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Admiral EnderWiggin
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2013-08-29 12:13:27 UTC
Ho!

I'd like us to discuss expectations on the movie that's coming and everything else that may arising. This book is what got me into Eve and I can't wait to watch the movie! The trailer was awesome I hope they depict the game well and the fleet battles!

What about you guys?
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#2 - 2013-08-29 12:23:44 UTC  |  Edited by: Krixtal Icefluxor
There is no "The" in the title.

The Film's surprise is already blown in the idiot ad campaign

Also, Card is not getting a dime out of me (and yes, he wrote the screenplay so he's up for points) for his rather twisted views on things the past 20 years.

I don't support homophobic Mormons sorry.

Feel free to enjoy it though.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Admiral EnderWiggin
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2013-08-29 12:36:04 UTC  |  Edited by: Admiral EnderWiggin
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
There is no "The" in the title.

The Film's surprise is already blown in the idiot ad campaign

Also, Card is not getting a dime out of me (and yes, he wrote the screenplay so he's up for points) for his rather twisted views on things the past 20 years.

I don't support homophobic Mormons sorry.

Feel free to enjoy it though.


Think of his works as a universe detached from the author. It's better this way.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#4 - 2013-08-29 13:03:21 UTC
Admiral EnderWiggin wrote:
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
There is no "The" in the title.

The Film's surprise is already blown in the idiot ad campaign

Also, Card is not getting a dime out of me (and yes, he wrote the screenplay so he's up for points) for his rather twisted views on things the past 20 years.

I don't support homophobic Mormons sorry.

Feel free to enjoy it though.


Think of his works as a universe detached from the author. It's better this way.



Oh God.

I'll never get his booming voice out of my head from the 1988 New Orleans WorldCon.

Could hear him 300 yards away from ballroom at the Sheraton Hotel entrance. Lol

.......and it was a panel discussing "What to do about the Wesley Crusher Problem ?"

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
#5 - 2013-08-29 13:22:09 UTC
Admiral EnderWiggin wrote:
expectations on the movie that's coming

If you're going to have any serious expectations about any movie ever being made, you're going to have a bad time.

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#6 - 2013-08-29 13:29:43 UTC
Akita T wrote:
Admiral EnderWiggin wrote:
expectations on the movie that's coming

If you're going to have any serious expectations about any movie ever being made, you're going to have a bad time.



Can we have a little leeway on this for the upcoming "Gravity" ?

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#7 - 2013-08-29 13:32:12 UTC
I just finished the audiobook last week. (Yes, I live under a rock. Or, a bridge as situationally fitting.)

First time having read/heard about the thing.

I'll be interested in seeing it.

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Kyseth
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#8 - 2013-08-29 17:08:24 UTC
I still have the book sitting on my counter to read. I want to read it, I just have wanted to read other things more. Hm.. maybe I'll get to that this weekend.
jason hill
Red vs Blue Flight Academy
#9 - 2013-08-29 17:52:16 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Admiral EnderWiggin wrote:
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
There is no "The" in the title.

The Film's surprise is already blown in the idiot ad campaign

Also, Card is not getting a dime out of me (and yes, he wrote the screenplay so he's up for points) for his rather twisted views on things the past 20 years.

I don't support homophobic Mormons sorry.

Feel free to enjoy it though.


Think of his works as a universe detached from the author. It's better this way.



Oh God.

I'll never get his booming voice out of my head from the 1988 New Orleans WorldCon.

Could hear him 300 yards away from ballroom at the Sheraton Hotel entrance. Lol

.......and it was a panel discussing "What to do about the Wesley Crusher Problem ?"


"What to do about the Wesley Crusher Problem ?"

huh ? Question
Optimo Sebiestor
The New Eden School of trade
Organization of Skill Extracting Corporations
#10 - 2013-08-29 18:16:24 UTC
One of the best book series I've read. It's up there with Rama and Cities in fligth.
Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
#11 - 2013-08-29 18:46:28 UTC
I've read three books in the series. My favorite was the one featuring Bean as the main character. The same events of Ender's Game, but from Bean's perspective.

