Mental_Giant
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Salon had a good article on the DNA of The Hunger Games and it goes much deeper than merely Battle Royale. Collins claims to have drawn inspiration from the myth of the Minotaur when young tributes were thrown into the labyrinth to be eaten by the aforementioned beast.
She also claims she never saw Battle Royale, and I have no reason to disbelieve her. I think the theme of corrupt governments throwing people into gladiatorial games for sport is old enough that the fact that both of these stories feature it, just with young contestants, isn't enough evidence to prove plagiarism.
Hell, Steven King reviewed The Hunger Games when it came out and basically pointed out how Collins was ripping off his The Long Walk and Running Man. -
Quote:The irony is the young female demographic is the core audience of the book, so they already know about the real violence in the story. As a parent, however, I understand the decision: it's one thing to read about disembowelments, impalings, and beheadings but it's quite another to see it presented realistically.Originally Posted by Lothic
Yeah much of the negative criticism of Hunger Games on sites like RottenTomatoes.com revolve around it being "nerfed down" to play to the "young female" demographic and suggest that it would have had more dramatic impact as a story if there was more overt violence involved.
The other reason they made the changes.Quote:But of course we all know a rated R movie would not have made as many mega-millions as they're expecting this movie to make so sadly I'm not surprised they may have sacrificed some "gritty realism" for the sake of the almighty dollar. 
I haven't seen Battle Royale yet, but I definitely intend to. -
If Hunger Games was rated R this would be a fairer fight. With the watered down violence, I'm not sure it can win.
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Yeah, the ending left me wondering how they found all the footage. I doubt this will get renewed so I guess we'll never know.
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I'll be on late tonight... save me a spot!
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It is known.
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Quote:I don't think I was on that one.Originally Posted by OneFrigidWitch
22-42?. I think 42. MG, were you on ITF with me? I was Tundra Redemption with the dark/dark/psi dom stuck locking down the poofys.
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Quote:This sums up my feelings on the matter.Originally Posted by Jet_Boy
(as a side note, is anyone else here irritated that many of the reviewers talk about the lack of originality of the story and concept, with an obvious ignorance that The Barsoom novels predate most of their analogs by the better part of a century?)
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Quote:I see where you're coming from Flux, even though I have plenty of room on Victory myself (my AR/Pain was only my 25th 50 on Victory), but I think DXP weekend does one thing extremely well: get people on the server!Originally Posted by _Flux_
Any more 2xp weekends don't hold the allure that they used to for me. Server slots are at a premium, so leveling up a ton more toons in a short period of time dosn't have much appeal (I've pretty much moved all the 50s off of Victory that I am going to).
Even if you had no interest in XPeez or Inf, you could pretty much put together a team for whatever you wanted this weekend without too much trouble. Yes, the focus was on WTFs and ITFs, but I saw a lot of Posis, Synapses, Numes, Morties, and LGTFs running as well, and that's not counting all the full mission teams out there.
I had a lot of fun this weekend, completely aside from my tally. I hope DXP weekends remain a part of the game for years to come.
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Quote:No, I think it was the one after that. I ran a lot of ITFs this weekend.Originally Posted by VoodooCompany
If so, was that the one you DENIED me on?
Most were slower than normal. I chalk this up to:
- Wide level range, usually SKed up to 49 by the one 50 on the team.
- Mostly non-50s, so no Incarnate powers.
- Slotting was spotty at best, because everyone was lvling so fast.
Bottom line is we figured out and just focused on the Essences and took him down that way. -
I'm a lightweight, so I'm calling it a night now. (MP is starting a Morty Kal as I type...)
Here's my tally for the weekend:
AR/Pain Corruptor - 42->50
Fire/Rad Corruptor - 37 ->44
SJ/DA Scrapper - 25->27
Titan/Inv Brute - 23->26
Dark/Dark Dominator - 0->16
It was a fairly productive weekend.
How'd everyone else do? -
I saw many more Leprechauns than I expected, so I started to ask people who had them what they thought, and the reactions were universally positive.
I stand by my purchase, but I have two complaints:
1. The toggle seems to come off very often, so I'm not getting my 10% as much as I should.
2. It gets old having him around... I'd like the bonus sans the pet. -
Quote:Now, now, GP... I made that statement when I thought the Leprechaun was targetable and killable. When I found out he couldn't be touched it did change things.Originally Posted by Grey Pilgrim
Oh, and I feel quite lied to. When will you stop lying to us all, MG? When?
I'm still the same MG everyone knows and loves. I still do not have the Coyote travel power! -
Quote:Let's put it this way: right after I bought the Leprechaun I had a 3 hour ITF. Not so lucky...Originally Posted by Roderick
Was it worth it?
But it is a perma 10% inf buff on all toons, so there you have it. -
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Do you actually get a quad bonus for the TF completion?
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Masterful... and you even did the rap!
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Quote:It's an expression... you know, "back to the salt mines"?Originally Posted by Satanic_Hamster
I have doubts that everyone talks about salt mines or has ever been underground.
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Quote:So you're literally working in a salt mine... is it as bad as everyone says?Originally Posted by Satanic_Hamster
Salt. Underground. Metal.
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Quote:I know of a pet that can help with that!Originally Posted by Satanic_Hamster
Knock out some inf too, maybe.
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Another DXP Weekend is almost upon us, so I once again ask that timeless question: Watcha doin'?
I have a low 40s AR/Pain Corruptor from a previous red-side Isos run I'd like to get to 50. I will also be working on my reroll of Black Dynamite (SJ/DA). -
Quote:You forgot:Originally Posted by Frost Warden
1. Superbug created by some government gets out. (Think The Stand by Stephen King.)
2. Virus mutation and/or combination.
3. 1 & 2
4. Judgement Day (with all the graves giving up their dead)
5. Worldwide Voodoo curse (or a curse from any other religious and/or magic tradition)
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Quote:It made $70 million internationally the opening weekend, but that's probably still not enough for a sequel.Originally Posted by Mandu
Sure it only made 30 million over the weekend but I think it might actually do better over the next couple weekends at least.
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What's the current Target Level?