Same plot as Hunger Games
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Running Man
grintster-babe — 13 years ago(August 12, 2012 11:09 PM)
Upon reading the plot summary did anyone also notice the similarities with the Hunger Games plot?
I'm inclined to think that, somehow, Hunger Games is based on this movie what do you think?
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audun123456 — 13 years ago(August 15, 2012 01:23 PM)
Hunger Games is almost a complete ripoff of Battle Royale. The author of Hunger Games even tries to deny it which is rather pathetic.
That is the truth. The author of Hunger Games knew about Battle Royale and took the key elements of the film and changed little details to not make it a 100% complete ripoff. Pathetic how she lies and tries to take the credit for the idea herself. -
audun123456 — 13 years ago(January 30, 2013 05:37 AM)
The difference between Battle Royale and Lord of the Flies is that Lord of the Flies could be an inspiration to make Battle Royale - not a ripoff. The very fundemental story of LotF and Battle Royale is similar, but in depth they are very different.
They are both about people being stranded on an island and killing eachother. In Battle Royale they have to kill eachother, while in LotF they choose to kill eachother.
Hunger Games isn't an inspiration from Battle Royale. It's a ripoff. It's the exact same story and concept as Battle Royale. They have just tweaked it a little to not make it completely copied.
If you compare LotF to Battle Royale, and then Hunger Games to Battle Royale I am 100% certain you will realize how one is an inspiration and the other one is a blatant ripoff. -
BertramWilberforceWooster — 13 years ago(March 13, 2013 01:37 AM)
Me thinks you're a wee bit biased.
You claim THG ripped of BG but don't bother to mention that BG ripped off TRM and The Long Walk. When i read TGH, my first thought was of a combination between The Lottery and TRM. That, however, did not stop me from enjoying the booksespecially the final one which moves completely out of the arena.
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everydayboredom1980 — 13 years ago(April 03, 2013 01:22 PM)
People are too caught up in this Battle Royale "rip off" thing. It just gets mentioned all the time because it's more recent and the people in the competition are kids, or people don't know enough about how many times this basic premise/story has been done before.
Look at how many times the premise and themes have been done before.
Turkey Shoot- totalitarian government, prisoners are prey and hunters try to kill them in the jungle.
Mobile Fighter G Gundam- animated series from the 90s about colonies fighting each other every 4 years to see who gets to rule.
Theseus and the Minotaur- Greek Mythology tale about how Athens periodically had to send seven youths and seven maidens to Crete, where they were thrown in the Labyrinth and devoured by Minotaur.
Deadly Game- 1991 TV movie about a few people sent to an island owned by Osirus. They must reach a boat on the opposite side of the island before Osirus and his hunters track them down and kill them.
Ender's Game- 1977 Short-Story later written into a novel and adapted into film
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ender's_Game_(short_story)
The Running Man- totalitarian government, a popular sadistic game show in which the contestants must kill for survival. The movie is less bleak and dark than the book.
The Long Walk- Totalitarian government, a popular "sport" in which 100 teenagers race each other on a walk. Only one walker is supposed to survive.
Battle Royale- kids are sent to an island to kill each other off in a sick game. Only one person is supposed to survive.
Lord of the Flies- more about human nature, but it still has kids on an island who eventually become violent for survival. This book is from the 50s.
Death Race 2000- totalitarian government, the popular sport is a race where you kill pedestrians with your car.
Series 7- six people are randomly selected to play in a game show where they must kill each other off.
Rollerball- totalitarian government, a popular violent sport created to show the government's control over the people and to kill individualism.
The 10th Victim- a very popular game with hunters trying to catch and kill their victims.
They Shoot Horses Don't They- another sadistic game, this time a dance marathon for poor, desperate people who need money and food. Some contestants go crazy or die. The promoters even try to stage a marriage to attract viewers and sponsors. The movie came out in the 60s and the book in the 30s.
The Lottery- a person is randomly selected to be stoned to death.
The Prize of Peril- a guy goes on a bunch of TV game shows which can result in death. Eventually he plays in one where he is stalked by trained murderers. A couple movies were based on this.
The themes of violent/dangerous competitions, often done for the amusement of a sick audience, and dystopias, have been done many times in works of fiction, well before Hunger Games or Battle Royale, etc..
But people just get caught up and act like B.R. was the blueprint for stories like this. They've been done numerous times, it's often just tweaked a bit. -
BertramWilberforceWooster — 13 years ago(April 03, 2013 01:41 PM)
Never mind just books, look at history. Rome used the Coliseum to the same effect that most of those stories did. Even the names in THG pay homage to this (Seneca and Ceasar come immediately to mind).
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everydayboredom1980 — 13 years ago(April 03, 2013 04:17 PM)
Never mind just books, look at history. Rome used the Coliseum to the same effect that most of those stories did. Even the names in THG pay homage to this (Seneca and Ceasar come immediately to mind).
Yeah, it's kinda dumb how Battle Royale gets all the "credit".
No it isn't Roman history. No it isn't all those numerous books and movies that came out before the Manga.
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RobertLThorpe — 12 years ago(June 30, 2013 10:26 PM)
Please dont think that LOTF is a movie where kids are stranded on an island and CHOOSE to kill each other. It is much more than that. Its about Survival of the fittest, its about only the Strong survive and how at our core, we are still animals. The movie is horrible, although some shocking scenes, read the book. Its much more than just killing each other.