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Craig

This is a heck an experience, isn't it? I'm incredibly fortunate in that my job (enterprise technology sales) can be done anywhere and working in the A&D space my potential customers are still investing in technology. Add to that my wife already stayed at home with both of our boys (9 and 6) so ...

Craig

Just packed all my books in storage to get ready for moving. That's exciting! Where are you moving to? We bought a new house (well, new to us, the house is actually 101 years old) a couple years ago and I got to pack up all of my books too. You don't realize how many you have until you have to pack...

Craig

What do y'all think?

I like this idea! I kind of miss having a private place and have actually found myself checking in here the past couple of days.

Me too!

Craig

I hear both of you... For some reason I woke up early this morning thinking about this place and was hit with a heavy nostalgic punch. And just like you, Mobius, I'm reading through old threads. Makes me want to cry...

Craig

Back with my annual check-in... I still miss this place and everyone in it. I saw there was a Philotic Web FB group, has anyone ever thought about starting a new one (or is that one active?) and bringing the community back together in a more up to date format?

Craig

Hey there! This is Naomi, I've been here since two days after the grand opening, which was June 29, 2000. So, you may be off by a year :) Anyway, I still lurk but don't post much. Naomi! Haha, yeah, I couldn't quite remember when the forum started, but I was there at the beginning too. Actually fou...

Craig

There comes a time every few months when I find myself growing incredibly nostalgic and returning to PWEB. Only when I return I grow even more sad and nostalgic, because it seems like everyone I knew and talked to have disappeared. So, here I am, on a rainy NW afternoon wondering who's left? Who sti...

Craig

The more I watch this movie, the less and less I like it. My daughter watched it with me a few weeks ago. I had to fight with her to get her to do it. She really didn't want to. She had heard me talk about it; she had seen the ads on TV and in the theaters. And she was right, because I was right. A...

Craig

The nice thing about the Enderverse is that after reading Ender's game, you can move about with your reading in time in any direction without spoilers :D Except that the end of Ender in Exile, the direct sequel/parallel novel to Ender's Game, has serious spoilers for Shadow of the Giant--the fourth...

Craig

One of my few gripes with the movie is that it didn't show enough of Ender's tactical genius. It sounds like those scenes would have definitely helped with that. I really think that if the film was 30 minutes longer it could have been just about perfect. ...And if they hadn't made Bonzo comically s...

Craig

Watched the Blu Ray this past weekend. I still think the movie was great, but I wasn't overly impressed by the deleted/extended scenes. The other special featurettes weren't anything to write home about either, but I never really care that much about special features anyway. The most interesting pa...

Craig

They were probably cut really early in the process. The scenes on the DVD/Blu Ray were relatively close to being finished and were likely cut near the end of the process. I'd agree with you that most of the scenes between the adults should have been cut, but I really wish they would have included th...

Craig

I bought the Limited Edition steel case from Target, blew through the special features, and went to watch the movie but it won't play! GRRRR!!! The DVD plays, so I'm not without the movie, but the blu ray won't and I'll have to take it back. That said... Gavin Hood said during the deleted/extended s...

Craig

Has anyone picked up the digital copy of the film? I'm curious as to what the deleted scenes are. I know there's an extended scene involving Ender's conversation with Mick as well as a the conversation he has with Dink as to why he never accepted command, but outside of that I have no idea. I'm real...

Craig

Deleted scenes will be nice. Shouldn't be too hard to cut them back in either, if they seem like good additions. I can't tell if you're saying that Summit might cut them back in later or that the fans might... If Summit doesn't, you better believe I'll put together an ENDER'S GAME: The Ultimate Fan...

Craig

The film CraveOnline called "one of the best films of the year" is coming to DVD, Blu-ray, VOD, and PPV on February 11, 2014, with an early Digital HD window beginning January 28. Now, we've got a CraveOnline Exclusive announcement and preview of the Ender's Game Blu-ray and DVD box art ...

