07-19-2013, 11:05 AM
This Card business surprised me. I knew that he was a homophobe long before this current controversy, yet aside from a few bloggers and literature fans not many people seemed to care. It certainly wasn't a big news issue. Movies, though, are an incalculably massive part of our cultural sphere, so now that worldwide marketing for the Ender's Game film has begun suddenly everyone gives a shit. Even if you do think that the film should be boycotted, such an action seems pointless. Card has been a very successful fixture of sci-fi literature for years, and earned his legacy long before this film went into production, so it'll make no difference to him if you don't buy tickets to some movie based on one of his many books. All you'll be doing is denying yourself an experience you might have enjoyed. It's the definition of cutting off your nose to spite your face.
"We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges." - Gene Wolfe