WWWWombat Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 That's cuz Bean's from the hood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWWWombat Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 As for "brilliance" I'd say they're both geniuses but with different strengths. Ender's more of an intuitive big picture guy while Bean is better at working quickly and thoroughly on one task. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HessStation Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 As for "brilliance" I'd say they're both geniuses but with different strengths. Ender's more of an intuitive big picture guy while Bean is better at working quickly and thoroughly on one task. You've peaked my interest to read the Shadow series but there's just too many other things I want to read first. In the end I would say his super-emotional intelligence and hyper sensitivity was his biggest strength and weakness. Probably why he needed his best friend to be a computer. However, he did have the weight of not just the world but the entire universe on his shoulders for what, over 5,000 years of something like that. Guess we should probably give him a break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity28 Posted December 11, 2013 Author Share Posted December 11, 2013 Ok, so here's a good list imo: Ape, if you were to ever take my advice again on a book, PLEASE make it this one. It's a super easy read and if I had to pick out a book with a character you'd probably identify yourself with, it's Ender. LOL. Also they are turning this into a movie sometime this year or next, can't remember. FYI, the theme is Sci-fi but this is more of a military book than anything else. The Sci-fi is just a backdrop. Alright bud, I've finally gotten the hang of the new baby stuff, there are no "open" home improvement/nesting projects, and I'm doing less freelance after hours... so I picked up my copy and started reading last night. Your assessment of me self-identifying with Ender has been accurate thus far. I'm really enjoying this one... and for the record, I've still not finished Drood, but I mean to. LOL Great recommendation... it's been a few months, so if you've come across anything new please feel free to make more recs. Seems we have similar taste. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HessStation Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Alright bud, I've finally gotten the hang of the new baby stuff, there are no "open" home improvement/nesting projects, and I'm doing less freelance after hours... so I picked up my copy and started reading last night. Your assessment of me self-identifying with Ender has been accurate thus far. I'm really enjoying this one... and for the record, I've still not finished Drood, but I mean to. LOL Great recommendation... it's been a few months, so if you've come across anything new please feel free to make more recs. Seems we have similar taste. Thanks again. Nice. I have to say I think the movie did a decent job portraying pieces of the book. Also, I did finish Drood and as a whole, it turned out ok. Del Toro is making it into a movie, which should be pretty awesome as I'm sure he'll flush out all the tedious BS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity28 Posted December 11, 2013 Author Share Posted December 11, 2013 Nice. I have to say I think the movie did a decent job portraying pieces of the book. Also, I did finish Drood and as a whole, it turned out ok. Del Toro is making it into a movie, which should be pretty awesome as I'm sure he'll flush out all the tedious BS. I'll probably see the movie when it hits Netflix. I'm glad they didn't bastardize it. I remember you mentioning the Drood film, I think it'd make a really, really interesting film. The journey into psychosis makes for an amazing premise, as I don't think anyone knows any of this about Dickens... and I find myself constantly debating what I'm reading as fiction or non-fiction. Believability is a great source of tension that isn't part of the book, but part of the experience of reading it. I just have to clear my plate to finish it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darthe Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Isn't Del Toro known for extrapolating though? I wouldn't bet on him hedfing out any content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWWWombat Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Nice. I have to say I think the movie did a decent job portraying pieces of the book. Also, I did finish Drood and as a whole, it turned out ok. Del Toro is making it into a movie, which should be pretty awesome as I'm sure he'll flush out all the tedious BS. The movie was ok, but I was kinda disappointed. It felt rushed. If they had extended it to 2.5 hours and put more Battle School stuff in, I think it would have been better. More time to show us Ender's stuff in the battleroom and show us that he's a genius instead of having Graff do all that exposition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HessStation Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 The movie was ok, but I was kinda disappointed. It felt rushed. If they had extended it to 2.5 hours and put more Battle School stuff in, I think it would have been better. More time to show us Ender's stuff in the battleroom and show us that he's a genius instead of having Graff do all that exposition. Absolutely, rushed especially to those who read the book. But that usually happens. The plot is super weak in the movie bc you miss a lot of the battle school stuff, which is really the best part of the book...as you watch Ender's rise. You also miss out on all the Val/Peter stuff in the movie...which are great parts of the book...and those parts become more important in the later books. But I really liked the actors they picked, everyone was right on to what I'd have thought they looked like. The landscapes etc were awesome. The program/game was almost exactly how I pictured it. Effects were all solid. Thin plot but I didn't care bc I could fill in from knowing the book. And both my kids loved it (the movie). