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by Taft
Sun Jun 03, 2012 4:27 am
Forum: Ender's Game Movie Rumors, Speculation and Fan Art
Topic: Something's just not quite adding up....
Replies: 18
Views: 13150

Re: Something's just not quite adding up....

If I'm going to be honest, I expect that absent a good marketing campaign (and a good one wouldn't surprise me, but the movie does need it), the movie will be a commercial flop. It won't do horribly, but it won't be a sequel-generating smash hit (which IMHO is probably good That's about what I expe...
by Taft
Fri May 25, 2012 2:34 pm
Forum: EnderVerse Novels and Stories
Topic: EARTH UNAWARE [The Spoiler-Free Thread]
Replies: 14
Views: 8075

Re: "Earth Unaware" - Book 1 of The First Formic War

So, should we get "Bugger Off: The Anti-Formic Spray"?
by Taft
Fri May 25, 2012 2:33 pm
Forum: Ender's Game Movie News and Discussion
Topic: Open Casting Call
Replies: 30
Views: 19863

Re: Open Casting Call

New Orleans (hence my Crescent comment...that's the train from New York to New Orleans). It's just sad...had the movie happened the last time the rumors started swirling (around Wolfgang Petersen being attached), I'd have still been young enough. I won't lie...on a certain level, it does sting a bit.
by Taft
Fri May 25, 2012 6:31 am
Forum: Ender's Game Movie Rumors, Speculation and Fan Art
Topic: Something's just not quite adding up....
Replies: 18
Views: 13150

Re: Something's just not quite adding up....

If I'm going to be honest, I expect that absent a good marketing campaign (and a good one wouldn't surprise me, but the movie does need it), the movie will be a commercial flop. It won't do horribly, but it won't be a sequel-generating smash hit (which IMHO is probably good, since what there is to g...
by Taft
Wed Mar 21, 2012 9:48 pm
Forum: Ender's Game Movie News and Discussion
Topic: Ender's Game Publicity
Replies: 78
Views: 49892

Re: Ender's Game Publicity

Let's also consider that some might-or-might-not-use CGI could be tossed together for something.

Still, I doubt that it would be kept totally under wraps tbh. Abrams was, in both cases, shooting for mystery/horror stuff...something which this definitely isn't.
by Taft
Sun Mar 18, 2012 11:44 pm
Forum: Ender's Game Movie News and Discussion
Topic: Open Casting Call
Replies: 30
Views: 19863

Re: Open Casting Call

*sighs* Well, I'd have been in the right age bracket when I first joined here (like...eight years ago, when I was 17). And had I been the right age and seen this at the right time, you can bet your bottom dollar that I'd have grabbed a ticket on the Crescent as soon as I'd heard of this. Ah, well......
by Taft
Sun Mar 18, 2012 10:41 pm
Forum: Ender's Game Movie News and Discussion
Topic: Concept Art?
Replies: 1
Views: 4363

Concept Art?

Have there been any concept art releases to date? I know they're filming...I'm just wondering if there's been some official art coming out.

Edit: No, this isn't an idle question...I will be using the art somehow.
by Taft
Sun Mar 18, 2012 10:04 pm
Forum: EnderVerse Novels and Stories
Topic: Shadows in Flight
Replies: 71
Views: 23677

Re: Shadows in Flight

Taft, while it's true that originally SiF was supposed to be a sort of sequel to both CotM and SotG, somewhere along the way that got dropped and it just became a sequel to SotG which is why there was not mention of the descoladores storyline. There seems to be future plans for a novel called Shado...
by Taft
Fri Mar 16, 2012 9:51 am
Forum: EnderVerse Novels and Stories
Topic: Shadows in Flight
Replies: 71
Views: 23677

Re: Shadows in Flight

Having read SiF...let's just say that my opinion is that it is a very good thing that Card is handing things over to other writers. The biggest disappointment is that there is no clear connection to the Descoladores (the thread that Card was purportedly dealing with in this story). Other than that,...
by Taft
Fri Mar 16, 2012 7:41 am
Forum: EnderVerse Novels and Stories
Topic: Teacher suspended because of "pornographic" Ender's Game...
Replies: 6
Views: 4390

Re: Teacher suspended because of "pornographic" Ender's Game

From what I have gathered, the issue seems to be more that internal procedures weren't followed in selecting the novels than anything. Had those procedures been followed, the complaint would have been heard (they all are), but this wouldn't be such a big deal. As I noted in a discussion on Ansible, ...
by Taft
Sat Oct 29, 2011 10:03 pm
Forum: Ender's Game Movie News and Discussion
Topic: ENDER'S GAME Movie Release Date
Replies: 14
Views: 6852

