Mostly because the hype is just too big and the film/book certainly is not the second coming of Christ. However, it was a really decent piece of entertainment that missed out on a few opportunities to comment on real issues though.
That being said, I've never seen BR, so I can't comment beyond that. But I think they do address very different audiences and that makes the whole idea of a similar premise not all that tragic, as far as I am concerned.
That being said, I've never seen BR, so I can't comment beyond that. But I think they do address very different audiences and that makes the whole idea of a similar premise not all that tragic, as far as I am concerned.
Every word.
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"Sometimes unhinged, sometimes unfair, always entertaining"
- The Crownless
“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Deus Vult!
"Sometimes unhinged, sometimes unfair, always entertaining"
- The Crownless
“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Deus Vult!
Hunger Games vs. Battle Royale
- 23/04/2012 02:11:03 AM
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I don't wanna defend HG all that much...
- 23/04/2012 08:44:00 AM
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This
- 23/04/2012 03:41:17 PM
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What issues exactly did Hunger Games not address that it should have?
- 23/04/2012 04:46:34 PM
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Re: What issues exactly did Hunger Games not address that it should have?
- 24/04/2012 05:41:28 AM
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I did not necessarily take the strict dichotomy of poor = good and rich = bad from the film...
- 24/04/2012 08:22:59 AM
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That premise is the equivalent of public domain - it's so unoriginal you can't call plagiarism
- 23/04/2012 03:40:26 PM
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In this case, the suggestion is justified (at least with the books)
- 23/04/2012 06:03:08 PM
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Superiority is not evidence of plagiarism (and arguably more evident of the opposite)
- 23/04/2012 07:15:35 PM
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indeed..think of the suits that could run rampant throughout sci-fi/fantasy if that was the case! 
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- 23/04/2012 09:23:37 PM
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- 23/04/2012 09:23:37 PM
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Is it really fair to compare the two books of BR to the first book of THG alone?
- 23/04/2012 09:22:18 PM
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There's only one BATTLE ROYALE novel.
- 23/04/2012 10:18:27 PM
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AH okay. I couldn't quite understand what you were saying. Thank you for clarifying. *NM*
- 23/04/2012 10:47:48 PM
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