Craig

I'd kick myself if I never posted my thoughts here... I saw it on Thursday, Oct. 31st and then again on November 2nd and didn't really write about it, because quite frankly, I don't really care what anyone else thinks about it... Sounds weird, I know, but I have a deep connection with the book and i...

Craig

I've watched the trailer well over 50 times now and one thing has always bugged me about it. When Graff says "If you win you'll be remembered as a hero". I finally realized that the first part of that line "if you win" is actually ADR intended to be stitched together with "y...

Craig

*shrugs* It is what it is. There are tons of reasons why it's not terrible that they showed it, but it definitely wasn't necessary. I agree, actually... I don't think it gives anything away to people who don't know the story ... after all, there will no doubt be a lot of other explosions. And of co...

Craig

After well over a decade of anticipation, I have to say... I'm very, very pleased with the teaser trailer. OSC has been telling us time and again that the movie isn't OSC's Ender's Game, it's Gavin Hood's making the best film possible based on and using the concepts, themes, and characters explored...

Craig

There's actually no polite way to say how excited I am. I concur. I saw the link from Ender's Ansible's Facebook page this morning at 6:00 am and promptly woke up my entire family (including my son, Ender) screaming in excitement. I've watched that 10 second clip probably 25 times today and still h...

Craig

Excellent post, Carry. I couldn't agree with you more.

-Craig

Craig

He looks great. When they announced his name as a candidate for Mazer Rackham, I was over the moon with excitement. He's the PERFECT Mazer. I can't wait to see him in action.

-Craig

Craig

Really? Nobody has dropped by to say anything? I've been coming to this site since it opened and I've been dreaming about this movie for longer than that and I know my fellow Pwebbers have too. The response to the trailer has been great--I've read the comments from Collider, i09, Cinema Blend, and w...

Craig

Eragon's source material wasn't *quite* the same caliber as Ender's Game. Sure, there are a lot of examples of adaptations gone wrong, but there are a lot that have gone right. We'll have our first glimpse soon, but I for one am cautiously optimistic.

Salaam

Craig

The same thought went through my head, but don't you think it's a pretty neat way to visually foreshadow the ending?

Salaam

Craig

I just have this gut wrenching feeling that the movie is going to do horrible in the box office. I think it'll be a moderate success at the very least. Summit has a lot of faith in this movie, enough that they gave it a prime release date (after production finished--coincidence?), it has over a $10...

Craig

Does the poster look cartoonish to anyone else? I had the same complaint on your Ender's Ansible Facebook post. It's definitely a little too CGI-ish for me, but like Boothby said, it's a picture compilation and the proportions are off. It offers a taste of things to come and a general sense of what...

Craig

Not translucent...transparent. Haha, thank you. I always point to the Harry Potter films. Most consider the third film to be the best or among the best. It was also the first film to take liberties with the story. Not to get off topic....but WHAT? I loved the novel version of Prisoner of Azkaban, b...

Craig

I would be completely okay with that. Battle School doesn't have epic views of Earth in my mind--all they have are walls. But, I have already resigned myself to this movie having no details from the book and hopefully just staying true to spirit of it. I've never been the type that required my film...

Craig

Translucent walls! Battle School in orbit over Earth! Looks absolutely stunning. I can't wait to see more!

Salaam

Craig

They say the production budget is over $110 Million. It's definitely getting the big screen treatment!

Salaam

Craig

I'm about 100 pages in and so far I think it's pretty darn good. I'd go so far to say that it's my favorite Enderverse book written since "Ender's Shadow" but we'll see how the rest of it goes.

Salaam

Craig

I can't imagine Summit pushing the movie back any farther. A November release means they can green light a sequel for the summer of 2014, if it performs. A January release would kill any chance of success this movie has. January movies are movies that the studio doesn't know what to do with and is g...

Craig

I must be in the minority, but I thought it looked awesome... It's the first picture that has got me genuinely excited.

Salaam

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