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Ender's Game: The Movie
Multiple | July 14, 2012

Posted on 07/14/2012 9:35:42 AM PDT by EveningStar

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To: Eye of Unk

That would be awesome; I’d definitely go see that.


21 posted on 07/14/2012 12:02:25 PM PDT by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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To: Future Snake Eater

If Hollywood could pull it off it would create a phenomenon bigger than when Star Wars a New Hope came out.

Has to be at least a trilogy. has to contain how Spartan 117 came to be, how he became the last of the Spartans, how the battle was fought on the Halo ring, fought on Earth, including the Forerunners, and of course why the Halo rings were made.

Actually a six part series would be better.


22 posted on 07/14/2012 12:06:30 PM PDT by Eye of Unk (Going mobile, posts will be brief. No spellcheck for the grammar nazis.)
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To: GreyFriar

Thanks for the ping. I loved the book and hope the movie turns out well.


23 posted on 07/14/2012 12:10:14 PM PDT by zot
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To: EveningStar; fish hawk

I was listening to the audio book of Dune when I was at work, and hearing all the Arabic overtones kinda made me uneasy. I wound up not finishing it and I don’t much to anyway.


24 posted on 07/14/2012 12:18:17 PM PDT by wastedyears ("God? I didn't know he was signed onto the system.")
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To: Eye of Unk

Honestly, I think they’d be fine to mirror the game series. The first Halo game described who/what Master Chief and Cortana are very well, it described what the Halo worlds are and why they are there, established the Covenant and the Flood. I haven’t played “Halo 2”, but “Halo 3” was also well-told and a good cap to the saga. Then follow up with “Halo: Reach” to show how the events unfolded into what happened in the Halo Trilogy.

Of course, the question must be asked—does a movie series even need to be made? The games did such a great job of telling the story, I can’t help but think movies just open up the possibility of ruining the story. I think the same of “God of War” for that matter.


25 posted on 07/14/2012 12:18:25 PM PDT by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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To: Eye of Unk

Actually making Halo come to life would be too challenging for Hollywood nowadays. Maybe either Stephen Speilberg or George Lucas when they were younger.


26 posted on 07/14/2012 12:20:13 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Check out the Youtube video of the teaser trailer for Halo 4, its on the web, I have seen a small part at the moviehouse, thought it was an actual real life movie, but its just the teaser for the game coming out in november.


27 posted on 07/14/2012 12:23:53 PM PDT by Eye of Unk (Going mobile, posts will be brief. No spellcheck for the grammar nazis.)
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To: Eye of Unk

I read somewhere that Denzel Washington was once considered for the role of the Master Chief, and that the helmet would have a transparent visor, rather than the shimmering gold one we all know.

While I think Washington is a good actor, he would be at the bottom of my personal list for people who play that role. He just wouldn’t be the right guy for the job.


28 posted on 07/14/2012 12:27:57 PM PDT by wastedyears ("God? I didn't know he was signed onto the system.")
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To: Eye of Unk

The full reveal video for Halo 4 was over 7 minutes long, and really made the nerd side of me jump for joy.


29 posted on 07/14/2012 12:30:24 PM PDT by wastedyears ("God? I didn't know he was signed onto the system.")
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To: Future Snake Eater

One good reason for making one or a few Halo movies is that you could actually sit back and watch it unfold, without worrying about dying, and enjoy it. I know there’s the whole issue of immersion in gaming, but if a Halo movie is made well enough, it could chart on the record books.


30 posted on 07/14/2012 12:32:05 PM PDT by wastedyears ("God? I didn't know he was signed onto the system.")
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To: wastedyears

Heaven save us if they try to sneak in a CGI stretched Tom Cruise.

Obviously a no-name actor, but someone much like a Rutger Hauer person would better, first off it has to be a personna of what the MC is both physically in size and with the hard core dedicated warrior mindset, of which Hollyweird seems to have lost.


31 posted on 07/14/2012 12:32:20 PM PDT by Eye of Unk (Going mobile, posts will be brief. No spellcheck for the grammar nazis.)
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To: wastedyears

I have not been on the halo gaming forums in quite a bit but the Halo 4 release at one time had a rumor it had to be played on a new console dubbed the XBOX 720.

Supposed to be Bluray capable and with advanced Kinect features.


32 posted on 07/14/2012 12:36:55 PM PDT by Eye of Unk (Going mobile, posts will be brief. No spellcheck for the grammar nazis.)
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To: wastedyears

A person could create a lively thread posting one just about the upcoming Halo 4 game.

A lot more interesting than some political sniping and mudslinging topics I would say, I might even do it myself.

But if anyone does feel free to add me to the ping list, I have been just lurking and ducking for cover here at FR this last week.


33 posted on 07/14/2012 12:39:43 PM PDT by Eye of Unk (Going mobile, posts will be brief. No spellcheck for the grammar nazis.)
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To: wastedyears
True, Frank Herbert must have really studied the Islamic cult as his books use that as a base for his novel. But, Islam is a reality and if anything, helped me understand the Muslim thinking. It did not detract from the book to me.
Had it tried to make the Emperor and or the Harkonnans look somewhat like Christians, that would have been the end of it all for me but they were more villain than the Islamic types.
34 posted on 07/14/2012 12:42:33 PM PDT by fish hawk (Religion: Man's attempt to gain salvation or the approbation of God by his own works)
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To: Toddsterpatriot

The film of ST was a satire and a pretty good one.


35 posted on 07/14/2012 2:54:49 PM PDT by Borges
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To: fish hawk
True, Frank Herbert must have really studied the Islamic cult as his books use that as a base for his novel. But, Islam is a reality and if anything, helped me understand the Muslim thinking. It did not detract from the book to me. Had it tried to make the Emperor and or the Harkonnans look somewhat like Christians, that would have been the end of it all for me but they were more villain than the Islamic types.

Not Muslim - Sufi.

Take out the murder of non-believers, the enslavement of women, the killing of those who want to leave, and all the rest of the perversion, and emphasize peace, compassion and the Practice of the Presence of God, and you have what Herbert based Dune on.

Sufism - Islam, before it went insane.

36 posted on 07/14/2012 4:20:04 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: mnehring

Can you remember all the books in the series? I got lost in all those extended lives and re-genetic stories


37 posted on 07/14/2012 7:51:04 PM PDT by STD ([You must help] people in theÂ…feel so frustrated, so defeated, so lost, so futureless)
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