supersloth, on 14 May 2013 - 09:13 PM, said:

IIRC he apologized for not having details. I imagine there was only so much he could say. He did point out that he had met the actors and was extremely impressed. It was very clear that he thinks he has placed the story in very good hands and *hopes* it will work out. I think he is hoping just as much as the fans are that it'll turn out great.

A meteorologist or a struggling singer. Probably the former.

supersloth, on 18 December 2012 - 06:53 PM, said:

I recently had the privilege of meeting Orson Scott Card at the LA Times festival of books here in Los Angeles. It was a great experience. He had a conversation and answered questions, and most of them were about the movie.

He made very good points regarding it being 'watered down'. He spent a very long time with Ender's Game telling people to fuck off because they wanted to completely change it and destroy the story. He has very carefully picked the people who are making this film and he is satisfied. He pointed out that, at its core, Ender's Game is almost an unfilmable movie. Most of the book goes on inside of Ender's head. Unless you're Dexter Morgan, you can't really build a movie around someone's thoughts. They *have* to change things in fundamental ways to fit it inside of a movie and make Ender's thoughts and motivations known in a way that doesn't require us to be inside of his head.

Mr. Card pointed out that you absolutely should not expect it to be the same as the book. It can't be, because the book is unfilmable. Beyond the fundamental issue that the book mostly centers around Ender's thoughts, the film would also be several hours long. He seemed convinced that what it will be is the story told as best as they can make it on film by people who care about the story.

I also got books signed by him that day. That was a good day. />

supersloth, on 14 May 2013 - 07:19 PM, said:

Actually not at all. This was one of the questions posed to Mr. Card, and he was very adamant that Ender's Game was not at all meant for a youth audience. He was baffled that it became so.

EDIT: If you're wondering about the bazillion edits, I was having a disagreement with smileys. They won.

Also interesting and related is http://www.youtube.c...h?v=pNhBQJN44YQ from Clojure Conj 2011. I enjoyed this talk. Note that the Daniel is a Scala programmer and thus the examples are Scala.

Dropbox?