Same plot as Hunger Games
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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.
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Starcraft_90 — 13 years ago(October 10, 2012 02:40 PM)
The way the OP was worded made it seem like the Original Poster was wondering if this movie had similarities to 'The Hunger Games' how it should have been worded was "Are there similarities from The Hunger Games to The Running Man
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x_offender_79 — 13 years ago(September 28, 2012 03:48 PM)
I bought The Hunger Games book because my mate said it was a bit like Battle Royale, which is one of my favourite books (awful film though). But when I read it, it reminded a lot more of The Running Man book.
I'm watching TRM film for the first time right now, I'm about half way through and it's a lot different from the book! But yeah, still very similar with the whole 'celebrating death as a game show' theme, (which is obviously the main theme of both films). I can imagine the crowds in the Capitol in THG reacting much the same as in TRM.
But I don't think that THG has ripped off TRM, I mean it's not like TRM was the first to use this idea, and when films share a basic premise, there are always going to be similarities. Other genres seem to get away with it, like the basic rom-com plot that is used to death, or the slasher film premise- a madman stalks and kills a bunch of kids, how often have we seen that? Yet no-one accused Friday 13th of ripping off Halloween!
The problem with the 'death game show' genre is that it's so specific; the similarities, by the constraints of the premise, are quite obvious. Also, there aren't that many of them, so I guess it's easier to be reminded of a specific film to compare it to rather than the genre as a whole.
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joe_538 — 12 years ago(December 15, 2013 05:47 PM)
People accused Friday the 13th and an endless list of other slasher movies of ripping off Halloween.
"You've made it through Halloween, now try to survive Christmas." (Tagline from Silent Night, Deadly Night) -