Posted on 07/08/2013 5:15:38 PM PDT by SMGFan
Several characters in the book tried to destroy Ender too. Without really knowing he was doing so he killed each and every one (sorry for the spoiler).
Responding to reports of a nascent boycott against the upcoming movie version of his beloved 1985 sci-fi novel Ender’s Game because of his stated opposition to same-sex marriage... "show tolerance toward those who disagreed with them when the issue was still in dispute."
Ummm, that's NOT a tolerant group...
Hope Orson gets the Chick-Fil-A effect.
I probably will not watch the movie. I don’t think it’s possible to make a movie that will do the book justice. The main reason is that so much of the book (and Ender’s Shadow), relies on what is going on in Ender’s mind. I really hope, though, that OSC was able to keep the studio from making it into a teen flick.
I was never too fond of Orson Scott Card as a writer.
Be that as it may, I recall that “Ender’s Game” was criticized as being a disguised anti-homosexual tract not long after it came out as a full length novel. The critic seemed to think this was a bad thing.
The producers and studio would want the statement too, they probablt wanted something more abject.
Anyway it’s unfair and he has a right to protest.
I find it more satisfying to see the movie and then read the book.
Of course as I grow older that is more difficult to do as I have read too many books (Tolkien’s books for instance).
Card is an active member of the LDS church and has worked with them to stop the gay marriage agenda.
Because of this, he has lost a job with a comic book company and has put up with a lot of abuse.
Ironically, because he is an honest writer, his adult novels include sex and various sexual relationships. I ran across a very sympathetic gay relationship in one of his novels...of course, this takes place in a non human culture, not in SLC or the USA. So you can’t exactly call him homophobic.
I think the gays hate him and will try to boycott Ender’s Game, and he is trying to limit the harm they do.
the rule with movies is that they are a different media, so require a different approach to the story.
I was just glad they didn’t ruin the themes of LOTR (sacrifice for others, love of nature, respect for authority) to make it PC. The Hobbit will not be the book, however, since they are expanding the back story from the appendixes of the LOTR about Gandalf and the “white council” cleaning out Dol Guldur.
But they did let in the entire “finding the ring” sequence, which bored the teeny boppers but made the Hobbit geeks happy.
Only read the original short story.
I’m not fond of Orson Scott Card as a writer. Waaaaaay too “people driven.” I like a little action in my SF.
Failed to finish two of his books recently. Couldn’t finish the first of the “Formic Wars” series and couldn’t finish his YA book “Ruins.” The first was boring - entirely too much detail about “culture” in the Oort cloud; the second was grating (lots of talking heads teenage angst). But that is probably what his readers like.
That doesn’t change the fact that I WILL see the movie. And I hope it goes to the top.
Same here, Ender’s Game is good but it probably wouldn’t break my top 30. Apart from all the awards, I think it got on some military officer reading lists, I wonder if it ever got on school reading lists. It sure is popular.
I like that Card makes the right people’s heads explode.
“With the recent Supreme Court ruling, the gay marriage issue becomes moot. The Full Faith and Credit clause of the Constitution will, sooner or later, give legal force in every state to any marriage contract recognized by any other state.”
Certainly plausible, in my opinion.
Freegards
You may be right.
Marriage is no longer “in dispute”? How nice of him to let us know.
Sheesh - one tiny, minuscule threat to his wallet and he folds like a Card table.
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