Twist2005: That's actually a really pretty dress. Wish I had the boobs to pull it off.


Send pics and let me be the judge please.

Thanks.

Wait, the movies are full of attractive, young females?

Who knew?

/would eat every inch of her. Literally.

T-Servo: Optimal_Illusion: The original Hunger Game:
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I beg to differ--- my lawn, off.

Back at ya!

MBA Whore: Those tits: Real or Fake

PizzaJedi81: GavinTheAlmighty: Yay boobies!

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No, seriously, man, they keep talking about us here, but I don't hink that they actually MEAN us.

Yeah, I get confused by it, too.

Late, but, all I know is, I love this post so much.

Optimal_Illusion: Back at ya!

Oh my goodness, I'd forgotten that one!

xynix: Interestingly enough had this movie been this hyped up a month ago I would have never purchased the series and would have thought it to be just another over-hyped piece of crap. Luckily I read them before all this started and frankly enjoyed the entire premise. It's a really good series.. Certainly there are parts which aren't to my liking but there is no author on the planet who has written a book that I liked 100%. Hell, usually I'll take liking 75% of it and in this case it's closer to 95%.

Oh, I've read it, and it's not bad. The premise isn't very well thought out but once you can break your mind sufficiently to ignore the background lore it's tightly written and well-paced, and focuses on the action enough that you don't have to think about it too much. Very much a rewrite of Battle Royale for a YA audience (Battle Royale, you'll probably recall, had the same issue with the underlying premise being stupid and the same "overwhelm it with action scenes" solution to the problem).

That said, the movie is playing to the Twilight audience, meaning that what is going to get played up is likely the pre-teen angst and the mary-sue nature of the protagonist. I don't think the source material being chock-full of awesome explosions (OK, forest fires, whatever) and tidal waves and murder/suicide, all of which make for a cool movie, is going to save it when most of what got the movie made was a recommendation from... sigh... Stephanie Meyer. They're going to play down the action and play up the adolescent love triangle and distaff bromance that were the weakest part of the novels, guaranteed.

Optimal_Illusion: T-Servo: Optimal_Illusion: The original Hunger Game:
[www.wired.com image 500x577]

[i151.photobucket.com image 400x400]

I beg to differ--- my lawn, off.

Back at ya!
[carlinsaidtopayton.files.wordpress.com image 500x473]

probably the most rivetting battle I've seen...


/no matter who loses... WE ALL WIN!
//At the game of Life!
///well, maybe Settlers of Cataan.

aharown: There are great vampire novels out there. There are great post-apocalyptic survival novels out there. I imagine there are even great ones set in a gladiator type arena. These books don't qualify. If you were entertained by them, so be it. To my mind, the only redemptive quality they have is that they managed to convince young children that books, sometimes apparently very long books, are worth reading. But as literature, even of this genre (and I'm a huge fantasy buff, personally), they're crap.

And?

I read Animorphs growing up. For a franchise science-fiction series for teens, it's pretty good. As adult fare, it's crap at worst, and inconsistent at best (being written by countless ghostwriters). But I read them, and enjoyed them. And yes, over the past decade, I have read Harry Potter and The Hunger Games, and enjoyed them as well. I've also read A Song of Ice and Fire and others, and enjoyed them much more. But I would have never have done so had I not read earlier series like Animorphs, getting me interested in reading in the first place.

You're complaining that 13-year-old girls are reading a literature series designed for them, when you should be happy that literature is prevalent in the first place. I'm sorry, but the world is not going to stop this movie from being made because you think The Hunger Games is crap. Oh gosh, stop the presses! Their advertising dollars aren't directed at you, it's directed at those 13-year-olds.

At least The Hunger Games is 100x better than that Twilight shiatfest.

Twist2005: That's actually a really pretty dress. Wish I had the boobs to pull it off.

I'll admit it. I clicked the profile.

/let's just say equestrians have a special place in my...um, heart.

MBA Whore: Those tits: Real or Fake

Real.

I guess I shouldn't be surprised that a bunch of farkers would be so enraged that I would find our current lack of sophistication and cultural identity, which has been replaced by an appreciation for poorly written mindless drivel, saddening.

