of this series of videos is trying too hard? The vids are well produced, have good information, and are overall well made. But using 10+ different modulations to his voice makes him tedious to listen to, as if he doesn't believe the content and script are interesting enough on their own. Maybe it's just me, but I wanted to at least throw my two cents into the void of the comments section
Everyone wants them to change the narrator
I personally like his narration
I think a discussion of Paul Verhœven should start with Floris (1969),also starring Rutger Hauer.
Blood+Steel AFAIK started out as a "Floris" script; Floris is so to say The Hobbit to "Blood+Steel" 's LOTR.
Showgirls doesn't seem like something Pam Anderson would turn down. Have you SEEN some of her movies?
and as terrible as her movies are, none of them are like literal softcore porno......Barbwire was a god awful remake of Casablanca
Can Pam even act just saying😋😉
The guy who ended up directing Empire (Irvin Kershner) also directed Robocop 2.
The only person to direct a Star Wars, James Bond and Robocop movie.
Paul is a genius. I absolutely love his movies. Love him
Awsome videoooo!
Jeeeez, every 3 minutes a commercial, it’s worse than television nowadays..
Can someone tell me the theme playing at 18:27 ?????????