Having read Ender's Game within the first two days of receiving, I want to waste no time getting my post done, however I also don't want to give anything away. Luckily, I'm the 'illustrious artist,' so that covers that.
This is somewhat how I picture the battles that Ender undertakes during his time as a captain. Here you can see several smaller Imperial Fleet ships, glimmering with a hopeful light, contrasted with a dark and menacing bugger hive ship, which is engulfed by a deep, evil purple. This image really does emphasise the goals of the IF, which are to liberate mankind of the bugger menace. It does put the buggers in a negative light, despite the fact that they have no intent of harming the human race. If anything, this picture also shows the unfairness of it all: one hive ship against countless thousands of the IF fleet ships. It demonstrates a human upper-hand, and a very human desire to always be greater than the opponent, and to always be the good guys in a situation where we might not be. It also shows Ender's tactical ability to simply overwhelm his adversaries using sheer cunning, something that is always useful in wartime.
Ah yes, the moment you've all been waiting for... the Ender's Game movie! Well, it comes out next year, so hold tight to your seats, it's coming soon. This image shows the IF officer Graff standing over the new recruits at the training centre. It demonstrates to us the overpowering view of the IF on the recruits, and you can see that this recruit is not even looking the officer in the eye. Ender's Game does have a very 'respect your elders' feel to it for about half the novel. After a while though, the children / adolescents begin to resent the IF officers and Ender sees them as the bad guys in this whole thing, which their behaviour would reflect.
This is somewhat how I picture the battles that Ender undertakes during his time as a captain. Here you can see several smaller Imperial Fleet ships, glimmering with a hopeful light, contrasted with a dark and menacing bugger hive ship, which is engulfed by a deep, evil purple. This image really does emphasise the goals of the IF, which are to liberate mankind of the bugger menace. It does put the buggers in a negative light, despite the fact that they have no intent of harming the human race. If anything, this picture also shows the unfairness of it all: one hive ship against countless thousands of the IF fleet ships. It demonstrates a human upper-hand, and a very human desire to always be greater than the opponent, and to always be the good guys in a situation where we might not be. It also shows Ender's tactical ability to simply overwhelm his adversaries using sheer cunning, something that is always useful in wartime.
Ah yes, the moment you've all been waiting for... the Ender's Game movie! Well, it comes out next year, so hold tight to your seats, it's coming soon. This image shows the IF officer Graff standing over the new recruits at the training centre. It demonstrates to us the overpowering view of the IF on the recruits, and you can see that this recruit is not even looking the officer in the eye. Ender's Game does have a very 'respect your elders' feel to it for about half the novel. After a while though, the children / adolescents begin to resent the IF officers and Ender sees them as the bad guys in this whole thing, which their behaviour would reflect.
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ReplyDeleteUnfortunately I can't see the second picture but I really like the first one. I also like the nice and detailed description which sends the message about human race. Good job!
ReplyDeleteI cannot see the second picture either. :/ However, I really like your analysis of how the image represents how humans always have to be the good guys, even when they aren't.
ReplyDeleteAlike Riena and Andjela, I can't seem to see the second picture, although I thought of your analysis as very descriptive and straight-forward (in a positive way). Good job :)
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