tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3316810.post347037630428967788..comments2023-08-03T10:39:35.671-04:00Comments on Anti-Climacus: Nicholashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05693481720368030657noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3316810.post-68917055064227149812012-04-03T11:57:32.646-04:002012-04-03T11:57:32.646-04:00Oh, I am reminded, I'm not including you in th...Oh, I am reminded, I'm not including you in the group of people I automatically distrust when they say, "Call me old fashioned" (in case you saw that status). :-) Not wanting to see a bunch of kids get killed on screen is not a bad kind of old-fashioned.rosebriarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02229537505859471832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3316810.post-73505905128861502692012-03-27T12:14:40.585-04:002012-03-27T12:14:40.585-04:00And thanks also for the other reactions: I will ap...And thanks also for the other reactions: I will apparently have to go read the book now. As far as problems go, having to read something is one of the better ones to have.Nicholashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05693481720368030657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3316810.post-82316083337390962502012-03-27T12:14:00.968-04:002012-03-27T12:14:00.968-04:00On the politics: they are mostly omitted from the ...On the politics: they are mostly omitted from the movie (there's a three-minute-ish aside about how there was once a rebellion and the Games are intended as punishment, but that's it). But from what I understand of the backstory, it's the opposite of Sarah Palin: there was once a great environmental disaster which led to the collapse of society and to a totalitarian state; so it'sNicholashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05693481720368030657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3316810.post-41077064333760126322012-03-27T09:18:31.794-04:002012-03-27T09:18:31.794-04:00Please do get into the politics. Is the movie (hav...Please do get into the politics. Is the movie (haven't read the books) a Sarah Palin parable? The nice girl from the not-at-all-cosmopolitan provinces hunts and is wholesome, and is a fish out of water among evil, evil cityfolk (media elites!) whose crimes aren't just violence-promotion, but also going around with interesting hair and clothes.Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3316810.post-88434583116613015082012-03-26T19:22:08.699-04:002012-03-26T19:22:08.699-04:00I think you have to read the books to get a sense ...I think you have to read the books to get a sense of how truly rotten the society that spawns these games is. I have not seen the movie but the NYT reviewer lamented that the movie does not allow the viewer to relate to Katniss the way the book does. The movie is much more focused on the (forgive me) pageantry of the the games. I must say the Hunger Games was one of the better books I read last Katherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787741582855466537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3316810.post-91302396266197731582012-03-26T16:21:49.000-04:002012-03-26T16:21:49.000-04:00In a word, I'd say yes. When I saw magazines t...In a word, I'd say yes. When I saw magazines talking about interviews with the actors, all I could think about was the audience's reactions to the interviews in the books, and how I was just like the horrible audience, enjoying the horror of it all. Maybe that's unusual, but I think it told me that the message had been effective. (Oh, and Cato's death is much more upsetting in therosebriarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02229537505859471832noreply@blogger.com