tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21082552.post3560347500589331788..comments2024-03-05T02:14:39.266-07:00Comments on Strange Culture: The Hunger Games & Kids Killing Kids in MoviesRChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11340006144797496514noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21082552.post-74929988621055036122012-03-27T17:23:20.827-06:002012-03-27T17:23:20.827-06:00Yes, RC, read the rest of the books. They are grea...Yes, RC, read the rest of the books. They are great. They are what gives the series so much more than a "Twilight" type fan base.<br /><br />And although the two versions of film were not wonderful, Lord of the Flies touched on kids killing kids years ago...with even younger kids motivated by their own choices, not a dystopian society forcing them.<br /> How "English-Teacher" do I sound right now? :)Erin Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07795610412439273549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21082552.post-62181320875530499882012-03-25T19:52:23.357-06:002012-03-25T19:52:23.357-06:00@Grete - Thanks for commenting.
I haven't rea...@Grete - Thanks for commenting.<br /><br />I haven't read Catching Fire or Mockingjay yet - but I am interested, even for the fact I am interested in seeing how this theme plays out.<br /><br />I figured Suzanne Collins might start to be more direct with some of her themes as the stories play out, because in the first book, you sense she's trying to say something "deeper" but it wasn't cut and dry what that message really was.RChttp://strangecultureblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21082552.post-71016502492471500802012-03-24T14:40:18.966-06:002012-03-24T14:40:18.966-06:00I haven't seen the movie yet, so I can't c...I haven't seen the movie yet, so I can't comment on how disturbing it will be to watch those scenes with kids killing kids "play out" visually, but that topic being taboo IS what the author is showing. <br /><br />Have you gotten through the third book? I think a lot of what it means to society (that this kid-killing is "acceptable") is dealt with throughout the later two books, mainly in the third. There is a poignant choice made at the end of the third that also highlights how it is wrong to have larger-scale wars fought through the lives of children.Gretehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03773664034997646386noreply@blogger.com