*search engines *video games (e.g. I haven't heard anything about Advent Rising, though I suppose that might be an awkward one) *IM clients *older movies or television series that he hasn't reviewed before
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
the music of Nirvana
Posted by Treason (Member # 7587) on :
I doubt if he has yet but I could be wrong : Stephen King.
Also, feminine hygiene products. (Ok, not really)
Posted by RynoW1 (Member # 8365) on :
Twin Peaks!
Posted by LadyDove (Member # 3000) on :
*Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman *More nationally travelling plays: Rent, Peter Pan, Etc. *Other news sources *Classic movies that deserve a look from a new audience
Posted by Joldo (Member # 6991) on :
Toilet paper brands.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
Remington Steele.
I'm so afraid that I'll go back and find this show that I loved so much as a teenager actually sucks. Kind of like what happened when I watched Gremlins again. Though, I guess it's not very charitable for me to want him to suffer through that.
Posted by 0range7Penguin (Member # 7337) on :
Inspector Gadget-The original cartoon And Stephen King would be interesting.
Posted by Roland (Member # 5370) on :
I would prefer that he stay away from reviewing anything, at least until he can learn to avoid including spoilers in his reviews. That's why I stopped reading his reviews.
Posted by IanO (Member # 186) on :
and he made comments about The Stand, here Posted by Omega M. (Member # 7924) on :
Magic: The Gathering WarioWare
Posted by Art Vandelay (Member # 8690) on :
I didn't see anything about The Stand in that link. But he was dead on about From A Buick 8 Posted by IanO (Member # 186) on :
from that link:
quote:Rodgers also avoids the story-telling mistake that ruined the ending of The Stand for me. King relied on good Calvinist theology when his novel ended with all the struggles of human characters amounting to nothing, so that only the finger of God could save the world from the Walking Man. However, I, for one, found that to be infuriating. If God was going to solve everything all by himself, why did I spend so much time reading seven billion pages about the suffering and accomplishments of the human characters? Rodgers' ending, by contrast -- though there is an element of divine and that will annoy diehard agnostics -- arises from the choices and actions of the good and semi-good people whose lives we have been following.
Posted by Art Vandelay (Member # 8690) on :
Yeah, I missed that. I was thinking there was an actual review of The Stand, which would be sweet cause it's one of my favorite books.
Posted by Soara (Member # 6729) on :
Life of Pi, by Yann Martel
Posted by luke (Member # 8695) on :
HI guys, first post! One thing I would really like my favourite guy in the whole world to review is the television show "Dead Like Me". I don't know if any of you guys or if Orson Scott Card himself has ever even heard of this show, but I think you will all be surprised.
It was recently cancelled after two seasons on Showtime. The show revolves around a recently deceased girl who becomes a grim reaper. She has to take the souls out of people before they die. Both seasons are available on DVD so I suggest you all go and check them out!
Great show. Two of my favourite things in the past decade have been Orson Scott Card and Dead Like Me. I'd really like to know what one thinks of the other...!
Posted by Occasional (Member # 5860) on :
I want him to review the newest Battle Star Galactica incarnation. He said he recently got the show to watch, but I still want his impressions.
Posted by tmservo (Member # 8552) on :
Household appliances.
Posted by neo-dragon (Member # 7168) on :
Anything but ladies' undergarments!
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I'd like him to review Kage Baker's work. She's one of my top five favorite authors, and OSC is one of my top five favorite authors. I think he'd like her stuff.
For that matter, so would a lot of his fans. I'd recommend starting with In the Garden of Iden, the first novel of The Company. If you want something short and stand-alone, check out The Empress of Mars, which is a novella.
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. It was required reading, but most of us really liked it.
Posted by Stephan (Member # 7549) on :
I just want more book reviews. Most movies I'm bound to see anyways at least once through netflix. But being exposed to a new book/author is going to have a much longer impression on me. I never would have read (or even heard of) Peter and The Starcatchers if he had not reviewed it.
Posted by Ramdac99 (Member # 7264) on :
quote:Originally posted by Omega M.: Magic: The Gathering
woot woot, who's excited about Ravnika? Posted by Ramdac99 (Member # 7264) on :
I'd like to hear OSC's view of the Hyperion series by Dan Simmons
Posted by 0range7Penguin (Member # 7337) on :
I used to play MTG but jumped ship after type two came out. Its a ploy to force you to buy new merchandise and also to go out right after the Urza block was a good time to go. I still think it was the best block to ever hit the game.
Posted by tmservo (Member # 8552) on :
Computer equipment would also be good. What is he using now-a-days? Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Has he reviewed Gilmore Girls? I've read so much about the show I can't remember if I read anything from Uncle Orson.