Re: ENDER'S GAME Movie Release Date

Yeah...I haven't been paying much attention because of the development hell problems, but I saw this today. Good to see that something is happening with this...though I'm naturally nervous about a possible mishandling of it. Given the choice, I'm not sure which I'd prefer from a "make this succ...
by Taft
Tue Nov 03, 2009 1:22 pm
Forum: EnderVerse Novels and Stories
Topic: You know you've read too much EG when...
Replies: 240
Views: 149485

When you have dreams about playing weightless laser tag in the band room.
You just reminded me of when I mentally turned my math classroom 90 degrees on end or upside down some days during class. Come to think of it, I did the same during exams.
by Taft
Sun Nov 01, 2009 1:16 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Halloween 2009
Replies: 20
Views: 4578

Bonzo Madrid. I have a thread in the Enderverse forum with some pictures (I don't want to be redundant with them); hopefully I'll have some post-Halloween pics from the book discussion we're doing on Ender's Game here as well.
by Taft
Sun Nov 01, 2009 1:04 am
Forum: EnderVerse Novels and Stories
Topic: Halloween Costume
Replies: 2
Views: 1845

Hahaha, I like the idea. Keep going for it.

And welcome to Pweb :)
I will...and thanks, though I actually joined a while back;) I've just been swamped with enough RL stuff that it isn't even funny.
by Taft
Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:06 pm
Forum: EnderVerse Novels and Stories
Topic: Halloween Costume
Replies: 2
Views: 1845

Halloween Costume

So...I tried doing an Ender's Game-related costume a couple of years back. It didn't shake out, but I finally got it together this year: http://i675.photobucket.com/albums/vv116/GrayAnderson5/SalamanderPatch.jpg http://i675.photobucket.com/albums/vv116/GrayAnderson5/Salamander.jpg http://i675.photob...
by Taft
Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:11 am
Forum: EnderVerse Novels and Stories
Topic: Ender vs Bean
Replies: 59
Views: 50166

In a sense, Bean is very much the weaker character for this in my mind. Part of it is a feeling that Card went across that "bridge too far" with him (something the Shadow series did a lot) and part of it is the fact that we got a Bond villain as his opponent, but...yeah.
by Taft
Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:03 am
Forum: EnderVerse Novels and Stories
Topic: Who's Your Favourite Character?
Replies: 26
Views: 11088

My favorites are Ender and Peter. My absolute least favorite, on the other hand, is Graff.
by Taft
Fri Oct 30, 2009 8:01 am
Forum: EnderVerse Novels and Stories
Topic: You know you've read too much EG when...
Replies: 240
Views: 149485

It's to hard to change my train of thought. I'm going to be rude now, but no, it's really not too hard...you're just lazy. Which is fine since it's just food and a set of characters. Just thought I'd point out that you mixed up the two cultures somehow. :) *ahem* The Enemy's Gate Is Down And yes, t...
by Taft
Mon Mar 30, 2009 6:38 pm
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: Can I have some help
Replies: 22
Views: 7297

I was at the lake (or at least the closest thing IRL) today. There's a lake just past Lake Brandt that fits the description quite well, truth be told; it's got a whopping three houses on it (and removing two of them over a century would not be hard at all).
by Taft
Mon Dec 10, 2007 11:06 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: I've Been Away for a While and Clearly Missed Something...
Replies: 9
Views: 4620

Yeah, that sounds about right.
by Taft
Mon Dec 10, 2007 3:06 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: I've Been Away for a While and Clearly Missed Something...
Replies: 9
Views: 4620

I was last here about two-three years ago; I think I remember having to re-register on the forum here. The last I recall, we had an elaborate main page (with lots of pages attached to it).
by Taft
Mon Dec 10, 2007 2:31 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: I've Been Away for a While and Clearly Missed Something...
Replies: 9
Views: 4620

Why do I not like the sound of that?

*sighs*

Alright, for a more specific question...What made it go boom?
by Taft
Mon Dec 10, 2007 2:03 am
Forum: Milagre Town Square
Topic: I've Been Away for a While and Clearly Missed Something...
Replies: 9
Views: 4620

I've Been Away for a While and Clearly Missed Something...

Hey, guys...it's been a while (alright, a long while) since I've posted here. I came back this evening, and I noticed something: We're short a site. Uh...I hate to ask, but what happened to the website?

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