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once i finally finish saving up enough to buy this set its OVER for you all
This. The irony of the movies and the marketing doing exactly what she told us.
suzanne collins is such a genius... the cultural phenomena of her series leading to the hanging tree house remixes, mockingjay being milked for two (bad) movies, the capitol-inspired makeup palettes, the halloween costumes, the explosion of the market for dystopia, the butchering of her characters and removal of disabilities, disfiguration, and racial tension + representation to sell more tickets, the extra gale scenes to fuel discourse, and the audience showing up to cinemas to watch what was pretty honestly marketed to them (the jacob vs edwardification of the symbolic love story and also to watch children fight to the death) it's just so ridiculously ironic i would say you can't write this shit, but she did write about it... in The Hunger Games published 2008
Is it canon or reasonable to think Gale was glad Peeta got captured? So that he'd be out of the way?
I know we know gale was angry when he saw Kat and Pete together, but did he dehumanize peeta enough to be grateful for his capture?
Gale worrying about Finnick and Katniss liking eachother- meanwhile the two of them have people on stand by to sedate them and are just aggressively knotting their shared therapy rope while they talk about Peeta and Annie in between naps
Watching HG Catching Fire: maybe it's just me, but it feels so rushed and forced.
And why is the convo between Peeta, Katniss, and Haymitch (after the victory stop in district 11) so so rushed? Like there is so much content in the book, and if I hadn't read it I would have no idea what was going on.
And why is Kat always seeing little bits of what's going on through cracks in the doorway?? Why do people leave the doors open a little bit??
I loved the books but man oh man I will nitpick these movies.
Watching HG Catching Fire: maybe it's just me, but it feels so rushed and forced.
And why is the convo between Peeta, Katniss, and Haymitch (after the victory stop in district 11) so so rushed? Like there is so much content in the book, and if I hadn't read it I would have no idea what was going on.
The fact that they removed the older peacekeepers I'm D12, the ones that are there when Gale is getting beaten, and they're like, yeah no you've whipped him a lot. And those people were just cut out??
And Gale is conscious for like, all of it??
And Katniss' cuts are so mild?? And she doesn't get sent away to her room??
Also I hate the nickname Katnip so so much it's horrid.
Watching HG Catching Fire: maybe it's just me, but it feels so rushed and forced.
And why is the convo between Peeta, Katniss, and Haymitch (after the victory stop in district 11) so so rushed? Like there is so much content in the book, and if I hadn't read it I would have no idea what was going on.
Prim's Old Soul Wisdom TM is actually annoying to me. I don't really like her, cause she's so stilted.
"You could live a hundred lifetimes, and never deserve that boy." Gets me every time.
Every time I see gale, I feel like puking. How was anyone ever Team Gale??
Effie is incredible. The fact that she seems totally aloof and stupid, but is actually so in tune with everything but covers it all up and pretends not to notice. Like what happened to her to make her this way ??
Watching HG Catching Fire: maybe it's just me, but it feels so rushed and forced.
And why is the convo between Peeta, Katniss, and Haymitch (after the victory stop in district 11) so so rushed? Like there is so much content in the book, and if I hadn't read it I would have no idea what was going on.
All of the training in D12 got cut out??
And so much time with her styling team got cut out ugh
It was an absolute crime that THG were made into movies not a TV series.
The whole movie is so scene after scene, no transition. There is so little flow, it's all disjointed.
It doesn't make sense for peeta to be walking out just as Kat walks in for individual assessment?? And the painting is covered and she uncovers it in the books.
Watching HG Catching Fire: maybe it's just me, but it feels so rushed and forced.
And why is the convo between Peeta, Katniss, and Haymitch (after the victory stop in district 11) so so rushed? Like there is so much content in the book, and if I hadn't read it I would have no idea what was going on.
It's so hard to get into Taylor Swift's Eras tour, how hard would it be to be an audience member at the Victor interviews??
The fact that after Johanna GOES OFF (as she should) Caeser says "well thats one woman's opinion" as if he can downplay something like that.
"Snow made me wear it" actually makes sense in the books. The movie totally ignores all of the wedding dress stuff.
The wings on the dress don't make practical sense.
Watching HG Catching Fire: maybe it's just me, but it feels so rushed and forced.
And why is the convo between Peeta, Katniss, and Haymitch (after the victory stop in district 11) so so rushed? Like there is so much content in the book, and if I hadn't read it I would have no idea what was going on.
If the quarter quell had been canceled for the baby, then Katniss would have had to actually get pregnant so she could keep up the show and not have to go into the games.
Watching HG Catching Fire: maybe it's just me, but it feels so rushed and forced.
And why is the convo between Peeta, Katniss, and Haymitch (after the victory stop in district 11) so so rushed? Like there is so much content in the book, and if I hadn't read it I would have no idea what was going on.
The fact that kat realizes it's a spiel so quickly in the movies??
Watching HG Catching Fire: maybe it's just me, but it feels so rushed and forced.
And why is the convo between Peeta, Katniss, and Haymitch (after the victory stop in district 11) so so rushed? Like there is so much content in the book, and if I hadn't read it I would have no idea what was going on.
"Look up at the sky, look at all those colors" lies, Peeta. Bull. That was the boringest sunrise. It's all gray. The woman was dying and you lied??
Like I'm joking but like. It's CGI. They could do better than that.
Watching HG Catching Fire: maybe it's just me, but it feels so rushed and forced.
