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I obviously need to crawl out from underneath the stone where I've been hiding for a while.
I was completely unaware of the fact that Ender's game has been turned into a movie that's coming to the cinemas in the US on the first of November.
As it's one of my favourite books all time I'm looking forward to watch it but expecting to be utterly disappointed. Especially as Harrison Ford is doing Colonel Graff.
What's your take on it?
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man adapts the world to himself.
Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
- George Bernard Shaw
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I didn't know either, until about a month ago.
Excellent book (and series) by a master of his craft: I'm hoping for the best, but not expecting it. The Directors credits are all for films I don't remember or never heard of, which isn't a good sign...http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004303/[^]
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
English doesn't borrow from other languages.
English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.
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Personally I found Enders Shadow to be the best one, but it can't really be read by itself as you really need to know what happened in Enders Game to get all the references.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man adapts the world to himself.
Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
- George Bernard Shaw
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I watched it last friday, obviously we are a bit ahead over here - I don't want to spoil you, so I summarize my thoughts on the movie without going into the story.
I haven't read the book, so I can't say wether it is good in compaqrison to the book. However, I think they managed to make it a bit different from the average crapfiction movie, but go and see it (you'll gonna watch at least a decent movie).
And then I heard it like a shot through my skull to my brain,
I felt my fingertips tingle and it started to rain,
When the walls of my bedroom were tremblin' around me,
This ramshackle voice over attack of a bluebeat,
And tellin' me she's only looking for fun.
And this was the sound of the very last gang in town.
I'da called you Woody, Joe
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That's good info, thanks.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man adapts the world to himself.
Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
- George Bernard Shaw
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I read the books in the 80's, so my memory of what happened isn't fantastic, but I enjoyed them and any movie made based on any one of them should be entertaining. (The last in the series probably wouldn't transfer well to the big screen.)
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: expecting to be utterly disappointed
Jörgen Andersson wrote: What's your take on it?
utterly with you
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Haven't read the book but the trailer looks pretty interesting!
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The book is brilliant and definitely a recommendation.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man adapts the world to himself.
Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
- George Bernard Shaw
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I have seen the trailers, but never heard of the book, so I guess I have also been living under a rock.
Jörgen Andersson wrote: expecting to be utterly disappointed. Especially as Harrison Ford is doing Colonel Graff
Sorry, but I don't follow you here. Are you saying Harrison Ford is a bad actor or just that you don't think he fits the role as you know it?
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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I guess you get a mental picture of the characters when you read a book, and Harrison Ford just doesn't fit my picture of Colonel Graff. A large version of Harvey Keitel would have been a better fit.
Ben Kingsley as Mazer Rackham sounds like the perfect cast to me though.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man adapts the world to himself.
Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
- George Bernard Shaw
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: Ben Kingsley as Mazer Rackham sounds like the perfect cast to me though.
Ben Kingsley as anyone is perfect casting.
I'd bet he'd do "pregnant woman" better than 99.9% of actresses.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man adapts the world to himself.
Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
- George Bernard Shaw
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its unfair and completely untrue
however if you had said American Actresses then you would have been correct.
I have come to the conclusion that The british have actors and the Americans have film stars
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: Mazer Rackham sounds like the perfect cast to me though.
He did a great job in the movie, indeed - I think his appearance is one of the best parts of the movie.
And then I heard it like a shot through my skull to my brain,
I felt my fingertips tingle and it started to rain,
When the walls of my bedroom were tremblin' around me,
This ramshackle voice over attack of a bluebeat,
And tellin' me she's only looking for fun.
And this was the sound of the very last gang in town.
I'da called you Woody, Joe
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Remember, the enemy's gate is down!
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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man adapts the world to himself.
Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
- George Bernard Shaw
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Pretty epic onboard mountain bike run, few heart stopping moments and I wasn't even on the bike!
Backflip Over 72ft Canyon[^]
His bike has been re-inforced........because his balls are so big!
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I have a mountain bike I ride but I have trouble on level surfaces, this guys crazy.
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Egads. I wonder how much it costs to have your sense of self-preservation surgically removed?
Software Zen: delete this;
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Was scouring the net for the cheapest source of our bubbly of choice to stock up for Crimbo and New Year.
Found the cheapest place, but had to go and take the kids to their skiing lesson. Left the browser open etc. When I came back there was a popup saying enter your email address to receive a promocode for 10% off. So I did. So this code was CL10, and beats their other codes, there new customer code was NEWCUST15 giving £15 off first order, there is also a new customer code in the the signup email WELC10 for £10 off first order over £80, and there was another £15 off code CL15 which was just a random one I tried! Now as per usual, you can only enter 1 code. So glad I got sidetracked. The cheapest site, just became even cheaper!
Anyway, Their deals on bubbly + the code + free delivery == quite a saving!
Normally the bottles of LPR retail for ~60, I paid ~36 and that is the cheapest I have managed to find them for for a number of years. ![Jig | [Dance]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/jig.gif) ![Beer | [beer]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/beer.gif)
In case you are wondering where, it was winehound.co.uk
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LPR?
Veni, vidi, abiit domum
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Laurent Perrier Rosé[^]
The only instant messaging I do involves my middle finger.
English doesn't borrow from other languages.
English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar.
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