Ender's Game Trailer is Finally Here

[moggett88]

Spoiler

bugger homeworld.

Am I to believe these children are striking back against the catholic church?

I really dont understand what you mean... :s

 

[klaynexas3]

It doesn't look terrible, but there are some serious issues I do have. For instance, Ender is shown in some big command center type thing, which is horse shit. They were each in simulation style cock pits, not walking around doing flashy stuff with their hands. Not to mention they basically just showed us the damn ending, though, it's the thing that those who haven't read the book won't know that, and those that have aren't really being spoiled anything.

Though it is a little annoying that they ended up showing clips from the Second War, which will create the illusion that that will actually happen in the movie, which it won't, it will just be videos of it. A little over hyping it, but I suppose as long as it keeps more so true with how the book worked, of more of the politics and the warping of the young boy's mind and that whole jazz, we should get a decent movie. But I'll be pissed if they try anything along the lines of giving Ender some sort of love interest in this one. I know they'll try it, but they better fucking not.

 

[Charli]

Regardless of my perceptions on Enders game this looks... Haphazard. Based on this trailer only. Who knows it could be a surprise success but my gut is telling me not to lie to myself.

 

[klaynexas3]

I honestly wouldn't be too surprised to see that particular scene cut or edited in some way as to quickly diminish just how horrifically dangerous to a movie's financial success that kind of scene would be. Seeing "naked boys wrestle in soap" on the headlines of newspapers would pretty much slaughter the potential revenue of the film I would imagine.

My main bet is that they'll be in like their underwear or towels or something, otherwise Ender's tactical thinking of soaping himself up won't be shown, and he won't be the boy genius that he was in the book.

Random thing, but am I the only one that thought of the HBO Joffery when Ender shouted "now"?

 

[moggett88]

Spoiler

bugger homeworld.

Am I to believe these children are striking back against the catholic church?

I really dont understand what you mean... :s

"bugger" is english slang for turd burgling.

I am English, and technically it does, but noone says that...bugger is just a general everyday expletive, like crap.

 

[CriticalMiss]

Looks kind of like a generic sci-fi shoot-the-evil-aliens-oh-look-everything-is-shiny movie. Maybe it is more than that, but I have no intentions of putting money in the pockets of a bigot if I can avoid it.

 

[sleeky01]

It doesn't look terrible, but there are some serious issues I do have. For instance, Ender is shown in some big command center type thing, which is horse shit. They were each in simulation style cock pits, not walking around doing flashy stuff with their hands.

Well there was that quick part where it showed them in rows wearing VR type helmets. I woudl think that would be the outside view.

*cue camera zooming in to darkened visor to an extreme close-up of one eye then more slowly zooming out revealing.....*

Edit: Why do i suddenly have a desire to buy a New Camry LE? :/

 

[sleeky01]

... but I have no intentions of putting money in the pockets of a bigot if I can avoid it.

Meh, people need to grow up. Your opinion of a man should not influence your opinion of a man's work. Looks interesting enough. Truth be told, I never found OSC all that interesting of a writer. Probably something to do with people always telling me I should like his work.

I would tend to agree. Can a piece of work not be viewed for it's own sake without a prejudgment?

I'm sure an artist would appreciate the effort.

... but I have no intentions of putting money in the pockets of a bigot if I can avoid it.

*sigh*

Captcha=right left

Oh. You are on fire today Captcha,

 

[MrPhyntch]

I do believe that this movie is going to get the "Eragon" treatment. A complete rush job, bastardizing the book to fit it into 2 hours.

I fully expect this to be another Eragon, and that saddens me. The good news, however, is that say, Eragon got me to read the books (mainly to understand what the hell happened), so it's possible that the movie will pick interest in the book back up. It's up to you whether or not supporting Card is a good thing (I'm willing to ignore politics to support a work, but I understand some aren't), but I feel that gaining interest in good sci-fi is always a good thing.

I'm also going to have to see it, just in case it turns out like Scott Pilgrim instead, and is just about as good a transition as conceivably possible.

 

[Baresark]

Meh, people need to grow up. Your opinion of a man should not influence your opinion of a man's work. Looks interesting enough. Truth be told, I never found OSC all that interesting of a writer. Probably something to do with people always telling me I should like his work.

It's less about an opinion of a man informing an opinion of his work - though that is more of a subconscious issue - it's that he's not the sort of person many people want to support financially.

I can see that, but the truth is he is very well off and if the movie doesn't do well it probably won't hurt him or change his opinion on gay marriage. People want to paint him like this evil man, but he is only standing up for what he believes in. I don't agree with him one bit on it, but the fruition of hard work should not be denied because I disagree with that one aspect of the man. Maybe he is evil besides that, but the one thing I know he feels differently about than myself should not logically dictate my whole opinion on the guy. That is something I would think everyone can agree with when applying a bit of rational thought to the situation. Also, it is completely subconscious. If his opinion is different from yours and you know nothing else about him but this one thing, the mind will always make the decision for you. Kahneman was pretty explicit about it when he did his research.

 

[moggett88]

I will probably go to see this - I love the book, and as long as it doesnt go too Michael Bay it shouldnt be awful...although that said, it annoys me that

Spoiler

the trailer contains one of the final moments of the book; the climax where Ender destroys the bugger homeworld. Trailers in general need to stop blowing plot points.

Lets hope that OSC keeps as far away from it as possible.

Actually...

Spoiler

Er no they didnt. They destroyed a number of bugger worlds with the Dr Device. And the very final attack was delivered by a fighter craft in the home worlds atmosphere to make sure it couldn't be intercepted, the ship that fired the shot in the trailer was one of the capital ships and was a good distance away, definitely not in the atmospehre, so it couldn't have been the final moment.

Man lots of people complaining when they dont even know what they are lookin at ~.~

Sure, in the book. I betcha dollars to donuts that whoever is directing this wont be able to resist ending the film on a shot of

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a gigantic spaceship blowing up a planet from orbit

, even if that wasnt really what happened.

 

[moggett88]

Spoiler

bugger homeworld.

Am I to believe these children are striking back against the catholic church?

I really dont understand what you mean... :s

"bugger" is english slang for turd burgling.

I am English, and technically it does, but no one says that...bugger is just a general everyday expletive, like crap.

Well everyone still knows what crap means, and the context is rather heavily

what meaning he's using

I honestly thought he was making some kind of "catholics are aliens" comment...I havent been here long, dont know how tolerant people are of religions and whatnot.