Here's a comment he made on his official forms regarding the movie. Interesting stuff:
Warner is still strongly committed to making Ender's Game into a great movie, and we agreed to another year or so of option, starting with a new script written by me (a page-one rewrite not based on any previous script, including mine). Guess how I'll be spending my Christmas vacation.
This is very promising, I think. As far as I know, all other elements of the team remain together. I will be working closely with Chartoff Productions (whom I've been working with on this for ten years now) and with the Warner executive to get this script right - emotional, truthful, the kind of film that even people who think they hate sci-fi and war films will like.
It will be faithful to the story, within the limitations of a two-hour form factor. Stuff has to be left out. But what's THERE will be true to the story in the books, even if it isn't word-for-word or point-for-point the same.
Some people's favorites lines and scenes won't be in the film. But we will try not to contradict them - so you could imagine that it still happened, only off-screen .
But if we need to make a contradictory change, we will. It's more important that it be an excellent movie than that it be an accurate transcription of the book. Don't you agree?
I want a movie people can sit through. Two hours if possible; no more than 2.5 hours. With two hours or less, you can get two showings a night at popular showtimes. That's the studio's goal; and it's mine, too. We're not doing Gandhi, here. It doesn't need to be ponderous. It needs NOT to be. It needs to be so good that people pack the theaters - as many showings as possible . That way I have a chance of getting other movies made, too. The last thing I need is for people to say, "Ender's Game - the movie that's even slower and longer than Heaven's Gate!"
Nintendo clearly shipped this update with no fanfare so as not to take the attention away from its Game Boy Micro launch. Why promote a system with a big, bright screen for 80 bucks when you're trying to sell a scaled back edition for 20 dollars more?
Didn't Sony say the exact thing about the PS2 when it came out? Something along the lines of, "The PS1 was a just gaming machine, but the PS2 is going to be a computer entertainment system!"
Now they're saying the same thing about the PS3, and pretending they never said it about the PS2.
...It says that this game will fall under the "sci-fi surgery action game" genre.
I think we can all agree that we've already had way to many games in this category. Why can't they do something original for once!
Apparantly They Might Be Giants(the band) have decided to start selling their new CD on their website as pure unadulterated actual MP3s! None of that other crap that has tons of arbitrary usage rights.
"You can burn this song to 3 CDs, transfer to up to 2 computers, and listen to it up to 14 times. This song will self-destruct in 5 days, sucker!"
Is it a GOOD idea for them to be selling the actual MP3s. Obviously, they realize that a lot of people will emidiately put it on Kazaa. But on the other hand, by selling it on their website on their own, the $9.99 that you pay for the CD goes straight to their pocket, instead of countless middlemen.
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...please explain what this "games as porn" law was all about?
Here's a comment he made on his official forms regarding the movie. Interesting stuff:
Warner is still strongly committed to making Ender's Game into a great movie, and we agreed to another year or so of option, starting with a new script written by me (a page-one rewrite not based on any previous script, including mine). Guess how I'll be spending my Christmas vacation.
This is very promising, I think. As far as I know, all other elements of the team remain together. I will be working closely with Chartoff Productions (whom I've been working with on this for ten years now) and with the Warner executive to get this script right - emotional, truthful, the kind of film that even people who think they hate sci-fi and war films will like.
It will be faithful to the story, within the limitations of a two-hour form factor. Stuff has to be left out. But what's THERE will be true to the story in the books, even if it isn't word-for-word or point-for-point the same.
Some people's favorites lines and scenes won't be in the film. But we will try not to contradict them - so you could imagine that it still happened, only off-screen .
But if we need to make a contradictory change, we will. It's more important that it be an excellent movie than that it be an accurate transcription of the book. Don't you agree?
I want a movie people can sit through. Two hours if possible; no more than 2.5 hours. With two hours or less, you can get two showings a night at popular showtimes. That's the studio's goal; and it's mine, too. We're not doing Gandhi, here. It doesn't need to be ponderous. It needs NOT to be. It needs to be so good that people pack the theaters - as many showings as possible . That way I have a chance of getting other movies made, too. The last thing I need is for people to say, "Ender's Game - the movie that's even slower and longer than Heaven's Gate!"
Nintendo clearly shipped this update with no fanfare so as not to take the attention away from its Game Boy Micro launch. Why promote a system with a big, bright screen for 80 bucks when you're trying to sell a scaled back edition for 20 dollars more?
Intel's AVERAGE cost per chip is about $40. These same chips, such as the Pentium 4s, can cost consumers UP TO $637.
You would get everyone living happily ever after with their iBooks. But there were actaully about 3000 people, which changes everything.
Here's the eDonkey link.
My God! iWonder what Microsoft will replace it with.
Too much of anything can be counterproductive
Now they're saying the same thing about the PS3, and pretending they never said it about the PS2.
http://www.zelda.com/universe/_img/game/legendzeld a/set4/ss1.jpg d a/set4/ss7.jpg d a/set4/ss2.jpg d a/set4/ss3.jpg d a/set4/ss4.jpg d a/set4/ss5.jpg d a/set4/ss6.jpg
http://www.zelda.com/universe/_img/game/legendzel
http://www.zelda.com/universe/_img/game/legendzel
http://www.zelda.com/universe/_img/game/legendzel
http://www.zelda.com/universe/_img/game/legendzel
http://www.zelda.com/universe/_img/game/legendzel
http://www.zelda.com/universe/_img/game/legendzel
and thank you.
After looking at the picture of it, I'd be more worried about George Lucas.
On another note, here's a direct link to the hi-rez Zelda trailer in Quicktime format. (30 megs)
Believe me, making it hi-res just makes it look weird.
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http://img204.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img204&image=mari
What a landmark this is!
Yeah, looks pretty good... But how does it sound? Like an NES game.
...Season three of Red VS Blue has ofiicial started! http://www.redvsblue.com/
I am 3 fast and at least 7 furious.
TRON. DID NOT. USE CG.
The first 3 replyers get them. (/off topic)
...It says that this game will fall under the "sci-fi surgery action game" genre. I think we can all agree that we've already had way to many games in this category. Why can't they do something original for once!
Apparantly its currently in developement for the GBA, according to a Japanese commercial for Mother 1+2.
Have you ever heard of North and South America? It's a pretty big place.
LIEK OMG! They actually put TWO speakers on it
Apparantly They Might Be Giants(the band) have decided to start selling their new CD on their website as pure unadulterated actual MP3s! None of that other crap that has tons of arbitrary usage rights. "You can burn this song to 3 CDs, transfer to up to 2 computers, and listen to it up to 14 times. This song will self-destruct in 5 days, sucker!" Is it a GOOD idea for them to be selling the actual MP3s. Obviously, they realize that a lot of people will emidiately put it on Kazaa. But on the other hand, by selling it on their website on their own, the $9.99 that you pay for the CD goes straight to their pocket, instead of countless middlemen.