Talk:Ender's Game (film)
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Ender's Game series is an inspirational series. It would be a tragedy if they took away the integrity of the story by changing the plot or the characters' personalities. The emotion within the story would only be enhanced with stirring music. The formics could be either extemely disturbing or disappointingly dull. We hope they put in an effort to make this meet the high standards the book sets. Valentine & Wang-mu
Does anyone have any more information on this? This has been the subject of much talk for about 10 years, and many rumors have abounded, but nothing substantial has yet to be seen.
[edit] OSC statement re: Serenity
From the Serenity article:
Science fiction author Orson Scott Card called Serenity "the best science fiction film ever," further stating "If Ender's Game can't be this kind of movie, and this good a movie, then I want it never to be made. I'd rather just watch Serenity again."[1]
Is there some way to work this into the article in an encyclopedic manner? - Ugliness Man 09:50, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
- Hmm... How about something like this? "Card has stated that he would only be satisfied with a very high standard for this movie, citing Serenity as an example of what he's aiming for, and would prefer that the movie never come to fruition if it would not meet this standard." A little clumsy, but it's something. 138.89.122.55 04:50, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
Card mentioned that some critics suggest that Ender needs to be older and have a romantic interest. He flatly refuses saying when you were 14, did you believe adults almost implicitly? (paraphrasing). Some of the criticism is that the film would require large ammounts of high caliber child actors. He responds to this by mentioning the live action Peter Pan- which is very well done. I have sympathy for his views, but I also get discouraged as the project seems to be stalled.mokru
- Hopefully Card ignores the critics; it's a very important plot element how young Ender is. Jon 01:57, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Informal
Using the term "development hell" sounds very informal. Even if it is a well known phrase doesn't sound like the kind of language that belongs in a encyclopedia.FastFoodKnight 23:00, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
- Well, golly, we have a whole article about it. Even though it sounds informal, what else do you want to call it? That's the term they use in the industry. — Frecklefoot | Talk 09:47, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
- "Development Hell" is the standard term in the Movie Industry, or at least the US portion of it. There's a direct link to the article on the pharse already in the article, and there doesn't seem to be any other equally concise way to describe this. Jon 01:54, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
