Published Oct 28, 2026, 4:33 AM EDT

Brian VanHooker is a Pop Culture Writer specializing in Celebrity Interviews and In-Depth Oral Histories in the areas of Comedy, TV, Film, Cartoons, Comic Books, 80s/90s Nostalgia, Fatherhood, Retro Games and Food (especially Pizza). He was the Senior Features Writer at Cracked and a Staff Writer at MEL. He has written for Inverse, Inside Hook, Maxim, Men's Health, Fatherly, SFGate and more. He's the co-creator of the comic book/cartoon Barnum & Elwood and The Tramp, an award-winning comedy pilot starring John O’Hurley. He also hosts a TMNT interview podcast called Turtle Tracks and was once called a “Good Guy” by Mr. T.

But it's about to leave Netflix

Paul Verhoeven's misunderstood sci-fi masterpiece is still as sharp as ever

Image: Tristar Pictures/Everett Collection

When legendary director Paul Verhoeven's space action epic arrived in theaters 29 years ago, a lot of people didn’t get it . While the original 1959 novel by Robert A.…