I figured that might be of interest. I think that was the hardest thing in the books for me. Basically, they have the stand off on top of the cornucopia, he falls, dogs descend on him (but you don't really see much) he pleads once or twice and Katniss shoots him (which you don't see--I mean, you see her shoot but that's it). He doesn't get dragged under, there's no real hesitation on Katniss's part. 30 seconds maybe? I'm bad at estimates like that. It seemed pretty immediate.
Please...Wesley...why can't I stay?
Fred ,'A Hole in the World'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
megan walker - Mar 20, 2012 11:54:34 am PDT #18247 of 28333
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
megan walker - Mar 20, 2012 12:04:38 pm PDT #18248 of 28333
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
For Steph, top 5 most shocking/disturbing moments of HG, the movie: cornucopia scene, bomb kid guarding food (but zero blood), a scene from the "history of the HG" montage at the reaping (a kid rising as victor with a bloody brick in his hands--totally implication, but still), Seneca's beard, and, probably, Katniss's burn (but I issues with stuff like that).
Steph L. - Mar 20, 2012 12:05:33 pm PDT #18249 of 28333
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I think that's tolerable, given that, again, it's the freaking Hunger Games. t edit Re: Cato at the end.
Thanks -- I really appreciate it!
t edit again Seneca's beard? I totally don't remember anything about that.
le nubian - Mar 20, 2012 12:10:28 pm PDT #18250 of 28333
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I thought that was a joke, but maybe I'm being dim.
Steph L. - Mar 20, 2012 12:12:10 pm PDT #18251 of 28333
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Well, at this point, I'm braced for anything horrific. And my memory for details of the books is spotty, so there could be a leprechan from District 69 who sexes up all the tributes and I'd just think "Did I skim over that, or...?"
megan walker - Mar 20, 2012 12:18:50 pm PDT #18252 of 28333
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
“If you could be any other character other than your own, who would you be?”
Liam: “Haymitch”
Josh: “Haymitch, for sure”
Jennifer: “I would be Wes Bentley’s beard”
Seriously, the beard is disturbing.
le nubian - Mar 20, 2012 12:34:42 pm PDT #18253 of 28333
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
so, someone in my twitter timeline said these 1 star reviews of Dracula gave him an aneurysm.
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go in peace.
Ginger - Mar 20, 2012 12:38:22 pm PDT #18254 of 28333
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The reviewer who said Dracula was written in "Old English language" would be stunned by actual Old English. I'd guess that the intersection of the people who like Twilight and the people who like Dracula is quite small.
Toddson - Mar 20, 2012 12:38:23 pm PDT #18255 of 28333
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
sigh ... reminds me of the YouTube video of the Twilight fan who was sobbing uncontrollably because another writer had not been sufficiently appreciative of the books. She attributed it to jealousy - after all, who is this Stephen King guy?
Atropa - Mar 20, 2012 12:41:14 pm PDT #18256 of 28333
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
::head explodes::
I'd guess that the intersection of the people who like Twilight and the people who like Dracula is quite small.
Is it awful of me to hope that this is true? Because dammit, I don't WANT people like the ones who wrote those reviews to read Dracula.