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Christopher Nolan Calls Zack Snyder’s ‘Watchmen’ a Film ‘Ahead of Its Time’: It Should Have Been Released Post-‘Avengers’ (www.indiewire.com)
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[–] someguy3 90 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (16 children)

I've wondered what the reception to Starship Troopers would have been if it was released 10 years later in 2007, as the US was bogged down in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Instead it was released during the era of dumb action movies and was treated as such.

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