re: Battle Royale. I think this is still my main problem with the series altogether. Similarities between HG and BR are too many to be "just a fluke". I have seen Collins denying knowing anything about BR, but I think there is something very very fishy about this. In one of the interviews "Collins says that she was channel-surfing the TV where she saw people competing for some prize and then saw footage of the Iraq war. She describes how the two combined in an "unsettling way" and she got the idea for the series". I wonder if she saw (without may be realising it) "Battle Royale" on that day and this is why Hunger Games is so similar to Battle Royale.
I still have big problems with worldbuilding, for me it is not just coal. I want to know how the system of districts can develop in a single country that used to be homogeneous? I mean - how the divide of various industries came about? And why only 12? I mean - what about those in-between industries? Also, my main point was : why would they still be using manual labour in the Districts if the technology is so well developed? I imagine explotation in the well-developed technologically world easily, but something more along the lines of humans being connected to machines .. or something.
I was sure from the beginning that Gale is going to do something "unforgivable". I am glad I was right. :D
I agree with you on "lacking depth", and yes, although I am quite enjoying reading, I don't imagine going back to the series, not ever.
And yes, I agree, the main good point about HG is the character of Katniss and gender reversal. This is why for me this book series is still rated 7/10. there is definitely something good in this.
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Date: 2011-12-15 10:30 am (UTC)re: Battle Royale. I think this is still my main problem with the series altogether. Similarities between HG and BR are too many to be "just a fluke". I have seen Collins denying knowing anything about BR, but I think there is something very very fishy about this. In one of the interviews "Collins says that she was channel-surfing the TV where she saw people competing for some prize and then saw footage of the Iraq war. She describes how the two combined in an "unsettling way" and she got the idea for the series". I wonder if she saw (without may be realising it) "Battle Royale" on that day and this is why Hunger Games is so similar to Battle Royale.
I still have big problems with worldbuilding, for me it is not just coal. I want to know how the system of districts can develop in a single country that used to be homogeneous? I mean - how the divide of various industries came about? And why only 12? I mean - what about those in-between industries? Also, my main point was : why would they still be using manual labour in the Districts if the technology is so well developed? I imagine explotation in the well-developed technologically world easily, but something more along the lines of humans being connected to machines .. or something.
I was sure from the beginning that Gale is going to do something "unforgivable". I am glad I was right. :D
I agree with you on "lacking depth", and yes, although I am quite enjoying reading, I don't imagine going back to the series, not ever.
And yes, I agree, the main good point about HG is the character of Katniss and gender reversal. This is why for me this book series is still rated 7/10. there is definitely something good in this.