Posted by Ramdac99 (Member # 7264) on :
quote:Originally posted by 0range7Penguin: I used to play MTG but jumped ship after type two came out. Its a ploy to force you to buy new merchandise
I used to think the same thing. but if you play you see how much diversity is created by forcing players to stay true to the current block. Besides, hard-core MTG fans don't need a reason to buy new sets and stay current. Posted by Stephan (Member # 7549) on :
I sort of miss MTG, I can't believe its been a decade since I last played. I only knew a few people who played, and when they stopped I just sold my countless cards for $50 and cut my losses. I think I held on to a dual land, because at that time they were not making them anymore.
Posted by HandEyeProtege (Member # 7565) on :
quote:Originally posted by katharina: Has he reviewed Gilmore Girls? I've read so much about the show I can't remember if I read anything from Uncle Orson.
I've often wondered the same thing. That is, having read through all his Uncle Orson reviews I'm pretty confident he hasn't, but I'd love to learn what he thinks of it.
Posted by Ramdac99 (Member # 7264) on :
quote:Originally posted by Stephan: I sort of miss MTG, I can't believe its been a decade since I last played. I only knew a few people who played, and when they stopped I just sold my countless cards for $50 and cut my losses. I think I held on to a dual land, because at that time they were not making them anymore.
you know Dual Lands go for $14 - $22 a piece these days.
Posted by Schuyler (Member # 8706) on :
quote:Originally posted by tmservo: Household appliances.
I would actually love to read his take on random appliances, but one of my favourite reads of any brilliant writer is their take on the mundane.
I would love it if he'd review Banana Yoshimoto.
Or, perhaps his own short fiction as contrasted with 'Welcome to the Monkey House'
that could be an interesting piece.
Posted by starLisa (Member # 8384) on :
Pamela Dean's "The Secret Country" trilogy.
Posted by Treason (Member # 7587) on :
Thanks, IanO.
"...King is exactly as good as millions of readers think he is." Woot! and -
"In fact, instead of reading From a Buick 8, why not pick up The Stand or The Dead Zone or Misery and see what this giant did back when he still cared?" bahhh!
Posted by LucyPevensie (Member # 8537) on :
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman
and just for fun, household pets.
Posted by theamazeeaz (Member # 6970) on :
menstrual products booze graphing calculators
Posted by Will B (Member # 7931) on :
He could review music reviews. Not music, but the reviews: talk about what conveys information and what doesn't.
News organizations or news web sites, same thing.
Software of the Mind (the book; but it's some 10 years old).
Why the Jews? another old book, about the origins of anti-Semitism.
Posted by tern (Member # 7429) on :
What I'd really like to see (soon, please) is OSC's thoughts on the Harriet Miers nomination.
Posted by Tresopax (Member # 1063) on :
Princess Mononoke The Brothers Karamazov Places to go at Myrtle Beach
And I second His Dark Materials
Posted by Jebu (Member # 8718) on :
While it would be interesting to see what people I respect think about thinks that I like, I prefer the reviews as they are. That is, about things OSC finds interesting enough to write about. I've found several great books that way I'd have otherwise missed, both fiction and non-fiction. The reviews about movies, foods, games and other things are also interesting to read, and often humorous as well. I occasionally browse the older reviews to see if anything in the titles catches my eye.
Posted by 0range7Penguin (Member # 7337) on :
What if OSC reviewed his own review column? That would be deep. Especially if he could look at it objectivelly.
Posted by Zotto! (Member # 4689) on :
I'd like to hear his thoughts on the book "Confessions of an International Hitman" by John Perkins.
Posted by Omega M. (Member # 7924) on :
Since OSC reviewed the Harvest Moon video games and made a point of the fact that girls like them even though the main characters are boys, maybe he could review the new Harvest Moons that have girls as the main characters.
Posted by JannieJ (Member # 8683) on :
Another vote for Gilmore Girls.
Posted by Omega M. (Member # 7924) on :
Since he's reviewed games in the past, maybe he should say something about su doku puzzles. I'd like to hear whether he thinks they get monotonous after you've done a few.
Posted by trance (Member # 6623) on :
Wonder what he would write about sex.
Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
quote:Originally posted by pooka: Remington Steele.
I'm so afraid that I'll go back and find this show that I loved so much as a teenager actually sucks.
That's exactly what happened to me a few years ago. I was devastated.
Posted by JaimeBenlevy (Member # 6222) on :
I want reviews that would be relevant and help me. Why don't his reviews revolve around me? I'll never understand... Posted by theamazeeaz (Member # 6970) on :
quote: Wonder what he would write about sex.
