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28th March 12, 11:44 AM
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Fisrt time I heard about it was when I saw a preview on tv. My first tought was '' oh, an american version of Battle Royale.'' I'm not that far out..... Read the serie, it's writen for young adult, so the plot line is easy to figure out.
I still consider Battle Royale far better.
Last edited by be da veva; 28th March 12 at 11:45 AM.
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28th March 12, 11:47 AM
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 Originally Posted by be da veva
Fisrt time I heard about it was when I saw a preview on tv. My first tought was '' oh, an american version of Battle Royale.'' I'm not that far out..... Read the serie, it's writen for young adult, so the plot line is easy to figure out.
I still consider Battle Royale far better.
From the trailer and plot outlines in reviews, that's what I thought as well. A toned down Battle Royal for young teenagers, I guess.
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28th March 12, 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by be da veva
Fisrt time I heard about it was when I saw a preview on tv. My first tought was '' oh, an american version of Battle Royale.'' I'm not that far out..... Read the serie, it's writen for young adult, so the plot line is easy to figure out.
I still consider Battle Royale far better.
Yeah, that's been my thinking as well, but if I say it online I get accused of being a hipster jumping on the 'Battle Royale bandwagon' even though I read it and first saw the movie in like 2004 
That being said, Hunger Games is a good young adult read, (if not terribly original) it's good as an adventure story, so-so as science fiction. But I'd rather see a young girl read it than Twilight.
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28th March 12, 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by be da veva
My first tought was '' oh, an american version of Battle Royale.''
How funny--my wife and I saw the movie at Alamo Drafthouse. Before the movies, they generally show spoofs or different remakes of the the movie you are there to see--they showed Battle Royale.
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28th March 12, 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by DougC
How funny--my wife and I saw the movie at Alamo Drafthouse. Before the movies, they generally show spoofs or different remakes of the the movie you are there to see--they showed Battle Royale.
I saw the movie at the Alamo drafthouse too, they showed clips of "Lord of the Fies," "The Most Dangerous Game," "Spartacus," "Battle Royale," and "Running Man" before the show, but I think the irony was lost on most of the viewers.
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28th March 12, 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Zardoz
I saw the movie at the Alamo drafthouse too, they showed clips of "Lord of the Fies," "The Most Dangerous Game," "Spartacus," "Battle Royale," and "Running Man" before the show, but I think the irony was lost on most of the viewers.
I saw the movie today without having read the books, though my daughter gave me a quick summary. As I watched it my thoughts were that it had elements of the above films. Entertaining but very predictable.
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28th March 12, 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Zardoz
I saw the movie at the Alamo drafthouse too, they showed clips of "Lord of the Fies," "The Most Dangerous Game," "Spartacus," "Battle Royale," and "Running Man" before the show, but I think the irony was lost on most of the viewers.
I knew I'd seen the movie already!
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