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Ooh, good question! OSC has been very diplomatic but positive about the film, and I'm very curious if that's 1) contractual, 2) going to continue until the film comes out (and hopefully not after ?
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Is that an opinion that can be quoted in other places, or would you prefer it to be kept to this thread?
Also, thanks for letting us know! It's nice to have a place (so far) that isn't quite disappointed about the trailer in the forums.
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How do you guys feel about the final shot with the planet? Do you think it gives away too much? Personally, I think it's fine for people who haven't read the book, but fans of the series might be annoyed.
I can't wait for November!
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Yes, I was a bit annoyed. Though perhaps I shouldn't be - as people say - if you haven't read the book, it's not really a spoiler, it's just a boom - and it's good to know it'll be in the film.
Also, I'm so extremely thrilled that the Ender and Valentine scene at the lake is in the film (at least in the trailer) - that kind of scene would only get in the film if they really wanted to be respectful to the book, and not if they wanted to conform to Hollywood action cliches. Posts: 160 | Registered: Nov 2006
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I think it was a mistake. People who haven't read the book don't know about it now, but many of them are going to figure it out during the movie, at the very least in the last battle scene where Ender is presented with a seemingly impossible fight and he hasn't blown up a planet like they've seen in the trailers. Even if it doesn't give away that it's not just training (and I believe that for many people it will), it's still going to kill any suspense as to how he's going to win.
Also, if the bit in the trailer is as it was filmed, the emotional tone of the scene is very wrong. This wasn't a "Heck Yeah!" moment done by a resolute Ender.
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I'm not convinced Asa was projecting "Heck yeah!" It's hard to tell, but my impression was more intense seriousness, that might be commensurate with the desperation he felt in the novel.
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Well, apparently people who haven't read the book have no clue what's going on.
I remember the Avengers trailer, where they spoiled the ending in regards to Iron Man. So spoiling endings is definitely a stupid trailer thing that doesn't necessarily mean the movie will be bad.
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Just saw the trailer at Star Trek: Into Darkness.
Unfortunately, all my previously stated fears were confirmed. I was screaming at the screen. My wife has not had such an adverse reaction to a trailer since the awful bastardization that was I, Robot. I will have to find someone else to take me to the movie due to my disabilities. They didn't do this much harm to Jumper.
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This is the wife: When the trailers inform you that the movie has departed from the book in fundamental ways, you need to decide if you will vote with your money for future assaults on your sensibilities or if you will drop the hubby off at Ender's Game and go watch another movie.
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I will be very interested to see if the ways the trailer seems to indicate the movie will depart from the book are actually ways the movie departs from the book. Posts: 160 | Registered: Nov 2006
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That... I didn't see much of the plot of the movie at all. Mostly just shots of the Academy Award Nominated/Winning cast... seems like they were pimping the cast much more than the plot, so, too soon to tell.
Well, I mean, everyone is aged up but we knew that already.
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I'm extremely excited too, Kelly! I just started my reread of the book (I'm hoping to read every Ender book and short story in the six months we have between now and the movie). It's just as good as I remember, though wow the first and second chapter are amazing foreshadowing I've never caught before.
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