Actually, I thought they did a good job of getting Ender’s story of his training & battles in at just under two hours. (It wouldn’t have been practical to try and shoehorn in his siblings subplot with their online political writings.)
All caps aside, many people are surprised when they read Frankenstein at how different it is. Not just that the monster talks and becomes quite intelligent, but that the book opens with seemingly endless letters from an arctic explorer to his sister.
My wife never read the book, and she enjoyed it. She asked me to fill a few blanks. But most of that was when she stepped out during the scene when Ender quit the program.
I thought they did a great job bringing it to the screen. Especially, being able to keep it under two hours.
Well of course Roy has to go back and see it another 5 times. The theater has the best popcorn in town. They triple the butter on the popcorn and super size the soft drinks if you say “please”.
I always asked what my my younger brother thought of the Harry Potter films- and how well they conveyed the story for someone who hadn’t read the books. I’ve read them several times over, so I can’t have that viewpoint of not knowing the larger story. I think the movies still do a good job of telling the essence of the story- and they even add things not in the books. But I just like to know if there’s anything unclear in getting the tale that way only.
I found the movie to be a good “Reader’s Digest” version. Hopefully it will induce many people to read the book. As for “DOSQueen’s” inability to seperate the Work from the Creator, I’ve had it up to the proverbial HERE with the “PC Police” insisting on the right to ’vette everything anybody else is to be allowed to see/read/hear.
Remember “Sturgeon’s Law” not to mention the fundamental Libertarian Principle of “Live and Let Live”
Interview with the man:http://www.avclub.com/articles/paul-verhoeven,14078/[]To quote him: “PV: Well, yeah. If you were very nice to the movie, you would call it prophetic. But we never thought of Starship Troopers as a warning, or something like that. When we were working on the [Robert] Heinlein book, we felt like we had something that was pretty militaristic, pretty right-wing, and you could even say had a tendency to be fascist. We felt we should counter that with irony and other means to make it interesting to ourselves.”[]The Wiki article on the film goes into even more detail: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_Troopers_%28film%29 .
Michael Rosser Premium Member over 10 years ago
Actually, I thought they did a good job of getting Ender’s story of his training & battles in at just under two hours. (It wouldn’t have been practical to try and shoehorn in his siblings subplot with their online political writings.)
johnzakour Premium Member over 10 years ago
I actually thought they did a good job also. (Don’t forget to like and star.)
johnzakour Premium Member over 10 years ago
Oh would be interested in hearing what people who didn’t read the book thought of the movie…
Thomas Scott Roberts creator over 10 years ago
All caps aside, many people are surprised when they read Frankenstein at how different it is. Not just that the monster talks and becomes quite intelligent, but that the book opens with seemingly endless letters from an arctic explorer to his sister.
Ironhold over 10 years ago
I take it that you haven’t even come close to reading “Starship Troopers” yet?
sbchamp over 10 years ago
WHAT? CAN’T HEAR YOU!
applemang3 over 10 years ago
My wife never read the book, and she enjoyed it. She asked me to fill a few blanks. But most of that was when she stepped out during the scene when Ender quit the program.
I thought they did a great job bringing it to the screen. Especially, being able to keep it under two hours.
katina.cooper over 10 years ago
Well of course Roy has to go back and see it another 5 times. The theater has the best popcorn in town. They triple the butter on the popcorn and super size the soft drinks if you say “please”.
IQTech61 over 10 years ago
It has been a real disappointment to find that the man who wrote such brilliant fiction is also a deeply homophobic mormon.
I just cannot bring myself to go to the movie, knowing what the money will support.
Thomas Scott Roberts creator over 10 years ago
I always asked what my my younger brother thought of the Harry Potter films- and how well they conveyed the story for someone who hadn’t read the books. I’ve read them several times over, so I can’t have that viewpoint of not knowing the larger story. I think the movies still do a good job of telling the essence of the story- and they even add things not in the books. But I just like to know if there’s anything unclear in getting the tale that way only.
LeoAutodidact over 10 years ago
I found the movie to be a good “Reader’s Digest” version. Hopefully it will induce many people to read the book. As for “DOSQueen’s” inability to seperate the Work from the Creator, I’ve had it up to the proverbial HERE with the “PC Police” insisting on the right to ’vette everything anybody else is to be allowed to see/read/hear.
Remember “Sturgeon’s Law” not to mention the fundamental Libertarian Principle of “Live and Let Live”
Ironhold over 10 years ago
Interview with the man:http://www.avclub.com/articles/paul-verhoeven,14078/[]To quote him: “PV: Well, yeah. If you were very nice to the movie, you would call it prophetic. But we never thought of Starship Troopers as a warning, or something like that. When we were working on the [Robert] Heinlein book, we felt like we had something that was pretty militaristic, pretty right-wing, and you could even say had a tendency to be fascist. We felt we should counter that with irony and other means to make it interesting to ourselves.”[]The Wiki article on the film goes into even more detail: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_Troopers_%28film%29 .
Thomas Scott Roberts creator over 10 years ago
That’s a mishmosh of different theatre lobbies, with separator ropes I painted up in Photoshop.
johnzakour Premium Member over 10 years ago
Orson Scott Card stopped and talked to me once at a convention he was quite pleasant.
johnzakour Premium Member over 10 years ago
Yeah I didn’t know it was him until somebody told me.
Lesley Jessica Buckley over 10 years ago
I really thought better of Roy as a character and the writers as people. Ender’s Game REALLY? Eww.