The Forever War (Ridley Scott)

Ridley Scott has apparently been trying to adapt this for 25 years. Well, he's just hired a new writer. I'm in favor of it. More science fiction from the man sounds excellent to me...

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Haldeman’s book follows William Mandella, who is conscripted into the military following an attack on humanity’s colonies by the alien Taurans. He and his fellow recruits undergo a gruelling training regime on Earth and are then shipped off to fight via wormhole-like phenomena. When they eventually return to Earth, the time distortion means that decades or even centuries have passed at home and society has undergone massive changes, even though our heroes have experienced only a few months away - and each time they return, the world has changed beyond recognition from the Earth they signed up to fight.

I started and finished the book over this Thanksgiving weekend, it's pretty good.

If they follow the book and make it into a social commentary and not just try to make some flashy sci-fi, it will kick much ass.

Usually books are better than film, but still expecting.

Originally posted by Robtard
If they follow the book and make it into a social commentary and not just try to make some flashy sci-fi, it will kick much ass.

I'm hoping for something like Starship Troopers, but with a much higher production value, good actors and the story really focused on the characters and their issues/obstacles to the backdrop of a sci-fi alien war flick.

Otherwise with the exception of the 'time dilation' aspect, it's going to be nothing we've not seen many times before, humans battling an alien species.

My guess is that it'll probably be something like Kingdom of Heaven or Robin Hood in space fighting aliens instead of Arabs or the French. But hopefully it will have a bit more of a Vietnam style to it (i.e. Full Metal Jacket or Apocalypse Now).

This Sounds Good to me, more Sci-Fi always welcome!

Only having read the synopsis of that book, it seems a realistic enough concept. As technology progresses diversity and complexity perpetuate at an increasing rate of change. Although, upon returning, they'd probably need to start over from scratch in order to learn how to wield all the new technology, making them almost obsolete if evolution is still in play.

Nonetheless it is a perfect film for the Prometheus Director in my opinion. Prometheus was very much a scientifically oriented film, so much so that most people hated it because they were not intelligent enough to "get it". 😛

Sounds like Starfarers meets Ender's Game or some such. I'm definitely intrigued. Just watched Starship Troopers again the other night and I need some more space action, especially considering how amazing the cinematography was for Prometheus.

is the war going to last forever?

Like the Cybertronian civil war?

Originally posted by rudester
is the war going to last forever?

Spoiler:
Over 600 years.

Originally posted by Robtard

Spoiler:
Over 600 years.

thats a long ****en time. Who's the muther ****er who started it? Like to kick his ass.