Nerd Up!

Cover from Issue#1 of Ender's Game from Marvel Comics

Well the on again, off again movie based on the Ender’s Game/Ender’s Shadow series written by Orson Scott Card, is off again.  Which IMHO is a shame because I think the story would lend itself very well to the big screen…Of course this is based on Hollywood “doing it right” which doesn’t always happen, actually usually doesn’t happen.   This may be a blessing in disguise for those that hold the series in high regard.

I did think that when Wolfgang Petersen was attached my hopes had perked up a bit, but when OSC is not comfortable with the film’s direction, I am cool with the decision of him being let go…my feeling on the movie is that when, nay if, it ever gets made the focus should be on the emotions and experiences that Ender and his army go through, not on the sci-fi aspects of the story.  Of course the Sci Fi parts would be the set pieces that would attract a larger audience because of the wow factor, and I’m not saying that they don’t have their place, but they shouldn’t be the focus of the movie.