turtlespeed 212 #1 August 13, 2013 I liked the books, Much preferred Enders Shadow to Enders Game, but if I hadn't read EG first, who knows . . . [urlhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP0cUBi4hwE]Anyway, here's the trailer [/url]. . . it has some pretty big names in the cast. [urlhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UNWLgY-wuo]Trailer 2[/url]I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NorrinRadd 0 #2 August 13, 2013 Not giving a single cent of my hard earned money to Orson Scott Card.Why drive myself crazy trying to be normal, when I am already at crazy? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GooniesKid 0 #3 August 13, 2013 turtlespeedI liked the books, Much preferred Enders Shadow to Enders Game, but if I hadn't read EG first, who knows . . . [urlhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP0cUBi4hwE]Anyway, here's the trailer [/url]. . . it has some pretty big names in the cast. [urlhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UNWLgY-wuo]Trailer 2[/url] Meh Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #4 August 13, 2013 According to OSC, the movie is a mashup of Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow because the movie format needed the outside perspective of Bean to tell the story (too much of Ender's Game is internal dialogue). And yes, very much looking forward to it! Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 212 #5 August 13, 2013 livendiveAccording to OSC, the movie is a mashup of Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow because the movie format needed the outside perspective of Bean to tell the story (too much of Ender's Game is internal dialogue). And yes, very much looking forward to it! Blues, Dave That is what OSC said in his interview at the end of both those books. will I be disappointed if I read Speaker for the Dead?I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livendive 8 #6 August 13, 2013 turtlespeed***According to OSC, the movie is a mashup of Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow because the movie format needed the outside perspective of Bean to tell the story (too much of Ender's Game is internal dialogue). And yes, very much looking forward to it! Blues, Dave That is what OSC said in his interview at the end of both those books. will I be disappointed if I read Speaker for the Dead? Not at all. I just got done with Speaker for the Dead for the third time, though I'm not bothering to revisit Xenocide or Children of the Mind (once was enough for me on those). Blues, Dave"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!" (drink Mountain Dew) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 3 #7 August 13, 2013 Not seeing anything particularly interesting from watching the trailers. Never read the books. Just based on the trailer this doesn't seem like something I'd be interested in watching. I'm really growing weary of stories where the hero has to save the world. I'm really, REALLY getting weary of him doing it by what looks like remote control. The problem with stories like that is there's absolutely nothing about them I can take away and use in life to make me a better person. It's just a basic theory of story and maybe my own baggage I have to deal with. Maybe there's something else to the books and I'm not seeing it in the trailers. I dunno.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 212 #8 August 13, 2013 quadeNot seeing anything particularly interesting from watching the trailers. Never read the books. Just based on the trailer this doesn't seem like something I'd be interested in watching. I'm really growing weary of stories where the hero has to save the world. I'm really, REALLY getting weary of him doing it by what looks like remote control. The problem with stories like that is there's absolutely nothing about them I can take away and use in life to make me a better person. It's just a basic theory of story and maybe my own baggage I have to deal with. Maybe there's something else to the books and I'm not seeing it in the trailers. I dunno. You might want to read the book synopsis.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NorrinRadd 0 #9 August 13, 2013 Well the books were probably the first of those remote control save the world stories. They were reasonably well written, though not my favourite. I got a much better charge from the Heinlein book Starship Troopers (definitely the book, NOT the movie), and it was making similar statements about xeonocide, dehumanization of people in war, and the political state. I would suggest Starship Troopers well in advance of Ender's Game. (again, the books, not the movies) And Heinlein was not a total homophobic douchebag.Why drive myself crazy trying to be normal, when I am already at crazy? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #10 August 13, 2013 Quotea total homophobic douchebag. Card is a LDS (Mormon), so it's not surprising that his views correspond with that of his Church. I enjoyed Ender's series when I was a kid. I'm afraid to re-read them prior to the movie, because I'm afraid I will hate it as an adult.Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #11 August 13, 2013 NorrinRaddNot giving a single cent of my hard earned money to Orson Scott Card. Yeah.. that is indeed a conundrum. I will go see the movie... just to see how assinine that aspect of it can get... while holding my nose Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 3 #12 August 13, 2013 turtlespeedYou might want to read the book synopsis. Just read this one. