The Ender’s Game movie is coming.
You need to prepare yourselves: it will be Different From The Book.
Deep breath. Relax. Hold your fire.
Image via (you guessed it) Entertainment Weekly
One does not simply transfer the written image of children battling and cussing and being generally inhuman/adult-like onscreen without smoothing out those uncomfortable images so people do get all squirmy in their seats.
The Big Shots in the Marketing Department have discovered that we like our novels with complex themes and inhumane attempts at humanity to be portrayed on the big screen by beautiful young adults that have recently dropped out of college, or ignored college completely to Pursue Their Art. And, we like it when they throw in an aging Han Solo.
So, when the Film Version makes you angry, and you throw your Lego U. S. S. Enterprise (that it took you a year and eight thousand Legos to build) into your computer screen, don’t come crying to me about how Hollywood ruined another great piece of Science Fiction. No matter how perfect the written work, no matter how vivid, any human interpretation always leaves a little to be desired. Want proof? Ask any bible translation committee.
Anyway, I just wanted to warn you. And, clean up those Legos. Those things hurt.
