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** Early versions of the script before Verhoeven's involvement had the terraforming device on Mars being a giant sphinx with the implication that the AncientAstronauts that built it also made the one in Egypt to serve the same purpose. Ronald Shusett's inspiration for the Martian Sphinx was influenced by the then-recent photos of the cryptic "Face on Mars" taken by ''Viking'' lander, but Vehoeven strongly believed the sphinx was too far-fetched and the Face on Mars only a matter of light and shadow (with history being on his side on that) and was changed into a pyramid.

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** Early versions of the script before Verhoeven's involvement had the terraforming device on Mars being a giant alien sphinx with the implication that the AncientAstronauts that built behind it also made the one in Egypt to serve the same purpose. Ronald Shusett's inspiration for the Martian Sphinx was influenced by the then-recent photos of the cryptic "Face on Mars" taken by ''Viking'' lander, the ''Viking 1'', but Vehoeven strongly believed found the sphinx was too far-fetched and believed the Face on Mars to be only a matter of light and shadow (with history being on his side on that) illusion (which ultimately turned out to be the case) and thus was changed into a pyramid.pyramidal mountain.
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** Early versions of the script before Verhoeven's involvement had the terraforming device on Mars being a giant sphinx with the implication that the AncientAstronauts that built it also made the one in Egypt to serve the same purpose. Ronald Shusett's inspiration for the Martian Sphinx was influenced by the then-recent photos of the cryptic "Face on Mars" taken by ''Viking'' lander, but Vehoeven strongly believed the sphinx was too far-fetched and the Face on Mars only a matter of light and shadow (with history being on his side on that) and was changed into a pyramid.

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