You all think it doesn't mean anything, but it does. We reward the producers of this complete trash (from the original authors to the movie producers) with tens and hundreds of millions of dollars. We idolize the children who star in their movies, chosen far and away more for their looks than any redemptive qualities of their acting abilities. We line the pockets of all of these people with cash and want to be like them. It's sad, pathetic, and I'm unafraid to call it out, even if the rest of you morons are.

I am pointing out something that should scare you. It does not bode well for our future. And sadden you. It does not speak well of our present. You should be worried, very worried. The fact that you are not worries me more. But again, farkers reading this. I should not be surprised.

kroonermanblack: The_Six_Fingered_Man: aharown: The only literature countless adult Americans have read in the last 10 years are Harry Potter, Twilight, and The Hunger Games.

Stieg Larsson would argue with you, were he not dead. Also George R.R. Martin would probably strangle you with a length of boiled leather then have a nice flagon of Arbor Gold afterwards.

I found the formers novels unreadable; about the time he gets some something remotely more interesting than lawyer tickertape and idle time passing setting up the damned interesting bits, is the time when I said go fark yourself half the novel is driveling horseshiat and I'm tired of it. No, I did not need 200 pages of setup, daily life, affairs, prison, more affairs, etc. It could have been done in a handful. Even 100 would have been tolerable. It simply does not need the backstory he gives it.

And the latter...I've never been inclined to read, I guess. Most of the time the things people clamor over so fervently are good, but for some reason (contrariness, maybe faux-hipsterism, I don't know) I just lose the desire to check them out when every nerd on the net is dropping loads for them. Possibly because of the Da Vinci Code, Twilight, and most other novels which have been overwhelmingly popular at the time. Though the reviews I've heard/read have basically been 'lots of rape. And some pedophilia and incest. And violence'. Which...is not ringing endorsment to me.

When's the last Wheel of time book supposed to come out? I need to pick those up again, haven't read any in 10+ years, but at this point I'll wait till they're done.

Last wheel of time comes out January 2013.

A Song of Ice and Fire (game of thrones is book 1) is probably the best Fantasy series in the last 30 years (assuming it gets finished). The only other series I'd say comes close is Malazan Book of the Fallen

Cargo: PizzaJedi81: Profedius: Yes she is pretty after having done a GIS, but I wouldn't go with prettiest, because her check bones are to high which gives her face a more rounded shape and I enjoy an oval shaped face. I am not saying it is a deal breaker or anything, because I would still make her have an orgasm in under 5 minutes.

Psst...it was innuendo.

Yeah, but I've heard most women don't have orgasms from innuendo sex.

You're clearly one of the few men that haven't met my ex wife...

No Doran, I did not make this complaint. My original complaint was that adults are letting children determine what is worth reading. The 13 year olds can keep reading whatever happens to keep their nose in a book, that's great. It's when countless ADULTS keep crying the glories of these books, and never have a mention for anything worthwhile, that I get sad.

T-Servo: Optimal_Illusion: Back at ya!

Oh my goodness, I'd forgotten that one!

I'm 41 years old, and remember my childhood fondly. What some call kitsch, I call well-remembered friends.

aharown: No Doran, I did not make this complaint. My original complaint was that adults are letting children determine what is worth reading. The 13 year olds can keep reading whatever happens to keep their nose in a book, that's great. It's when countless ADULTS keep crying the glories of these books, and never have a mention for anything worthwhile, that I get sad.

That worries me for the present, sure. I'm not so worried for our future reading public.

bdub77: Btw I remember watching Battle Royale years ago online. Japanese movie. Basically it's exactly the same as the Hunger Games. In fact I'm pretty sure The Hunger Games is just a ripoff of Battle Royale.

What's funny is that people think Battle Royal was an original idea.

SharkTrager: bdub77: Btw I remember watching Battle Royale years ago online. Japanese movie. Basically it's exactly the same as the Hunger Games. In fact I'm pretty sure The Hunger Games is just a ripoff of Battle Royale.

What's funny is that people think Battle Royal was an original idea.

What floors me is people flooding into threads like this shrieking 'omg battle royale!' as though everyone and thier mothers dogs retarded ant farmer hasn't already seen/heard the comparison, and 90% of college educated people haven't seen the damned thing too.

Also, RE: fiction, I really enjoyed the Name of the Wind book, but I'll be damned if I'm going to bother reading something that gets published every 10 years. It's not that good.