It's not that hard to guess. Go read World Watch.
Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
He should review "Europa Universalis II", the strategy game. Except that, if I understand his tastes, it would suck him into his vortex and he would never review anything else; nor, indeed, write any more books. So maybe it's better if he doesn't.
Posted by NamelessPlayer (Member # 8750) on :
I can't think of much when it comes to specific things I would like to hear OSC review, though I'd like to hear his thoughts on games and other novels.
If there's one thing I'm itching for his thoughts on for some reason, it has to be the "increasingly inaccurate Hitchhiker's Trilogy"-something rife with humor to break up the seriousness of OSC novels(not that that's a bad thing-why else would I be here?).
Posted by Pelegius (Member # 7868) on :
The Constant Gardener. He would expolde. It is A. A very good movie, with great acting, which he would love. B. An unabashedly "artsy" movie, which he might hate. C. Critical of big buisnesses screwing the poor in Africa, which he might like D. Critical of the War in Iraq, which he would really hate.
Posted by Ghengis Cohen (Member # 8813) on :
quote:Originally posted by Art Vandelay: I didn't see anything about The Stand in that link. But he was dead on about From A Buick 8
Here's what the link had on The Stand:
quote:Rodgers also avoids the story-telling mistake that ruined the ending of The Stand for me. King relied on good Calvinist theology when his novel ended with all the struggles of human characters amounting to nothing, so that only the finger of God could save the world from the Walking Man. However, I, for one, found that to be infuriating. If God was going to solve everything all by himself, why did I spend so much time reading seven billion pages about the suffering and accomplishments of the human characters? Rodgers' ending, by contrast -- though there is an element of divine and that will annoy diehard agnostics -- arises from the choices and actions of the good and semi-good people whose lives we have been following.
Spot on with The Stand--I loved the whole book except for that awful finger of God ending, which was quite the Deus Ex Machina (with the A-bomb as the machine). Dead Zone was my favorite King novel, and I love what the TV version has done with it.
Posted by filmstar (Member # 8115) on :
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Posted by Gosu (Member # 5783) on :
Did he ever write a review about the Alexander movie?
Posted by Omega M. (Member # 7924) on :
I see the British version of "The Office" was reviewed; how about the American version, if there's anything different to say about it?
Posted by Will B (Member # 7931) on :
Here's what I want him to review: the new way that spinach is packaged in the produce section, at least at Wal-Mart. It used to be in bundles with the stem of the root still there. They recently started cutting off the stem. It was waste anyway . . . but it protected the spinach from wilting. Now it wilts almost immediately. You have to put it in water.
Then I want the people who do this processing to see the error of their ways and go back to the old method.
I don't usually think much about product reviews, but sometimes a decision needs reviewing. Recommended reading: How Things Don't Work, a book on useful design, from the 70's. Also, The Psychology of Everyday Things.
OK, this isn't about OSC's reviews, but . . . thread creep.
Posted by qirien (Member # 7638) on :
More anime or manga reviews would be good . . . maybe Ghost in the Shell: Standalone Complex? In some ways it reminds me of Ender's Game, not in content, but in theme.
Posted by Omega M. (Member # 7924) on :
These two are totally different, but:
the movie Aeon Flux the new book by the Eats, Shoots, and Leaves author (called Talk to the Hand?)
Posted by allanon (Member # 8888) on :
The Kingdoms and the Elves of the Reaches, book 1 - 4. I didn't think they were all that good, but I'd be interested in hearing an experts view on them.
Posted by Omega M. (Member # 7924) on :
What about the new Game Boy Advance version of Final Fantasy IV, which some reviews say has a better-than-average story (and better writing than the original English version of the RPG)?
Posted by Will B (Member # 7931) on :
quote: Wonder what he would write about sex.
5 stars! Don't miss it! This is one you will want to see again and again. It works on so many levels!
Posted by BryanP (Member # 7772) on :
quote:Originally posted by Occasional: I want him to review the newest BATTLESTAR GALACTICA incarnation. He said he recently got the show to watch, but I still want his impressions.
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Posted by BryanP (Member # 7772) on :
quote:Originally posted by Pelegius: The Constant Gardener. He would expolde. It is A. A very good movie, with great acting, which he would love. B. An unabashedly "artsy" movie, which he might hate. C. Critical of big buisnesses screwing the poor in Africa, which he might like D. Critical of the War in Iraq, which he would really hate.
I'm pretty sure he'd hate it.
Posted by Cashew (Member # 6023) on :
The Return of the King (movie) Paradise Alley, by Kevin Baker
Posted by Cashew (Member # 6023) on :
I reread From a Buick 8 after reading OSC's review, and couldn't understand what he was on about, different voices telling the same parts of the story from different points of view. Didn't see that, myself.
