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Especially since Katniss is described as olive skinned herself. Vivien Send a noteboard - 27/03/2012 09:25:46 PM
And the recent racist bullshit over Rue has me disgusted. I'd like to sick some muttations on the scumbags.


Reading the books, I never imagined someone who looks like Jennifer Lawrence (even after dying her hair and applying bronzer) as Katniss. But I'll admit that Katniss' race was blurry and ambiguous and if I didn't know that the casting call for Katniss explicitly asked for a caucasian I wouldn't care that much, considering that Jennifer Lawrence is a great actress. [I wouldn't mind if they were open to all races and just settled on JL since they liked her acting best, as opposed to only looking at caucasian actresses to fill the part]

However, the Rue thing is flat out ridiculous. The book explicitly states that Rue has dark brown skin, and probably more than once at that. It boggles the mind how someone could be a fan of the books and be surprised that Rue is not white. Really! My mind is boggled. You have to have a brain that actively selects and deletes information that you don't like as you're processing it.
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The Hunger Games ironclad - 25/03/2012 12:13:28 AM 2008 Views
I feel old A Deathwatch Guard - 25/03/2012 09:57:20 AM 1033 Views
Re: I feel old ironclad - 25/03/2012 11:12:34 AM 967 Views
YA has become huge in the past 5-10 years, thanks to Harry Potter and others. Legolas - 25/03/2012 08:58:58 PM 937 Views
Re: YA has become huge in the past 5-10 years, thanks to Harry Potter and others. TaskmasterJack - 25/03/2012 10:07:17 PM 902 Views
Me neither *NM* ironclad - 25/03/2012 11:09:39 PM 393 Views
Yes, well, I do perhaps spend more time on the books board than you guys... Legolas - 26/03/2012 09:47:08 PM 884 Views
I don't consider The Hunger Games YA. rebelaessedai - 30/03/2012 05:19:51 AM 1065 Views
YA is a fairly recent invention anyway. (Not that it isn't great! I think it's a great invention!) Vivien - 30/03/2012 04:01:35 PM 874 Views
It's definitely marketed as such, whatever its content. Legolas - 30/03/2012 08:59:37 PM 900 Views
I don't think you're right. rebelaessedai - 10/04/2012 04:13:32 AM 1000 Views
I liked the movie, but the absolute funniest part was during the trailers: Tirenne - 25/03/2012 11:13:34 PM 1160 Views
Aww we didn't get that trailer, but I've seen it before. *ending spoiler* ironclad - 26/03/2012 08:42:58 AM 894 Views
I've actually read that book. Tigr - 26/03/2012 06:59:02 PM 862 Views
Twas good..."but the book was better" Tigr - 26/03/2012 06:49:26 PM 850 Views
I know, right? ironclad - 26/03/2012 07:45:14 PM 940 Views
I didn't read the books. Macharius - 26/03/2012 09:03:52 PM 908 Views
Will likely see it this weekend. Stephen - 27/03/2012 02:26:11 AM 786 Views
I liked it. Vivien - 27/03/2012 07:21:33 PM 836 Views
Entertaining film. good lead character. people die. I got in the movie for free. what isn't to like? *NM* mogi67 - 27/03/2012 08:03:47 PM 406 Views
I liked it, but at times, I felt like I was a citizen of Panem, watching kids get killed on screen. Bookwyrm - 27/03/2012 08:07:48 PM 910 Views
Especially since Katniss is described as olive skinned herself. Vivien - 27/03/2012 09:25:46 PM 923 Views
I must have forgotten the part where they described Rue. Kaldric - 28/03/2012 02:23:14 PM 1035 Views
I dunno, I tend to not be a very attentive reader A Deathwatch Guard - 28/03/2012 09:41:26 PM 934 Views
Well, it's one thing to not pay attention to physical descriptions Vivien - 28/03/2012 11:38:57 PM 852 Views
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