The tie-in makes me go "bzuh?",
The tie-in seems like such a Capitol thing to do. Commemorative eyeliner in honor of this year's tributes!
I'm so sorry, but if it makes you feel any better, my fun-time-Buffy party night involved watching a robot throw Spike through a window, so if you want to trade... no wait, I wouldn't give up that memory for anything.
Buffy ,'Get It Done'
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Anne W. - Nov 14, 2011 1:31:40 pm PST #16726 of 30000
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
le nubian - Nov 14, 2011 1:37:20 pm PST #16727 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
OMG. You are so right.
Jesse - Nov 14, 2011 4:33:05 pm PST #16728 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, I was thinking -- she's always getting her nails done when she's in the Capitol, so it's not totally crazy.... just, maybe those aren't the characters to want to emulate?
Liese S. - Nov 14, 2011 6:12:35 pm PST #16729 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
That's the thing. The whole thing is basically a commentary of the excess and warfare of our society. Our culture. There's basically no way where all the cross-merchandising isn't going look terribly, terribly ironic.
Consuela - Nov 14, 2011 7:19:09 pm PST #16730 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Okay, so I finally saw the Hunger Games trailer. My first thought? Nobody looked dirty, hungry, or oppressed enough...
And Jennifer Lawrence is too pretty. ::shrugs::
Burrell - Nov 14, 2011 9:05:42 pm PST #16731 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I want that Flaming Gem polish. Man, I am so shallow.
§ ita § - Nov 15, 2011 5:19:19 am PST #16732 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think Katniss is supposed to be very pretty. Thinner maybe, and dirtier. But pretty. She wows all the Districts for a reason.
Liese S. - Nov 15, 2011 5:26:08 am PST #16733 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, I think it's a classic "doesn't know she's pretty" scenario. In the books, she doesn't recognize or mischaracterizes a lot of the response to her. She's oblivious to Peeta's attentions and Gale's growing affection, and I think I remember a few other allusions to male response to her appearance that get by her. It's the unreliable narrator thing.
§ ita § - Nov 15, 2011 5:29:02 am PST #16734 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
OMG, I just looked at the story from the YA movie view point of the guys making the bet they can get the geeky girl, or whatever, and it's really a freaking cold way of looking at the makeover and betting on her that's life and death. Let me not use that angle to view the story again, thanks.
I just realised I never bought the middle book. I just borrowed it. Nook is very kind--it leaves a stub in your library to remind you of how easy it would be to just click and buy your own copy, and I think I'll probably fall for it.
Liese S. - Nov 15, 2011 6:18:33 am PST #16735 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Ha, yes, that's considerate of Nook, isn't it? Usually on our road trips we amble around bookstores and buy books since we don't have local ones. This trip, I totally went to the Barnes and Noble and bumbled around, and then left and went back to the hotel and bought "Snuff" on the Nook. I mean, I guess it's good that it's all in the family this time, and I didn't take my business away from an independent local. But it has lost the OMG must get to the store element for me.
Now all I need is my 3D digital printer and I can just order stuff from the internet and have it materialize in my house. What do you mean it doesn't work that way? What are you talking about materialism of the Capitol?
Anyway, yes. That's totally a cold way of looking at it. But there are those elements there.