Isn't Song of Fire and Ice the golden compass series thing, kids books? Or am I mixing series again? I tried the first book in the golden compass series and couldn't finish it.

mekkab: Optimal_Illusion: T-Servo: Optimal_Illusion: The original Hunger Game:
[www.wired.com image 500x577]

[i151.photobucket.com image 400x400]

I beg to differ--- my lawn, off.

Back at ya!
[carlinsaidtopayton.files.wordpress.com image 500x473]


probably the most riveting battle I've seen...


/no matter who loses... WE ALL WIN!
//At the game of Life!
///well, maybe Settlers of Cataan.

How about a quick raid?

I have Classic Dungeon! myself.

kroonermanblack: SharkTrager: bdub77: Btw I remember watching Battle Royale years ago online. Japanese movie. Basically it's exactly the same as the Hunger Games. In fact I'm pretty sure The Hunger Games is just a ripoff of Battle Royale.

What's funny is that people think Battle Royal was an original idea.

What floors me is people flooding into threads like this shrieking 'omg battle royale!' as though everyone and thier mothers dogs retarded ant farmer hasn't already seen/heard the comparison, and 90% of college educated people haven't seen the damned thing too.

Also, RE: fiction, I really enjoyed the Name of the Wind book, but I'll be damned if I'm going to bother reading something that gets published every 10 years. It's not that good.

Isn't Song of Fire and Ice the golden compass series thing, kids books? Or am I mixing series again? I tried the first book in the golden compass series and couldn't finish it.

Song of Ice and Fire is the name George RR Martin's series (game of thrones, clash of kings, storm of swords.. etc)
Golden Compass is part of His Dark Materials another quick read and was intended to introduce atheism to kids.
Name of the Wind's sequel, Wise Man's Fear is already out if you haven't read it. The third book, Stone Door, probably won't be out for 2-3 years.

aharown: No Doran, I did not make this complaint. My original complaint was that adults are letting children determine what is worth reading. The 13 year olds can keep reading whatever happens to keep their nose in a book, that's great. It's when countless ADULTS keep crying the glories of these books, and never have a mention for anything worthwhile, that I get sad.

I really, really liked the Hunger Games. I also really, really liked The Golden Bowl, For Whom The Bell Tolls, and Empire Falls. Now will you quit whining about the downfall of civilization? It's not actually happening.

It's DEFINITELY not young-adult fiction, but for a better "buncha teens from every province go in, one comes out" story, check out Stephen King's The Long Walk. (He wrote it under his Bachman pseudonym.)

Or better yet, don't. Among the thousands of books I have read, only a very few fall into the category "I wish I had not read that." The Long Walk is THAT disturbing. It has an identical premise to The Hunger Games- a dystopian future in which teens are picked to participate in a competition that results in the deaths of all but one of them. But the venue is a "walk" in which the boy who can make it the farthest wins and the rest are picked off by snipers as they fall behind a mandated pace. The writing is superb- easily in King's top ten novels. But when you finish it, you will set it down and think to yourself "damn, that was not something anybody should have ever read, much less written." Unlike The Hunger Games, King's future society is utterly believable. There's no frippery with stylists and mentors. Just grueling mile after mile as the kids slowly lose endurance and are executed one by one. The horror of it doesn't come from its outre' premise, but from the completely matter-of-fact manner in which King writes about the events. You can't help thinking "this is extremely unlikely- but not implausible." It is equal parts good-guy's struggle against insurmountable odds, written documentary, and ironically something of a travelogue chronicling what would have been an otherwise pleasant stroll through the back roads of upper Maine.

If the above description motivates anyone to read the book, I can only apologize in advance for the small piece of your soul that will whither and die after you turn the last page. Honestly, I would hope that people see this post and consider it a caution.

MBA Whore: Those tits: Real or Fake

They's real. And lovely.

aharown: I am pointing out something that should scare you. It does not bode well for our future. And sadden you.

I should be scared and saddened that publishing houses are publishing books with a wide appeal to young adult audiences, and have figured out they can still make money on books. As opposed to switching all of their effort to producing 3D movies.

And what's more, I should be saddened that millions of people are reading books, recommending books to their friends, and millions more who would never pick up a book again after high school/college are reading books purely for enjoyment.

ARE YOU fakrING INSANE??? WHY WOULD THIS SADDEN ME??? Barbara Bush would CREAM over the thought!!

