ReallyKinda to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world • 2 years agolocal hunger games construction almost completemedia.kbin.socialimagemessage-square88arrow-up1413
arrow-up1413imagelocal hunger games construction almost completemedia.kbin.socialReallyKinda to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world • 2 years agomessage-square88
minus-square@_number8_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish22•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-square@effward@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish24•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-square@nixcamic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•2 years agoIt’s probably not that. People just like to reference things that are culturally relevant.
minus-square@xor@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink4•2 years agoit’s all a direct ripoff from a japanese book and movie…
minus-square@blightfight@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•2 years agoNah, they’re different genres. Hunger games is a power fantasy. Battle Royale is horror.
minus-square@xor@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink3•2 years agoit’s the exact same story, slightly reframed… and then sequelized
minus-square@emergencyfood@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink8•2 years agoBattle Royale Except Battle Royale is a lot darker.
minus-square@xor@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink3•2 years agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Royale_(novel)
minus-square@gedaliyah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoSomeone didn’t get the point. It’s okay.
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…
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
Which one?
Battle Royale
Except Battle Royale is a lot darker.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Royale_(novel)
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Someone didn’t get the point. It’s okay.
i got it… it was just dumb