So, I picked up the Entertainment Weekly Fall Movie Preview that’s out this week, because I love movies. (Still weird to see a mainstream publication talking about Doctor Who, but I digress).<\/p>\n
Among the films coming out later this year, I’m looking forward to Ender’s Game. It’s probably my single favorite book (even if Orson Scott Card is a douchebag) and one that I’ve been hoping to see even though it’s been caught in development hell forever.<\/p>\n
But then there was this quote, from the director:<\/p>\n
\n“In the book the battle room is a big black box, but I decided it would be more visually exciting to make it a huge glass orb so you could be looking down at earth and up at stars”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
OMG NO<\/p>\n
If you’ve read the book at all, you’ll know the Battle Room is a huge part of the story, and part of what makes it important is that it is supposed to be\u00a0disorienting.\u00a0 That’s why “The enemy gate is\u00a0down"\u00a0<\/em>is such a key moment. If you make the battle room clear, then you\u00a0immediately\u00a0give the players a frame of reference and that utterly defeats the purpose!<\/p>\n
This is probably just a bit of nerd rage, but\u00a0seriously\u00a0 this is nearly enough to make me not want to see it after all. I know there will be changes in any adaption, but this just might be too much.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So, I picked up the Entertainment Weekly Fall Movie Preview that’s out this week, because I love movies. (Still weird to see a mainstream publication talking about Doctor Who, but I digress). Among the films coming out later this year, I’m looking forward to Ender’s Game. It’s probably my single favorite book (even if Orson … <\/p>\n