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America's BATTLE ROYALE Clone

posted 10 years ago by Mahmood-Buttrumps
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When I saw the trailer for THG, like many others I thought, "Oh, Battle Royale is getting an American adaptation." Then I learned it was unrelated, just a possible ripoff. So I stayed away, figured it can't be that good if it's not an original idea.

It was, and I learned a lesson here. Let the courts and BR author/filmmakers and THG author/filmmakers decide if damages were done, and enjoy a good movie. I haven't even heard of any legal action being taken, so if the BR people aren't bothered, why should we be? If THG fans like the idea, they have another movie to watch (also the WWE film starring Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Condemned, was based on BR) and likewise if BR fans want yet another BR type movie, they can watch THG. No reason to fret over the business side.

Nihil novi sub sole. (Latin: There is nothing new under the sun. That is, truly original ideas are copied by weak-minded people of lesser talent. )

Enjoy... or don't.

[–] summeriris 10 years ago

Whine, whine, whine, incomprehensible babble. Whine, whine, whine.

Same excrement, different day. Still doesn't make any of it true. You can post the SSDD till the cows come home, it will still be your stupid fantasy.

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[–] Mahmood-Buttrumps 10 years ago

How are objective facts gleaned from viable sources considered to be "fantasy"?

I could understand if I was stating my personal opinion but the facts say that The Hunger Games is America's BATTLE ROYALE clone.

[–] riekondoh-116-326404 10 years ago

Yea, its such a terrible movie that it has a higher IMDB rating than all 3 Hunger Games movies, higher RT score than 2 of the 3 movies, received universal high critcal acclaim in Asia and the Western world, and is Quentin Tarentino's favorite movie. To call it a POS says everything about you, not the movie.

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[–] zaphod08 10 years ago

When you read about it, they seem similar. When you watch them as independent movies, they felt completely different. Battle Royale felt much more like a Quintin Tarantino movie.

In the kingdom of the blind, you're the village idiot.

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[–] turdbadge 9 years ago

Battle Royale felt much more like a Quintin Tarantino movie.

Actually its the other way around. If Collins is the Queen of of Plagiarism, then Tarantino is the clown prince.

[–] Mahmood-Buttrumps 9 years ago

Guys wtf? I saw it Monday night and there were multiple advanced screenings that night too? It's like you've never heard of that before. Yeah I'd rate it 7-8 tho. It really was intense but the introduction of the other JL characters besides batman and Wonder Woman felt really cheap although I would say the fight scenes are much better compared to the avengers/marvel films in my opinion. CGI was great too. It fell flat with character development but come on, people watch it for the action scenes which I think lived up to the damn hype.

[–] ikissedaguru 9 years ago

I'm pretty sure that his next project is shelved at the moment. Nothing is decided until the rights have been sold. And judging by the lack of financial, fan and critical success, I would guess that Ross wont have anything to do with it. Just look at The Free State of Jones that got canceled(Ross's next directing gig) shortly after THG failed.

[–] summerinertia 9 years ago

Same excrement, different day. Still doesn't make any of it true. You can post the SSDD till the cows come home, it will still be your stupid fantasy.

[–] Mahmood-Buttrumps 9 years ago

I'm ashamed of being a BR fan after seeing this movie now.

They took everything that was good with the series and mashed it up into one big pile of garbage!

[–] jackthegreat2004 9 years ago

Literally 4 years later and this is still the topic?

The similarities stop at a group of teenagers having to kill each other to survive.

Other than that they are completely different.

This is based on a trilogy, the story as a whole is completely different and it moves very far away from the Arena...

If you prefer BR please just go watch that and post on that forum for the love of God.

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[–] Mahmood-Buttrumps 9 years ago

It's widely accepted that the whole Games are a ripoff of Battle royale. The Hunger Games is really just a vessel for the character study of Katniss as she goes through and emerges from intense trauma anyway, and since I haven't read Battle Royale I can't comment on how similar that element of it is, but the Games are totally a ripoff.

[–] clirby 8 years ago

Well, In Japan, there isn't much of an audience for films shown in theaters, and TV work has always been considered more prestigious among actors and actresses, (it's becoming the same in the hollywood) so Japanese films are created more for a world market, in that sence they are a bigger deal as their popular is more far-flung, of course hollywood has that market cornered but sometimes a film is only popular amond a certain demographic in it's home nation, the hunger games is a one such prime example.

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[–] PresidentAckbar (1289) 6 years ago

BATTLE ROYALE ripoff!