Posted by BGgurl (Member # 8541) on :
Cashew - Mr. Card did review The Return of the King. *reads* 5:45? Are you an insomniac, like me?
Posted by Cashew (Member # 6023) on :
Nah, it's 11:45 pm where I am. Can you give me a link to the RotK review? I never saw a review by him of the movie.
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
Knee braces--pros/cons of the various brands.
Not likely, huh? Guess I'm back to "eeny, meeny, miny, mo."
Posted by theamazeeaz (Member # 6970) on :
Scrubs, House, Grey's Anatomy, and Lost, the four best tv shows out there right now (because futurama is gone, family guy is getting sucky, and alias is going off the air this season)
Posted by Soara (Member # 6729) on :
I third His Dark Materials.
Posted by Occasional (Member # 5860) on :
Wondering if he read "Rough Stone Rolling" yet or not. If he hasn't by now, he should, and I don't think he wouldn't. On the other hand, many people I know (including myself, although having read a quarter of it already) are waiting for it as a Christmas gift. By the way, what BryanP quoted of me -- its been long enough.
Posted by el_tito (Member # 9322) on :
Hayao Miyazaki's filmography, from Totoro to Howl's moving castle.
I won't forget seeing "spirited away" on a big screen.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
Not sure if I want him to review something i like. He seems to hate about 95% of the things I really like. Although he seems to like Miyazaki movies, and I also hated The Family Stone, but not because of the liberal thing, that stupid thing the mother said about gay guys was WAY more offensive than what that woman said.... And I didn't really like Cheaper by the Dozen that much either... it was very paint by numbers... But, Dir en grey would probably ALARM him... they are very intense... very, very intense.
Posted by Euripides (Member # 9315) on :
As much I like to read OSC's book and film reviews, I think what makes this column especially interesting is when Mr. Card reviews completely unrelated things like hotels, high school plays in general, or even toilet paper. Those articles don't just show OSC reviewing something, but also setting up the criteria to do so.
Posted by Soara (Member # 6729) on :
as long as this thread is at the top, i'll put in my $.02 and say BORAT. Posted by scifibum (Member # 7625) on :
He did end up writing about toilet paper, which was one of the first suggestions. Posted by Euripides (Member # 9315) on :
Yep, he's written about all 3 of the things I mentioned.
Posted by JonHecht (Member # 9712) on :
Heroes! Doctor Who!
Posted by hatrkr81 (Member # 9317) on :
I think he wrote about Heroes already.
Posted by Brian J. Hill (Member # 5346) on :
quote:Originally posted by Occasional: Wondering if he read "Rough Stone Rolling" yet or not. If he hasn't by now, he should, and I don't think he wouldn't.
He has, and his opinion of "RSR" is very, very positive. Based on his recommendation, I also read the book about a month ago, and agree that the research is top-notch, the presentation is balanced, and all-in-all, the prose is very enjoyable. Lucky you, getting such a book for Christmas.
Posted by jeeshkid (Member # 9885) on :
How about Tamara Pierce books? There's a recent one called Terior
Posted by Occasional (Member # 5860) on :
BryanJH - Where can I find his review? At the same time I was thinking (related to this topic) what do I care about his reviewing something? I will like or not like something with or without him. Maybe it is about comparing notes.
Posted by Occasional (Member # 5860) on :
Of course, I am still waiting for my BATTLESTAR GALACTICA review.
Posted by Brian J. Hill (Member # 5346) on :
Occasional, as far as I know, OSC hasn't published a review. My information comes firsthand, as I asked him about it a few months ago. Since I go to church in the same building (but a different ward--I'm with the cool, hip single adults,) I occasionally will see him in the halls. On this particular instant, he was out walking the halls with his new grandaughter who, I might add, is really cute. I really would recommend RSR, especially if you've read other recently published Church history books.
Posted by Libbie (Member # 9529) on :
Dogs! Review them! No one can resist their cuteness!
Posted by Ecthalion (Member # 8825) on :
I would like to see a review on midieval: Total war 2
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
I second The Office (US), House, and Scrubs. Actually, I seem to remember him mentioning House at some point. But I could be wrong.
I'm usually about 40/60 with OSC's reviews. I agree with most of his random stuff (like stores/restaurants that say they're open til 10 but they're already closed at 9:55), about half the time on movies and tv shows, and rarely ever on political issues.
I enjoy it when he reviews things I have a strong opinion on, especially when I disagree. It forces me to justify my own opinion, which I think is important.
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