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minus-square_number8_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down2·edit-22 years agofascinating hunger games is having such a cultural resurgence given how shitty everything in our world is. i love the series but christ every scene is dark and depressing
minus-squareeffward@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·2 years agoDidn’t a new Hunger Games movie just hit theaters? I assumed most of this stuff was a result of their marketing campaign…
minus-squarenixcamic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoIt’s probably not that. People just like to reference things that are culturally relevant.
minus-squarexor@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down8·2 years agoit’s all a direct ripoff from a japanese book and movie…
minus-squareemergencyfood@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years agoBattle Royale Except Battle Royale is a lot darker.
minus-squarexor@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Royale_(novel)
minus-squareblightfight@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years agoNah, they’re different genres. Hunger games is a power fantasy. Battle Royale is horror.
minus-squarexor@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years agoit’s the exact same story, slightly reframed… and then sequelized
minus-squaregedaliyah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoSomeone didn’t get the point. It’s okay.
minus-squarexor@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·2 years agoi got it… it was just dumb
fascinating hunger games is having such a cultural resurgence given how shitty everything in our world is. i love the series but christ every scene is dark and depressing
Didn’t a new Hunger Games movie just hit theaters? I assumed most of this stuff was a result of their marketing campaign…
It’s probably not that. People just like to reference things that are culturally relevant.
Feels prescient, at the moment
it’s all a direct ripoff from a japanese book and movie…
Which one?
Battle Royale
Except Battle Royale is a lot darker.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Royale_(novel)
Nah, they’re different genres. Hunger games is a power fantasy. Battle Royale is horror.
it’s the exact same story, slightly reframed… and then sequelized
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Someone didn’t get the point. It’s okay.
i got it… it was just dumb