Isn't The Hunger Games just a .....?

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..heavily watered down American rip off of Battle Royal?

I mean a bunch of kids sent out to the woods of an island, competing to kill one another and be the last to survive, doesn't sound EXACTLY like the premise of Battle Royal?

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When this comes out again in 3-D (provided it wasn't originally released that way, or if it was when this comes out in the theaters in 4-D aka hologram) will you fork over the money to the film makers AGAIN for a rehashed selling of a film you saw the first time around that SHOULD HAVE been released the way the re-release will be released?

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I have no interest in the films or the books for that very reason.  If you either read the Battle Royal book or seen the movie there is really no other way to improve upon the idea.

Anonymous · Answer

Yes. However, dumb teens usually have never heard of Battle Royale so selling off this same idea again was pretty easy.

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Haha, that's what my dad said too. 

Apparently the author got the idea by flicking the TV channels between a game show and children in a conflict zone, but I have my doubts. 

I loved the books (best 'teenage' books I've read for a long time) but I'm not overly fussed about seeing the film. I'll probably see it within the next few weeks, but my expectations are low. And of course I wouldn't pay to see it again. 3D is awful anyway.

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Why yes, yes it most certainly is.

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Yes, but don't tell the under 14s.

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Yes :) that's what my friends said! :D

somathus · Answer

Its similar but the background and the stories are completely different. The idea of a bunch of civilians/kids having to kill each other predates Battle Royale

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yes it is, its the exact same idea, different setting, and i didn't want to watch it, but it was for a school field trip and got to miss 2 classes, but im not watching that over-hipped piece of $hit again

Isn't The Hunger Games just a .....?

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