They darn well better do this one right. Orson Scott Card's masterpiece (and I DON'T use that word lightly) is coming to the big screen, this November. Like many literary and sci-fi afficianados, Ender's Game is one of my all-time favorite books. And as I always say, while great works of film, music, or literature that are re-done or brought to a different medium have big potential from the original's greatness, they also instantly raises the bar super high. The new version has to hit a full home run just to succeed. Hitting a triple is a failure and lets down the original. Only hitting a single is a disaster and disgrace.
I actually read that this film will be combining the books "Ender's Game" and "Ender's Shadow". Very interesting. I won't give away any spoilers, but for those of us who have read the book, I wonder how (or if) they'll do the story of the movie so that we don't know the whole time what's about to happen. Could you adapt or change this masterpiece at all to make the story "fresh", without destroying the original greatness? I'm trying to remember--was this made as a TV movie many years ago? Oh, and the boy that will play Ender is apparently the same one that was "Hugo". Could be a good choice. Would have to be fairly particular.
I'm quite excited for this one. Unless it looks like it'll be crap, I'll be watching this one in the theater.
With trepidation.
I actually read that this film will be combining the books "Ender's Game" and "Ender's Shadow". Very interesting. I won't give away any spoilers, but for those of us who have read the book, I wonder how (or if) they'll do the story of the movie so that we don't know the whole time what's about to happen. Could you adapt or change this masterpiece at all to make the story "fresh", without destroying the original greatness? I'm trying to remember--was this made as a TV movie many years ago? Oh, and the boy that will play Ender is apparently the same one that was "Hugo". Could be a good choice. Would have to be fairly particular.
I'm quite excited for this one. Unless it looks like it'll be crap, I'll be watching this one in the theater.
With trepidation.
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