Well, Shailene Woodley does have an Oscar nomination of her own, so she's on track.
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Polter-Cow - Jul 15, 2013 12:15:44 pm PDT #21070 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
le nubian - Jul 15, 2013 12:19:52 pm PDT #21071 of 28370
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Maybe they are hoping this movie will make a lot of $$ like HG did and that's why they are marketing it similarly? Weird shit.
Polter-Cow - Jul 15, 2013 12:31:17 pm PDT #21072 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
YA dystopia is YA dystopia. You think marketing won't seize on a superficial similarity and push it like hell?
§ ita § - Jul 15, 2013 12:39:13 pm PDT #21073 of 28370
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
YA dystopia is YA dystopia
Well, except when it's not. Are you saying it's warranted?
Shailene Woodley does have an Oscar nomination of her own, so she's on track.
Until I see the Most Gorgeous Doof Next Door gifs she's just one more chick that didn't win.
Polter-Cow - Jul 15, 2013 2:21:28 pm PDT #21074 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Well, except when it's not. Are you saying it's warranted?
I am saying I don't find it strange in the least.
§ ita § - Jul 15, 2013 2:42:08 pm PDT #21075 of 28370
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Wait--so all YA dystopias *are* the same, or they might as well be the same? That's what I don't understand. If you keep selling A as B, you do risk a backlash.
Amy - Jul 15, 2013 2:46:19 pm PDT #21076 of 28370
Because books.
The target marget (i.e. teens) doesn't seem to care about the finer distinctions at this point.
§ ita § - Jul 15, 2013 2:49:58 pm PDT #21077 of 28370
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But is that because it's effectively correct (at the scale at which they're talking), or it's wrong but they don't care?
I know nothing other than skimming one article, so I'm not arguing a point--I'm asking you guys for an interpretation of the facts, such as they are.
Polter-Cow - Jul 15, 2013 2:51:42 pm PDT #21078 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
What Amy said. I'm sure they all have their differences, but it's practically become a genre unto itself like paranormal romance. There's The Maze Runner, which is also being made into a movie, and Matched, which I think is also optioned, and it sure seems like a lot of them are about a teenage girl choosing between two guys. I think Incarceron was also set up to be a successor, but I haven't heard too much about it.
But is that because it's effectively correct (at the scale at which they're talking), or it's wrong but they don't care?
Little of Column A, little of Column B, from what I can tell. Many of them do sound similar, but despite all the different premises, they start to run together.
Jesse - Jul 15, 2013 2:54:41 pm PDT #21079 of 28370
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I respond well to marketing of the "If you like X, you'll love Y" variety, even though I don't always love Y. If I generally like things in the style of X, I'm always looking for more.