And why is the convo between Peeta, Katniss, and Haymitch (after the victory stop in district 11) so so rushed? Like there is so much content in the book, and if I hadn't read it I would have no idea what was going on.
Am I maybe watching an edited version of the movie or smth?? It doesn't mention the food deliveries??
Not Gale sitting by her side, watching her sleep I hate that and that dreadful nickname
Watching HG Catching Fire: maybe it's just me, but it feels so rushed and forced.
And why is the convo between Peeta, Katniss, and Haymitch (after the victory stop in district 11) so so rushed? Like there is so much content in the book, and if I hadn't read it I would have no idea what was going on.
Watching THG: The Mockingjay pt. 1
Finnick breaks my heart.
Why are the buildings in D12 still smoldering?? It was bombed when Kat ended the games, and then she's asleep for days and has time to get more or less settled at D13, enough that they know they have to cart her back to bed most nights, so why is the district still smoldering??
If someone could remind me what the deal is with the white roses, that'd be great. I know they're Snow's signature, but the powdery stuff??
I don't think prim realizes this, but if you can't sleep that does not mean you want your little sister to sleep in your bed. Also I'm not a fan of her Aged By The War Wisdom TM.
I also hate the nickname Little Duck.
It's fascinating to see the capitol's side as they plan to bomb the injured. The fact that they would sink so low as to kill the dying. Like, that's not gonna win the war, it just makes a statement.
Gale comes into her room saying he's got good news, and you know Kat is hoping for Peeta to come back, but Gale's like We can go hunting now 👍👍
Gale makin moves is so icky. Make him stop. Not him being lowkey manipulative with his "I knew you'd do that, cause I'm in pain. But don't worry it'll pass." Shut up
Love Peeta
Aww Finnick
How is Kat's hair so clean??
Why is her hair always in her mouth?
Maybe this is just my memory, but in the books, finnick's propo is for information purposes, in the movies its to jam signals and break Annie, Johanna, and Peeta out.
The way Coin manipulates everything in her speech.
If I were watching as the movies came out, I would freak out at the end.
"Look up at the sky, look at all those colors" lies, Peeta. Bull. That was the boringest sunrise. It's all gray. The woman was dying and you lied??
Like I'm joking but like. It's CGI. They could do better than that.
Watching HG Catching Fire: maybe it's just me, but it feels so rushed and forced.
And why is the convo between Peeta, Katniss, and Haymitch (after the victory stop in district 11) so so rushed? Like there is so much content in the book, and if I hadn't read it I would have no idea what was going on.
One of my favorite things about fandoms, is how people use their own areas of interest and knowledge to analyze and expound on media. Especially with children's or family media.
Like when people break down themes in Tangled and talk about the gaslighting or the way Mother Gothel tilts Rapunzel's head down to kiss her hair and pulled her hair out from behind her ear, whereas Flynn/Eugene tucks in behind her ear and tilts her head up to kiss her. Or point out details in The Hunger Games, like the bottles of whatever in Catching Fire that people in the Capitol drink so they vomit and can eat more and how that relates to the real world and how the wealthy 1% treats the needs of the lower class. Or the stereotypes and misrepresentations in Harry Potter.
And a different side of this same idea that I love, is how fandoms also grow the media. Not in fanart or fics or whatever (although i am a huge fan of that,) I'm thinking more about how people interact with characters. Adding to how characters think or feel or interact with each other. Like incorrect quotes, but also breaking down relationships and discussing how two characters depend on each other, things like that.
I was thinking that the way the government and society was constructed in The Hunger Games was completely perfect for war. Okay, bear with me for a few.
We know there were districts from 1 to 13, with 13 being destroyed after they started challenging the main districts too much because of the Games and the way the system was handled. Why was it so easy to destroy an entire "city" without affecting the "nation" as such? Easy. There was no military power to rise up in arms, they were poor people without any kind of training who could barely manage to get enough to get through the day, there was nowhere to hide or set up a base of operations, there was no one who was the brains behind the necessary hits, there were no resources of any kind. Wheat is one of the most common and easy crops to grow, bread is abundant everywhere and yet in the books it is said that the bread is a privilege in district 12.
In the French uprising against the monarchy, soldiers saw their children, mothers, wives, and friends marching against them and threw all their "loyalty" to the crown to their families, to those who really mattered to them. This was one of the main reasons why the French Revolution worked; a soldier was not going to kill his family for a man he did not know.
In the districts, it is not like that, Peacekeepers are usually from district 2, completely removed from the citizens most likely to rise up against the government who are precisely those from the lower districts. Why should they care about the lives or desires of unknown and "lowly" faces? There would be no way they would stop to help the people, there would be no way they would stop to feel empathy for those people because they shared absolutely nothing with the most vulnerable citizens. They are a force that had been mistreating the weaker districts for years to the point where the question was inhumane.
The existing social imbalance shown in The Hunger Games was not only exposed in the preparation that some tribute from districts had, like the ones from district 4 who were proud to present "Professional Tributes" or the ones from district 7 who had good physical condition thanks to their main task of providing wood. But also the fact that the Peacekeepers feel no remorse for seeing any district suffer while being trained and rewarded in the higher districts.
The best way to win the war is to break the spirit of the fighting factions, the easiest way is to appeal to their most human and animalistic part of protecting their "herd", but when the warriors are not forced to kill their "herd", the question becomes much more complicated.
