Anglo, to me, means really typically British -- creamy skin, fair hair, light eyes. But that's not completely "British," either, since some of those traits came from the Vikings, right?
Whoa! I... I think I'm having a thought. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's a thought. Now I'm having a plan. Now I'm having a wiggins.
Xander ,'First Date'
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Amy - Nov 02, 2011 2:44:41 pm PDT #16612 of 30000
Because books.
DebetEsse - Nov 02, 2011 2:46:04 pm PDT #16613 of 30000
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Yeah, I can see that. In Colorado (at least where I was), it was to differentiate from Hispanic.
Sophia Brooks - Nov 02, 2011 2:52:38 pm PDT #16614 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I haven't read the books, but I have to say that "olive-skinned" to me means of Italian, Greek or Romany descent. Possibly because I am Italian American and have really weird pale olive skin.
§ ita § - Nov 02, 2011 3:08:16 pm PDT #16615 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Katniss read like nothing but white to me, so I never got the foofurrah. Her full sister is clearly white, so I never gave it a second thought. The casting looks just fine to me. But I don't think of English people as creamy blond either--there were only a handful of blondes in my year at school.
smonster - Nov 02, 2011 3:08:56 pm PDT #16616 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I believe we had a discussion in Literary that Katniss might be intended to have an Indian background, given where District 12 is and that she has gray eyes.
Liese S. - Nov 02, 2011 3:20:18 pm PDT #16617 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, actually, before I read the books, I had foofurrahed, but that's just a default for me. After I read the books, Katniss read as completely white to me, so I was okay with the casting.
It is an awfully white cast, but it's Hollywood.
Anyway, yes, Team Finnick! We'll get there, right? Money to be made.
Steph L. - Nov 02, 2011 4:17:23 pm PDT #16618 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
We'll get there, right? Money to be made.
Oh, yeah. If the sparkly vampire movies were made for all the books, I can't imagine all the Hunger Games books not getting made. The only hangup I can see is the violence, and if they can make a lot of stuff happen offscreen (and they're going to HAVE to -- at least the spectacularly horrific shit, like Cato's death -- if they want to keep it PG-13), then they're going to be fine.
Honestly? Whether or not I see them will depend on my mood. Because the trilogy really could have been titled "Everything Is Bad Everywhere And Most People Die Plus DID I MENTION WAR IS BAD." Which doesn't make them bad books, but I don't know if I can handle actually *seeing* them onscreen.
Although Gale sure is pretty, and Rue is entirely adorable. And Foxface is kinda hot.
Polter-Cow - Nov 02, 2011 4:52:41 pm PDT #16619 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
And Foxface is kinda hot.
I do have a fondness for redheads.
Amy - Nov 02, 2011 4:58:14 pm PDT #16620 of 30000
Because books.
I thought they announced at the beginning that it would be a trilogy, which I remember thinking was not a great idea, because there were some laggy parts in Catching Fire, at least in terms of a film.
Polter-Cow - Nov 02, 2011 5:02:37 pm PDT #16621 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Aren't they actually making four movies out of the trilogy?