Ender's Game trailer

[mike wightman]

A link to the YouTube clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP0cUBi4hwE

 

[Rooster Cogburn]

It has been awhile since I read the series but it looks good; better than some of the stuff Hollywood has released over the last few years.

 

[Supplement Four]

Many people have recommended the book, but I gotta say, that trailer does not inspire me.

 

[Carlobrand]

Many people have recommended the book, but I gotta say, that trailer does not inspire me.

Really? Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley ... It's got me counting the days, man! That's one heckuva good start right there.

 

[PFVA63]

While the visuals look interesting, to me the story just doesn't click.

I tried to keep an open mind while reading the book, but overall to me pretty much everything about the story, including the characters, the way that they behaved, future Earth's society in general, the technology described and pretty much everything else seemed way too contrived by the author to support the story he wanted to tell, rather than feeling realistic to me.

Also, because the limited description of the technology described in the book didn't really seem to match up much with anything I've ever heard or read about before, the book really felt to me to be more "science fantasy' than "science fiction" to me.

As such, I think I'll probably skip the movie, myself.

PS. Also, I'm not quite sure that I understand the face tattoos on Ben Kingsley shown in the trailer, either.

 

[warmaster40k]

Ben Kingsley character is sappose to be Maui, any way been years since I read the book, but I use to read it atleast once a year along with Dune. The thing to remember is that the first book is written from a child's point of view (he and Bean my be geniuses, but he is still a child) the later ones become more indepth as Ender becomes older.

 

[aramis]

I believer Warmaster means Maori... as in, New Zealand aboriginal. The makeup isn't convincingly reminiscent of Maori facial tattoos to me. I don't recall Maezer Rackham being Maori, either... I just reread the short story last night.

Here's the physical description of Maezer from it...

Maezr still hadn't spoken when Ender was ready and went to the door to leave the room. The door didn't open. Ender turned to face the man sitting on the floor. Maezr was at least forty, which made him the oldest man Ender had ever seen close up. He had a day's growth of black and white whiskers that grizzled his face only slightly less than his close-cut hair. His face sagged a little and his eyes were surrounded by creases and lines. He looked at Ender without interest.