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In response to "Hunger Games movie speculation (spoilers)" by Dano

This might be a dumb question, but why is this movie such a constant topic? What's the big deal? -- nm

Posted by Hotkiss (aka hotkiss7348) May 9 '11, 07:25

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I admit that I have not read the books but the Wikipedia article makes it sound very much like The Tripod Series I read as a kid....(link) - Walt_Disney May 9, 08:06
it's going to be a bigger franchisee than Twilight - Epiphany May 9, 07:40 51
- I don't know that it will be. where's someone who can google us up book sales? -- nm - amanda jones May 9, 07:42 11
  - Twilight has outsold it--by um, a shit ton. -- nm - Amy May 9, 07:45 10
    - Here's some 2010 numbers. - Amy May 9, 07:50 7
      - (fancy nancy??) -- nm - amanda jones May 9, 07:54 4
        
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        I hang out pretty regularly with a 13-year old girlchild and an 8-year old girlchild. is it between them? -- nm - amanda jones May 9, 08:03 2
        
        Younger. -- nm - Amy May 9, 08:05 1
        
        aha. yeah, I don't want to read those. -- nm - amanda jones May 9, 08:07
      - "James Patterson's assorted series " -- nm - Beaker May 9, 07:52 1
        
        ugh - can't stand him -- nm - Epiphany May 9, 07:53
    - yeah, I thought. there are no hunger games moms like there are twimoms, right? - amanda jones May 9, 07:49
    - will the books get the sales boost by the movies? -- nm - Epiphany May 9, 07:47
- no it's not. (is it? this seems unfathomable.) -- nm - TFox May 9, 07:41 38
  - not unless it's got a teen idol in it. -- nm - loosilu May 9, 07:44 36
    - they are using the same formula as Twilight - casting some relatively unknown stars - Epiphany May 9, 07:46 23
      - As I see it, Twilight was aimed at girls who like brooders. Hunger Games is aimed at girls who wonder, - Max May 9, 07:56 21
        
        *however* dudes might be interested in HG too for the scifi and action. a well-cut trailer could make the first movie HUGE bank. -- nm - amanda jones May 9, 07:58 18
        
        If they can get it a PG-13 it will be big. -- nm - Amy May 9, 08:05 7
        
        I can't even imagine how they do this with a PG13 -- nm - Epiphany May 9, 08:13 6
        
        I simultaneously can't picture it, and also can't imagine the studio would release it as an R. -- nm - TFox May 9, 08:15 5
        
        if they want their $$ they have to go PG13. Maybe we get a directors cut at some point? -- nm - Epiphany May 9, 08:17
        
        I think PG13 should be pretty easy. no *way* it gets released as an R. -- nm - amanda jones May 9, 08:16 3
        
        There's no cursing. Easily PG-13. -- nm - JaxSean May 9, 08:19
        
        they'll just need to change or soften a couple shots. it'll be interesting to see how they do it. -- nm - TFox May 9, 08:18
        
        agreed. An R DVD release would be a great extra though -- nm - Beaker May 9, 08:17
        
        It's got a chance at being big, but I think Twilight's on it's own little shelf with Potter as far as game-changing cultural phenoms. -- nm - Will Hunting May 9, 08:00 3
        
        maybe you are right - but in this case the movie studios actually know what they got before hand - Epiphany May 9, 08:02 2
        
        Yes, they'll get their budget. -- nm - Will Hunting May 9, 08:06
        
        I forsee Mockingjay pins *everywhere* in the not so distant future. -- nm - JaxSean May 9, 08:04
        
        (plus, hot[-ter] chick in the lead.) -- nm - JaxSean May 9, 07:59 5
        
        but will she be shown as hot in the trailer? or as ruffian? -- nm - amanda jones May 9, 08:00 4
        
        probably both. -- nm - TFox May 9, 08:04
        
        If they took Jennifer Lawrence and made her less than hot, we riot. -- nm - Men May 9, 08:02 2
        
        She looked less hot in Winter's Bone. -- nm - JaxSean May 9, 08:03 1
        
        But 95% of people who know her at all now, saw her in that dress. - Will Hunting May 9, 08:06
        
        I think the movie has the ability to cross-sell the action. Twilight is more about the love-triangle. -- nm - JaxSean May 9, 07:57 1
        
        Thunderdome for kids! -- nm - Epiphany May 9, 07:58
      - I'm with you. -- nm - JaxSean May 9, 07:50
    - well, it could. Twilight made those teens famous, not vice versa. - TFox May 9, 07:46 11
      - True enough. I have not kept track of HG casting other than Lawrence. any hot young dudes? -- nm - loosilu May 9, 07:49 10
        
        yes - Liam Hemsworth(sp?) Thor's little brother the guy from Last Song with Miley Cyrus and the son from the Kids are Alright - Epiphany May 9, 07:56
        
        There will have to be. There are multiple hot young dude roles to cast. -- nm - TFox May 9, 07:51 8
        
        I just don't feel any romance in HG. That's not it's point. There's no swooniness. - Amy May 9, 07:58 7
        
        this is true. I hope they don't add the swooniness - it would ruin a perfectly good story -- nm - Epiphany May 9, 08:00 6
        
        I see two distinct trailers. In front of actiony movies I see the violence of the Games played up and before chick flicks I see the - Beaker May 9, 08:02 5
        
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        I don't think I agree with that; both Kim and I commented while reading it - TFox May 9, 08:13 3
        
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        well sure, it's almost all unrequited. -- nm - TFox May 9, 08:22
        
        I disagree. It almost feels added on--like the editor made her write Gale into a romantic lead. -- nm - Amy May 9, 08:19
  - I can't imagine it will be. -- nm - Kim Pine May 9, 07:42
It was a NYT bestseller for 2 years. -- nm - Amy May 9, 07:38
A lot of us really really liked the books. -- nm - TFox May 9, 07:27
Because it was a popular, commonly read book on ST (and also a book club book IIRC) -- nm - oblique May 9, 07:26 1
- yup, the timing worked perfectly for the choice as a month or two after it was read the movie stuff started to come out -- nm - Beaker May 9, 07:35

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