tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616123281670247681.post6690091379509322216..comments2023-05-16T01:19:59.452-07:00Comments on MELODY SCOTT - Maria Sebastian Mysteries: My blog for April 13, 2012 The Hunger GamesMelody Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18021178729693942319noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616123281670247681.post-12285283036581422572012-04-19T09:56:02.001-07:002012-04-19T09:56:02.001-07:00I was in error with the above post. The movie I m...I was in error with the above post. The movie I mentioned was not called "Lord Of The Pigs," but "Lord Of The Flies."Melody Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18021178729693942319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616123281670247681.post-10443724070498299902012-04-18T07:35:01.348-07:002012-04-18T07:35:01.348-07:00Well, of course I know all that. But how do these...Well, of course I know all that. But how do these ideas get started? Lord Of The Pigs was blown off, not lauded and attended by everybody under the age of 20. "Reality" shows hadn't been invented yet at that time. The only reality of reality shows is an underbelly of excitement based on deprivation of character. Just because a human is an animal is it reality to glorify his acting like a jackal? The movie/book probably has some shock merit for people who haven't noticed where reality shows are going. It's hard for me to accept that people are blinded by excitement/bizarre behavior.Melody Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18021178729693942319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5616123281670247681.post-45865189450286946362012-04-18T05:05:07.095-07:002012-04-18T05:05:07.095-07:00Now, now. The book was great and reading it made t...Now, now. The book was great and reading it made the movie much easier to understand. Yes, the book has the same horrible things in it you're complaining about in the movie, but it's a framework for larger issues.<br /><br />This is a story of what might happen, what could happen, in a society gone wrong. The games are so much like the dumb reality shows everyone watches today. Only much deadlier. The Capitol is much like our own DC today: its politicians debased, devoid of morals, eager for personal gain and gratification. The parallels are so frightening, I couldn't put the book down.<br /><br />Think of 1984 by Orwell.<br /><br />Oh, and there are two sequels before the happy ending. Neither is quite as good as the first in the series, but they're all well worth reading.Cheryl B. Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04278782212826383478noreply@blogger.com