Card does drive me nuts though. I make sure I don't ever read the author's foreword. The guy sure is impressed with his own work and how important it is to the world as a whole.
Alexa de'Crux
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#12 - 2013-08-29 21:20:39 UTC
jason hill wrote:


"What to do about the Wesley Crusher Problem ?"

huh ? Question


Wesley Crusher was a character in Star Trek: the Next Generation, widely disliked by the fanbase for being inhumanly good at anything he attempted.

He walked onto the Enterprise and instantly knew every panel and button, he would have passed his Starfleet Academy exams with the highest scores in his class (if he hadn't stopped to help his classmate), he was compared to 'Mozart' by an alien vistor to the ship (vis a vis his apparently-uncanny understanding of time and space).

Basically, he was the archetypal 'Mary Sue': a precocious supergenius who was better than the adult characters were at running their own ship.
jason hill
Red vs Blue Flight Academy
#13 - 2013-08-29 21:27:10 UTC
Alexa de'Crux wrote:
jason hill wrote:


"What to do about the Wesley Crusher Problem ?"

huh ? Question


Wesley Crusher was a character in Star Trek: the Next Generation, widely disliked by the fanbase for being inhumanly good at anything he attempted.

He walked onto the Enterprise and instantly knew every panel and button, he would have passed his Starfleet Academy exams with the highest scores in his class (if he hadn't stopped to help his classmate), he was compared to 'Mozart' by an alien vistor to the ship (vis a vis his apparently-uncanny understanding of time and space).

Basically, he was the archetypal 'Mary Sue': a precocious supergenius who was better than the adult characters were at running their own ship.



sorry ..I know the character ..he was a smug bastard that ended up being in the Q continuum ... I just didn't get krix`s analogy of him ....
so what`s wrong with being a smug bastard who knows everything ...Christ knows ..theres enough of them in GD ?
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#14 - 2013-08-29 22:38:09 UTC
jason hill wrote:


"What to do about the Wesley Crusher Problem ?"

huh ? Question



The character of Wesley on Next Generation was not exactly well received at all upon initial broadcast. Really violent hatred tbh.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#15 - 2013-08-29 22:40:13 UTC
jason hill wrote:



sorry ..I know the character ..he was a smug bastard that ended up being in the Q continuum ... I just didn't get krix`s analogy of him ....
so what`s wrong with being a smug bastard who knows everything ...Christ knows ..theres enough of them in GD ?



My analogy ? What ?

It was a discussion panel at Worldcon that I did not attend. Didn't have to as Orson was so loud you could hear it clearly.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
jason hill
Red vs Blue Flight Academy
#16 - 2013-08-30 00:13:06 UTC
oops my bad it looks upon reflection ive got me bloody wires crossed ... ill come back when ive sobered up and the wife stopped rowing with me
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#17 - 2013-08-30 00:21:17 UTC
Khergit Deserters wrote:
I've read three books in the series. My favorite was the one featuring Bean as the main character. The same events of Ender's Game, but from Bean's perspective.

Card does drive me nuts though. I make sure I don't ever read the author's foreword. The guy sure is impressed with his own work and how important it is to the world as a whole.


Ender's Shadow.

Also a fantastic book.

Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?
Admiral EnderWiggin
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#18 - 2013-08-30 03:30:33 UTC
Unsuccessful At Everything wrote:
Khergit Deserters wrote:
I've read three books in the series. My favorite was the one featuring Bean as the main character. The same events of Ender's Game, but from Bean's perspective.

Card does drive me nuts though. I make sure I don't ever read the author's foreword. The guy sure is impressed with his own work and how important it is to the world as a whole.


Ender's Shadow.

Also a fantastic book.



Yes !
Job Valador
Professional Amateurs
#19 - 2013-08-30 06:26:39 UTC
Loved the books but every movie that was ever made based off of books ive read have always left me dissapointed. Doesn't mean i wont go watch it anyway though

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Astenion
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#20 - 2013-08-30 11:53:20 UTC  |  Edited by: Astenion
I'm about three quarters of the way done with the book and I really don't see what all the fuss is about. Maybe there's some huge, amazing surprise in the last quarter of the book that I've yet to read, but so far it's just Ender being a whiny strategic genius.

Read Revelation Space by Alaster Reynolds if you want really cool sci fi. I kept picturing Eve in my mind.
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