Eh, we're on AV Club, since when do appeals of popularity and professional award authorities carry weight? I don't assume everyone likes something, just because a lot of people like it or it's won some shiny awards.

Eh, we're on AV Club, since when do appeals of popularity and professional award authorities carry weight? I don't assume everyone likes something, just because a lot of people like it or it's won some shiny awards.

Eh, I think some fans are going overboard with their defense of the book. There were many people like me who didn't really like Ender's Game even before knowing anything about Card or his politics.

Eh, I think some fans are going overboard with their defense of the book. There were many people like me who didn't really like Ender's Game even before knowing anything about Card or his politics.

Eh, I think some fans are going overboard with their defense of the book. There were many people like me who didn't really like Ender's Game even before knowing anything about Card or his politics.

Of course, people shouldn't feel terrible about seeing this movie. And It's true that everyone has to make practical compromises to function in their day to day life. However, this shouldn't be used as an excuse for total inaction, nor does it negate that small incremental decisions (like not buying a movie ticket)…

I guess there's another reason why I don't see it as much as self-defense. It is shown that Ender has a brilliant tactical mind, but also an extremely efficient fighter. Self-defense leading to killing makes less sense if one guy threatens the other with a nerf gun.

It's not self-defense anymore if you end up severely hurting or killing someone, and in one instance I recall he made a decision to excessively hurt someone in the beginning of the book (Stilson), setting him up as an example. That's not self-defense, that's deterrence.

He was told. And plotwise this is odd, because one of the things people always do in simulations is to test the boundaries. Stuff like trying to fly off the map, or having ships attack each other, or flying in formation that resembles a huge dong.

Eh, there'e still that part where he doesn't know that he killed those two kids that he fought with.

Eh, there'e still that part where he doesn't know that he killed those two kids that he fought with.

"This scene totally bites off Eastern Promises, bro!"
-(Hypothetical idiot moviegoer that somehow is smart enough to watch Eastern Promises, but not know about Ender's Game)

I always had a problem with this "doesn't know" part in the book. It doesn't make sense that someone who's gone through extensive military training and has a genius level intelligence thinks that engaging in violent action would not result in hurting or even killing someone. When Ender says he "didn't know" it sounds…

He's never taken responsibility though. He had numerous points in the book to actively decide not to hurt or kill people and other beings, and every time he decided "Well, YOU pushed me here" and kills. That's not really taking responsibility if he blames someone else for what he's doing.

Eh, I read the book 5-6 years ago, knowing very little about OSC's morality, and I had a similar feeling, but couldn't really put it to words. It was weird to me that Ender would whine about killing people, as if he wasn't responsible for his own actions.

Yeah, when the show was announced, I kinda made up some seasons that would be interesting (and a little Wire-esque):

Well, I thought it was because Russia's space program works more closely with NASA than China's space agency. And also, they needed a language that Bullock's character couldn't understand, which would have to be Chinese since she flies a Russian Soyuz earlier in the film.

Well, I protest this "C+" grade. It's saying the movie only did a slightly above average job! In today's society, doing something 78% right is outstanding. Why, if government and industry were 78% competent, we'd be ecstatic! I won't stand for this artificial standard of performance. I demand an "A" for this movie!

There's no double standard here, though.

You should have offered to save your boss 10 bucks by showing him Grown Ups 1 while constantly belching, farting, and sneezing into his open mouth.