Ender's Game
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Yeah, the only "actiony" parts of the book were the practice scenes in zero g. Otherwise, I felt the book was more cerebral.
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I've said it at least twice in this thread already, but people repeatedly complain about the ending being spoiled in the trailer. I'm not going to be specific, so as not to ruin it for people that haven't read it, but that's why I can do this out of spoilers in the first place. The only reason you think the ending is spoiled, is because you already know what the ending is. Someone with no knowledge has no clue and wouldn't be able to make that leap themselves. And we're all just guessing that it is a spoiler, it very well could be something completely different, or something misplaced on purpose in the trailer to heighten the tension of the trailer itself. We all know they fuck up continuity of scenes in trailers every day, so this might just be another example.
If you didn't read the book, you would have no complaints about spoilers in that trailer at all.
If you didn't read the book, you would have no complaints about spoilers in that trailer at all.
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I DID include spoilers in this one so don't click it if you don't want some of the ending ruined.
They didn't explain the whole thing but they showed THE FINAL BATTLE dummy. Now when the crescendo of the giant battle at the bugger homeworld happens and he blows up the planet a lot of people will recognize it from the trailer, and it won't have the same impact. That and people really paying attention will notice that the main battleship has fighters all around it protecting it from enemy fire, just like his tactic at Battle School. So no, the whole story isn't spoiled, but we've seen the climax of the movie, which is bullshit no matter if you have or have not read the book.
I think the movie looks good but wasn't Ender like 8 in the book? And this kid is like 16 or something, that has been the most jarring thing for me, seeing how old the cast is compared to the books. I understand why they did it tho, little kids are terrible actors.
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He was 6 in the book.
Two things on that... You're not going to be able to get someone that young to properly play Ender, it just isn't possible.
Also there is a lot of genetic breeding going for generations at this point. I'm not sure what we as a race would look like at different stages in our life but I'm sure a 6 year old would look bigger than they do presently.
Two things on that... You're not going to be able to get someone that young to properly play Ender, it just isn't possible.
Also there is a lot of genetic breeding going for generations at this point. I'm not sure what we as a race would look like at different stages in our life but I'm sure a 6 year old would look bigger than they do presently.
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you are rustling my jimmies.- Founding fathers of US owned slaves and didn't let women vote
- On Winston Churchill's homosexual males were forcibly chemically sterilized
Just because some people have a few bad ideas, doesn't mean they can't also do something good.