I first read "SST" in grade school, not so many years after the book was published. I loved the book then and love it now. But I cannot say the same of the movie. A great many Heinlein and SF devotees eagerly awaited the film based on the naive expectation that the movie would resemble the book. But the director said publicly after reading all of 40 pages, "This is not the film I want to make." Well, he should have made something else.It's regrettable that Heinlein's estate signed with Verhoeven. Apart from the near absence of the book's philosophical basis, much of the "factual" aspects are lacking: Skinnies are absent; Bugs excrete their own highspeed plasma (or something) into space; no bio-mechanicals; on & on.Despite the many lapses, this is an enjoyable film to watch. By that, I mean "To Look At." The leading characters are extremely cinematic; Denise Richards is an absolute Babe; Caspar gets girls glassy-eyed.And that's about all you can say for SST: The Movie.