For me, this is a book that did not age well. After having loved it as a youngster, I recently picked it back up. Perhaps my perception has been tainted by Card's sad slide toward wacky politics: http://www.salon.com/2013/03/07/end_game_for_orson_scott_car...
It's how I used to feel about viewing 95% of the output of Hollywood as a "wacky" political conservative.
I got over it and learned to judge the work on its merits.
Let's be clear: there are political conservatives that I respect who are not also raging homophobes that advocate the use of the government's police power to restrict the sex lives of a minority of its citizens.
My biggest fear is that this is turned into a young adult version of independence day or a poor rip-off of Starship Troopers for kids. I would've hoped for more Locke and Demosthenes, but I guess for a trailer they're looking to go for the big bonanza than actual fans of the story.
Well yea, I wouldn't necessarily say Locke and Demosthenes was of critical importance to the story line. Though it did influence it in a small manner.
Is it just me, or did anyone else envision the training room as being completely empty? It also looks like they gave away the ending in the trailer...
if you are passionate about the ender's game you probably already know the ending. If you dont know about ender's game you wouldnt know that its the ending. very subtly done.
Not clear. Remember that at least one of the pre-climax battles involves a massive fleet vaporizing. Are you sure you did not see that?