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enders_game#Synopsis Acts one and two appear to be a complete rip-off of "Starship Troopers," but without the naked chicks in the shower scene. (So, who needs that?) I do like the idea of the act three solution where we find out the kid isn't simply a genocidal manic, feels some remorse and does a bit of a reboot, but man it seems like that's a long way to go. At least it FEELS like that's act three. If it's the mid-point "turn" of the story I didn't see enough behind it to fill out all the way to the end. Okay, yeah, I might go see this now just to see how they're going to deal with that.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #13 August 14, 2013 I think I've read that book, but its been years, hell probably at least 2 decades. I thought I had it, but looked and found that I've got Orson Scott Card's Xenocide book, which if I recall, was a good read as well."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 38 #14 August 14, 2013 I've been so looking forward to it since I heard about it months ago! I'm glad to hear that they will bring Bean's viewpoint in, because I, too, liked all the parallequels at least as much as the stories from Ender's view.lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,384 #15 August 14, 2013 quade Just read this one. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enders_game#Synopsis Acts one and two appear to be a complete rip-off of "Starship Troopers," but without the naked chicks in the shower scene. (So, who needs that?) Hell, that was the only memorable part."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SecondRound 0 #16 August 14, 2013 I saw it(the book) more as a story of a society who in desperation finds the best and the brightest then in a calculating manner forges them into tools to serve the needs of that society. The twist comes in the tools becoming the masters of society using all they were trained to do. I will be seeing it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 14 #17 August 14, 2013 quade Not seeing anything particularly interesting from watching the trailers. My wife and youngest daughter are familiar with the book(s) and look forward to the movie. I, for one, am CGI'ed to death, and would just like a plain old movie about people and funny stuff. BTW, watched "42" tonight. Great movie, nicely done period piece. It didn't spend long in the theaters, which I think was a shame. Nice dramatization of an important piece of American history. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiver30960 0 #18 August 14, 2013 Some friends and I were discussing this from a "can't wait to see it vs. sacred ground never to be desecrated" point of discussion. My guess is that a) I will go and then b) I will wish I hadn't Elvisio "sacred ground ain't just for Highlander fans" Rodriguez Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,123 #19 August 14, 2013 QuoteMy wife and youngest daughter are familiar with the book(s) and look forward to the movie. I, for one, am CGI'ed to death, and would just like a plain old movie about people and funny stuff. BTW, watched "42" tonight. Great movie, nicely done period piece. It didn't spend long in the theaters, which I think was a shame. Nice dramatization of an important piece of American history. +1 Though just saw "Two Guns" which was pretty entertaining. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,255 #20 August 14, 2013 quade***You might want to read the book synopsis. Just read this one. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enders_game#Synopsis Acts one and two appear to be a complete rip-off of "Starship Troopers," but without the naked chicks in the shower scene. (So, who needs that?) Ender's Game actually has a lot of naked children scenes, in and out of the shower. Probably wouldn't play so well on the big screen though.Do you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 3 #21 August 14, 2013 Well...that's pretty creepy.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 3 #22 August 14, 2013 JohnMitchell ***Not seeing anything particularly interesting from watching the trailers. My wife and youngest daughter are familiar with the book(s) and look forward to the movie. I, for one, am CGI'ed to death, and would just like a plain old movie about people and funny stuff. BTW, watched "42" tonight. Great movie, nicely done period piece. It didn't spend long in the theaters, which I think was a shame. Nice dramatization of an important piece of American history. So, you think there wasn't any CGI in "42"? Shows you how good it can be when it's trying to be real. Very few films today don't have CGI in them in one way or another. Wanna see something amazing? http://vimeo.com/68451324quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trafficdiver 8 #23 August 15, 2013 turtlespeedI liked the books, Much preferred Enders Shadow to Enders Game, but if I hadn't read EG first, who knows . . . [urlhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP0cUBi4hwE]Anyway, here's the trailer [/url]. . . it has some pretty big names in the cast. [urlhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UNWLgY-wuo]Trailer 2[/url] Read the books in college and loved them. I have not seen a movie in a few years, I may see this. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldwomanc6 38 #24 August 15, 2013 JohnMitchell ***Not seeing anything particularly interesting from watching the trailers. My wife and youngest daughter are familiar with the book(s) and look forward to the movie. I, for one, am CGI'ed to death, and would just like a plain old movie about people and funny stuff. I only go to the movies about 2x decade, but this one, I'll probably go and see it on the big screen. But then again, I love all of the Ender books. I like pretty much all of OSC's books.lisa WSCR 594 FB 1023 CBDB 9 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SethInMI 145 #25 August 15, 2013 I loved his books back in the day, up to and including the Alvin Maker series. Pisses me off the man has turned into bat-shit crazy crackpot.It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
