Tag: Ender’s Game
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Movie Review – Ender’s Game
Note: Â my love of the book predates any knowledge of OSC’s deplorable politics and views on gays. Â Not discussing that here. I have a long history with the book Ender’s Game. Â My brother gave it to me to read after he read it and loved it, I couldn’t have been more than 10 years old.…
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Friday Finds – LOTR and Star Wars
Hey, it’s been a while.  Vacations, children, car shopping, attending Sabres games in the press box, all take a toll on my time.  Onto the posts! The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim First Impressions – Oh yeah, this has a lot to do with the lack of regular content too. Skyrim Stories – The Shakiest Swordarm…
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Ender’s Game News – Ben Kingsley and Hollywood Whitewashing
Some notes:Â This post has some plot details of Ender’s Game: The Book, so if you haven’t read it (and WHY NOT) read the rest of this at your own risk. I hesitate to even write this, as Orson Scott Card’s books were a pretty fundamental part of my childhood, after I read my brother’s…
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Friday Finds – War Machine and The Hobbit
Happy Friday, all! I’m getting back in the swing of things so got some posts down this week. Not sure how many I’ll manage for next week, though, as I’m planning to fire up River City Ransom for OGT. Might just nerd-snipe myself into oblivion there, love that game. Anyway, this week’s posts: Kid Movie…
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Ender’s Game – Might it FINALLY Happen?
If you know me at all, you know I’m a huge Orson Scott Card fan, with my favorite book of his always alternating between Ender’s Game and Speaker for the Dead. The idea for an Ender’s Game movie has been in Hollywood for years, at one point looking like Wolfgang Petersen would get it done. …
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Friday Finds – Solar Sails and LEGO
Happy Friday all! It’s a busy day today, so I’ll get right down to it: Old Game Tuesday – Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri – What a fantastic game. Where Comic Books Make Us Uncomfortable – Me pondering sex appeal in comics. Ender’s Game – Might it FINALLY Happen? – We might ACTUALLY get the Ender’s…