This is a librarian's wet dream! Ok. So you get them in with the book everybody's been raving about. They read it. They enjoy it. They want more. "Oh, my God...come with me." You get to introduce them to the rest of the genre. NOW you get them hooked on the books you think have a better storyline!

You know farking nothing about buildup and preparation. I bet you just tell your wife to roll over and get ready for a farking, and wonder why she's not into it.

Carth: Last wheel of time comes out January 2013.

Good to hear. I really liked the last 2 books, the post-Jordan ones.

Twist2005: That's actually a really pretty dress. Wish I had the boobs to pull it off.

that's what I was thinking. I love the color.

I also wish I could make that dress look as good as she does. mine are more similar to Delilah's in Raising Hope (as illustrated using fried eggs.)

Surly U. Jest: SuperChuck: Strike a pose: Isabelle Fuhrman (L) and Irina Shayk both opted for a simple colour palette when choosing their outfits

Is it just me or do both of them have huge heads?

Back in grad school I had a propaganda professor who came up with what he called the Theory of the Grotesque. Basically it stated that the talking heads you see on TV are famous because their heads are larger than average. The more famous, the more grotesquely large their head.

So yes, huge heads.

that explains Keith Olbermann.

bagumpity: It's DEFINITELY not young-adult fiction, but for a better "buncha teens from every province go in, one comes out" story, check out Stephen King's The Long Walk. (He wrote it under his Bachman pseudonym.)

Or better yet, don't. Among the thousands of books I have read, only a very few fall into the category "I wish I had not read that." The Long Walk is THAT disturbing. It has an identical premise to The Hunger Games- a dystopian future in which teens are picked to participate in a competition that results in the deaths of all but one of them. But the venue is a "walk" in which the boy who can make it the farthest wins and the rest are picked off by snipers as they fall behind a mandated pace. The writing is superb- easily in King's top ten novels. But when you finish it, you will set it down and think to yourself "damn, that was not something anybody should have ever read, much less written." Unlike The Hunger Games, King's future society is utterly believable. There's no frippery with stylists and mentors. Just grueling mile after mile as the kids slowly lose endurance and are executed one by one. The horror of it doesn't come from its outre' premise, but from the completely matter-of-fact manner in which King writes about the events. You can't help thinking "this is extremely unlikely- but not implausible." It is equal parts good-guy's struggle against insurmountable odds, written documentary, and ironically something of a travelogue chronicling what would have been an otherwise pleasant stroll through the back roads of upper Maine.

If the above description motivates anyone to read the book, I can only apologize in advance for the small piece of your soul that will whither and die after you turn the last page. Honestly, I would hope that people see this post and consider it a caution.

I have read The Long Walk multiple times. it's tied with the first half of The Stand (the part that shows the spread of the disease and breakdown of society) for my favorite King work.

and the part I bolded explains exactly why I love well-executed dystopian and post-apocalyptic fiction. The Hunger Games isn't anywhere near that level - it's light and entertaining but ultimately forgettable. it's not something I'd read again.

wedding vegetables: (as illustrated using fried eggs.)

I like fried eggs in the morning...

Oh look, time for breakfast! Thanks for the inspiration :-)

aharown: I'm not trolling, I'm 100% serious. The only literature countless adult Americans have read in the last 10 years are Harry Potter, Twilight, and The Hunger Games. I find this phenomenon incredibly sad and pathetic.

My husband's become a big fan of Rick Riordan (Percy Jackson, the Kane Chronicles and Heroes of Olympus). He's looking forward to the next books, due later this year.

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nice find

MadSkillz: I liked The Hunger Games when it was called The Running Man and had Arnold Schwarzneggar pull off lines like "First he was Sub-zero. Now he just plain zero!" Oh and the guy from Family Feud.

I liked the original Bachman book, where the chase was cross-country and ended with a jet plane smashing into the network headquarters.

Crewmannumber6: aharown: i'm sorry, but you morons who think the books were any good are just that, morons. they're in the same class as Twilight and Harry Potter, they all are incredibly bad literature disguised as...incredibly bad stories. there are countless other books in their respective genres that are better written, with better plotlines, better character development, etc etc.

and yes, i've read them. not by choice, but i did.

it's an incredible shame that we've become so idiotic as a culture that we're letting 13 year old girls dictate what's worth reading.

Boy I wish I were as awesome as you

PFFFFFFFFFFT. Like THAT could ever happen.

