 The name "Starship Troopers" was licensed for an unrelated, B movie script called "Bug Hunt at Outpost Nine", which was then retitled to benefit from the book's credibility.The resulting film, entitled "Starship Troopers" (1997), which was written by Ed Neumeier and directed by Paul Verhoeven, had little relationship to the book, beyond the inclusion of character names, the depiction of space marines, and the concept of suffrage earned by military service.Fans of Heinlein were critical of the movie, which they considered a betrayal of Heinlein's philosophy, presenting the society in which the story takes place as fascist.