smackababy
Lifer
- Oct 30, 2008
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There was that and other differences, but IMO the entire story has always revolved around Ender and his reactions to his crapsack world, so I think what others do is secondary.
Wasn't Ender's motivation to sacrifice his troops and blow up the planet his plan for getting expelled? He wasn't so much as trying to win, but trying to win in a way that wouldn't be "right" and he wouldn't make it any further. Thus, this realization he had actually caused all those people to lose their lives AND eradicate an entire species, plus anything else on that planet, all the more chilling to the deception. The fact that everyone thought it was a great victory only reinforced the idea this military was about winning at all costs.
They also left out his writings and everything about his brother except he was overly violent.
I saw this last weekend and it wasn't awful. They left out a lot of stuff, but most of it was too scifi for the average audience anyway. Look at some of the greatest (IMO) scifi stories that were made into movies: Total Recall, Blade Runner, Minority Report. They all were much more about the effects of society, technology, and conciseness; but Hollywood made them action movies.
More people equate Star Wars with scifi than actual scifi.
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