MBA Whore: Those tits: Real or Fake

Or option C: Who cares since you never will touch them.

wedding vegetables: Twist2005: That's actually a really pretty dress. Wish I had the boobs to pull it off.

that's what I was thinking. I love the color.

I also wish I could make that dress look as good as she does. mine are more similar to Delilah's in Raising Hope (as illustrated using fried eggs.)

Surly U. Jest: SuperChuck: Strike a pose: Isabelle Fuhrman (L) and Irina Shayk both opted for a simple colour palette when choosing their outfits

Is it just me or do both of them have huge heads?

Back in grad school I had a propaganda professor who came up with what he called the Theory of the Grotesque. Basically it stated that the talking heads you see on TV are famous because their heads are larger than average. The more famous, the more grotesquely large their head.

So yes, huge heads.

that explains Keith Olbermann.

bagumpity: It's DEFINITELY not young-adult fiction, but for a better "buncha teens from every province go in, one comes out" story, check out Stephen King's The Long Walk. (He wrote it under his Bachman pseudonym.)

Or better yet, don't. Among the thousands of books I have read, only a very few fall into the category "I wish I had not read that." The Long Walk is THAT disturbing. It has an identical premise to The Hunger Games- a dystopian future in which teens are picked to participate in a competition that results in the deaths of all but one of them. But the venue is a "walk" in which the boy who can make it the farthest wins and the rest are picked off by snipers as they fall behind a mandated pace. The writing is superb- easily in King's top ten novels. But when you finish it, you will set it down and think to yourself "damn, that was not something anybody should have ever read, much less written." Unlike The Hunger Games, King's future society is utterly believable. There's no frippery with stylists and mentors. Just grueling mile after mile as the kids slowly lose endurance and are executed one by one. The horror of it doesn't come from its outre' premise, but from the completely matter-of-fact manner in which King writes about the events. You can't help thinking "this is extremely unlikely- but not implausible." It is equal parts good-guy's struggle against insurmountable odds, written documentary, and ironically something of a travelogue chronicling what would have been an otherwise pleasant stroll through the back roads of upper Maine.

If the above description motivates anyone to read the book, I can only apologize in advance for the small piece of your soul that will whither and die after you turn the last page. Honestly, I would hope that people see this post and consider it a caution.

I have read The Long Walk multiple times. it's tied with the first half of The Stand (the part that shows the spread of the disease and breakdown of society) for my favorite King work.

and the part I bolded explains exactly why I love well-executed dystopian and post-apocalyptic fiction. The Hunger Games isn't anywhere near that level - it's light and entertaining but ultimately forgettable. it's not something I'd read again.

Maybe there's a way to alter the neckline, just a tiny bit. How would you go about it?

JimmyFartpants: mat catastrophe: Meh. Tired plot. Contrived. Been done before.
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That was brilliant.

Why haven't I seen that before?

Because we can't all see everything, or else we'd all have nothing to share.

I for one fapfapfap am completely disgusted fapfapfap by this blatant display fapfapfap of innocent star fapfapfap attributes simply for the fapfapfap purpose fapfapfap of getting attention fapfapfap for a boring movie.

Keigh: Boeheimian Rhapsody: Keigh: John Nash: bearcats1983: I thought the same until my wife kept pestering me to read the books. I found some parts to be a little "meh"; it was definitely written for a middle/high school audience. The whole love triangle thing wasn't really for me, but I thought the action in the arena was great.Overall, I thought it was a good read and an enjoyable series.

That's a pretty good description. It also helps that a fast reader can get through any one of the books in a few hours.

Now, that i did not expect. I am actually quite a fast reader, and i really want to see the movie, but I didn't even realize it was a book until i thought it was too late to read them before i saw it. Now i have a chance. Library, ho!

/punctuation is my friend

fwiw, a wishlist could be your friend too.

Some farkers like to reward those that post funny/snappy comments, or have interesting thoughts/ideas shared on fark.

other enjoy bie, if you're into that sort of thing.

Just find wherever you're comfortable and whatever makes you happy.

cheers!

/eip.

Aw, you called me snappy! ::flattered::

/wishlist started. strangers could buy me presents? i'm so in

Glad to be of assistance! I think the fark community does a good job of rewarding those that make good contributions.

Hope it work out for you ;-)