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWWWombat Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Sir Ben Kingsley was amazing as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity28 Posted December 19, 2013 Author Share Posted December 19, 2013 Alright you creepers.... I'm not quite finished with Ender's yet, but so far my thoughts so far... it's interesting where the author chooses to be over-descriptive and where he chooses brevity and implies things. Case in point, the conversation when Ender realizes Dink may not be his friend any more. The author, rather than writing out the dialogue, is lazy and writes something to the effect of "a few more meaningless comments were made"... meanwhile, every time the boys strip down to change uniforms, he seems much more over-indulgent in making the point that the boys are doing something while naked. It's prevalent throughout the book to be honest. It's basically a book about boys being treated as men, almost against their will, while actual grown men are tasked with "breaking them", and the boys are naked a lot. The book holds up, for the most part, as good sci-fi. I just cannot ignore the undertones of major, major pedo-creepiness by the author. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darthe Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Check out Enders Shadow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity28 Posted January 8, 2014 Author Share Posted January 8, 2014 I'm reading Game of Thrones right now, 150 pages in, after about 2 days (with a 3 month old and 8-10 hour work days, I'm flying through it). First off, I LOVE the way it's written. Over-descriptive passages all have purpose, there's nothing gratuitous, and yet it's so detailed and necessary. Second, I am astonished at how well the actors carried these well-developed characters to the screen. Specifically, Peter Dinklage. The character development and acting in the HBO series was not lost on me, I love it... but I didn't expect it to so consistent and frankly over-shadowed by the books themselves. Also... I still haven't finished Drooooooood. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verbal Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Step 2: you'll read The Wheel of Time Step 3: you'll become a DM nerd Step 4: ??? Step 5: Profit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crusher Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Step 2: you'll read The Wheel of Time Step 3: you'll become a DM nerd Step 4: ??? Step 5: Profit! I picked WOT up one time at the bookstore. Then put it down had 6 scones a cup of Java and went home happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leelou Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Step 2: you'll read The Wheel of Time Step 3: you'll become a DM nerd Step 4: ??? Step 5: Profit! He won't have the years of anguish waiting for each book though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HessStation Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 He won't have the years of anguish waiting for each book though. No, just years of anguish reading each book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity28 Posted January 8, 2014 Author Share Posted January 8, 2014 Step 2: you'll read The Wheel of Time Step 3: you'll become a DM nerd Step 4: ??? Step 5: Profit! Probably not. After this, I'm going strictly back to porn and comic books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crusher Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Probably not. After this, I'm going strictly back to porn and comic books. Porn comic books for the win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity28 Posted January 8, 2014 Author Share Posted January 8, 2014 Porn comic books for the win. That japanese manga sh*t? I think it's messed up. I don't like that stuff at all. I prefer real naked ladies, no octopus tentacles and x-men. All separate please. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTM Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Step 2: you'll read The Wheel of Time Step 3: you'll become a DM nerd Step 4: ??? Step 5: Profit! We were under the impression he was already at step 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crusher Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 That japanese manga sh*t? I think it's messed up. I don't like that stuff at all. I prefer real naked ladies, no octopus tentacles and x-men. All separate please. Thanks. Dude I'm almost 50. That sh*t is as strange as apetite suppression to me. Im talking old school stuff like 70's playboy and penthouse cartoons. Awesome. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity28 Posted January 9, 2014 Author Share Posted January 9, 2014 Dude I'm almost 50. That sh*t is as strange as apetite suppression to me. Im talking old school stuff like 70's playboy and penthouse cartoons. Awesome. LOL Ah, yes... that I can endorse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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