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I only just heard about this today and I must confess, I find this news quite foreboding. I loved Ender's Game growing up and regardless of what a nut OSC might be, you have to admit that the guy can create a damn compelling world. I can only imagine that many of the posters on TL have read and enjoyed Ender's Game as well. Not to mention that the sequel to Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, is even better than the original in my opinion.
Just for some context, Ender's Game is a story in an alternate future where zerg-like aliens, called the "buggers" or "Formics" have attacked humanity twice, once on a human exploration ship and a second time on the Earth itself. They wiped out a huge chunk of the human population with one attack but the humans were able to fend them off. The premise is that humanity has united all nations against the alien threat and are preparing for the next big fight with the aliens. They send the youngest, brightest children of all the countries of the world into space to prepare for war. There, these children (very young children mind you. Some are five years old and even when Ender is a commander in Battle School he is only nine or something) are trained toward the aims of becoming military strategists who can lead the human race in war. The story follows the best and the brightest (supposedly) of all the human children in the world, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin, and his rise through Battle School and beyond that. It's a really easy read, so for anyone who doesn't read much but would enjoy something that is very thoroughly thought out and in my opinion very entertaining, this could be a good book for you.
The Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ender's_game
I don't expect an exact depiction of the novel. Film makers can't possibly do that. I know that. I know Ender and Bean will be older than they are described and stuff like that. I know things are going to be wrong. Things are going to be rushed. I've accepted this, but still, I just can't see this movie being good. I hope it is but I can't see it. The child actors giving serious lines in very serious contexts almost seems comical in my mind. And finding child actors good enough in the first place... and of many different cultures too... They aren't going to be that picky I expect. I just don't want the movie to be so bad that people don't want to read the book because of how laughable the movie was. I don't want the movie to make the book into a joke.
http://www.firstshowing.net/2011/gavin-hoods-enders-game-adaptation-set-for-march-2013-release/
Personally, I don't like the Harry Potter movies but I know a lot of people do. And I think Harry Potter is different from Ender's Game in that even though it is very different from the book in terms of content, it is still the same sort of tone (I don't know if this is the right word) of lightheartedness and the joys of youth. The child actors really help cultivate this sort of feeling for those movies, but Harry Potter is not Ender's Game, often described as a sort of dark, political fiction. Ohhh, I just can't see it.
But I'm still going to check it out when it comes out I suppose. Anyone else an Ender's Game fan? Thoughts? Expectations?
News About Finding the Actor for Ender
http://www.avclub.com/articles/enders-game-movie-finds-its-ender,65398/
The Movie Update Site:
http://endersgamemovie.blogspot.com/
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This is a good sign to me.
"Following the departure of Petersen from the project and Card's self-described refusal to "condescend to green-screen Hollywood,..."
Maybe the movie will have good ole fashioned hand made sets and models ala Star Wars.
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oh no, hope they don't butcher it.. I love Ender's Game
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Would be pretty twisted if they actually casted elementary school kids for the first parts
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Surprised it took this long for an Ender's Game movie tbh. Hopefully they don't ruin it
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Early 2013 release date for a movie with no cast? Not likely. Different studios and producers have been trying to make an Ender's Game movie for over a decade, and it always falls apart. I'm pessimistic about this until they at least begin filming.
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Love the book, but I don't think I'll see the movie. I have a feeling it may ruin my childhood...
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I read the novel but i can't say i enjoyed it. I just found it kind of dark and horrifying.
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They better do this well. Ender's Game is one of my all time favorite sci-fi's.
That said I've always felt this deserved a movie......... it better not be as disappointing as Eragon though.
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Ender's Game is just one of those movies you can't really do live .. because there's no fucking way you can get that many child actors to convincingly act like the book's children
Please just do an animation instead :l 3D or 2D, I care not
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Apparently this kid is playing Ender, I like that he's so young.
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I think I read every single one of these books in middle school. Really badass. I would see the movie, maybe I will finally be able to understand the space battles the kids do lol
Post above: lol its going to be hard not to sound like pedos when talking about the cast
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Ender's Game is my favorite book of all time. Although the book is perfect in every other way, I've honestly always thought the children in the book were a bit too young to be keep the suspension of disbelief. Ender was 6 when he was taken to Battle School and 9 when he became a commander. I think if they were like 10 or 11 when first taken to Battle School, it seems more believable.
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The problem with making films is that they have to have ROI and that means appealing to a wide audience. I don't think that a 90-120min film could do the story justice. I fear it would end up as a fluffed up action movie with a sci-fi setting. I also think that the ending (Eros/command school) would be hard to make interesting for the "average" viewer. It might end up being heavily altered, which could jeopardize one of the highlights of the story. : /
It might work better as an animated OAV series. It could be more faithful to the story and I think the zero gravity battles would translate better to animation. Wire work and CGI looks so awful IMO
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I found the whole series to be amazing. I really hope they don't screw it up. This has the potential to become a highly successful series of movies if done correctly. Speaker for the dead, and ender's shadow.... those could make astoundingly good movies. I've got my fingers crossed.
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Its a good series. Orson scott card gets a little emo/preachy at times with his mormonism though.
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I feel like there's no way actual children can behave in a way like the book depicts, and if they try it might just seem ridiculous. Will definitely watch this movie at some point though.
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This book is my all-time favorite, curious to see how the movie will go!
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I really hope they don't butcher this book. I really enjoyed the series.
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