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[Duane Cunningham]

I was wondering something last night. In the teaser trailer for the Hunger Games, they end with the Mockingjay call, and there was a crowd reaction to it, like people recognized it. Could anyone tell me how the noise was described in the book? Just a four-note whistle, or what?

Yeah, the book beats you over the head with the fact that it's a simple four note tune enough that people knew immediately what it was despite technically hearing it for the first time. And luckily, they managed to choose four notes that actually sounded cooler than what most people probably imagined.

 

[Chris R]

No, it's just a fan's ideas about what could have occurred in the second book. Spoilers for Book 2 included, sort of.

Ah bummer The ending of the third book is pretty good, but everything leading up to it is a hot mess. Hoping the movie can fix that but I'm thinking if they stray too far from the source material people will get pissed :|

 

[The Last One]

I know people prefer the second book, but I still think Mockingjay - Part 2 can be the best one, and the Part 1 the worst one.

 

[The Last One]

New one:

It seems they'll be revealing new posters all the time. There's a countdown on the website:

http://capitolcouture.pn/

 

[The Real Abed]

I assume this is SNL. Is there a video of this left on the internet?

 

[KmA]

I agree with everyone saying the Catching Fire is the best book in the series because it is. And Mockingjay had some awesome moments but it was terribly disappointing. How dare they remove the best character

Spoiler

Finnick

without a so much as a goodbye? Also the poster looks way too... bloomy.

 

[twinturbo2]

A wild ostrich died and got dyed for her sins...

 

[The Last One]

Haymitch:

Edit: Next one in less than 4 hours.

 

[TheJollyCorner]

does anyone else have the problem of getting The Crying Game song stuck in your head when you see anything related to The Hunger Games?

Fucking drives me nuts.

 

[G-Fex]

Hunger Games 2: The Boringing

 

[chimster]

Where are those flower petals falling from?

they ran out of sparks

 

[zero shift]

Obligatory:

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_hp_xsUg9ws

 

[Figboy79]

She was going to freeze to death and vampires don't generate body heat, so wolfboy was on deck. Twilight is just delightfully stupid.

I would replace the word "delightfully," with "fucking," and the sentence would be a bit more accurate.

Even watching the Twilight films on Riff Trax was painful (the Riff Trax guys were hilarious, but the movies are so god damned difficult to watch).

Anyway, I enjoyed the Hunger Games movie for the most part, so I'll eventually get around to checking out the sequel, but probably not in theaters. I'll just rent it on Amazon, like I did with the original.

I will get around to reading the books, though, but my book backlog is kind of long at the moment.

 

[Akuun]

Is The Hunger Games any good?

First two books were decent, and had some good bits. Third book was total garbage.

I don't know exactly what happened, but it felt like the author, production team, or whatever completely stopped giving any fucks about the series and just wanted it to end. So the story didn't bother with trying to tell a decent conclusion, and just took the easy (read: dumb, incredibly contrived and totally uninspired) way out for all remaining plotlines.

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

All day.

 

[The Last One]

Cinna:

Next one in less than 3 hours.

 

[The Real Abed]

I almost forgot Cinna

Spoiler

is killed in the second book.

<--This is a spoiler for the second book in case it wasn't obvious that I'm posting it in a thread for the second goddamned book.

 

[The Last One]

I almost forgot Cinna

Spoiler

is killed in the second book.

This is pretty lame, they don't make this clear in the second book, than in the third one it's just simple as that.

 

[The Last One]

Katniss:

Next one in 16 hours.

 

[f0rk]

First two books were decent, and had some good bits. Third book was total garbage.

I don't know exactly what happened, but it felt like the author, production team, or whatever completely stopped giving any fucks about the series and just wanted it to end. So the story didn't bother with trying to tell a decent conclusion, and just took the easy (read: dumb, incredibly contrived and totally uninspired) way out for all remaining plotlines.

You could tell in the second one the writer had no plans to make this a trilogy to start with. The world could have been a lot more interesting if it was shackled to this whiny teenage stuck in a dumbass love triangle. There were some good bits in the second book like

Spoiler

some dude getting shot on the steps of a courthouse as they were rushed out

but the return to the games is so contrived and the lead into book 3 is just dumb.

 

[AlexMeloche]

Katniss:

http://media-social.s-msn.com/images/blogs/00290065-0000-0000-0000-000000000000_bd9e518c-8b9e-4904-b459-4f2b1c196df1_20130306010741_FIN05C_Idiom_Chair_Katniss.jpg[IMG]

Next one in 16 hours.[/QUOTE]

Looks like the dress she wore to the Oscars.

 

[Deleted member 1159]

I almost forgot Cinna

Spoiler

is killed in the second book.

