One of my favorite authors, Orson Scott Card saw and loved
Serenity. His
ringing endorsement of the film and why it works is over at his web site.
Card lavishes high praise upon
Serenity. Card won the Hugo and Nebula for
Ender's Game, which has been in development for years now due to Card's being extremely protective of the novel making the jump to the big-screen (and rightfully so since classic stories like
I, Robot and
Starship Troopers were no where near as great as the books and give the non-reading general audience a distorted view of why they are so beloved and well-respected). In his review, Card states if Ender's Game should make the jump to the silver screen, he'd hope it would be as good as Serenity turned out. If not, he'd rather not see Ender on the silver screen.
Now, I'll admit--I don't always agree with Card on some things. He had a post a few months ago celebrating the downfall of
Star Trek and he stated he's never liked the various shows. I didn't agree, but that's OK.
But I was glad to hear his glowing praise for
Serenity. And you know, there are worse directors I could see attached to
Ender's Game than Joss "I can do anything" Whedon.
posted by Michael Hickerson at 10/04/2005 09:58:00 AM |
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