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Ender’s Game
What: Chosen-one kid trains to lead humanity’s forces against insectoid aliens.
Directed by: Gavin Hood
Starring: Harrison Ford, Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld
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Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
The classic book on which the film is based.
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Show Notes
Alien attacks
Alien attacks and death tolls. Independence Day and flying planes up the butt.
Water in spaaaaaaace
Liquid water and the Goldilocks Zone. Frozen water all over the galaxy. Water vapor too!
Dying Planets
Schiaparelli, Percival Lowell and the Martian “canals.”
Insectoid Aliens
Anatomy surprisingly like that of our tiny earth-based insects. Tool use? Telepathy? Queens controlling drones, but directly, apparently.
Alien Communication
Distance and lightspeed considerations in trying to communicate with aliens who may pose an existential threat to humanity.
Deciphering Speeds and Distances
28 days. Distances to other stars.
Space Combat Command
Action per minute. Starcraft and command delegation.
Doomsday Weapons
Very very expensive weapons and the meaning of a dollar.
Goodbyes
Colonel Graff: We won! That’s all that matters.
Ender Wiggin: No. The *way* we win matters.
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