Man, I don't really care because I thought the book/movie sucked, but you fucking suck worse at spoilers.

 

[Chie Satonaka]

I wish I had a media department to make me look tall too.

Holy shit at that pictire.

I like the poster. It's neat. Looking forward to the second film. I enjoyed the first one a lot more than I expected!

Still need to read the books.

 

[Biff]

I almost forgot Cinna

Spoiler

is killed in the second book.

This is not how you fucking spoiler.

TELL US WHAT THE SPOILER IS REFERRING TO.

I almost forgot Cinna **2ND BOOK SPOILER**

Spoiler

is killed in the second book.

I thought you were spoiler-tagging something from the first movie/book. Or maybe making a funny joke about Lenny Kravitz. Fucking hell.

 

[The Last One]

Yeah, he should've warned the spoiler is about the second book.

 

[The Last One]

Beetee:

Next one in 5 hours.

 

[Edelknoedel]

Wow, Beetee looks great. I really like the "wire"-details.

Now I'm looking forward to Johanna.

 

[Dr. Malik]

This is not how you fucking spoiler.

TELL US WHAT THE SPOILER IS REFERRING TO.



I thought you were spoiler-tagging something from the first movie/book. Or maybe making a funny joke about Lenny Kravitz. Fucking hell.

this

The movie is ruined now.

 

[The Real Abed]

Geeze people. Isn't it obvious my spoiler is from the SECOND MOVIE/BOOK seeing as we're in a thread for the SECOND MOVIE/BOOK!

Seriously people? Seriously?

 

[meijiko]

Geeze people. Isn't it obvious my spoiler is from the SECOND MOVIE/BOOK seeing as we're in a thread for the SECOND MOVIE/BOOK!

Seriously people? Seriously?

It's obviously not obvious if people are complaining about it.

 

[Rubbish King]

yay! ^_^

 

[The Last One]

this

The movie is ruined now.

Don't you worry, a lot happens in the second book besides this. The spoiler isn't even the climax.

 

[The Real Abed]

It's obviously not obvious if people are complaining about it.

Well I have learned from my mistake. Next time I'll just make it clearer. But still. mindisfulloffuckjackiechan.jpg

But if I had gone into a thread for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and posted a tagged spoiler that

Spoiler

the prisoner is Harry's uncle and isn't the one who killed Harry's parents and lol if you're reading this and haven't read or seen the movie

back when that movie was big and didn't tag it, would you not have known that the spoiler I am posting is probably from the book that the thread is for? It only seems logical.

Disclaimer: The spoiler above is from the Harry Potter book "Prisoner of Azkaban" in case you haven't read or seen it.

I mean seriously, the people who were spoiled by that, what exactly did you think it was going to be? Why did you not assume that it would be a spoiler for the movie/book we are currently discussing?

 

[tino]

this

The movie is ruined now.

President Snow

Spoiler

is not Katniss's

father.

 

[The Real Abed]

President Snow

Spoiler

is not Katniss's

father.

That's a spoiler for the third book! You just ruined it for everyone!

 

[The Last One]

Johanna:

Next one, tomorrow.

 

[Edelknoedel]

Can't wait to see her in axe-wielding action.

 

[equap]

I want to punch the guys face.

Jennifer looks lovely though <3

cause he's prettier than you?

 

[oneils]

Poster is now ruined for everybody.

[poster looks terrible, by the way. Fake, plastic-ish, boring, no idea what it is supposed to represent]

I thought that is what they were going for. It's supposed to represent the manufactured "victory" tour that the tv show puts on.

 

[The Last One]

Peeta:

Next one in 2 hours.

 

[Like the hat?]

The books, to me

The first: fight for your life in a contest, pretty cool.
Th second: hey, isn't this the first book?
The third: what in the hell happened to everyone?

 

[Dereck]

Swag

 

[The Last One]

Gale:

Next one in 2 hours.

 

[The Last One]

Finnick:

Next one tomorrow.

 

[Pikawil]

Poster is now ruined for everybody.

Looks like a younger "Have some fun with Miku!" guy to me:

 

[temp]

Looks like a younger "Have some fun with Miku!" guy to me:

How far back does this family tree go??

 

[LOCK]

Finnick:

Next one tomorrow.

Beautiful ^_^

 

[Blizzard]

Beetee:

Next one in 5 hours.

The facial hair looks a little fake, but I really like this otherwise. I agree that the circuit/wire details are neat.

 

[The Last One]

The chair for the next one.

Yeah, it's pretty clear who's gonna sit there.

 

[pestul]

Having read the series, I'm actually still quite impressed with the portrayal of the new characters. Nice job.