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First Glimpse Of Harrison Ford & Asa Butterfield In 'Ender's Game'
I am really excited to see Gavin Hood's adaptation of Orson Scott Card's novel 'Enders Game.' The novel tells the story of a young boy named Ender who, like many his age, is taken from his family and enrolled in combat school to learn to defend the Earth from the constant threat of invasion from a race of insect-like aliens. Like everyone else, I hated 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine,' but here Hood is tackling the story of a society in which violence is so ubiquitous that it becomes policy even for children. That is, thematically, very similar to Hood's film 'Tsotsi,' which was quite good. Courtesy of Entertainment Weekly, we have our first look at Ender (Asa Butterfield) and his commanding officer Colonel Graff (Harrison Ford). I liked Butterfield in 'Hugo,' and it's always nice to see Ford in sci-fi projects. Take a look at the image below and let us know what you think.
'Ender's Game' hits theaters November 1st, 2013
Source: EW
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Comment by DaveTheBrave on December 7, 2012 at 4:22am -
Fuck Orson Scott Card as a person, but his first couple of books are pretty awesome.
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Comment by Dialtribe on December 6, 2012 at 4:09pm -
Is the book series any good? I have thought about reading them as I heard good things, but I am always turned off by Orson Scott Card as a human being.
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Comment by Gregory Alford on December 6, 2012 at 11:20am -
@ Sam Hill,KP Spark,and EmeraldGunslinger
Thanks for info. I had too look up on wikipedia to find out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_(series) that cutural influences did come from Ender's Game. Also the former senior employee at Bungie Studios Jaime Griesemer said "One of the main sources of inspiration was Armor [by John Steakley], in which a soldier has to constantly re-live the same war over and over again. That sense of hopelessness, a relentless battle, was influential." Not to mention the Flood from Halo were influenced by the assimilating alien species in Christopher Rowley's The Vang; it has also been speculated that the Master Chief's name "John 117" may have been a reference to a character named Jon 6725416 in Rowley's Starhammer,or to the John Spartan character of Demolition Man. Bungie has also acknowledged James Cameron's film Aliens as a strong cinematic influence. Halo series' use of ring-shaped megastructures followed on from concepts featured in Larry Niven's Ringworld and Iain M. Banks' Culture series (of which Consider Phlebasand Excession were said to be particularly influential as well. Also the Roman epic poem Aeneid was influential too.
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Comment by Arsène Lupin the Third on December 6, 2012 at 9:07am -
Kevin, one of the smaller ones, bean(not sure if brown kid is him), is suppose to be the smallest kid in camp, also this might be dragon unit which is a noticable time later.
Pat, not really, these kids aren't put into real life or death situations.
Remember the enemy's gate is DOWN!*launch*
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Comment by patmander on December 6, 2012 at 7:47am -
Alright! Starship Troppers meets Hunger Game.........
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Comment by Kevin McMullin on December 6, 2012 at 2:35am -
Isn't Ender a small kid in the book?
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Comment by Calvin on December 6, 2012 at 1:00am -
@Shepard Hendrix
He does look scrawnier than the other kids though
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Comment by Calvin on December 6, 2012 at 12:57am
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@Ferry2dead
In the book the guy Ford's playing gets to be a little chubby by the end if I remember.
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Comment by Arsène Lupin the Third on December 5, 2012 at 11:52pm
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I'll be pirating this just like I did with the audio books of this series. Orson gets no money out of me.
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Comment by Sam Hill on December 5, 2012 at 11:50pm -
@ Gregory Alford - Ender's Game came out in 1985. So, your statement should be more "Wow, Halo sounds like the plot of Ender's Game!" Or, to be more accurate, "Wow, a lot of things like other things!" Children engaged in adult situations and battles, either by society or their own choice, is a common theme in literature and sadly in life.
The idea of a proper 'childhood' is still a new concept, and came about around the late 1800s. Prior to that, children were little adults, awaiting maturity. A lot of children and young adult fiction explore what childhood really means, how much is lost when they take on roles meant for adults, and how early the mental transition from child to adult can be. The most commonly known exploration of this theme would be Harry Potter, where we see Harry take on the role of a leader and commander early on in his career, and his struggle to retain a traditional childhood.
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